Marquee London England

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Arguably the greatest find in Mister Stormy’s trawl through the Crimson archives: uncovering a previously unheard set on the second night at the band’s stint at The Marquee. Having only had the fairly grim-sounding bootleg to go on, it’s wonderful to hear the band in pristine sound. Fascinating also to at last be able hear some of the vocal harmony ideas that they had in mind for Formentera Lady.

After a thumpingly good Cirkus (complete with crystal clear mellotron duet and Ian Wallace’s double bass-drum thundering in the coda) Boz introduces “yet another newie” in the shape of The Letters featuring an exceptionally good free section. This is followed by what is arguably the very best version of Cadence And Cascade played by this line-up.

It’s interesting to note that at this stage the as-yet-untitled amalgam of LTIA 1 & Lament were clearly under active consideration for inclusion on Islands according to Fripp’s stage announcement. Although the band did record a studio version (available on the 40th anniversary edition of Islands) it clearly wasn’t thought to be ready enough to make it to the final running order. It’s interesting how similar in feel this version is to parts of Emergency! by Tony Williams’ Lifetime.

Hearing the band in such good audio quality is always welcome and more so when you can hear them enjoying themselves as much as they did here.

Please note that this download will be released in CD format as part of the KCCC in 2012.
Marquee London England

AUDIO SOURCE: Board Recording

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TRACK
TIME
01
Pictures Of A City
10:16
02
Formentera Lady
06:12
03
The Sailors Tale
08:36
04
Cirkus
08:57
05
The Letters
04:58
06
Cadence And Cascade
04:42
01
Improv
27:38
02
Ladies Of The Road
06:08
03
RF Announcement
03:24
04
21st Century Schizoid Man
11:37
Written by Samuel Langer
Nice recording, nice concert, interesting renditions.
These are interesting early renditions of Islands songs. Sailor's is a bit too long I think. I love the improv/A Peacemaking Stint Unrolls. Masterful! Although I'm not big on the very long drum solo. Good versions of each song though and Pictures is awesome.
Written by Robert Ramstad
Nice audio quality, in places inspired, in others, silly. CLUB46
1971 Aug 10 Marquee London England is CLUB46 i.e. King Crimson Collector's Club 46. If you have CLUB46, you don't need this. Odd gig. In places, very musical, and muscular. In other places, a bit off. There's more tuning than normal between songs, and either the vocal monitors were hard to hear, or someone was worried about a bunch of musical critics in the audience... It's interesting, the performance basically comes off as a bit nervous. Giggling during some verses of Ladies of ...
Written by Pablo Cordero
An astounding masterpiece
Astonishing. It is almost easier to list the aspects in which this recording is not quite perfect ("Sailor's Tale" is still in its early, overlong form; "Ladies of the Road" is still unfinished and some of the verses don't quite hit their mark, some of the repertoire pieces are not as tight as they would become later in the tour). But overall, this feels like one of those nights when the good fairy takes the band under its wing and they can do no wrong. The improv, incorporating riffs from LTIA ...
Written by William Jenks
Must Have, even for those not that excited by Islands
The Islands period is not my favorite for KC. I doubt I will listen to this over and over. Nonetheless I'm very glad to have it and recommend this show to all serious fans. As alluded to in the description, the recording here is very good quality, as good as one could imagine for the period. There is venue noise, but it's quite intimate. However, what makes the sale here is this example of just how far "out there" this band was willing to go. The improvisatory parts and incorporation o...
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