The band seems on surer footing on their second night in Cleveland in this slightly distant-sounding recording. It’s a storming set but just past the mid-way stage following a riotous Minor Man, in which calls for people to sit down can just be heard, an evidently exasperated Fripp has this to say. “One point. I understand that the gentleman sitting at the table would like everyone to sit down. I have a point to make about that. To listen to music one needs only ears not eyes. To dance one needs feet. This is a dance band, this is a dance floor. If anyone would like to stand here and dance, come and dance.” The scorching aggression of the following Thrang-fest is both provocative and absolutely thrilling. Watching the show this very night is the guitarist and vocalist from the support band GaGa. His name? Adrian Belew.
