StadtHalle Cologne Germany

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StadtHalle Cologne Germany
14
Oct
1981

StadtHalle

Cologne
It’s a newly rechristened King Crimson just eight gigs into their European tour and a brand new album under their belt that are ushered onstage to a fanfare of Frippertronics.[endtease] With the album, Discipline, having been released the previous month, this audience recording shows they get a rapturous reception as the boys in the band start joyfully tearing the place apart.

Frame By Frame is especially ferocious, and devotees of The Sheltering Sky will be pleased that not only is Fripp most definitely 'on', he also adds a spooky line or two on the Roland keyboard. Also of interest is an early arrangement of Neil and Jack and Me still in a state of flux and nearly being ahem, fluxed up entirely in places. Having emerged out of the first writing sessions in April that year it still has a way to go before settling down. Briefly unleashed from the structured material, Bruford lets rip on an improvised intro to the encore, Thela. When Fripp joins in, it sounds like a precursor to Requiem – a small but dazzling vignette of astonishing power. Though marred in places by some tuning problems this shows just how formidable KC ‘81 really was.
StadtHalle Cologne Germany

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TRACK
TIME
01
Frippertronics
00:26
02
Discipline
05:20
03
Thela Hun Ginjeet
07:57
04
Red
08:03
05
Frame By Frame
05:28
06
Matte Kudasai
04:36
07
The Sheltering Sky
09:56
08
Indiscipline
06:58
09
Neal And Jack And Me
06:53
10
Elephant Talk
05:37
11
Lark's Tongues In Aspic Pt II
07:29
12
Thela Hun Ginjeet
08:32

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SHOW

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TOUR

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14
Oct
1981

StadtHalle

Cologne
Written by Frank Hadlich
Great
It’s now about 8 years I first heard this excellent bootleg. A lot has happened in the meantime, and the amount of just a few couple of downloads has now developed to hundreds of sets / hours of music.This performance in Köln is still outstanding - a landmark by every aspect.(I concede even the audience chatter is pretty much fun; I believe the bootlegger speaking German originates from The Netherlands).The sheer energy of the playing with so much fun involved is remarkable.Highly recommended...
Written by Bruno Ferreira
Blistering Performance
 Totally perfect and energic performance...  The band were at their peak on this night, from the opening Frippertronics, The Sheltering Sky, Larks’ Tongues In Aspic - Pt II and the surprise encore Thela Hun Ginjeet (out of the Discipline Tour setlist).  The band surprise every single audience member, specially Mr. Fripp with his "Darkness Synthesizer Of Doom" notes on The Sheltering Sky.  That was another great night with a great band, King cRimson... -------------...
Written by GEORGE PELEKANAKIS
DID YOU KNOW...?
It’s a long time ago, 14 October 1981 in Koeln (Cologne) I was 20 years old and i still remember (26 years later) the nice opener music bevore the concert starts. Can you please informe which tape plays at this night? This curiossity i have now 26 years!!! Thank you. Best regards from Greece and we wait to see you next summer 2008 Live in Athens!! 
Written by Steven Feite
Rising synergy captured
Don’t be fooled, this isn’t a studio album, it is a bootleg. You will hear people talking sometimes, but like some polite audiences they do actually stop talking while the musicians are playing. And play they do. That "je ne sais quoi" that people go to live performances to experience, it’s here in this recording. Falling apart, but coming together; the joy of coming together, the clumsiness of new friends, allows for a creative edge that cannot be contrived. I feel like a sonic voyeur o...

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