University Of Texas Arlington United States
06
Oct
1973

University Of Texas

Arlington
With over a dozen dates under their belts Crimson were really hitting their stride, playing a high-energy show and unveiling new material[endtease] such as The Night Watch, Lament and Fracture. In the latter’s case, it’s so new that the paint is still wet with a couple of sticky moments evident around the intro.

However, the real surprise comes around the 6.30 mark in Fracture - with an unreleased section they later discarded, propelled by a mighty Wetton bass line that reappears on Red’s Starless. An improvised section prior to those familiar rasping chords adds a pinch of wonder to this tale of the unexpected, making it a glimpse of an alternative Fracture.

A vintage improv, driven by Bill’s rhythm box, features great thunking chunks of bass, laser-beam guitar, screeching violin lines, swathes of Mellotron and some ebullient Bruford mayhem make this an Asbury Park style must-have.

The final 20 minutes of this gig are astonishingly good with one of the best Talking Drum doing the rounds, and if you’ve think you’ve heard all the Schizoid Man you’re likely to need, then think again. The chaps were on form in cowboy country – yee, and indeed, haaa!

Thanks to caption competition winner GeeJay for picking this gig.

AUDIO SOURCE: Very good quality bootleg

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TRACK
TIME
01
Lark's Tongues In Aspic Pt I
13:50
02
RF Announcement
03:03
03
Easy Money
07:17
04
The Night Watch
05:23
05
Fracture
15:17
01
Book Of Saturday
03:28
02
Lament
04:30
03
Improv I
09:51
04
Exiles
07:09
05
The Talking Drum
06:15
06
Lark's Tongues In Aspic Pt II
08:50
07
21st Century Schizoid Man
09:01

PURCHASE
SHOW

KC19731006Arlington - Allan Okada

BROWSE SHOWS WITH PHOTOS

06
Oct
1973

University Of Texas

Arlington
Written by Neal_Grillot
"Play Louder"
I remember is as if it was yesterday, and 47 years later. During one of the quieter moments, a cry comes from the back of the hall- "Play Louder". RF from his perch stops, saunters across the stage to Wetton's mic as plainly states: "If the gentleman would like us to play louder, perhaps he should listen more attentively". RF then strolls back and continues.. Awesome show
Written by Dennis Mullen
Thrilled to be here
46 years ago at the age 17 and in college for less than two months, I got the chance to see King Crimson for the first time. I can't say that I remember much about the show other than I was there and I made the mistake of taking a date to see them. She insisted we leave before the encore. Ah well, we didn't go on a second date. I am thrilled that I now can download the show!! I have yet to listen to all the tracks, but what I have listened to is fantastic.
Written by Frank Hadlich
New Material
Just arrived in Arlington during my listening through from Frankfurt to NYC.I nearly wept when the beauty of The Night Watch unfolded here the first time (for us in posterity) - a new tune played only a dozen gigs before, having emerged somewhere during summer ’73 writing session.Played so perfectly, with so much taste and beauty...
Written by Jeff Oaster
Starless and Bible Fracture
If you’re going through the reviews of this one, you’ll no doubt notice that this one has been around for awhile. Indeed, I bought it about five years ago myself. The big appeal for this concert is for the early version of Fracture, which has an extended middle section featuring parts of a different King Crimson tune that has achieved classic stature. So it’s good that they trimmed that portion out. Plus it seems to disrupt the flow of the song too (which could be simply a matter of me having heard the song tons and tons of times before hearing this version). Fracture is an interesting tune to follow the development. This version is relatively subdued. It seemed to get more intense the more it was performed, culminating in what almost sounded like a three way struggle between Wetton, Bruford and Fripp to see who could dominate more.The rest of the concert is top notch as well. A storming version of LTiA which opens the show is a particular highlight. I can’t really say that I’m much a fan of the Music Box improv. There are some quirks with the setlist. There is no Dr. Diamond, which may have been put on the shelf for this tour since it wasn’t performed in the Oct 23 set either, and no Improv to lead into the Talking Drum.

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