Starless

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Starless offers an in-depth overview of King Crimson's celebrated mid-1970's live line-up at its most exploratory.

Starless Box cover   
Few bands have offered as much variety in material from night to night, and King Crimson's propensity for improvisation and fondness for playing its newest material - often unreleased on record at the time of performance - is legendary. 
 
Autumn 1973: As King Crimson's second lengthy US tour of that year was coming to a close, a short series of UK concerts for the end of October, followed by a more extensive European tour in November was already planned. Three of these concerts Glasgow, Zurich and Amsterdam were recorded as full multi-track recordings, with material from the Amsterdam show being used as core material for the January 1974 recording of Starless And Bible Black. 
 
From mid-March to the start of April, the band was on the road in Europe again, promoting the album with their final European concerts of the decade, prior to undertaking a further US tour. A number of these concerts were recorded on stereo reel to reel machines, fed directly from the signal as sent to the PA system on the night of the performance. These soundboards are often referred to as The Blue Tapes, named after the outer colour of the original tape boxes and are especially valued for both the quality of recording and performance.
 
Starless offers 18 CDs of live concert performances - 7 of them mixed from the 1973 multi-track tapes. A further 11 present the complete run of The Blue Tapes for the first time. 
 
CDs of the ORTF Paris TV performance and the 2011 stereo mix of Starless And Bible Black also feature. Two DVD-A discs and two Blu-Ray discs contain concert and studio recordings in stereo, quadraphonic and full 5.1 surround sound - all in high-resolution audio. 
 
Starless is presented in a 12" box with a comprehensive booklet featuring sleeve notes and photos aplenty, memorabilia, album and poster prints, and 3 bonus audio CDs.
 
Starless Box back
 
* 19 CDs of live performance material.
 
* 7 CDs taken from multi-track tape including 4CDs of material from the Glasgow and Zurich shows, freshly assembled and mastered in Hi-Res from the original Great Deceiver mixes by David Singleton at DGM Soundworld in 2014, the Amsterdam show The Nightwatch mixed by Steven Wilson and a previously unheard preparatory of material from the same show prepared by George Chkiantz (engineer of all live KC shows of the era and the Red album).
 
* 11 CDs drawn from high quality stereo reel to reel soundboard tapes. 8 making their first appearance on CD with the remaining three re-mastered or drawn from new tape sources.
 
* 1 CD presenting the performance from the ORTF Paris TV broadcast
 
* CD 20 features the 2011 stereo mix of Starless And Bible Black by Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp
 
* DVD-A 1 features the Starless & Bible Black album in 5.1 Surround, with new & original stereo album mixes in High Resolution Stereo plus bonus audio material.
 
* DVD-A 2 features material from Mainz (mixed by David Singleton), Amsterdam (mixed by Steven Wilson) & a later show from Pittsburgh (mixed by George Chkiantz) in quadraphonic audio and High-Resolution Stereo.
 
* Both DVD-A discs are region 0 playable in all areas & compatible with all DVD players and DVD Rom players
 
* Blu-Ray Disc 1 features full lossless audio 24/192 transfers of material from the Glasgow and Zurich shows, freshly assembled & mastered from the original Great Deceiver mixes by David Singleton at DGM Soundworld in 2014 in LPCM stereo.
 
* Blu-Ray Disc 1 also features the Amsterdam show The Nightwatch, mixed by Steven Wilson and the George Chkiantz preparatory mix stereo in 24/96 High-resolution stereo & a 24/96 transfer of the original David Singleton/Robert Fripp mix of The Nightwatch.
 
* Blu-Ray Disc 2 features Starless & Bible Black in 5.1 Surround (DTS-HD MAS & LPCM 24/96) alongside new and original stereo masters of the album, a needledrop of an original vinyl pressing plus audio extras.
 
* Blu-Ray Disc 2 also features the Quad mixes of material from the Mainz, Amsterdam & Pittsburgh concerts.
 
* Blu-Ray Disc 2 also features the ORTF Paris TV footage in a new hi-res transfer from the original source files.
 
* Discs packaged in 8 individual 3 disc digipaks within an album sized box
 
* 3 additional bonus CDs of audio restored soundboard/bootlegs and audio curios are also included.
 
* 1 further concert (bootleg quality audio) is also available via included download ticket.
 
* Album sized booklet with rare/unseen photos, new sleeve notes by Sid Smith, technical notes on the recordings by David Singleton, eye-witness accounts from fans who attended the gigs plus memorabilia including an album print, poster, replica concert ticket, press release with folder, photos and more besides.
 
