Electric Light Orchestra was the warm up band and it was a great show. I really don't think anyone knew who Crimson were except maybe they heard "In the Court". Firecrackers were going off and there was an announcement that Crimson would not play until the firecrackers stopped. We waited awhile and I was beginning to get nervous Crimson wasn't going to play. They came out and you know the way "Lark's Tongues" starts, it is tinkling around percussion and violin, I looked around and people wer...
Electric Light Orchestra was the warm up band and it was a great show. I really don't think anyone knew who Crimson were except maybe they heard "In the Court". Firecrackers were going off and there was an announcement that Crimson would not play until the firecrackers stopped. We waited awhile and I was beginning to get nervous Crimson wasn't going to play. They came out and you know the way "Lark's Tongues" starts, it is tinkling around percussion and violin, I looked around and people were leaving. Then the build up, the crescendo with the white lights flooding the stage and I looked around and everyone was filing back to their seats...no one moved for 45 minutes! I was exhausted. what a show. they played only the album; but so tight, so alive, so much energy and dynamics. This was the first CD I ever bought w the promise of concert dynamics. They only played the album tracks, no In the Court as they played at other shows on the tour, I was disappointed at the time for that but not for the show...this was my first live show, perhaps Genesis at the Music Hall in Boston got me almost to what I felt at this show.
