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Stanley Warner Theatre Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania |
 Pittsburgh 1972 June 13, 2006
Written by Andrewneil
King Crimson Mark 2? 2 albums in 30 years and now we have 12 live albums in the last couple of years. Bit like buses really.
Pittsburgh is a show where, bearing in mind the circumstances, the band could be excused for going through the motions however the show is well up to snuff. Crimso was always a band that comes across as highbrow and catering for the serious music fan however at this gig there are some wonderfully humerous moments. Pictures and Formentera are despatched with vigour and the Sailors Tale contains one of Robert’s "patented sustained fuzz tone solos". Cirkus sounds a bit destracted however Ladies Of The Road is a hoot, Ian tries to arrange a party with a member of the audience, Robert sounds lost but plays some hilarious interludes which even makes Boz laugh. The backing vocals on the chorus fall apart completely in a Pythonesque refrain. As a rule drum solos should be locked in a quiet room preserved in 1970s formaldehyde however Groon always captures the attention with the inspired use of the VSC3. Schizoid Man almost equals the Wilmington version with a blistering (frustrated?) guitar solo but lacks the Mel Collins sax solo. Improv I is a forerunner of Earthbound but is far more disjointed and Robert saves the day by leading the band into a lovely version of Cadence.
An essential purchase if only to prove that, hey, this is Crimso with a sense of humour
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