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Disc 1 - Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, UK, October 23, 1973:
 
1 Improv: Sharks’ Lungs In Lemsip
2 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part I)
3 RF Announcement
4 Easy Money
5 Improv: We’ll Let You Know
6 The Night Watch
7 Fracture
8 Lament
 
Mixed by Robert Fripp, Tony Arnold and David Singleton at the Courthouse, Cranborne, Dorset. Previously released in part on "The Great Deceiver"(1992). Balance of tracks available as a download from www.dgmlive.com (2006). Assembled & remastered from the original "Great Deceiver" mixes by David Singleton at DGM SoundWorld (2014).
 
Disc 2- Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, UK, October 23, 1973:
 
1 Book Of Saturday
2 Improv: Tight Scrummy
3 Exiles
4 Improv: Loose Scrummy
5 The Talking Drum
6 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
7 Peace - A Theme
8 Cat Food
 
Mixed by Robert Fripp, Tony Arnold and David Singleton at the Courthouse, Cranborne, Dorset. Previously released in part on "The Great Deceiver"(1992). Balance of tracks available as a download from www.dgmlive.com (2006). Assembled & remastered from the original "Great Deceiver" mixes by David Singleton at DGM SoundWorld (2014).
 
Disc 3 - Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzerland, November 15, 1973:
 
1 Walk On: No Pussyfooting
2 Improv: Some Pussyfooting
3 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part I)
4 RF Announcement
5 Lament
6 Peace: A Theme
7 Cat Food
8 The Night Watch
9 Fracture
 
Mixed by Robert Fripp, Tony Arnold and David Singleton at the Courthouse, Cranborne, Dorset. Previously released in part on "The Great Deceiver"(1992) & via mail order as part of The King Crimson Collectors' Club Vol. 41 (2009). Assembled & remastered from the original "Great Deceiver" mixes by David Singleton at DGM SoundWorld (2014).
 
Disc 4 - Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzerland, November 15, 1973:
 
1 The Law Of Maximum Distress: Part I
2 Improv: The Mincer *
3 The Law Of Maximum Distress: Part II
4 Easy Money
5 Exiles
6 Improv: Some More Pussyfooting
7 The Talking Drum
8 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
9 21st Century Schizoid Man
 
Mixed by Robert Fripp, Tony Arnold and David Singleton at the Courthouse, Cranborne, Dorset, except * ‘The Mincer’ taken from the original "Starless & Bible Black" album mix with added ambience from an audience bootleg as the original multitrack tape is missing. Previously released in part on "The Great Deceiver" (1992) & via mail order as part of The King Crimson Collectors' Club Vol. 41(2009). Assembled & remastered from the original "Great Deceiver" mixes by David Singleton at DGM SoundWorld (2014).
 
Disc 5 - Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 23, 1973:
 
1 Easy Money
2 Lament
3 Book Of Saturday
4 RF Announcement
5 Fracture
6 The Night Watch
7 Improv: Starless And Bible Black
 
Mixed from the original multitrack tapes by Steven Wilson (2014). Previously released with a different mix as "The Night Watch" (1997).
 
Disc 6 - Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 23, 1973:
 
1 Improv: Trio *
2 Exiles
3 Improv: The Fright Watch
4 The Talking Drum
5 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
6 21st Century Schizoid Man
 
Mixed from the original multitrack tapes by Steven Wilson (2014).* except ‘Trio’ taken from "Starless & Bible Black". Previously released with a different mix as "The Night Watch" (1997).
 
Disc 7 - Palazzo dello Sport, Udine, Italy, March 19, 1974:
 
1 Exiles
2 Fracture
3 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
 
Taken from a quarter inch reel to reel soundboard recording. Mastered by David Singleton and Alex R Mundy at DGM (2014). Reel Two of The Blue Tapes, Second part of the show, 3 tracks only. (Reel One is missing). Previously unreleased on CD. The balance of this concert is featured on bonus CD 27 taken from a restored bootleg.
 
Disc 8 - Palazzo dello Sport, Brescia, Italy, March 20, 1974:
 
1 Improv I
2 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part I)
3 Doctor Diamond
4 Easy Money
5 Lament
6 The Night Watch
7 Improv II
8 Starless
9 Exiles *
 
* incomplete recording
 
Taken from a quarter inch reel to reel soundboard recording. Mastered by David Singleton and Alex R Mundy at DGM (2014). Reel Three of The Blue Tapes. (The remainder of the concert, Reel Four, and the Marseilles concert, Reel Five, are missing). Previously available as a download only from www.dgmlive.com (2005).
 
