June 9, 1983  Lark's Pt III Into Sleepless

AUDIO SOURCE: Quarter Inch Reel to Reel Tape

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Thanks to Mr. Stormy’s endeavours this week, we get two for the price of one.
The recording of the Three Of A Perfect Pair album was one of the most difficult King Crimson recording sessions to date.

Work on the follow-up to Beat started at Champaign-Urbana in January (as documented on KCCC21) and then to Arny’s Shack in Dorset in May 1983. The sessions were hard going as the band struggled to write new material although Industry and Dig Me grudgingly emerged. Then the action changed location to Marcus Studio, in London where Beat had been recorded in June.

Here the band worked on a series of ideas that would eventually bear fruit. Yoli Yoli (available for purchase at Adrian Belew’s website) was a return to Waiting Man and the beginnings of Sleepless and Larks Tongues In Aspic Part III were amongst the tracks approached in outline.

As can be heard here, elements of these last two tracks were initially bound together before being slowly nudged apart three months later when Fripp visited Adrian in Champaign-Urbana, and finally separated in the sessions with the whole band at Bearsville studios in upstate New York in November 1983.

This track is available for download as part of a bumper collection of Mr Stormy's Monday Selections - his first year of random romps through the murky, cavernous DGM archives, torch in hand, fedora upon his head.
June 9, 1983  Lark's Pt III Into Sleepless

AUDIO SOURCE: Quarter Inch Reel to Reel Tape

DGM AUDIO QUALITY

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Larks Pt III Into Sleepless
07:02
Written by Jesse Morris
Larks' III into Sleepless - an alternative? A future? An alternative future?
The sound quality on this is excellent. I bet some of this was used on the master; several elements of the master appear on this. That was unusual; I thought the whole of both songs would’ve been re-recorded; I suppose when you’re recording in a studio in the 80’s, best not to waste good takes (I’m mainly referring to the "Lark’s III" portion). This was absolutely fascinating to hear. And I can now hear why the band separated those into two distinct entities, although with a few slight...
Written by Daniel Kirkdorffer
Parts of the finished track?
I haven’t listened to TOAPP for a file, but some of the stuff in this recording definitely sound like the final version of the track starting around 3:30 minutes in, basically what ends up being the end of Larks III.  From the jangling guitar, to the Stick’s "dogadogadoog", to Adrian shouting in the background "whoa" or "go".
Written by Joel Sabin
Submarines are lurking in my foggy ceiling
I wouldn’t have imagined those two were once this one, but here they are. Interesting stuff. How did ya decide who got what?
Written by David F Snyder
Fascinating
Beginnings are invisible, but this brings the listener a step closer into the creative process of KC. The musicianship is excellent (of course!). Mr. Stormy once again picks a real gem. I look forward to the next installment!
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