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 Devastating!!!!! October 15, 2007
Written by wolverinepete
I burned this beast onto a CD and am now blasting it at concert level over a quality stereo system at home, just unreal. This is my first download from this site and my God, what outstanding sound quality. Get this, NOW! Indulge me while I free associate a while, this concert is blaring in the background and is bringing back a rush of memories. I was born in 1958, and fortunately had a sister three years older who was passionate about rock. She’d grab me by the scruff of the neck and make me sit down and listen to certain bands, and one that scared the piss out of me in 1969 was Crimson. Just the album cover of "In the Court of the Crimson King" gave me the fear, and the title track haunted me (btw, extremely powerful use of this song in "Children of Men" if you haven’t seen it, given RF’s apocalyptic bent I can see why he licensed it for this movie). I didn’t rediscover KC until "Lark’s Tongues" was released. The cool rock station in Chicago was WXRT, and they had "Easy Money" on rotation. I was 15 years old, thought myself cutting edge, so went out and bought it. What the hell did I know of time signatures and dissonance, this was just wild chaotic nonsense... WHAT MADNESS WAS THIS?!?! Part of me wanted to just smash this record to bits and fling the pieces out the window, but then the beautiful respite of "Exiles" would pull me back in and give it another chance. I was challenged, and kept playing it and playing it because I knew there was something magical going on, and I kept finding more and more in it each time. Thirty four years later I still find more gold after each listen, amazing. Thoroughly hooked, I had the extraordinary pleasure of seeing this incarnation of King Crimson post SABB at the Chicago Auditorium in April 1974, a double bill with Robin Trower (after the "Bridge of Sighs" release). A mere snivelling punk, how was I to know it would be the best rock concert of my life? For those of you unfamiliar with the Auditorium, it was designed by Louis Sullivan, and the acoustics engineered by Dankmar Adler, one of the great listening venues in the States. I had perfect seats, center of the first balcony. First comes Trower wailing out to an uncaring God in the heavens, followed by Crimson not wanting to cry to Him but to thrash the bastard. The entire evening I had goosebumps, each crescendo was like getting tasered, a grin plastered on my face. "Fracture" is now blaring, and this is insane: wow, shred wallpaper at a hundred paces indeed! I’ve enjoyed your music for a lifetime, and now find this. More joy, more ecstasy, timeless music that is the embodiment of the Spirit of Music. A magical moment in time frozen in amber, but still wildly alive (as in the background "Talking Drum" dances and dances and dances....) I bow at your throne, long live King Crimson! From a fan, sincerest thanks.
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Addendum Tue., Jan 25, 2011
Posted by: Carnamagos
I’ve nothing to add to the other superlatives here, but I want to note one thing about this recording that no one else seems to mention: David Cross’s mellotron was largely missing in action for much of the Read more
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Great!!!! Sat., Aug 21, 2010
Posted by: ekimshield
I saw this band in June ’73 (a few months before this recording) performing much of the material presented here. This a faithful document of that (and this) hair-raising night. A desert island recording if ever there were Read more
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Glasgow, 1973... Tue., Dec 29, 2009
Posted by: avakashitar
I wish I could’ve been there (but I only arrived on Earth a full month and three days later, so, no good for that...).
Although I had the studio albums and "The Night Watch", and had heard most of "The Great Read more
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great but redondant and an overview Mon., Aug 31, 2009
Posted by: danielontheparapet
All those coming out concerts are great but it becomes redondant , even if it’s never the same excatly! The problem is that this incarnation of the band was always playing the same Read more
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Staggering Wed., Jan 21, 2009
Posted by: kevineden
My first DGM download and what a scorcher. Having heard some of it on the Great Deciever box I was partly prepared for this gig. What a staggering beast of sonic power this KC Read more
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Amazing Wed., Oct 31, 2007
Posted by: HenryKC
I was lucky enough to be at the Apollo on October 23, 1973. It was a truly amazing experience. As you can hear from the demands for an encore, the crowd went crazy at the Read more
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Devastating!!!!! Mon., Oct 15, 2007
Posted by: wolverinepete
I burned this beast onto a CD and am now blasting it at concert level over a quality stereo system at home, just unreal. This is my first download from this site and my God, what outstanding sound Read more
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My First Of Many Downloads Here!!! Fri., May 4, 2007
Posted by: Catfoody
First of all I must thank Robert Fripp most sincerely for the creation of this amazing website and for the offering of equally amazing live shows to download; I wish more musicians would offer the same Read more
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I have seen the future, yesterday afternoon! Thu., Mar 22, 2007
Posted by: tungarbulb
Back in 1983 or so, the late composer/performer Frank Zappa proposed an alternative to the marketing of vinyl records (CD players were brand new and unaffordable to most Read more
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WOW Fri., Jan 26, 2007
Posted by: margaret
Thanks Bob, Bill, Ian, John et al, you guys changed my life, no pre release,just a gig at the Apollo, i was 16, u gave an intro to a wider world, i know you get this stuff all Read more
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