Disc 9 - ORTF T.V, Paris, France, March 22, 1974:
 
1 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
2 Improv
3 The Night Watch
4 Lament
5 Starless
 
Mastered from the DGM archives by David Singleton and Alex R Mundy (2014). Previously unreleased as standalone audio.
 
Disc 10 - Palais Paul Videl, Avignon, March 24, 1974:
 
1 Walk On: No Pussyfooting
2 Doctor Diamond
3 Lament
4 Fracture
5 The Night Watch
6 The Great Deceiver
7 Starless
8 Exiles
9 The Talking Drum
10 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II) *
 
* incomplete recording
 
Taken from a quarter inch reel to reel soundboard recording. Mastered by David Singleton and Alex R Mundy at DGM (2014). Reel Six of The Blue Tapes. Previously unreleased in any format.
 
Disc 11 - Palais Des Sports, Besancon, France, March 25, 1974:
 
1 Doctor Diamond *
2 Lament
3 Fracture
4 The Night Watch
5 The Great Deceiver
6 Improv I †
7 Starless
8 Exiles
9 Improv II
 
* incomplete recording
 
Taken from a quarter inch reel to reel soundboard recording. Mastered by David Singleton and Alex R Mundy at DGM (2014). Reel Seven of The Blue Tapes. † Short excerpt previously released on "Cirkus: The Young Persons’ Guide to King Crimson - Live" (1999). Otherwise previously unreleased in any format.
 
Disc 12 - Stadttheater, Augsburg, Germany, March 27, 1974:
 
1 Walk On: No Pussyfooting
2 Doctor Diamond
3 Lament
4 Easy Money
5 Fracture
6 The Night Watch
7 The Great Deceiver
8 Starless
9 Improv: Augsburg
10 Exiles
11 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II) *
 
* incomplete recording
 
Taken from a quarter inch reel to reel soundboard recording. Mastered by David Singleton and Alex R Mundy at DGM (2014). Reel Eight of The Blue Tapes. Previously available as a download only from www.dgmlive.com (2007).
 
Disc 13 - Halle Der Fachoschule, Dieburg, Germany, March 28, 1974:
 
1 Doctor Diamond
2 RF Announcement
3 Lament
4 The Night Watch
5 Fracture
6 Improv I
7 Exiles
8 The Great Deceiver
9 Improv II
10 Starless *
 
* incomplete recording
 
Taken from a quarter inch reel to reel soundboard recording. Mastered by David Singleton and Alex R Mundy at DGM (2014). Reel Nine of The Blue Tapes. Previously unreleased in any format.
 
Disc 14 - Stadthalle, Heidelberg, Germany, March 29, 1974:
 
1 Walk On: No Pussyfooting
2 Improv I
3 Doctor Diamond
4 RF Announcement
5 Improv II
6 Exiles
7 Improv III
8 Starless
9 The Night Watch
10 Lament
11 Easy Money
12 Fracture *
 
* incomplete recording
 
Taken from a quarter inch reel to reel soundboard recording. Mastered by David Singleton and Alex R Mundy at DGM (2014). Reel Ten of The Blue Tapes. Previously released via mail order as part of The King Crimson Collectors' Club Vol. 29 (2005) & as a download from www.dgmlive.com (2013).
 
Disc 15 - Elzer Hof, Mainz, Germany, March 30, 1974:
 
1 Walk On: No Pussyfooting
2 Improv: The Savage
3 Doctor Diamond
4 Improv: Arabica
5 Exiles
6 Improv: Atria
7 The Night Watch
8 Starless
9 Lament
10 Improv: Trio
11 Easy Money
 
Taken from a quarter inch reel to reel soundboard recording. Mixed from several source tapes by David Singleton and Alex R Mundy at DGM (2014). Reel Eleven of The Blue Tapes & audience recordings. Previously released with a different mix as part of The King Crimson Collectors' Club Vol.15 (2001), "Collectable King Crimson Vol. I" (2006) & as a download from www.dgmlive.com (2012). The balance of this concert is featured on Bonus CD 26, taken from a restored bootleg.
 
