Genesis - (1976) Melody Of 1976

 

Genesis - Melody Of 1976
TrackList:
1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
2. Fly on a Windshield
3. The Carpet Crawlers
4. The Cinema Show
5. Robbery, Assault and Battery
6. White Mountain
7. Firth of Fifth

Genesis - Complete Melody Of 1976

TrackList:

1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
2. Fly on a Windshield
3. The Carpet Crawlers
4. The Cinema Show
5. Robbery, Assault and Battery
6. White Mountain
7. Firth of Fifth
8.  Entangled
9. Squonk
 10. Supper's Ready
11.  I Know What I Like
12. Los Endos
13.  It / Watcher Of The Skies


LineUp:Phill Collins - Vocal, Drum
Tony Banks - Keyboard
Steve Hackett - Guitar
Mike Rutherford - Bas
Bill Bruford - Drum

Steve Hackett - (2002) The Genesis Files

Steve Hackett - (2002) The Genesis Files

Boxset/Compilation, released in 2002

2CD Genesis Files = Genesis Revisited + tracks from other Hackett albums, as stated in the track list. There is nothing older than two pieces from '83 acoustic guitar album Bay of Kings (except 'Horizons' from it appeared originally in Foxtrot, and 'Steppes' from Tokyo Tapes live album in Defector '80). Each song is served with liner notes and thus clearing the 'Genesis' concept also in tracks that at first seem to have nothing to do with it. To be honest, some don't. Two instrumental tracks from '99 Darktown? As well or better could have been some (new versions perhaps) from earliest solo albums that are closer in style to Genesis. But this kind of limited compiling principle suits well. The sense of compilation is almost absent if you haven't heard all the source albums. It's principally just an extended version of "Watcher of the Skies - Genesis Revisited" (96) and it works as that. ...Sorry such lecturing: call it The Premiere Review Syndrome.

Genesis revisitations were made with a large amount of guests. John Wetton in 'Firth of Fifth' and 'Watcher of the Skies', wow! Colin Bluntstone's tender 'For Absent Friends' accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic is dangerously close to oversweetness. 'Your Own Special Way' as a Rutherford tune has Paul Carrack from Mike+Mechanics, and I must say the nature of the song fits better to that polished style than to Wind & Wuthering. 'Fountain of Salmacis' sung by Steve is a good example how he manages to add new excitement even to such dramatic classics. It's almost TOO full. 'Waiting Room Only' is an atonal curiosity based on the Lamb track. The Tokyo concert with a superb all-stars lineup seems really great.

Here and there this music feels a bit overproduced & highly strung, and makes me miss the more peaceful side of Hackett's music. But worth getting if you missed Genesis Revisited.

Track Listings

Disc 1
1. Firth Of Fith (Genesis Revisited)
2. Watcher Of The Skies (Genesis Revisited)
3. Riding The Colossus (Genesis Revisited (Jap. Ed.))
4. Rise Again (Darktown)
5. Valley Of Kings (Genesis Revisited)
6. Time Lapse At Milton Keynes (Bay Of Kings)
7. Your Own Special Way (Genesis Revisited)
8. The Fountain Of Salmacis (Genesis Revisited)
9. For Absent Friends (Genesis Revisited)
10. Twice Around The Sun (Darktown)

Disc 2:
1. Horizons (Bay Of Kings)
2. Prizefighters (Feedback '86)
3. Camino Royale (The Tokyo Tapes)
4. I Know What I Like (Genesis Revisited)
5. Deja Vu (Genesis Revisited)
6. Waiting Room Only (Genesis Revisited)
7. Dance On A Volcano (Genesis Revisited)
8. The Steppes (The Tokyo Tapes)
9. In That Quiet Earth (The Tokyo Tapes)
10. Los Endos (The Tokyo Tapes)


Line-up/Musicians:

- John Wetton / bass, vocals
- Bill Bruford / drums
- Ben Fenner / keyboards, programming
- Tony Levin / bass
- Julian Colbeck / keyboards
- Hugo Degenhardt / drums
- Doug Sinclair / bass
- Roger King / programming, keyboards, virtual drums
- Aron Friedman / keyboards, piano
- Billy Budis / bass
- Nick Magnus / keyboards, programming
- Jerry Peal / keyboards, programming
- Paul Carrack / vocals
- Chester Thompson / drums
- Alphonso Johnson / bass
- John Hackett / flute
- Colin Blunstone / vocals
- Bonnie Tyler / vocals
- Chris Thompson / vocals
- Terry Pack / bass
- Ian McDonald / flute, keyboards
- Pino Palladino / bass
- Will Bates / saxophone
- The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Genesis - (1982) Three Sides Live

Genesis - (1982) Three Sides Live
Live, released in 1982

A lot of people divide Genesis up into two periods, the Gabriel era and the Collins era. And many fans are divided over which version was better. Personally, I prefer the Gabriel era, but the Collins era was really good for awhile there. In fact the albums with Steve Hackett were just as good as the ones that came before in my opinion.

What you have here is a collection of live recordings from the Collins era, spanning from 1976-1982. And they are very good selections. The first CD focuses more on "the hits" so to speak, but it's a good selection of their more progressive and energetic rock songs. Dodo-Lurker, Me and Sara Jane, and Duchess are great songs.

