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| Disc: 1 |
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| 1. Entry Of The Crims |
| 2. Larks' Tongues In Aspic (Part III) |
| 3. Thela Hun Ginjeet |
| 4. Red |
| 5. Matte Kudasai |
| 6. Industry |
| 7. Dig Me |
| 8. Three Of A Perfect Pair |
| 9. Indiscipline |
| Disc: 2 |
| 1. Sartori In Tangier |
| 2. Frame By Frame |
| 3. Man With An Open Heart |
| 4. Waiting Man |
| 5. Sleepless |
| 6. Larks' Tongues In Aspic (Part II) |
| 7. Discipline |
| 8. Heartbeat |
| 9. Elephant Talk |
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I'm not going to do a track by track analysis because as a new person to the band, I feel under qualified, but if you like thinking man's prog then there is a lot of music here at a good price. I won't say I like all of the tracks, but I'm not sure 'liking' is the point with Crimson. There is a lot of excellent musicianship on show here and the composiions are clever, quirky, murky and lavish. Fripp's essay in the insert is also a fascinating read. I've already ordered more of the live recordings.
Three of a Perfect Pair. This is not my favourite KC material, but it comes across well here, especially Industry and Dig Me. Larks Tongue in Aspic III is reasonably good and is nicely set-up by the Entry of the Crims. Three of a Perfect Pair is surprisingly good, much better than the studio version. My one criticism is that there is too much material from the this album.
Beat! What there is of it on here works quite well especially Waiting Man. I was disappointed however that some of the best material on Beat! was missing (no Requiem, Neurotica or Howler for example) as in my view Beat! is much better than the comparatively weak Three of a Perfect Pair. I suppose this being at the end of 1984 tour accounts for this bias, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the Beat! material is not favourite with KC themselves. Pity about that.
Discipline. Things are not so good here. The material overall has nothing like the edge of the studio version and much of its subtlety is lost. The best is Elephant Talk which just about captures the spirit of the studio recording (sounds a bit like Talking Heads on Remain in Light - Adrian Belew I suppose). Discipline itself is extremely disappointing, nothing like the tension or subtle variations of the original, though it's opposite (Indiscipline) survives quite well if a little lacking in verve. Thela Hun Jinjeet (without the voice underpinning) doesn't have anything like the same resonance. As for Matte Kudesai and Frame by Frame, OK I suppose, but they lack something even if I'm not quite sure what it is. A pity, as this is the best material this incarnation of KC produced.
Earlier material: Not bad, with Larks Tongue in Aspic II being the best. Replacing David Cross violin breaks with (Adrian Belew?) guitar was a good idea and improves on the original. Not as heavy as the original though, so lacks a little bite.
Would I recommend it? Well, I suppose "Yes", in spite of my disappointment with the Discipline material, as there as some nice touches and a few highlights.
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