King Crimson-USA '74 Live Classic Prog Rock-NEW LP 200gr +mp3
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King Crimson-USA '74 Live Classic Prog Rock-NEW LP 200gr +mp3
King Crimson – USA
Label:
Discipline Global Mobile – KCLP12, Panegyric – KCLP12, Inner Knot – KCLP12
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, 200 Gram
Country:
UK
Released:
2015
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Prog Rock
Format: LP
Label: DGM / Panegyric
Genre: Progressive
Newly cut from masters approved by Robert Fripp
Recorded live by the Record Plant, N.Y.C. June 1974
Includes exclusive codes for 320kbps MP3 downloads
200-gram super-heavyweight vinyl
As Robert Fripp had done with King Crimson's first live LP, Earthbound (1972), USA is a single-disc concert package documenting the quartet during its 1974 swing through North America. As with its predecessor, USA was also issued as a sonic cenotaph of the concurrently defunct Krim. So insistent that the band would not be resurrected, Fripp concluded the LP's liner notes at the time with another three-letter epitaph: "R.I.P." The 1973/1974 King Crimson included the collective efforts of Fripp (guitar/mellotron), David Cross (violin), John Wetton (bass/vocals), and Bill Bruford (drums/percussion). USA also includes notable violin overdubs by Eddie Jobson on the tracks "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2" and "21st Century Schizoid Man," as well as electric piano addendums to "Lament." The opening drone re-creates the typical performance prelude, lifted directly from the Fripp and Brian Eno sonic sculpture No Pussyfooting (1973).
The brusque juxtaposition of the ethereal opening to the aggressive "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2" jolts the audience into the rips and snorts found during this tautly rendered instrumental. The readings of "Lament" and "Exiles" demonstrate this band's overwhelming sonic sensibilities. They are able to contrast and incorporate thick, viscous melodies and rhythms with alternately underlying sensitive, as well as ultimately beautiful, musical responses. A majority of the release is taken from a performance on June 28, 1974, at the Casino in Asbury Park, NJ, with the notable exception of "21st Century Schizoid Man," which was recorded two nights later at the Palace Theater in Providence, RI. [Some reissues add versions of "Fracture" and "Starless" from the Casino show.
A1 Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part II
Violin [Remix Assistance] – Eddie JobsonWritten-By – Fripp*
A2 Lament
Piano [Remix Assistance] – Eddie JobsonWritten-By – Wetton*, Palmer-James*, Fripp*
A3 Exiles
Written-By – Cross*, Wetton*, Palmer-James*, Fripp*
B1 Asbury Park
Written-By – Bruford*, Cross*, Wetton*, Fripp*
B2 Easy Money
Written-By – Wetton*, Palmer-James*, Fripp*
B3 21st Century Schizoid Man
Violin [Remix Assistance] – Eddie JobsonWritten-By – Lake*, McDonald*, Giles*, Sinfield*, Fripp*
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Robert Fripp
Copyright (c) – Robert Fripp
Recorded At – Record Plant, N.Y.C.
Mixed At – Olympic Studios
Lacquer Cut At – Loud Mastering
Credits
Bass, Vocals – John Wetton
Cover – Nicholas De Ville
Drums, Percussion – Bill Bruford
Guitar, Mellotron – Robert Fripp
Lacquer Cut By – John Dent
Photography By – Willie Christie
Producer – King Crimson
Recorded By – George Chkiantz
Typography – Bob Bowkett, C.C.S.*
Violin, Keyboards – David Cross
Notes
Newly cut from masters approved by Robert Fripp
Recorded live by the Record Plant, N.Y.C. June 1974
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 633367911216
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 - Etched): KCLP 12 A-1 Jonz LOUD
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 - Etched): KCLP 12 B-1 Jonz LOUD
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