CD two begins with one of the biggest hits in North America at least, Misunderstanding, which doesn't work as well live as the other tracks, but it quickly kicks into a high gear with an awesome rendition of In the Cage from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. The end of the song morphs into a lightning fast version of The Cinema Show instrumental section with snippets of The Colony of Slippermen and Riding The Scree sprinkled in for good measure. The song eventually becomes Afterglow, a great song that works well after long instrumental passages.

You know you have the remastered version if the next track is One For the Vine, an incredible prog mini-epic off of their Wind and Wuthering album, but the real highlight is Fountain of Salmacis, another Gabriel era song from Nursery Cryme. This was an unexpected surprise, and they do a great job with it, although I wish they included a version with Steve Hackett playing guitar, as I think he handles this song better than Stuermer. Hackett is present, however, on the next track, it., also from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, which merges into an awesome instrumental excerpt of Watcher of the Skies from Foxtrot.

What I like about this album is mainly the energy of these performances. While I didn't like a lot of the poppier more electronic they were writing at the time, they still could put on a killer show at the time, as is evidenced by this live album. In many ways I like it more than it's predecessor, Seconds Out, which could have been a better album if it wasn't for the first CD, which I felt had a weak song selection and ordering.

Incidently, the other version of this album, pre-remaster, has Five studio tracks instead of One For the Vine, Fountain of Salmacis and it. / Watcher of the Skies. On the record, these songs took up the entire fourth side, hence the title "Three Sides Live". I prefer this remastered version because I feel those live tracks omitted were the highlight of the album, and the studio tracks are more in the vein of 80's pop rather than prog. Still, if you want those tracks, I believe they are available on the Archive 2 box set in addition to the original pressing of this CD.

Track Listings

1. Turn It On Again (5:15)
2. Dodo / Lurker (7:18)
3. Abacab (8:46)
4. Behind The Lines (5:25)
5. Duchess (6:38)
6. Me And Sarah Jane (6:02)
7. Follow You, Follow Me (4:58)
8. Misunderstanding (4:05)
9. In The Cage / Cinema Show / Slippermen (11:52)
10. Afterglow (5:13)
11. One For The Vine (11:05)
12. Fountain Of Slamacis (8:37)
13. It / Watcher Of The Skies (7:22)

Total Time: 92:36

Line-up/Musicians- Tony Banks / keyboards, backing vocals
- Bill Bruford / drums and percussion (13)- Phil Collins / drums and percussion, lead vocals- Steve Hackett / lead guitar (13)
- Mike Rutherford / lead guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals- Daryl Stuermer / lead guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals- Chester Thompson / drums & percussion

Genesis - (1977) Seconds Out

Genesis - (1977) Seconds Out

Live, released in 1977

Well its not yesterdays leftovers or is it?

When this album came out in the 70's it was much heralded and timely. I think time has shown it is not quite the document it once was though. At that time it was the only official live versions of songs like Suppers Ready, Firth of Fifth and anything off the Lamb. Now that Archive box set Vol 1 was released those things aren't quite so important as they were. I was introduced to Genesis through the Gabriel albums but I never saw that band and my first show was A Trick of The Tail tour. This album is a pretty fair rendition of that era and it was the end of the sound we had come to know and love. It is not the complete concert so this is just a part. Genesis shows were generally 2.5 hours to 2.75 with encores in length so there is whole hour of stuff missing here.

So the questions is does this album remain relevant to the band and prog rock in general and the answer is simply yes. Genesis had changed a bit over this two year period but they still were a force on the prog scene. Anyone who devalues that is crazy. As for its popularity Genesis was on the rise even thought they had not really released a noteworthy single to date. They went from the 3000-5000 arenas to the 12,000-18,000 ones. Their album sales were up and the band really was playing at a very high level.

All the muttering over Collins vocals don't detract from the fact this was the one of the best live acts of all time. I still get chills at the end of Firth of Fifth when the piano fades out and Phil just sings a couple of notes rising with it from his last note of constant change Simple and perfect! Or for the very first time Tony plays meoldies from Visions of Angles and Stagnation into his solo in I Know What I Like. Songs never to be heard live again and am so very happy he kept it in even through the last tour. I am with others though I could do without the Lamb/Closing Section The Musical Box medley except for one simple fact I didn't think that way as I sat there and watched it in 1976/1977 and you can also hear it in the crowd when they recognize it when the Musical Box starts.

Maybe as some suggest more songs or different songs could have been placed on here and Steve Hackett should have been up in the mix as well. I still enjoy listening to this at it brings up the memories of the classic concerts I saw. This is still a 4 star release. Maybe in time the band will re-release it with more songs and Hackett back in the mix where he belongs then it will be a 5 star again..

