This is a calmer slightly more subdued affair than the previous evening. That said after the obligatory slowly building set-up, the solos which emerge in the last 14 minutes a pure heaven. Beginning with a graceful Heavenly Music Corporation-style curl, Fripp gradually opens up the throttle, producing some of the tumbling, rhapsodic lines heard on the Easter Sunday he would revisit in 1983.
Though shorter in length, this benefit gig for a local theatre group contains the kind of playing which has given these concerts their legendary status. The dramatic flurries which dominate the last seven minutes possess an astonishing, often dazzling intensity. The perfect companion piece to the previous day’s concert.
In reconstructing this concert Alex “Stormy” Mundy has done a remarkable job given the technical challenges facing him. “I managed to sync up the solos with the loops which were on separate reels. The only guide that I had was that you could hear the loops from Robert’s guitar pickup when he wasn’t soloing.”
