The Savoy First House New York United States

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What a amazing noise the crowd at The Savoy make as this new incarnation of King Crimson take to the stage for the very first time. No wonder the spines in the band were tingling. This was the 12th gig into the North American tour and the beginning of a three-night stint that would pass into KC mythology as some of the best moments for the 81-era Crimson.

As with most things, you probably had to be there to fully appreciate the atmosphere and excitement generated during these concerts. For those in attendance, both artist and punter, the occasion is etched into the memory with indelible detail. For the rest of us, these audience recordings at least provide a thumb-nail sketch.

With a set consisting primarily of numbers from the then newly released Discipline, the inclusion of new tracks in varying stages of progress make this a fascinating piece of documentation when it comes to charting the making of Beat. Neil And Jack And Me is a beautiful lattice-work of ideas, muscular in places yet remarkably fragile in others. Interesting also to hear Manhattan (later to become Neurotica by the time it was recorded four months later) taken at such a slow tempo.

Writing on Elephant Talk in 1997 Steven Sullivan noted "Those concerts were outstanding even by Crimson standards. The Sheltering
Sky and Manhattan were literally hair-raising. And Fripp-raising: the guitar 'conversation' in Sheltering
Sky at one of the Savoy shows was the only time I've ever seen Fripp rise off his playing stool in musical transport.

If Mr. Fripp's reading this, he knows I write truth. How about giving all the other Crimheads a chance to hear these performances?"

Well, 15 years on from that plea being written, and 31 years after the performances themselves, here they are.

Buyer beware: Discipline is sadly incomplete. DGMLive would like to give a special thanks to John Bella for his assistance with these downloads.
The Savoy First House New York United States

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TRACK
TIME
01
Frippertronics
01:01
02
Discipline*
04:12
03
Thela Hun Ginjeet
07:57
04
Red
07:23
05
Matte Kudasai
03:56
06
The Sheltering Sky
10:19
07
Neal And Jack And Me
06:49
01
Frame By Frame
05:38
02
Manhattan
05:51
03
Elephant Talk
05:14
04
Indiscipline
09:45
05
Sartori In Tangier
05:45
06
Larks Tongues In Aspic Pt II
07:06

KC19811105NewYork - António Cebola

KC19811105NewYork2 - Bill Cormier

KC19811105NewYork3 - Bill Lantz

Written by Gerardo Liedo
I'm on the cover of an official release by King Crimson!!!!
I was there and instead of the show review I want to tell you that to my surprise when I downloaded the show I noticed that I’m on the album cover, being a fan since 1970 this is the most exciting thing I’ve ever have had! To be more specific check this image [img]http://www.rocksoff.org/headers2016/i6-voodooonthecoverof-king-crimson.jpg[/img]
Written by John Bella
FYI, This Recording is the Early Show
For those who have been wondering, this recording is from the early show (aka first house) on November 5th.  To my knowledge, no recording exists of the November 5th late show (the first night of the Savoy run).  Every recording that I have heard that claims to be from the late show on the 5th is actually the November 7th early show.  
Written by Bill Lantz
Epic Road Trip
My girlfriend (and now wife of 30 years) and I road tripped from State College PA to Jersey hopping subways to get to NYC and back with a couple of my old PSU roommates. I had been wearing out Discipline, and got everybody on board to take a trip to the city.This King Crimson show was transcendent. I clearly remember the nearly overwhelming excitement leading up to it with the release of the amazing Discipline LP. I was completely blown away by the entire set, the band was totally engaged an...
Written by Tilman Reitzle
Savoy, NYC: Early show, Nov. 5, 1981
This show was a life changing event for me. I was in the front row. The band came out to a stage bathed in unchanging, honest white lights. They played a music that seemed not to rely on the dynamics of the individual performer, but on the polyrhythmic integrity of the whole. What they played, and how they played it struck me as one of the most perfectly balanced live shows I’d ever witnessed. They were accessible, yet communicated in a fiercely sophisticated language. From what I could tell, ...
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