Track Listings

1. Squonk (6:36)
2. The Carpet Crawl (5:60)
3. Robbery, Assault & Battery (6:03)
4. Afterglow (4:24)
5. Firth Of Fifth (8:55)
6. I Know What I Like (8:42)
7. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (4:59)
8. The Musical Box (Closing Section) (3:18)
9. Supper's Ready (24:32)
10. Cinema Show (10:58)
11. Dance On A Volcano (5:09)
12. Los Endos (6:30)

Total Time: 96:06
Line-up/Musicians

- Tony Banks / RMI electric piano, Hammond T. organ, APR Pro-Soloist, Mellotron 400, Epiphone,
12 string guitar, backing vocals
- Bill Bruford / drums and percussion (10)
- Phil Collins / drums, percussion, lead vocals
- Steve Hackett / lead guitar, Hodaka, 12 string guitar
- Mike Rutherford / electric 12 string guitar, bass guitar, 8 string bass guitar, bass pedals,
backing vocals
- Chester Thompson / drums and percussion

Genesis - (1976) Olympiahalle Munchen (Live bootleg)

Genesis - (1976) Olympiahalle Munchen (Live bootleg)

1) Dance On A Volcano
2) The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
3) Fly On A Windshield
4) The Carpet Crawlers
5) The Cinema Show
6) Robbery, Assault & Battery
7) White Mountain
8) Firth Of Fifth
9) Entangled
10) Squonk
11) Supper's Ready
12) II Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
13) Los Endos

LineUp:
- Tony Banks / Steinway Grand Piano, ARP 2600 and Pro-Soloist synths, Hammond organ, mellotron, Roland String synth, Rhodes
- Bill Bruford / drums, percussion
- Phil Collins / drums, percussion, lead vocals
- Steve Hackett / electric guitar, nylon classical guitar, 12 string guitar, kalimba, auto-harp
- Mike Rutherford / 4, 6, 8, string bass, bass pedals, 12 String Guitar, Electric Guitar

Genesis - (1976) Cleveland

LinkS, LiNks, LiNks

Genesis - (1976) A Trick Of The Tail

Genesis - 1976 A Trick Of The Tail

Studio Album, released in 1976

As opposed to the obscurity of its predecessor, “A Trick of The Tail” is a much warmer album, with much more accessible songs but still totally progressive. The departure of Peter Gabriel surely affected the band lyrically, but in general I think it was a healthy event for GENESIS. After “The Lamb Lies Down…”, which pretty much felt like a Gabriel project with the best background musicians on the planet, I can’t imagine what else the band could’ve done as a band if their legendary frontman would’ve stayed. With his leaving, the remaining members focused once again in the music, now deprived of their master lyricist, and gave the vocal duties to Phil Collins, who emerged as a decent replacement for Gabriel, even if he really got things going as a singer in later albums. Collins tries at moments to sound like Gabriel, and he succeeds, even though without the drama or theatricality of its predecessor. When Collins tries to sound like Collins, he shows he could be a very good vocalist.

A quick word about the songs:

Dance on a Volcano (9.5/10) An excellent track that assures that Gabriel’s departure wasn’t going to mean the end of GENESIS. Very progressive, full of different sections and rhythms. Collins here tries to emulate his predecessor.

Entangled (10/10) A masterpiece like only GENESIS could deliver. The melody is beautiful, and Collins sings it very well. The verse is s soft, so tender, and it becomes even more beautiful in the chorus, when the music reaches a climax of great perfection. A wonderful song.

Squonk (9.5/10) An unusually heavy track for GENESIS, Collins sings it in a more personal, less Gabriel-like style, and it fits the song very well. His drumming is also perfect. If not as complicated from a structural point of view, the song is still very progressive in its instrumentation and layering. The chorus-like section features some very inventive piano figure by Banks. The ending section is a welcome change of mood. A brilliant song.

Mad Man Moon (10/10) Few albums have a start like this one, with four fantastic tracks in a row. But this one takes the prize for being the best and most beautiful of the lot. The melody is just out of this earth. Collins emulates Gabriel one instant, and the next one he’s sounding just like himself. The quiet, whisper-like section previous to the chorus is just magnificent in beauty. Halfway down Banks starts a more energetic section, with a solo that, once again, as in his insuperable intro to “Firth of Fifth” makes me call him the greatest keyboard player in rock’s history. The song travels more stormy waters and then goes back to the utter paradise of the beginning. This track, alongside “Can Utility and The Coastliners” in “Foxtrot” is, without a doubt, the two best not-so-famous songs in GENESIS’ catalogue, at least from a prog-rock fan’s perspective, one that has listened “Supper’s Ready” or “Firth of Fifth” countless times.

Robbery, Assault and Battery (9/10) This is a very humorous and progressive track where Collins gets to sing at his most theatrical. The song at first sounds like a joke, then it turns into a really progressive thing, with a very intriguing instrumental section.

Ripples (8.5/10) Another very soft and mellow start leads to quite a weird track, one that shows the first signs of the GENESIS that was to come. The chorus sounds very similar to what we would hear (and some, like me, enjoy) in albums like “And Then There Were Three” or “Duke”. Near the end Hackett is given time to display his masterful art in creating atmospheres with the utmost simplicity. A very good song.

A Trick of the Tail (7.5/10) This song, like its predecessor, sounds like future GENESIS. The melody is good, as always. There have been few –if any- bands in all prog and rock in general that have had the talent for melodies that GENESIS had. The track gets weaker after the start, though, and constitutes the only less-than-very-good song in the whole record. But this same track would be quite an achievement for other lesser bands.

Los Endos (8.5/10) GENESIS leaves their great instrumental for last. This is an all-show-off track, with Rutherford never resting, Collins quite energetic, Banks in full control and Hackett, well, the only member who doesn’t really explode in this track. Maybe his future was already starting to appear on his mind. A great instrumental.

All in all, another masterpiece by GENESIS and my second favorite album by the band. It can’t top “Foxtrot”, which stands as their highest glory, but I prefer it to “Nursery Cryme” which is less accessible and to “Selling England by The Pound” which has a couple less-than-great songs (even though it has the best song in GENESIS –and maybe rock’s- history). As such, I’ll give it 5 stars, the same rating I’ve given to these 3 albums I mentioned.

