In the excitement and stomach-churning anticipation before going on stage for this incarnation of Crimson's debut performance, one of the newly-formed five piece anxiously enquired [endtease]"What are we going to play?" Jamie Muir chipped in "Oh, Let's improvise."
And they did.
Quite a few in the audience that night would have been at the same club 18 months earlier to see the debut of the Islands-era Crim. And it's a fair bet that many were hoping to hear their old favourites.
But what they got was something entirely different.
What this show lacks in audio fidelity, it more than makes up for in the unique musical content: long improvisations and early transitional arrangements of better-known pieces.
This restored bootleg was first released on CD as KCCC20 in 2002.
In the excitement and stomach-churning anticipation before going on stage for this incarnation of Crimson's debut performance, one of the newly-formed five piece anxiously enquired [endtease]"What are we going to play?" Jamie Muir chipped in "Oh, Let's improvise."
And they did.
Quite a few in the audience that night would have been at the same c...
The concert is amazing, as a Muir fan, I wanted to analyze the concert as much as I could, I was able to develop a theory that could explain some weird things in the recording. What if this recording is actually a compilation of the three Zoom Club dates? Here's the explanation:
In short, my theory says that "Zoom Zoom" is from October 13, "Larks' I" to "Zoom" are from October 14, and "Easy Money" to "Larks' II" are from October 15, what I think that happened is that in fact, the band didn't...
The concert is amazing, as a Muir fan, I wanted to analyze the concert as much as I could, I was able to develop a theory that could explain some weird things in the recording. What if this recording is actually a compilation of the three Zoom Club dates? Here's the explanation:
In short, my theory says that "Zoom Zoom" is from October 13, "Larks' I" to "Zoom" are from October 14, and "Easy Money" to "Larks' II" are from October 15, what I think that happened is that in fact, the band didn't know what to play yet, so they improvised the whole gig on Oct. 13 (even for KC standards, a 44 minutes long improv is a bit too much for a concert with more songs), then they played more written material on Oct. 14 and 15, I would say that they played 40-ish minutes each night, and when the recording went to the archives, they just placed everything in a single date as a single concert, another proof would be the difference bewteen audio qualities, "Zoom Zoom" has worse audio quality compared to the other songs, as well as "Larks' I" to "Zoom" sounds a little bit worse than "Easy Money" to "Larks' II", I think the only reason to check if this theory has any sense is by checking the original tapes and see if the title actually says something about the dates, maybe it's just a weird theory an obessed crimhead made for fun, maybe it's not.
Written by Arend
Doesn't sound THAT bad...
Yes, in fact it sounds quite ok to my ears,actually really good, but could it be that Disc 1 and Disc 2 are mixed up in the Download Folder, i.e. "Disc 1" is really "Disc 2" and vice versa ? Just curious ;-)
Written by Marc-andre Robitaille
Happy with it!
Setlist 5, Performance 5, Sound 2. Debating if I should get or not because of sound quality and I did anyway and am very happy.Basically just like DGM’s notes say: the performance more than makes up for the lacking audio quality. The performance is truely amazing and the Zoom and Providence Improvs. are really worth the buy.
Written by Gun Schill
Zoom Frankfurt
Zoom Club in Frankfurt(Germany)was a bit bigger than the Marquee in London, not much though. Hence the intimate feel, with clanking sounds from the audience. I was a bit annoyed by the beery/cheery "surround sound" in the club, especially in the lots of quieter moments from the band on stage. The stage was not just straight up front, but extended in a curve to the left side, where the violin player was positioned. And indeed, this person was playing flute as well. That info is missing on DGM....
Zoom Club in Frankfurt(Germany)was a bit bigger than the Marquee in London, not much though. Hence the intimate feel, with clanking sounds from the audience. I was a bit annoyed by the beery/cheery "surround sound" in the club, especially in the lots of quieter moments from the band on stage. The stage was not just straight up front, but extended in a curve to the left side, where the violin player was positioned. And indeed, this person was playing flute as well. That info is missing on DGM. From far left to right on stage were: Cross, Wetton, Bruford, Muir, Fripp. Wonder, were the recorder positioned his mics, maybe behind the FOH mixer in the back of the room, as there is some stereo inside but not representative of the actual spread of the band. Anyway THX for publishing,it brings back good memories of a very exciting,inspirational bunch of young musicians. And I’m happy that most of them are still active.