Disc 16 - Jahnhalle, Pforzheim, Germany, March 31, 1974:
 
1 The Great Deceiver
2 Improv I
3 Doctor Diamond
4 Improv II
5 Exiles
6 The Night Watch
7 Lament
8 Starless
9 Easy Money
10 Fracture *
 
* incomplete recording
 
Taken from a quarter inch reel to reel soundboard recording. Mastered from the original reel to reel tape by David Singleton and Alex R Mundy (2014). Reel Twelve of The Blue Tapes. Previously available as a download only from www.dgmlive.com (2005).
 
Disc 17 - Stadthalle, Kassel, Germany, April 1, 1974:
 
1 The Great Deceiver *
2 Improv I
3 Doctor Diamond
4 Improv II
5 Exiles
6 The Night Watch
7 Lament
8 Starless
9 Improv III
10 Easy Money
11 Fracture *
 
* incomplete recording
 
Taken from a quarter inch reel to reel soundboard recording. Mastered by David Singleton and Alex R Mundy at DGM (2014). Reel Thirteen of The Blue Tapes. Previously released via mail order as part of The King Crimson Collectors' Club Vol. 36 (2007) & as a download from www.dgmlive.com (2012)
 
Disc 18 - Stadthalle, Gottingen, Germany, April 2, 1974:
 
1 The Great Deceiver *
2 Doctor Diamond
3 Exiles
4 Fracture
5 RF Announcement
6 Lament
7 Starless
8 Improv I
9 The Night Watch
 
* incomplete recording
 
Taken from a quarter inch reel to reel soundboard recording. Mastered by David Singleton and Alex R Mundy at DGM (2014). Reel Fourteen of The Blue Tapes. Previously unreleased in any format.
 
Disc 19 - Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 23, 1973:
 
1 Easy Money
2 Lament
3 Book Of Saturday
4 Exiles
5 Improv: The Fright Watch
6 The Talking Drum
7 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
8 21st Century Schizoid Man
 
Preparatory mix for radio broadcast by George Chkiantz, 1974, from the original multitrack recordings. This concert was released as "The Night Watch (1997), with a different mix. This mix previously unreleased.
 
Disc 20 - Starless And Bible Black, 2011 Stereo Mix:
 
1 The Great Deceiver
2 Lament
3 We’ll Let You Know
4 The Night Watch
5 Trio
6 The Mincer
7 Starless And Bible Black
8 Fracture
 
Mixed & produced from the original multitrack tapes by Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp (2011). Previously released as part of the King Crimson 40th Anniversary series. 'Trio' & 'The Mincer' taken from 30th anniversary edition as multitracks are missing.
 
Disc 21 DVD-A 1
 
Audio Content:
MLP Lossless 5.1 Surround
DTS 5.1 DigitalSurround
MLP Lossless Stereo (24/96)
LPCM Stereo (24/48)
 
Starless And Bible Black
5.1 Surround Mix
2011 Stereo Mix
Original Stereo Mix
 
1 The Great Deceiver
2 Lament
3 We’ll Let You Know
4 The Night Watch
5 Trio
6 The Mincer
7 Starless And Bible Black
8 Fracture
 
5.1 Surround and 2011 Stereo mixed and produced from the original multitrack tapes by Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp except 'Trio' & 'The Mincer' * upmixed to 5.1 from the original stereo masters by Simon Heyworth and Robert Fripp, and taken from 30th anniversary edition for the 2011 stereo edition. Original stereo mix produced by King Crimson, mastered by Simon Heyworth and Robert Fripp.
 
Bonus track 5.1 Surround Mix:
 
1 Easy Money
 
Mixed & produced from the original multitrack tapes by Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp
 
LPCM Stereo (24/48)
 
Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzerland, November 15, 1973:
 
1 Lament
2 The Night Watch
3 Fracture
4 The Law Of Maximum Distress: Part I
5 Improv: The Mincer
6 The Law Of Maximum Distress: Part II
 
1 - 4, 6 mixed by Robert Fripp, Tony Arnold & David Singleton, 5 audio restoration to audience recording by David Singleton and Alex R. Mundy at DGM.
LPCM Stereo (24/48)
 
Additional tracks:
 
1 We’ll Let You Know
 
(unedited from The Great Deceiver)
 
2 Doctor Diamond
 
(Live, June 23rd 1973, Richards Club, Atlanta, Georgia)
 
3 Guts On My Side
 
(Live, March 19th 1974, Palazzo dello Sport, Udine, Italy)
 
4 The Night Watch (Single edit - stereo)
5 The Night Watch (US radio single edit - mono)
6 30 second radio advert
7 60 second radio advert
 
1 mixed by Robert Fripp, Tony Arnold & David Singleton, 2, 3 audio restoration
to audience recording by David Singleton and Alex R. Mundy at DGM. 4 Produced by King Crimson. 5 Reduced to mono without knowledge of or reference to the band.
 