Track Listings

1. Dance On A Volcano (5:53)
2. Entangled (6:28)
3. Squonk (6:27)
4. Mad Man Moon (7:35)
5. Robbery, Assault & Battery (6:15)
6. Ripples (8:03)
7. A Trick Of The Tail (4:34)
8. Los Endos (5:46)

Total Time: 51:06


Bonus material on 2007 remaster:

Disc 2:

1. Dance On A Volcano (Audio)(Multimedia Track)
2. Entangled (Audio)(Multimedia Track)
3. Squonk (Audio)(Multimedia Track)
4. Mad Man Moon (Audio)(Multimedia Track)
5. Robbery, Assault And Battery (Audio)(Multimedia Track)
6. Ripples... (Audio)(Multimedia Track)
7. A Trick Of The Tail (Audio)(Multimedia Track)
8. Los Endos (Audio)(Multimedia Track)
9. Robbery, Assault And Battery (Video)
10. Ripples... (Video)
11. A Trick Of The Tail (Video)
12. Reissue Interviews 2007 (Video)
13. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) (Video)(Live)
14. Fly On A Windshield (Video)(Live)
15. Carpet Crawlers (Video)(Live)
16. Cinema Show (Part 2) (Video)(Live)
17. Entangled (Video)(Live)
18. Supper's Ready (Part 2) (Video)(Live)
19. Los Endos (Video)(Live)
20. "White Rocks" Premiere Programme 1977

Line-up/Musicians

- Tony Banks / pianos, synthesizers, organ, mellotron, 12 string guitar, backing vocals
- Phil Collins / drums, percussion, lead and back vocals
- Steve Hackett / electric guitar, 12 string guitar
- Mike Rutherford / 12 string guitar, basses, bass pedals

Additional Musicians:
- Bill Bruford / drums and percussion (live dvd segment)

King Crimson - (1993) The Concise King Crimson

King Crimson - (1993) The Concise King Crimson

Boxset/Compilation, released in 1993

I have taken the easy way to make a review, it´s easier to review a compilation or "Best of" than an a complex studio album.

King Crimson being a monster of Progressive Rock, is neccessary to be tasted by every prog fan, if you like it or not, that´s the less important, but you have at least to listen to them to haveyour persola criteria about the band, i think for deep prog fans like the most of the people in this site, is not important to own a compilation, at least it´s not that usual that i put my Bests Of in my CD player very often, sometimes is good because maybe you have the mood of listen to those classic songs (usually called hits) , but it´s obvious that we prefer much more the studio albums.

The fact is, that the opposite happens when you are a newbie, i mean, i have had the experience of people that are interested in new bands, the first thing that they do before buying the album , is download some songs, usually the most well known songs, and then they decide if dig the band or saty away, so my thoughts here is that a compilation or best of could be recommendable for people who is not familiar with the band or the songs, they probably dont know the names of the most beautiful albums, so the easy way is buying a compilation which supposes to contain the most representative songs (not always the best songs.

King Crimson had released some compilation albums, Sleepless is one of them, and maybe the one that i prefer.

A newcomer of King Crimson maybe won´t know that they have had several line up changes, and musical changes, in this album i think the track selection is suitable for newbies and also for Crimson lovers (as i said above, a Crimson lover won´t play a compilation that often, but sometimes it´s ood to have a nice time).

The order of the tracks is chronologically , which is a good point, because you will appreciate the different eras one by one, and not suddenly like in "The Compact King Crimson" which track list is not that different from this one, but the order makes it terrible to listen to. Also we won´t find the original songs, some of them have been edited to give pass to other ones, it´s only like a proof of what King Crimson music is about.

Track Listings:
1. 21st century schizoid man (7:20)
2. Epitaph (8:45)
3. In the court of the Crimson King (7:19)
4. Cat food (edit) (2:45)
5. Ladies of the road (5:30)
6. Starless (abridged) (4:36)
7. Red (6:16)
8. Fallen angel (6:00)
9. Elephant talk (4:41)
10. Frame by frame (5:07)
11. Matte Kudasai (3:45)
12. Heartbeat (3:53)
13. Three of a perfect pair (4:11)
14. Slepless (remixed) (5:22)

Total Time: 75:30

Line-up/Musicians
- Robert Fripp / guitar
- Adrian Belew / guitar, lead vocal
- Tony Levin / bass guitar, Chapman stick, support vocal
- Bill Bruford / percussion, electric and acoustic drums
- Ian McDonald / woodwind, keyboards, mellotron
- Greg Lake / bass guitar, lead vocal
- Michael Giles - drums, percussion
- Peter Sinfield - words & illumination
- Keith Tippet / piano
- Mel Collins / saxophone, backing vocal
- Boz / bass guitar, lead vocal
- Ian Wallace / drums, percussion, backing vocals
- John Wetton / bass guitar, vocal
- Marc Charig / cornet
- Robin Miller / oboe

King Crimson - King Crimson Collector's Club 10 (1974) Live at NYC

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.

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.

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

King Crimson - King Crimson Collector's Club 08 (1994) VROOOM Sessions

King Crimson - (1994) KCCC08 VROOOM Sessions

(Review from progreviews.com)

The eighth edition in the King Crimson Collector's Club presents outtakes from the first series of rehearsals of the 'double trio' of the band in 1994.

