Curtis Hickson Auditorium

An incomplete audience recording documents King Crimson’s appearance in Tampa, Florida. On the fragmentary evidence presented here, it would seem that the Crims are in fine form and good humour. After a majestic version of Exiles, the band slip into Easy Money although on this occasion the third verse is briefly replaced by Fripp going into the ‘On Soft Grey Mornings’ section of In The Court Of The Crimson King. Grinning broadly, Wetton quickly comps along before they go back into Easy Money proper. This wasn't the first time it had happened and Wetton was sometimes inclined to sing the opening verse of the Lonnie Donegan classic, My Old Man's A Dustman, in place of Peter Sinfield's lyric. All good Crimson fun. While there are a few clams in Starless, as if the new number was still taking a little while to bed down, the following improv more than makes up for any fat-fingered foul-ups. Moving from a gentle Trio vibe, led by Cross, it begins to morph into something altogether harder, setting up a ferocious and explosive rendition of The Talking Drum. An incomplete but no less savage LTIA Pt2 brings this partial gig to a rousing conclusion.
TRACK
TIME
01
Exiles
06:49
02
Easy Money
06:08
03
Starless
11:31
04
Improv
05:40
05
The Talking Drum
04:37
06
Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part II (Incomplete)
04:39
Written by Chris Inguanta
Decent recording
Lots of audience noise heard in the background, typical of these recordings. But a great listen despite the sound quality.
Written by David Bowman
Great show at Tampa's Curtis Hixon Hall!
Little did I imagine as a 14 year old King Crimson fan in Tampa, Florida that the day would come when I would be able to re-hear this short set, my favourite band squeezed between Poco and Robin Trower. On this same day, Starless and Bible Black arrived at the local record shop; I had just enough time to listen to it once before my father drove me to the concert. After the show, I was thrilled and unable to sleep for hours, from the excitement but also because of the disturbing mystery of the ce...
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