King Crimson - KCCC10 (1974) Live at NYC
(Review from progreviews.com progarchives.com)
This concert was recorded at Central Park, New York, USA, July 1, 1974.
Track List :
01. Walk On ,,, No Pussyfooting - 2:11
02. 21st Century Schizoid Man - 7:58
03. Lament - 4:49
04. Exiles - 7:53
05. Improve: Cerberus - 8:27
06. Easy Money - 6:26
07. Fracture - 11:20
08. Starless - 12:31
09. The Talking Drum - 5:30
10. Larks' Tongues In Aspic: Part 2 - 6:57
Line-up :
- Robert Fripp / guitar, mellotron, electric piano
- David Cross / violin, mellotron, electric piano
- John Wetton / bass guitar, vocals
- Bill Bruford / drums, percussion
(Review from progreviews.com progarchives.com)
This concert was recorded at Central Park, New York, USA, July 1, 1974.
The show begins with a tape playing then recent Fripp & Eno collaboration “No Pussyfooting”, and then the band kicks in with a fine version of "21st Century Schizoid Man" featuring a Fripp on fire. The following "Lament" is also a good version of the song, there's a furious interplay going on between Bruford and Wetton especially! The tuning before "Exiles" morphs into a very oppressive and chaotic improvisation, which then transmutes to the mantra and then as the main song. The contrasts are exceptionally fine here, the beautiful minor ballad rises from the maelstorm of a violent nightmare. Then comes the full-improvised number, named as "Cerberus", which is an OK number. The quarrels within the band had escalated, and it can be heard in these "blows", the rhythm section dominates the playing, and Fripp and Cross try to punch in their melodic passages desperately.
On "Fracture", Wetton's bass performance is stunningly virtuosic (or maybe just really, really loud), and gives the piece an almost funky flavor here that I've never heard on any other recording. Definitely one of my favorite renditions of this piece. The performance of "Starless" is blazing, and pretty close to the version that ended up on Red, although unfortunately the volume level seems to peter out a bit just as the climax hits. David Cross' performance on "The Talking Drum" is definitely notable, and this piece in general is quite brutal here. "Larks' Tongues Part 2" is almost anticlimactic as a closer, but still has sections that burn.
Robert Fripp claimed that this concert, the last concert King Crimson played in the 1970s, was the only one that matched the fury and intensity of the 1969 live band. Unfortunately the sound quality of this release is average, but still pleasurable.
On "Fracture", Wetton's bass performance is stunningly virtuosic (or maybe just really, really loud), and gives the piece an almost funky flavor here that I've never heard on any other recording. Definitely one of my favorite renditions of this piece. The performance of "Starless" is blazing, and pretty close to the version that ended up on Red, although unfortunately the volume level seems to peter out a bit just as the climax hits. David Cross' performance on "The Talking Drum" is definitely notable, and this piece in general is quite brutal here. "Larks' Tongues Part 2" is almost anticlimactic as a closer, but still has sections that burn.
Robert Fripp claimed that this concert, the last concert King Crimson played in the 1970s, was the only one that matched the fury and intensity of the 1969 live band. Unfortunately the sound quality of this release is average, but still pleasurable.
Track List :
01. Walk On ,,, No Pussyfooting - 2:11
02. 21st Century Schizoid Man - 7:58
03. Lament - 4:49
04. Exiles - 7:53
05. Improve: Cerberus - 8:27
06. Easy Money - 6:26
07. Fracture - 11:20
08. Starless - 12:31
09. The Talking Drum - 5:30
10. Larks' Tongues In Aspic: Part 2 - 6:57
Line-up :
- Robert Fripp / guitar, mellotron, electric piano
- David Cross / violin, mellotron, electric piano
- John Wetton / bass guitar, vocals
- Bill Bruford / drums, percussion
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