The sessions heard here are largely an exhibit of six musicians just beginning to oil their joints as a unit with no firm material yet established. So, one can't fault Fripp and company too much for stretching out in what is clearly a rehearsal setting not recorded with an eye towards release.

Still, even in these simple jams, there's a slightly detectable forced 'descent into busywork' that seemed to dog this lineup at the expense of a more focused simplicity. Eventually this led to the oversaturation and the band moved towards partitioning into 'fraKctals'.

That's not to say there aren't some interesting moments to be found here. The aptly titled "Monster Jam", with Fripp's sinister soundscapes and Bruford's thundering drumwork, shows the tremendous force that this band could summon with little difficulty. Among the other tracks, "Bill & Tony" recalls "Waiting Man" from Beat, and there are instrumental run-throughs of "One Time" and an embryonic version of "Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream" (here entitled "No Questions Asked"). Also, "Krim 3" would eventually see light as a track on Adrian Belew's solo album under a different name.

Obviously one wouldn't expect to hear anything inspiring, though it provides insight into this particular time slot in Crimson's history for the interested.

Track List :
01. Bass Groove - 4:34
02. Fashionable - 4:59
03. Monster Jam - 8:38
04. Slow Mellow - 2:57
05. Krim 3 - 3:20
06. Funky Jam - 4:57
07. Bill & Tony - 1:36
08. No Questions Asked - 3:24
09. Adrian's Clouds - 1:39
10. Calliope - 5:58
11. One Time - 5:24
12. Booga Looga - 3:46

Line-up :
* Robert Fripp - Guitar, Soundscapes
* Adrian Belew - Guitar
* Trey Gunn - Stick
* Tony Levin - Basses, Stick
* Pat Mastelotto - Acoustic & Electronic Drums & Percussion
* Bill Bruford - Acoustic & Electronic Drums & Percussion

King Crimson - King Crimson Collector's Club 05-06 (1995) Broadway

King Crimson - (1995) KCCC05-06 Broadway

(Info from wikipedia)

The tracks on the album were recorded at the Longacre Theater in New York City, USA, on November 20, 21, 22, 24 and 25, 1995, as the band was touring to promote the album Thrak.

"Vrooom Vrooom" live album features one disc with recordings from the Broadway concerts. The final track, "Fearless and Highly THRaKked", is also featured on the live album THRaKaTTaK. An alternative version of this track, entitled "Biker Babes of the Rio Grande", is featured on the "Vrooom Vrooom" live album.

Lead singer and guitarist Adrian Belew performed John Lennon's "Free As A Bird" as a solo piece throughout the Broadway engagement. This was not included on King Crimson On Broadway, but was released on Belew's solo album Belewprints and on the "Vrooom Vrooom" live album.

Track List :
CD1
01. Conundrum - 1:57
02. Thela Hun Ginjeet - 6:43
03. Red - 6:29
04. Dinosaur - 7:16
05. Vrooom Vrooom - 4:48
06. Frame By Frame - 5:10
07. Walking On Air - 5:28
08. B'Boom - 5:35
09. Thrak - 6:31
10. Neurotica - 4:34
11. Sex,Sleep,Eat,Drink.Dream - 4:58

CD2
01. People - 6:14
02. One Time - 5:55
03. Indiscipline - 7:16
04. Improv: Two Sticks - 2:02
05. Elephant Talk - 4:17
06. Prism - 3:56
07. Talking Drum - 2:59
08. Larks' Tongues In Aspic (Part II) - 7:27
09. Three Of A Perfect Pair - 4:22
10. Vrooom - 3:54
11. Coda: Marine 475 - 2:41
12. Fearless And Highly THRaKked - 2:31

Line-up :
* Robert Fripp - guitar
* Adrian Belew - guitar, vocals
* Tony Levin - bass guitar, Chapman stick
* Trey Gunn - Warr guitar
* Bill Bruford - drums, percussion
* Pat Mastelotto - drums, percussion

King Crimson - King Crimson Collector's Club 04 (1982) Live at Cap D'Agde

King Crimson - (1982) KCCC04 Live at Cap D'Agde

Tracks 1-6 recorded at the Arena, Cap D'Agde, France, August 26, 1982. Tracks 7-9 recorded at the Arena, Frejus, France, August 27, 1982.

The quality of the recording is astounding, rivaling the 'mainstream" release of "Absent Lovers".

Track List :
01. Waiting Man - 7:09
02. Thela Hun Ginjeet - 4:30
03. Matte Kudasai - 3:58
04. The Sheltering Sky - 9:48
05. Neil And Jack And Me - 5:38
06. Elephant Talk - 4:57
07. Indiscipline - 12:31
08. Heartbeat - 4:05
09. Larks' Tongues In Aspic II - 7:50

Line-up :
* Robert Fripp / guitar
* Adrian Belew / guitar, vocals
* Tony Levin / bass guitar, Chapman stick
* Bill Bruford / drums, percussion

King Crimson - King Crimson Collector's Club 03 (1972) Live at Bremen

King Crimson - (1972) KCCC03 Live at Bremen

(Review from progarchives.com)

This concert was recorded on the German programme Beat Club, in Bremen, Germany, on October 17, 1972.

