One of the delights of a soundboard mix is that it occasionally gives you an up-close-and-personal earview of instruments that might otherwise go if not unnoticed then under-appreciated. Thus the second night in Madrid and it's the percussion and allsorts that threaten to take centre stage during a good rendition of The Talking Drum. LTIA2, which had up until now been closing the sets is a great a starter as it was back in the day.

Frame By Frame gets a bit lost inside itself after the last verse and you can almost hear the anxious counting going on as various players attempt to get themselves back into the correct position. No wonder multiple Crimson Distress honking can be heard at the end. A cracking version regardless of the Russian roulette of spinning notes.

Lovely to hear The Sheltering Sky manifest itself once again. The band had played it very occasionally played during 1995’s tour and of course it had been a regular feature in the 80s. It’s relative rarity makes it very special. Trey Gunn takes the first proper solo with beautifully transcendent results and Fripp’s ‘tron-sounding setting is nothing short of sublime.
TRACK
TIME
01
The Talking Drum
03:39
02
Larks Tongues In Aspic Pt II
06:39
03
Frame By Frame
05:25
04
Dinosaur
07:00
05
One Time
05:57
06
Red
06:13
07
BBOOM
06:11
08
THRAK
07:12
09
Waiting Man
04:45
10
Indiscipline
06:58
01
The Sheltering Sky
07:31
02
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream
04:55
03
People
05:51
04
Elephant Talk
04:37
05
21st Century Schizoid Man
09:29
06
Matte Kudasai
03:31
07
Thela Hun Ginjeet
07:41
08
VROOOM
03:59
09
Coda Marine 475
02:48

KC19960531Madrid1 - Carlos Martín

KC19960531Madrid2

KC19960531Madrid3 - Carlos Senderos

Written by Robert A Wright-Stasko
Well Under Way...
Within the first two nights of this tour bundle, you can hear the band still working out the kinks and putting the pieces together. On this night, KC is tight and going full steam ahead. Mixing up the set list (most likely from playing two nights in a row in the same venue) they start with The Talking Drum and LTIA II, which jumps starts the band with a high energy that they maintain through the last note. Red is a highlight for me. I think this song reached its full potential with the Double...
Written by Gianluca Turnu
Six Schizoid Men
For about three weeks that I have this in my ears. One of those memorable Concertoi where all the pieces of the set are reproduced in a sublime manner. If you’ve wondered Qualle was Trey’s role in this incarnation of the band will find the answer here. Trey is Innarrivabile!
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