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Soundboard 9.3 - An expertly recorded and mixed show. It’s hard to find anywhere to improve it, but maybe, and I am nitpicking here, but boosting the guitars in the mix a bit (disclaimer: I am a guitarist, I have bias!). Kick Axe Country Club Los Angeles CA 1984-09-17 01 – Alive & Kickin’ (4:10) 02 – On The Road To Rock (4:43) 03 - Vices (4:13) 04 – Just Passin’ Thru (4:56) 05 - Maneater (3:24) 06 – Runnin’ Wild In The Night (3:30) 07 – The Dark Crusade (7:12) 08 – Dreamin’ About You (5:16) 09 – Stay On Top - Drum Solo (6:09) 10 – Heavy Metal Shuffle (3:14) Band: George Criston - vocals Larry Gillstrom- guitar Raymond Arthur Harvey - guitar Victor Langen - bass Brian Gillstrom - drums -
Brand New - Sealed -
Brand New - Sealed -
Audience 8.7 - Very clear! -
Audience 8.3 - This recording is clear, but does have low recording levels so turn the volume up on this one. -
Barcelona 1973 - Audience 7.8 - Bright, reasonably clear, enjoyable (nice bass!) Berkeley 1973 - Audience 8.4 -
Audience 8.9 - By ’73 audiences had realized King Crimson was not a typical “rock” band and this recording captures the experience of a group of people seeing and hearing something entirely unlike your basic rock concert. The taper was well positioned and used very good gear, and this source sounds very much like either 1st gen or master it is quiet (although just the faintest bit of tape noise) and has captured the ambience and mood of the gig which is nice. Both shows are represented, what a fine document this is! King Crimson Majestic Theater Dallas TX 1973-06-09 1st and 2nd shows Disc 1 1. -Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part One 2. -Greeting 3. -Easy Money 4. -Improvisation 5. -Exiles 6. -The Talking Drum 7. -Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part Two 8. -21st Century Schizoid Man 9. -Crowd 2nd show 1. -Dr. D 2. -Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part One 3. -Greeting 4. -Easy Money 5. -Improvisation 6. -Exiles 7. -The Talking Drum 8. -Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part Two 9. -Applause 10. -21st Century Schizoid Man -
Audience 8.4 - This is a recording that is hard to figure out because on the one hand it could also be taped in a television studio which is my hunch. The tapers and those around them can be heard between songs but settle down once the music starts, it kind of adds a lot to the atmosphere. That being said, this is still pretty good, and what a gig, really, I mean amazing! -
Audience 8.6 – 8.8 - All of the recordings here are good to very good audience recordings made on obviously portable tape recorders with limited capacity to hold the bandwidth needed for a loud, intense rock group. That being said, the tapes have gone through processing that allows more music information to come through, less tape hiss and background gunk, so you get to actually hear and decipher well what can only be described as groundbreaking experimental rock/jazz/prog by the band that wrote the book on it. Amazing power and finesse on display, and to reiterate my point on sound quality – this collection of live KC is still fundamentally indispensable to any self-proclaimed prog rock aficionado. King Crimson UK 1971 Disc 1 Civic Hall Wolverhampton, UK. 1971 Sept. 10 1. Good Evening - Mellotron Tuning 2. Pictures Of a City 3. Cirkus 4. Formentera Lady - The Sailor's Tale 5. The Letters 6. Cadence And Cascade 7. Ladies of the Road 8. Groon Disc 2 Civic Hall Wolverhampton, UK. 1971 Sept. 10 3. 21st Century Schizoid Man 4. Mars Weeley Festival Clacton, UK. 1971 AUG. 28 5. Pictures Of A City 6. The Letters 7. The Devil's Triangle Preston Public Hall 1971 Oct. 9 8. Pictures Of A City Disc 3 Preston Public Hall 1971 Oct. 9 1. Cirkus 2. Formentera Lady - The Sailor's Tale 3. The Letters 4. Cadence And Cascade 5. Ladies of the Road 6. Groon 7. 21st Century Schizoid Man 8. The Devil's Triangle Disc 4 Town Hall Watford, UK. 15 July 1971 01 -RF Announcement 02 -Pictures of a City 03 -Formentera Lady 04 -The Sailor's Tale 05 -Tune Up & Announcement 06 -Cirkus 07 -The Letters 08 -Cadence and Cascade Disc 5 09 -Improv A Peacemaking Stint Unrolls 10 -RF Announcement 11 -Lady of the Dancing Water 12 -RF Announcement 13 -Ladies of the Road 14 -RF Announcement 15 -21st Century Schizoid Man 16 -The Devil's Triangle BONUS 17. -LARKS TONGUE IN ASPIC II Robert Fripp - Guitar Boz Burrell - Bass, Vocals Ian Wallace - Drums, Backing Vocals Mel Collins - Saxes, Flute Peter Sinfield - Word, Illumintaions -
Audience 8.2 - What does this tape offer? Unequaled tension, suspense, musicianship, mood, and satisfaction. Is it the best quality? No, but you can clearly hear every instrument, and I will take an 8.2 Crimson over 98% of anyone else in a heartbeat. This music is just brilliant and intense. -
Audience 8.9 - The great thing about this band is that most times a relatively normal tape machine can capture them cleanly and a really good machine captures them gloriously. This is a very good tape, almost approaching a dirty glory. King Crimson Arts Centre Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA September 28, 1973 Disc 1 01. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One 02. Bob’s MC 03. Book Of Saturday 04. Lament 05. Improvisation 06. Exiles 07. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two 08. 21st Century Schizoid Man Disc 2 01. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One 02. Bob’s MC 03. Book Of Saturday 04. Lament 05. Improvisation 06. Exiles 07. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two 08. 21st Century Schizoid Man Bill Bruford-Drums, Percussion David Cross-Violin, Viola, Mellotron, Electric Piano Robert Fripp-Guitar, Mellotron John Wetton-Bass Guitar & Lead Vocal -
Brand New Never Played -
Brand New - Sealed Sound quality on all releases on this label is excellent. -
Audience 9.3 - Super tight, clean recording from real close. Obviously a taper who knew what to do, and did it. Excellent! King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival - Weekend 1 Outdoor Theatre Indio, CA 2022-04-15 01. -Intro 02. -Rattlesnake 03. -Honey 04. -Self Immolate 05. -Venusian 2 06. -Mars For The Rich 07. -Gaia 08. -Gamma Knife -
Brand New - The definitive collection of rare demos and unreleased tracks from Carmine Appice and his boys! -
Audience 7.0 - Decent Audience, a little thin maybe but I rate it 7.0 as it is clear and not distorted and there's some headroom for EQ and boost. It sounds un-mastered to me, but low generation or master tape sourced.