The first track is named as “The Rich Tapestry Of Life”, which I recall is Fripp’s quotation from a letter he got from Jamie Muir. So this one begins with few minutes of anxious waiting, there’s some muffled speaking, tuning and such going on, and strangely it works as a nice contrast to the chaotic improvisation, which suddenly begins after two and a half minutes. The chaotic one minute blast clams down to beautiful tones of the mellotron, violin and bass guitar. Wetton begins to form a funky rhythm which the others join, and the famous King Crimson musical improvisation begins to blow, creating long layers of both calm and aggressive musical sequences. There also a funny anecdote here, as Cross plays some real flute in some parts of this track. If you are in to free jazz and old heavy rock of the 70's, this is a must material for you, as it combines both of these elements. The players are very bold, and they are not afraid of small "mistakes" or "misjudgments" which shall most surely occur in this kind of collective musical adventuring. Considering this, one can also find a nice metaphoric idea in Fripp’s name selection for this piece! The half hour long jam most surely contains the full scale of life's all emotions!

After the final waves of the massive improvisation begins to fade, the beautiful forms of sounds emerge from the sea of chaotic turbulence, and the music changes straight as the song “Exiles”. The version of “Exiles” it self is a bit clumsy, but if you are interested how these numbers evolved during time, this is an essential document of that process. Cross also does some singing on this one. The final number on this concert is “Larks’ Tongues in Aspic – part one”, which is a decent version but not essential. It’s a bit shorter version, as it ends in the part where the violin solo begins.

The sound quality is not remarkable, but good. There's also some tuning problems with mellotrons, singers and the violin... More matured versions of “Exiles” and “Larks’” are also available in other releases, but they have historical values, and the big improvisation (taking up two-thirds of the album) is great.

Track List :
01. Improv: The Rich Tapestry Of Life - 29:49
02. Exiles - 7:53
03. Larks' Tongues In Aspic (Part I) - 6:53

Line-up :
* Robert Fripp - guitar, mellotron
* John Wetton - bass guitar, vocals
* David Cross - violin, mellotron
* Bill Bruford - drums
* Jamie Muir - percussion

YES - (1994) An Evening of Yes Music Plus

DVD/Video, released in 1994

It seems that there are several versions of this album in C.D., but the day I went to buy it, I found two: one European version released in late 1993, which doesn`t include "Starship Trooper", which has in the front cover the "Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe" names with the title of the album (as shown in the scan of the cover included in this page) and it seems that it doesn`t include the credits for the musicians, as I read in previous reviews; and another version, released by Herald Records in the U.S., in 1994, which includes "Starship Trooper", having the same front cover, except that this cover doesn`t have the "Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe" names and the name of the album. It has a purple sticker which says "an evening of YES MUSIC PLUS FEATURING Jon Anderson, Bill Bruford, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, 2 Gold CDs," etc. It only says in the the back cover "an evening of YES MUSIC PLUS", with the titles of the songs included in each C.D. I bought the Herald version, which also includes a booklet with credits and some notes (which have some mistakes, because the writer of these notes wrote that "the last time these four played together was in 1979 while touring in support the Tormato album", which is not true, because Bruford didn`t play in the "Tormato"album, because he left Yes in 1972, so he wasn`t on tour with in Yes in 1979; and also the notes say that this album was recorded "in the final date of the U.S. tour", and this is not true, because they played another concert the next day in Sacramento, California, and they did another tour in the U.S. in March 1990). This live album was recorded at the Shoreline Amphitheatre, in Mountain View, California, in September 9, 1989. It seems that it was recorded for a Radio Broadcast ("courtesy of DIR Broadcasting inc.", as credited in the booklet), and also filmed and broadcasted in T.V. in "pay-per-view", and also released in VHS video (which I have never seen) in 1994 or later with two additional songs: "The Meeting" and "I`ve Seen All Good People". Jeff Berlin appears in this album because days before this concert Tony Levin became ill with Hepatitis. After playing one concert feeling ill,Tony was taken to the hospital after the concert was finished (to read reviews of this concert and other concerts of the same tour and other Yes tours, visit the "Forgotten Yesterdays" website, www.forgottenyesterdays.com). After this happened, some dates were canceled, and Bruford suggested to the rest of the band to call Berlin, who had 3-4 days to learn the songs, writing the bass parts in scores after hearing the original versions in the albums, and later rehearsing with the whole band. So, after this short time of rehearsals, Berlin, in my opinion, did a very good job. Berlin played 6 or 7 concert dates with ABWH, finishing that part of the tour, and Levin re-joined the band for the next leg of the tour several weeks later.The first time I listened to these live recordings was in late 1990, when I recorded in a cassette a one hour broadcast of this concert in a FM Radio Station (in Stereo). So, years after this album appeared and I bought it, and it became one of my favourite live albums. The only thing that I don`t like from this album is the start of the concert with 3 solo medleys, each one by Anderson, Howe and Wakeman, respectively. Anderson included in his solo medley an acousitc version of "Owner of a lonely heart" which was played with Milton McDonald and Julian Colbeck (who also played on tour with GTR). Howe played his usual "Clap/Mood for a Day" medley, plus a musical piece not listed in the cover or in the booklet and played between "Clap" and "Mood...". My favourite solomedley from these 3 played in the start of the concert is Wakeman`s, one of the best solo medleys I`ve have listened from him, which also includes an instrumental version of "Madrigal" from the "Tormato" album, but also not listed in the booklet or in the cover. Bruford`s solo after "Long distance runaround" (not listed in the cover or in the label) is a very good combination of acoustic and electronic drums and percussion.The songs of the ABWH album are played with more energy, and are better in my opinion than the studio versions (with the exception of "Teakbois", which a part of it was played in Anderson`s acoustic solo medley).This live album also has the best live versions of "And You and I" and "Close to the Edge", despite not being played with Chris Squire in the bass guitar. It is also good to hear live versions of "Heart of the sunrise" and "Roundabout" with Bruford on drums, hearing his very good technique despite being played in a drum kit which was a combination of acoustic and electronic drums. "Starship Trooper" was played a bit differently to previous versions, including a keyboards introduction, and a part played with keyboards between the "Disillusion" and "Würm" parts of this song, which includes the first verse of "Nous Sommes du soleil" (from the "Topographic Oceans"`s album song "Ritual") and a "thank you" speech by Anderson to the audience."Starship Trooper", despite being played at the end of the concert, was added as a bonus track in C.D. no. 1. The rest of the musicians played very good, really assisting the ABWH members in playing the live versions more similar to the studio versions. For me, this album was a very good buy, despite the bass was mixed lower than the rest of the instruments, and despite being originally a recording made for Radio broadcasts. I hope someday to watch the VHS video or the DVD of this concert.

