Shibuya Kohkaido Tokyo Japan

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This series of gigs marked the start of King Crimson’s long-term love affair with Japan.Is it too fanciful to suggest that the interlocking notes played at the climax of the opening number share the same brittle beauty of koto strings being plucked? Probably is the answer to that is yes but this is a fascinating concert and no mistake.

"Sometimes while we're on the road we write new songs together. This one began in Paris and it's for the next King Crimson album" says Belew prior to a kick-ass rendition of Neal, And Jack And Me. Up until that point Crimson's debut Japanese had been subject to a few missteps here and there, but the take-no-prisoners attitude evident throughout this powerful version is thrilling stuff. The same has to be said for Manhattan - the early version of what would eventually become Neurotica. Those big crashing chords which first originated during the making of Exposure but never quite found a proper home, deliver some devastating blows. A wonderfully raucous version despite some tuning issues in the middle section. The impressionistic extended opening of Sartori is a wonderfully mysterious sequence featuring RF’s Roland, making this sound almost like some forgotten League of Gentlemen track.

The bootleg source kindly supplied to DGM by Benoit Carmichael is bright though there’s not too much on the bass end of things (aside from Levin's biting buzzsaw bass on LTIA). Nevertheless, an important historical moment has been preserved in the KC archive and now made officially available for the first time.
Shibuya Kohkaido Tokyo Japan

AUDIO SOURCE: Bootleg CD

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TRACK
TIME
01
Walk On
04:33
02
Discipline
05:21
03
Thela Hun Ginjeet
07:26
04
Red
07:20
05
Matte Kudasai
03:45
06
The Sheltering Sky
09:54
07
Frame By Frame
05:28
08
Neal And Jack And Me
06:57
01
Manhattan
06:05
02
Elephant Talk
05:23
03
Indiscipline
12:59
04
Sartori In Tangier
07:33
05
Larks Tongues In Aspic Pt II
10:48

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KC19811209Tokyo

Written by Walter Kanios
Long lived - The King!!!
Great show... and now I would like to review the February 24th. 1982 show @ from E.J. Thomas Hall in Akron, Ohio! The best yet????? Come on, Ohio was a great place for Crimson and R.F. I know it and so do you.            eggplant out.
Written by BENOIT CARMICHAEL
A japanese first date
I am glad to see that my boot of December 9, 1981 made it to the official bootleg series. When the Japanese tour came out in August, I was surprise to learn in Sid comments that no recording of December 9 existed in DGM archives. I surely had in mine a decent sounding audience recording of this gig. I promptly contacted DGM to offer them to have a look at it. I have just purchased the flac version to make "official" my position. I am anxious to hear which magic Mr Stormy used to improve this...
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