A new bundle of Frippertronics performances, taken from the Canadian leg of the Frippertronics Tour 1979, is now available almost 45 years to the day after the original performances. Links and details below.
By way of marking their availability as downloads via the DGM website, sound engineer and keeper of the King Crimson/Robert Fripp audio vaults, Alex Mundy, Frippertronics expert and occasional DGM consultant, Al Okada, and King Crimson biographer, Sid Smith got together on Zoom to chat about what makes these Frippertronic performances from August 1979 rather special.
There are 15 downloads in total, available both as a bundle and individually. Dates August 11th, 12th, 15th, and 16th are offered from their original audio source (Quarter Inch Reel to Reel) and also synced to audience bootleg recordings. Of the 15 downloads in this bundle, the recordings from August 13th and 19th were already available on the site.
August 5th - Robson Square Theatre, Vancouver
August 6th - Robson Square Theatre, Vancouver
August 7th - Provincial Museum, Edmonton
August 9th - Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
August 11th - Bathurst Street Theatre, Toronto
August 11th - Bathurst Street Theatre, Toronto (Audience bootleg synched to original 1/4" Reel recording)
August 12th - Bathurst Street Theatre, Toronto
August 12th - Bathurst Street Theatre, Toronto (Audience bootleg synched to original 1/4" Reel recording)
August 13th - National Art Center Studio, Ottawa (Audience bootleg synched to original 1/4" Reel recording)
August 15th - Cafe Campus, Quebec City
August 15th - Cafe Campus, Quebec City (Audience bootleg synched to original 1/4" Reel recording)
August 16th - Cafe Campus, Quebec City
August 15th - Cafe Campus, Quebec City (Audience bootleg synched to original 1/4" Reel recording)
August 17th - Le Pretzel Enchaine, Montreal
August 19th - Le Pretzel Enchaine, Montreal (Originally broadcast on local radio)