Track Listings
1. Benjamin Britten`s Young Person`s Guide to the Orchestra
2. Time and a Word / Owner of a Lonely Heart / Teakbois
3. The Clap / Mood for a Day
4. Gone but not Forgotten / Catherine Parr/ Merlin the Magician
5. Long Distance Runaround
6. Birthright
7. And You and I
8. I`ve Seen All Good People
9. Close to the Edge
10. Themes
11. Brother of Mine
12. The Meeting
13. Heart of the Sunrise
14. Order of the Universe
15. Roundabout
16. Starship Trooper

Total Time: 2 hours 32 minutes

Line-up/Musicians
- Jon Anderson / lead vocals
- Bill Bruford / acoustic and electronic drums
- Rick Wakeman / keyboards
- Steve Howe / guitars

Additional musicians:
- Jeff Berlin / bass
- Julian Colbeck / keyboards
- Milton McDonald/ guitar

Yes - (1991) Yesyears (4CD Boxset) Compilation

Yes - (1991) YesYears: 4CD Boxset/Compilation

Tracklist:

CD 1 (72:50)

01. Something's Coming (7:06)
02. Survival (6:18)
03. Every Little Thing (5:41)
04. Then (4:18)
05. Everydays (4:08)
06. Sweet Dreams (3:49)
07. No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed (4:48)
08. Time and a Word (4:31)
09. Starship Trooper (9:26)
10. Yours is no Disgrace (9:40)
11. I've Seen All Good People (6:53)
12. Long Distance Runaround (3:33)
13. The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) (2:35)

CD 2 (72:40)

01. Roundabout (8:31)
02. Heart of the Sunrise (10:31)
03. America (edit) (4:03)
04. Close to the Edge (18:34)
05. Ritual (21:33)
06. Sound Chaser (9:23)

CD 3 (73:18)

01. Soon (4:06)
02. Amazing Grace (2:31)
03. Vevey, part 1 (1:07)
04. Wonderous Stories (3:45)
05. Awaken (15:34)
06. Montreaux's Theme (2:26)
07. Vevey, part 2 (0:57)
08. Going for the One (5:32)
09. Money (3:12)
10. Abilene (3:55)
11. Don't Kill the Whale (3:55)
12. On the Silent Wings of Freedom (7:45)
13. Does It Really Happen? (6:34)
14. Tempus Fugit (5:14)
15. Run With the Fox (4:09)
16. I'm Down (2:31)

CD 4 (72:43)

01. Make it Easy (6:08)
02. It Can Happen (6:01)
03.Owner of a Lonely Heart (4:27)
04. Hold On (5:15)
05. Shoot High Aim Low (7:00)
06. Rhythm of Love (4:46)
07. Love Will Find a Way (4:49)
08. Changes (7:34)
08. And You And I (10:49)
09. Heart of the Sunrise (10:50)
10. Love Conquers All (4:57)

Line-up/Musicians

- Jon Anderson / vocals
- Trevor Horn / vocals
- Chris Squire / bass and vocals
- Patrick Moraz / keyboards
- Geoff Downes / keyboards
- Tony Kaye / keyboards
- Rick Wakeman / keyboards
- Alan White / drums
- Bill Bruford / drums
- Peter Banks / guitars
- Trevor Rabin / guitars and vocals
- Steve Howe / guitars and vocals
- Billy Sherwood / guitars and vocals

Rick Wakeman - (1993) The Classical Connection

Rick's Perspective:
Notes: After going out yet again on tour with a second Classical Connection line up, it was deemed necessary to have another release to coincide with such an event and so Classical Connection II was born which was half live and half studio, which always made it an unsatisfactory compromise as far as I was concerned.
Wakey's Verdict: If you've already got Classical Connection in your collection, then I suppose it makes sense to have Classical Connection II as well.