Video Content:
 
Central Park, New York, June 25, 1973:
 
1 Easy Money
2 Fragged Dusty Wall Carpet
 
Disc 22 DVD-A 2
 
Audio Content:
Multi-Channel Audio
LPCM Stereo (24/48)
 
Elzer Hof, Mainz, Germany, March 30, 1974:
 
1 Walk On: No Pussyfooting
2 Improv: The Savage
3 Doctor Diamond
4 Improv: Arabica
5 Exiles
6 Improv: Atria
7 The Night Watch
8 Starless
9 Lament
10 Improv: Trio
11 Easy Money
12 Fracture (fragment)
 
Mixed from several source tapes by David Singleton at DGM (2014).
 
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 23, 1973:
 
1 Easy Money
2 Improv: Starless And Bible Black
3 Exiles
4 Improv: The Fright Watch
5 The Talking Drum
6 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
7 21st Century Schizoid Man
 
Mixed & produced from the original multitrack tapes by Steven Wilson (2014)
 
Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, USA, April 29, 1974:
 
1 The Great Deceiver
2 Lament
3 The Night Watch
4 Starless
 
Disc 23 Blu-Ray 1
 
Audio Content: 
LPCM Stereo (24/192)
DTS-HD Master Audio
 
Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, UK, October 23, 1973:
 
1 Walk On
2 Improv: Sharks’ Lungs In Lemsip
3 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part I)
4 Book Of Saturday
5 Easy Money
6 Improv: We'll Let You Know
7 The Night Watch
8 Improv: Tight Scrummy
9 Improv: Loose Scrummy
10 The Talking Drum
11 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
12 Peace - A Theme
13 Cat Food
 
Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzerland, November 15, 1973:
 
1 Walk On: No Pussyfooting
2 Improv: Some Pussyfooting
3 Larks' Tongues In Aspic: Part I
4 RF Announcement
5 Lament
6 Peace: A Theme
7 Cat Food
8 Fracture
9 The Law Of Maximum Distress: Part I
10 Improv: The Mincer
11 The Law Of Maximum Distress: Part II
12 Easy Money
13 Exiles
14 Improv: Some More Pussyfooting
15 The Talking Drum
16 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
17 21st Century Schizoid Man
 
LPCM Stereo (24/96)
DTS-HD Master Audio
 
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 23, 1973. 2014 Stereo Mix by Steven Wilson:
 
1 Easy Money
2 Lament
3 Book Of Saturday
4 RF Announcement
5 Fracture
6 The Night Watch
7 Improv: Starless And Bible Black
8 The Great Deceiver
9 Exiles
10 Improv: The Fright Watch
11 The Talking Drum
12 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
13 21st Century Schizoid Man
 
Additional material:
 
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1974 Stereo Mix by George Chkiantz:
 
1 Easy Money
2 Lament
3 Book Of Saturday
4 Exiles
5 Improv: The Fright Watch
6 The Talking Drum
7 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
8 21st Century Schizoid Man
 
The Night Watch 1997 Stereo Mix by David Singleton & Robert Fripp upsampled to 24/96 from original 16/44 source tape. for tracklist see Steven Wilson mix above.
 
Disc 24 Blu-Ray 2
 
Audio Content:
DTS-HD Master Surround
LPCM 5.1 Surround
LPCM Stereo (24/96)
 
Starless And Bible Black
5.1 Surround Mix
2011 Stereo Mix
Original Stereo Mix
Original UK Vinyl Transfer
 
1 The Great Deceiver
2 Lament
3 We’ll Let You Know
4 The Night Watch
5 Trio
6 The Mincer
7 Starless And Bible Black
8 Fracture
 
5.1 Surround and 2011 Stereo mixed and produced from the original multitrack tapes by Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp except 'Trio' & 'The Mincer' * upmixed to 5.1 from the original stereo masters by Simon Heyworth and Robert Fripp, and taken from 30th anniversary edition for the 2011 stereo edition. Original stereo mix produced by King Crimson, mastered by Simon Heyworth and Robert Fripp.
 
