Pictures Of A City Wessex studio sessions 16th February 1970.
This will form part of the previously unreleased recordings from the "In the Wake of Poseidon" studio sessions at Wessex Studios in early 1970. The recordings are presented exactly as they appear on the original multitracks, engineered by Robin Thompson, with consecutive takes on each reel running seamlessly.
All the original studio sessions from 1970 are being made available by download in 2020 to satisfy recent changes to copyright laws: All recordings must be released within the fiftieth year of their recording in order to continue to enjoy copyright protection. So these have been released to the DGMLive faithful – and are thus protected!
Pictures Of A City Wessex studio sessions 16th February 1970.
This will form part of the previously unreleased recordings from the "In the Wake of Poseidon" studio sessions at Wessex Studios in early 1970. The recordings are presented exactly as they appear on the original multitracks, engineered by Robin Thompson, with consecutive takes on each...
Pictures Of A City Bass And Drums Soundcheck With Takes 1 To 4
20:07
Pictures Of A City Take 5 Aborted And Take 6
08:57
Pictures Of A City Take 7 Overdubbed Master
08:28
Pictures Of A City Take 8 Intro. Takes 9 And 10
10:55
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Written by Pablo Cordero
A bit like the Moody Blues?
Nothing particularly revelatory on these 10 takes, the structure was pretty set and didn't change much. The basic tracks are exclusively Giles, Giles and Fripp- only take 7, the one that made it to the album, has overdubs from Mel and Greg. And it has an interesting mix here, with hard-panned vocals and Mellotron.
Only two takes made it all the way to the end, take 4 (which has a scratchy, slightly atonal guitar solo during the quiet section) and the aforementioned Take 7. Near the end of the s...
Nothing particularly revelatory on these 10 takes, the structure was pretty set and didn't change much. The basic tracks are exclusively Giles, Giles and Fripp- only take 7, the one that made it to the album, has overdubs from Mel and Greg. And it has an interesting mix here, with hard-panned vocals and Mellotron.
Only two takes made it all the way to the end, take 4 (which has a scratchy, slightly atonal guitar solo during the quiet section) and the aforementioned Take 7. Near the end of the session the boys let off steam with a short jazz-rock improv, and someone can be overheard saying “I think King Crimson is a bit like the Moody Blues”. Tongue in cheek, I suspect.
