Marquee London England
06
Jul
1969

Marquee

London
Clearly it wasn’t just their musical reputations that had been enhanced by appearing at Hyde Park the previous day as Ian McDonald notes in his dairy:[endtease] “Up p.m. Dik and Vic came over…Mike (Giles) picked me up and went to Marquee. Did gig. Came back to flat with 9 chicks(!)” During this gig, they zip through rock, pop, folk, jazz and classical – sometimes all in one song. It’s little wonder that they had a spring in their step. After all it’s not often you play to most of hippiedom one day, return to your word-of-mouth supporters the next (499 to be exact) and then roll into Wessex studios the day after to record Epitaph with Moody Blue producer, Tony Clarke. “The audience tape is rumoured to be of Sunday 6th July” writes Fripp. “I am unable to confirm that, but it does sound, and feel to me like Crimso at the Marquee.”

AUDIO SOURCE: Audience Bootleg

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TIME
01
21st Century Schizoid Man
06:21
02
Drop In
05:42
03
I Talk To The Wind
05:17
04
Epitaph
03:20
05
Travel Weary Capricorn
11:07
06
Improv
12:28
07
Mars
08:22

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06
Jul
1969

Marquee

London
Written by Phoenix Wright Guy
Good, Not Perfect
My only complaints are that 21st Century Schizoid Man is incomplete, though, its not advertised as such in the complete 1969 Recordings. That The Court Of The Crimson King is COMPLETLEY missing (Probably because the recording cut out). That Mantra is definitely there, but the recording probably cut out again, so it's absent, and that there aren't more Marquee Club recordings. Setlist: Probably 5-5. Performance: 4.9-5. Sound: 2-5.
Written by Gunnar Kennedy
Marquee rumble (I)
Really good recording of the Crim in the legendary Marquee Club. The recording quality is between a 3 and 4, for me. Giles' drums (especially the snare and cymbals) spike through the music at blaring volumes. Greg Lake's bass can be kind of difficult to hear sometimes as can Robert's guitar. But overall, this is a very good recording of the original era KC. The 21CSM should really be listed as incomplete as the recording doesn't start until the end of the first chorus/beginning of the second verse. Quite a fiery version of the song though, especially right out of the gate. A wonderful rendition of Drop In follows after that kind of brings that heat down. This paves the way for "I Talk to the Wind" and "Epitaph" to keep the gig kinda mellow. Then a very improvisational Travel Weary Capricorn breaks through. I really dig this version as it builds quite well into a great crescendo with excellent flute work by Ian. These leads into an initially hectic "Improv" that slowly dies down into a "Mars" closer. Overall this is a really great set that shows the original Crim as a killer and tight live band.

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