LPCM Stereo (24/48)
 
Additional tracks
 
1 The Night Watch (Single edit - stereo)
2 The Night Watch (US radio single edit - mono)
3 30 second radio advert
4 60 second radio advert
 
1 Produced by King Crimson. 2 Reduced to mono without knowledge of
or reference to the band
 
The surround performances on this disc are a mixture of 5.1, 4.1 & 4.0
configurations. If no audio is heard from centre channel this is by design, and not caused by a faulty disc.
 
DTS-HD Master Surround
LPCM Surround
LPCM Stereo (24/96)
 
Elzer Hof, Mainz, Germany, March 30, 1974:
 
1 Walk On: No Pussyfooting
2 Improv: The Savage
3 Doctor Diamond
4 Improv: Arabica
5 Exiles
6 Improv: Atria
7 The Night Watch
8 Starless
9 Lament
10 Improv: Trio
11 Easy Money
12 Fracture (fragment)
 
Mixed from several source tapes by David Singleton at DGM (2014).
 
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 23, 1973:
 
1 Easy Money
2 Improv: Starless And Bible Black
3 Exiles
4 Improv: The Fright Watch
5 The Talking Drum
6 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
7 21st Century Schizoid Man
 
Mixed & produced from the original multitrack tapes by Steven Wilson (2014)
 
Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, USA, April 29, 1974:
 
1 The Great Deceiver
2 Lament
3 The Night Watch
4 Starless
 
Video Content:
 
ORTF T.V, Paris, France, March 22, 1974:
 
1 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
2 Improv
3 The Night Watch
4 Lament
5 Starless
 
Central Park, New York, June 25, 1973:
 
1 Easy Money
2 Fragged Dusty Wall Carpet
 
Disc 25 - Bonus Audio 1 - University Of Texas, Arlington, TX, October 6, 1973:
 
1 Walk On
2 Improv I
3 Larks' Tongues In Aspic: Part I
4 RF Announcement
5 Easy Money
6 The Night Watch
7 Fracture
8 Book Of Saturday
9 Lament
10 Improv II
11 Exiles
 
Disc 26 - Bonus Audio 2 - Audio Curios:
 
1 The Talking Drum
2 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
3 21st Century Schizoid Man
 
(1-3 University of Texas, Arlington, TX, October 6, 1973)
 
4 Doctor Diamond
 
(Richards Club, Atlanta, Georgia, June 23, 1973)
 
5 The Law Of Maximum Distress: Part I
6 Improv: The Mincer *
7 The Law Of Maximum Distress: Part II
 
(5-7 Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzerland, November 15, 1973)
 
8 Easy Money
9 Fracture
10 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
 
(8-10 Elzer Hof, Mainz, Germany, October 6, 1973)
 
Disc 27 - Bonus Audio 3 - Palazzo dello Sport, Udine, Italy, March 19, 1974:
 
1 Walk On: No Pussyfooting
2 Improv: Some Pussyfooting
3 Larks' Tongues In Aspic: Part I
4 Lament
5 Doctor Diamond
6 The Night Watch
7 The Great Deceiver
8 Guts On My Side
9 Improv II
10 Starless
11 Book Of Saturday
12 Exiles
13 Fracture
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Exiles

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Command Studios
26 Jan 1973

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Spectrum

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Spectrum
12 Apr 1974

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Easy Money (John And Jakko Duo)

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DGM Sound World I
2 May 2022

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Command Studios The Letters

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Command Studios
1 Sep 1971

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Ford Auditorium

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Ford Auditorium
26 Apr 1974

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Tachikawa Stage Garden

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TACHIKAWA STAGE GARDEN
5 Dec 2021

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Le Capitole Theatre

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Le Capitole Theatre
19 Sep 1973

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Guildhall Portsmouth

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Guildhall
15 Dec 1972

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Hondanomori Hall

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Hondanomori Hall
7 Dec 2018

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Winter Land

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Winter Land
12 Oct 1973

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The Night Watch Instrumental

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AIR Studios
9 Jan 1974

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The Greek Theatre

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The Greek Theatre
6 Aug 2021

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Municipal Auditorium

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Municipal Auditorium
4 Jun 1974

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Auditorium West Palm Beach

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Auditorium
21 Jun 1973

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KC 50 3 Cadence And Cascade

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DGMHQ Soundworld 1
25 Jan 2019

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Civil Auditorium, El Paso, Texas

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Civil Auditorium
8 Jun 1974

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Solo Scape And Drums

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DGM Sound World I
29 Mar 2021

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Mr Stormy Monday Selection Vol. 7

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DGM HQ
2 Mar 2015

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Palais Des Fetes

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Palais Des Fetes
7 Nov 1973

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