Greyhound Croydon England

AUDIO SOURCE: Soundboard Cassette

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"Totally amazing band" says a happy punter at the very end of this audience recording. Another lovely find from the recesses of the DGM archive thanks to Mister Stormy. Although not pristine audio quality this eminently listenable and previously unavailable recording captures the full Crimson set of the day. The band are on strikingly good form with Fripp’s solo on the opening sections of Sailor’s Tale being especially adventurous. There’s a wonderful reading of The Letters with a splenetic middle-section improv with furious guitar bursts and grumbling baritone sax. Ending with Boz’s voice shimmering in the same VCS3-enhanced halo that Sinfield applied to Mel’s flute at the start, Fripp has at last given up appending the track with his sickly-sweet guitar coda which often punctured the atmosphere on other live outings. Collins is on searing form as Groon builds up nice and slow, barking and roaring one minute and turning out sweetly flowing melodic lines the next; a phenomenal improviser who in some respects the band struggle to keep up with. Ian Wallace’s drum solo is beautifully constructed, again building nicely into the VCS3-processed section, though Fripp’s unaccompanied coda struggles to find any real subtance, eventually breaking down into a humourous interplay that’s greatly appreciated by the punters. After the levity of Groon, a fierce reading of Schizoid Man ups the ante with a fluidly twisting laser-beam guitar solo that’s often reminiscent of the original recording. Good fun is had ahead of The Devil’s Triangle with Fripp quoting Sleepy Lagoon better known as the theme music to the BBC’s long-running radio series Desert Island Discs hence Fripp’s quip “It’s really great to be on your show, Roy” referencing its host and creator, Roy Plomley. All in all, a great show at the Greyhound!
Greyhound Croydon England

AUDIO SOURCE: Soundboard Cassette

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TRACK
TIME
01
Cirkus*
08:40
02
Pictures Of A City
09:21
03
Formentera Lady
06:28
04
The Sailors Tale
07:03
05
The Letters
05:28
06
Cadence And Cascade
04:32
01
Ladies Of The Road
07:42
02
Groon
19:31
03
21st Century Schizoid Man
09:42
04
Tune Up
02:40
05
The Devils Triangle
10:31
06
Lady Of The Dancing Water
03:14
Written by Michael Dupont
Worth adding to your collection
My immediate impression of this show is that it is one of the best I have heard from the Islands lineup. The audience seems very enthusiastic here but also respectful where it counts, and if i'm not mistaken Robert Fripp seems to respond to this with some good banter. Goes to show how a receptive audience can completely change the energy of a concert.. Tracks that especially stood out to me would have to be Groon with Ian Wallace spacey drum solo, as well as a very far out performance of The Dev...
Written by Robert Ramstad
Audio quality very good, not great, and a reasonably strong performance
Audio is a bit dark in tonality, and muffled a bit in spots. If it's a soundboard recording, there was a mic at the board to pick up some of the audience noise. I think it's much more likely that it's an audience recording and the mic is at the PA stacks. Groon ends on a laugh... it gets out there, way way way out there. Lady of the Dancing Water is a lovely (presumed) second encore. Enthusiastic crowd. There are certainly other shows from this tour with stronger performances a...
Written by Gustavo Ernesto
Simply one of the very best versions of Lady of The Dancing Water
Written by Pablo Cordero
This is fire.
What a good download. This is an audience recording which sounds as good as I can imagine any bootleg sounding. The performance has an amazing levity, humor and lightness of touch, although "Pictures of a City" shows early on they can sound heavy when it is required. One of the best "Formentera Lady"s around, leading into a vicious "Sailor's Tale", now approaching its final form but still bearing a flute solo. "The Letters", as other reviewers have stated, is an extraordinary performance... Real...
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