“Hello Again New York City” says Belew at the end of a barn-storming rendition of Thela. “I gotta tell you for a skinny boy from Illinois this is quite a thrill”. King Crimson are playing their second gig of the evening and considering the levels of energy displayed in the first house you have to wonder if they are up to the task? Well, writing on ET some years after the event Charles Jowett had no doubts. “I saw the second performance on a saturday night...It was the first time I had ever seen Mr. Fripp, or King Crimson, in concert. At the time I didn't even own any KC records, although I did have a copy of Exposure. I was completely blown away by the concert.I still consider it to be the most amazing concert that I have seen. Partly because I knew absolutely none of the material, and yet was totaly over powered by it. Adrian Belew was a maniac, bending the neck of his finger-painted stratocaster and blasting out those wild wammy-bar riffs that he favored in the early 80's...And Fripp was equally impressive, writhing around on his stool and even standing once or twice?.His solos especially amazing during The Sheltering Sky.”
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