Agora Atlanta United States

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A fairly muffled audience recording gradually opens out into a brighter sound as Discipline threads its way around the Atlanta’s Agora Ballroom. As the gig goes on the sound world improves quite dramatically thanks to the heroic work undertaken by Mr.Stormy.
Bruford is clearly having a ball at this show as can be heard in his thoroughgoing exploration of the drumkit during Indiscipline. Mixing straight beats with tumbling rolls and arhythmic assaults, this section is so musical it’s perfectly possible to forget that whatever else it may, this is a phenomenal drum solo. There’s a really dramatic moment in the midst of Belew’s monologue when Fripp suddenly unleashes a note-hammer of the kind that augers Breathless from Exposure. Full of menace,it suddenly alters the tone of the piece up to that point. It’s gripping stuff.
A bulldozing version of Sartori In Paris takes us inevitably to a stonking version of LTIA - a candidate for one of the best of the tour this. Hurtling along at a frenetic pace, the vagaries of the audience recording picks out Levin’s stabbing bass in the early parts of the piece and the solo fuzz punctuation in the breaks erupts loud and clear. He’s especially lyrical in the first two runs around the principal theme. Clearly Bill Bruford is not the only having fun this evening. A great gig!
Agora Atlanta United States

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TRACK
TIME
01
Discipline*
05:44
02
Thela Hun Ginjeet
07:37
03
Adrian Announcement
00:25
04
Red
07:03
05
Adrian Announcement
00:35
06
Matte Kudasai
03:56
07
The Sheltering Sky
10:50
08
Frame By Frame
05:03
01
Adrian Announcement
00:22
02
Neal And Jack And Me
06:53
03
Manhattan
05:57
04
Elephant Talk
05:16
05
Indiscipline
12:03
06
Sartori In Tangier
06:55
07
Larks Tongues In Aspic Pt II*
06:38
Written by Stephen McMillan
The King in Atl in 1981
Wow!  What a great, great show.  The sound quality is surprisingly good considering the source.  Bill Bruford is absolutely on fire in the long solo in Indiscipline.  Fripp sounds tremendous (as does everyone else) in Sartori in Tangier, certainly one of the best live performances of that song.  Manhattan sounds great, energetic, as though they were thrilled to be performing.  Many thanks to DGM for releasing this very rare show!  Buy it!
Written by Joseph T Herring
Something Shifted in the Cosmos...
This was an incredible night. Still one of my top five favorite shows I have had the honor of being an audient. The performance by all players in the band was outstanding. The crowd was mesmerized. The music was transcendental. I still have images of moments; Robert Fripp doubled over his guitar during his playing in Sheltering Sky; Tony Levin lurking in the corner prowling with the Stick; Bill Bruford’s exuberance at the kit; Robert intently studying Bill’s solo prior to the start of Indis...
Written by Douglas Hughes
Crimson in Hot ‘Lanta!
This was an amazing night, one I’ll always remember. When I arrived, the line was out the door, down the steps and down Peachtree Street, then around the corner halfway down that street. I never saw that before or since at this long gone venue. Once inside, an enormous crowd was gathered all eagerly awaiting the return of the Crimson King. People were even standing in the spaces between tables along the balcony railing and there was no space to squeeze into the packed floor below. The lar...
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