A slightly unsteady LTIA Pt IV gets this gig underway. Things come right by the time the team get to the fast running lines which cut through the previous uncertainty in the playing with a determined and decisive conviction.

“Good evening... so far” laughs Belew afterwards as they go into pretty straightforward ProzaKc Blues. Yet once again there’s an equipment / monitoring problem that undermines parts of the ConstruKction in mid-flight. The band recover well by the time Belew’s vocals come in though there’s a sense that they only just made it. Things aren’t helped when during FraKcture, the settings of Lunar Module are not where their pilot wanted them to be. The result is a fast metal section that consists of Gunn and Mastelotto belting along while Fripp’s feet hit the pedalboard buttons as fast as fingers normally would in order to try and correct the course. He gets there but only just.

With Crimson it’s not about the mistakes or the malfunctions but the recovery On this, as elsewhere, they just about manage it. The first improv of the evening is a fairly inconclusive sortie around the handsonic percussion. The second is a particularly robust turn by the rhythm buddies with somewhat circumspect embellishments from Belew and Fripp. There was a degree of consensus amongst the Crims that this particular gig lacked the energy and to these ears, it would seem they are on the money with that opinion.
TRACK
TIME
01
Larks Tongues In Aspic Pt IV*
09:25
02
Coda I Have A Dream
03:11
03
ProzaKc Blues
05:42
04
The ConstruKction Of Light
08:56
05
FraKctured
09:09
06
Improv I
02:19
07
Into The Frying Pan
06:53
08
Improv II
08:12
01
The Worlds My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum
06:56
02
Thela Hun Ginjeet
05:46
03
Dinosaur
05:56
04
Red
07:51
05
Three Of A Perfect Pair
04:24
06
Deception Of The Thrush
10:44
07
Elephant Talk
05:33

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