King Crimson rare '73 LP Larks' Tongues In Aspic on Polydor NM prog masterpiece

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	$		37

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Band/Record: King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic

Label/Matrix: GER 1973 Polydor 2344 072 with S1//S2

Condition Record/Sleeve: Mint-/EX 

Extra Info: Fantastic Album !! Original German pressing on the Polydor label + insert. wow .. minty dream audio, top copy !!

~~ One of the most challenging and unusual records in the Crimson catalog, and ultimately one of the most rewarding.
Initially I was infuriated by the first three minutes of the record, which consist of repetitive but quiet percussive sounds that don't seem to be going anywhere. But then BANG! It explodes into pure chaos, and lets the listener know that the mad scientists are at work. There is such dynamic contrast here that is carried not only within individual tracks, but over the course of the entire record. There is a logical flow here, and the whole record feels like a big crescendo, culminating in one of Crimson's most well-loved tracks "Larks Tongues in Aspic Part Two."

There is beauty here too. "Book of Saturday" and "Exiles" are played with such incredible subtlety, you forget that they are a rock band at all. Given the high degree of creativity that was occurring in 1973, it is really an impressive feat that "Larks Tongues in Aspic" stands out as particularly imaginative. While, it was hinted at in Crimson's first four records, this was the first time that Fripp fully incorporated atonality into a rock framework. This alone is worthy of a great deal of attention. "Part Two" sounds like it is a direct homage to Bartok's String Quartet No. 4 (fifth movement). The use of post-tonal harmony within the texture of rock allows Crimson to achieve a musical affect that others have not. Now it's the twenty-first century, but we have still yet to come up with a good answer to this curious disc.

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