“If we are looking for a KC live (show); Chicago was exceptional” – Robert Fripp
“One of our best” – Tony Levin
King Crimson evolves, changes, morphs as relentlessly as the Soundscapes which open each concert. Since the 2016 tour of Europe, the band has become a double quartet line-up with Bill Rieflin’s return from sabbatical as keyboard player & Jeremy Stacey’s confirmation as a permanent member/third drummer. This allows for the inclusion of an ever more complex & compelling array of material, far more than can be contained in a single concert. With options for up to three keyboard players in the current line-up – Fripp & Stacey both have setups alongside their respective guitar/drum rigs - the majority of Lizard is performed live for the first time ever, likewise Fallen Angel from Red is making its first ever concert appearance/live recording, Cirkus envelops the listener in sound, the beautiful title track from Islands closes the first set, while staples from the 1980s line-up Indiscipline and Neurotica appear in very different arrangements. New piece, The Errors makes its recorded debut & current audience favourite Heroes appears in the encores at the end of Disc Two. Add to this list of concert newcomers & returnees, live staples of the recent tours such as Starless, Easy Money, a recording of Level Five described as the “best ever single performance” of the piece by King Crimson biographer Sid Smith & a storming ending provided by the evergreen 21st Century Schizoid Man & it’s easy to see why the band was so pleased with this gig & the audience went home happy.

King Crimson continues to re-invent & re-imagine both itself & its music; the kind of thing that once would have been called a “progressive” approach. It’s an approach that has benefited band members and listeners alike from January 1969 to the present – September 2017.
TRACK
TIME
01
Bellscape And Orchestral Werning
02:29
02
Larks' Tongues In Aspic Pt I
09:28
03
Neurotica
04:54
04
The Errors
04:53
05
Cirkus
07:34
06
The Lizard Suite
11:21
07
Fallen Angel
06:00
08
Larks' Tongues In Aspic Pt II
07:10
09
Islands
09:49
01
Pictures Of A City
09:59
02
Indiscipline
08:02
03
The ConstruKction Of Light
06:19
04
Easy Money
09:34
05
The Letters
06:44
06
Interlude
02:24
07
Meltdown
04:23
08
Radical Action II
02:28
09
Level Five
07:04
10
Starless
14:37
01
Heroes
04:50
02
21st Century Schizoid Man
15:54
Written by Jordon Cohen
Great Sound and Representation of Tour! Missing Proper Tags.
My perspective is that I had seen the Double Trio a number of times but for the current lineup I listened to Radical Action before seeing the band in Raleigh which was beyond my expectations. The back catalog was represented well with Jakko on vocals and the keys and brass and winds in the mix with the entire band behind 3 giant drumkits kits manned by probably the best progressive drummers on the planet. The current lineup is much different from the double trio I knew live in many ways but it w...
Written by Waen Shepherd
Just when you think they can't get any better...
... along comes this astonishing set. I'm privileged enough to have seen line-up 8.x twice, different each time and always mind-blowing, but nothing prepared me for this. My undying love for The ProjeKcts and the Double Duo aside, I have to agree with Fripp's liner notes when he refers to this as the fourth definitive version of King Crimson. And this is by far the best of the discs they've released so far. Even though it ostensibly features fewer 'new' songs than the beyond-brilliant Radical Ac...
Written by Mitchell Lawson
This is THE release from the current lineup.
I don't even know where to start. There's so much "new" stuff here that sounds absolutely amazing, and everything familiar is presented definitively. The new arrangements of Neurotica and Indiscipline feature some really impressive drumming, and the addition of saxophone really fills out the songs and transforms them into something fresh. The Errors is a great blend of Jakszyk's jazzy/bluesy tendencies with the interlocking guitars (and now drums) that are now such a hallmark of the group. The L...
Written by Keith Dinsmore
Fabulous sound. I was at the show and this is fabulous.
All great. I just need to make time to sit and listen to the show start to finish. It was an incredible show. I bought the download after not having the patience to wait for the CD version I ordered. I wish the download would have been in a higher resolution other than 16/44 but it does sound very good and not ruined by compression. I wish the tags had been better. After the download I had to re-do them all for playback on JRiver. Again a wonderful show and if you're on the fence............don...
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