Here we are in the large space of Wessex Studios’ main hall in February 1970 with Giles, Giles and Fripp. Engineer Robin Thompson announces “Take Four” and we hear Michael Giles count the team in.
It doesn’t quite take off with finger-flubs from both Peter and Robert but after that, we’re off and flying with the tracking session for Cat Food.
Save for some extra guitar embellishments what we get is the basics of the piece laid out prior to the attentions of Keith Tippett and later Greg Lake.
It’s interesting to hear that when Robert switches the treble pick-up on his guitar after the second verse, another fluff causes him to yell out in frustration at around 3.47. What is perhaps even more interesting is the decision to leave Fripp’s impromptu yelp on the finished version.
Thanks to Alex ‘Stormy’ Mundy for dusting off another previously unavailable and unreleased take from the original Poseidon multi-track tapes.
This track is available as part of Mr Stormy's next bumper collection. His Seventh year of treasures from the murky, cavernous DGM archives, are now available in Full Flac Fidelity.