Track List:
01 Eleanor Rigby 8' 8"
02 Birdman of Alcatraz 4' 28"
03 The Day After The Fair 4' 38"
04 Opus 1 3' 10"
05 The Painter 3' 7"
06 Summertime 6' 5"
07 Dancing In Heaven 6' 36"
08 A Garden of Music 3' 18"
09 Mackintosh 3' 49"
10 Farandol 2' 45"
11 Pont Street 4' 30"
12 Art And Soul 5' 1"


Line-up:
Rick Wakeman - Piano/Keyboards
Bill Bruford - Drums
Chris Squire - Bass
David Paton - Guitar/Bass
Frank Riccotti - Tuned Percussion
Steve Howe - Acoustic Guitars

Steve Howe - (1991) TURBULENCE

TURBULENCE (1991)

Studio Album, released in 1991

Track Listings
1. Turbulence (4:57)
2. Hint Hint (3:28)
3. Running the Human Race (4:23)
4. The Inner Battle (3:32)
5. Novalis (2:25)
6. Fine Line (3:25)
7. Sensitive Chaos (4:25)
8. Corkscrew (3:56)
9. While Rome's Burning (4:25)
10. From a Place Where Time Runs Slow (3:43)

Total Time: 38:39

Line-up/Musicians
- Steve Howe / guitar (acoustic), bass, dobro, guitar, mandolin, percussion, guitar (electric), guitar (Steel), koto
- Bill Bruford / drums
- Billy Currie / keyboards, viola
- Nigel Glockler / drums
- Andrew Lucas / organ

Steve Howe - (1979) Steve Howe Album

Track Listings:
01. Pennants (4:30)
02. Cactus Boogie (2:02)
03. All's a Chord (4:56)
04. Diary of a Man Who Vanished (2:34)
05. Look over Your Shoulder (5:02)
06. Meadow Rag (2:41)
07. The Continental (2:51)
08. Surface Tension (3:29)
09. Double Rondo (8:12)
10. Concerto in D, 2nd Movement (4:51)
Total Time: 41:08


Line-up/Musicians:
- Steve Howe / bass, guitar, guitar (electric), keyboards, vocals, Moog synthesizer
- Bill Bruford / drums
- Patrick Moraz / piano, keyboards
- Alan White / drums
- Clive Bunker / percussion, drums
- Claire Hamill / vocals
- Andrew Jackman / conductor, orchestration
- Ronnie Leahy / keyboards
- Graham Preskett / violin

Steve Howe - (1975) Begining

BEGINNINGS (1975)

Track Listings
1. Doors of Sleep (4:08)
2. Australia (4:13)
3. The Nature of the Sea (3:57)
4. Lost Symphony (4:41)
5. Beginnings (7:31)
6. Will O' the Wisp (6:00)
7. Ram (1:53)
8. Pleasure Stole the Night (2:57)
9. Break Away from It All (4:19)
Total Time: 39:51


LineUp:
Steve Howe / organ, bass, guitar, mandolin, pedal Steel guitar, guitar (bass), guitar (Steel), harpsichord, keyboards, vocals, Moog synthesizer James Gregory / flute, piccolo
Bill Bruford / drums
Patrick Moraz / piano, keyboards
Alan White / drums
Bud Beadle / saxophone, saxophone (Alto), baritone
Malcolm Bennett / bass, flute
Gwyn Brooke / bassoon
Mick Eve / saxophone
Colin Gibson / bass
Patrick Halling / violin
Peter Halling / cello
Chris Laurence / bass
John Meck / viola
David Oberle / drums
William Reid / violin
Sidney Sutcliffe / organ
Graeme Taylor / guitar
Patrick Holling / violin
Peter Molling / cello
Sidney Satcliffe / oboe

Crish Squire - (1975) Fish out Water

Studio Album, released in 1975

When all the members of Yes released solo albums after the appearance of the glorious RELAYER, only three of them came up with (more or less) convincing results. Jon Anderson produced an embarrassing science-fiction fairytale which contained a couple of great tunes. Patrick Moraz came up with wild, half-Brasilian jazz-rock fusion. And Chris Squire emerged with an album so conceited and self-satisfied that more than half of it proved unlistenable. To this day I do not understand how someone can write a supposedly sensitive love song like “You by my Side”, and spoil it completely by bleating out the lyrics as insensitively as possible. To say nothing about the overblown orchestral finale of the same piece! Similarly, the so-called ‘canon’ towards the end of “Safe” (instrument after instrument taking up the same dire melody, accompanied by Chris on bass) must have been intended to prove how many musicians Mr Squire could afford to pay...

Fortunately, the Fish also pulled off two great performances, which trumped anything his colleagues from Yes had on offer. “Hold out your hand” is an exciting opening number with delightfully 'floating' organ playing, more convincing than the similar “Parallells” which would appear two years later on GOING FOR THE ONE. And “Lucky Seven” is superb: Squire, Bill Bruford and the gorgeous Mel Collins conspiring to give us all a catchy, funky tune that proves how much music they’ve got in their blood.

If only Chris had kept FISH OUT OF WATER simple and left out those orchestral excrescences! Two and a half stars.

Track Listings

1. Hold Out Your Hand (4:13)
2. You By My Side (4:59)
3. Silently Falling (11:26)
4. Lucky Seven (6:54)
5. Safe (Canon Song) (14:56)

Total Time: 42:34

Line-up/Musicians
- Chris Squire / vocals, bass, 12-string electric guitar
- Andrew Pryce Jackman / acoustic and electric pianos, orchestrations
- Bill Bruford / drums
- Patrick Moraz / organ, bass, synthesizer
- Barry Rose / pipe organ
- Mel Collins / saxophone
- Jimmy Hastings / flute