72 Show identified.

Previously released in the Sailors’ Tales boxed set as Unidentified 1972 Show No. 1. taken from the sound engineer's cassette tape. We are now able to add to the online archive as Santa Monica, March 19, 1972,  thanks to Jade Delben who recognised it from a bootleg.  Now the most complete, and best sounding, version of the show is available thanks to Alex Mundy's work combining the official...

Happy Birthday Jakko!

King Crimson’s vocalist and guitarist turns 67 today.  Jakko Jakszyk was lead vocalist and guitarist in the band’s 2014-2021 lineup. After seven years of touring and numerous live albums, Jakko is now focusing on his solo career, including the upcoming release of his new album, Son of Glen, out on June 27, 2025. Jakko comments: “A romantic fantasy narrative based on what I discovered...

Happy Birthday Tony!

King Crimson’s bassist and Stick player turns 79 today.  Tony Levin first joined the band in 1981, and before that had worked with Robert Fripp in 1977-78 on Peter Gabriel’s first two albums and Robert’s solo album Exposure. He's played on Discipline, Beat, Three Of A Perfect Pair and THRAK, and all of the live albums by the most recent 2014-2021 lineup. After a massive North American...

Stony Brook 82, going live today.

Adding to the dgmlive download library, this concert is from the Winter 1982 US tour. King Crimson Stony Brook, February 28, 1982 Compiled from several sources by Alex ‘Stormy’ Mundy, the concert comes mid-way through a short, two-and-a-half week US tour that took in 10 venues, 6 of which were college campuses. “The preceding months had been a time of intense activity for the band, and...

Happy Birthday Gavin!

King Crimson’s drummer from 2008 to 2021 is 62 today. Best known for his time with Porcupine Tree and leading the three drummers in the 2014-2021 lineup of King Crimson, Gavin Harrison has also played with artists as diverse as Claudio Baglioni, Iggy Pop, Level 42 and The Nolans, Since 2016 he has been the drummer with the Pineapple Thief who have recently completed a European tour and just...


Stormy's Monday Selection: The Letters

Happy Monday everyone! The latest reworking from the archive by Mr Stormy features The Letters from 1971’s Command Studios recording sessions for Islands, with added baritone saxophone by Mel Collins, and vocals by Jakko Jakszyk, flown in from King Crimson’s 2015 concert at the Birmingham Symphony Hall. Download here: The Letters

JurassiKc THRAK

Previously released in the 2015 THRAK boxed set, now available to download for the first time. Download JurassiKc THRAK A 67 minute fly-on-the-wall audio documentary, edited & assembled by David Singleton from stereo running DAT tapes of the recording sessions for the album at Real World Studios, Box, 24th October to 19th November 1994. Recording engineers David Bottrill and Russell Kearney....

Happy Birthday Bill !

King Crimson’s drummer from 1972-1997 is 76 today.  Bill Bruford has played on a host of classic albums including Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Red and Discipline, and has also been a DGM artist with his own band Earthworks, and projects with Ralph Towner and Tony Levin.  Bill Bruford drumming with the Pete Roth Trio (photo by Graham Hutton) After putting away his drum sticks and retiring...

1981 North American tour out now on Nugs.

Newly revitalized and hot off the release of Discipline.   29 new shows from King Crimson's 1981 North American tour now streaming exclusively on nugs ➡️ nugs.net/KingCrimson When Discipline was released in September 1981, its taut, streamlined compositions and fresh harmonic ideas felt like a quantum leap from the King Crimson of the past. The shift surprised both fans and critics-...


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