King Crimson "Live In Chicago" 2017

You can now pre-order King Crimson Live In Chicago, June 28th, 2017 via Inner Knot (US) and Burning Shed (UK & Europe). The 2-CD set captures a show which both Robert Fripp and Tony Levin hold in high esteem. “If we are looking for a KC live (show); Chicago was exceptional” – Robert Fripp “One of our best” – Tony Levin The tracklist presents a diverse range of classic Crimson repertoire and also includes many tracks that appear in concert for the very first time.

Disc One:

Intro: Scape Bells
Larks’ Tongues In Aspic, Part One
Neurotica
The Errors
Cirkus
The Lizard Suite:
a) Dawn Song
b) Last Skirmish
c) Prince Rupert’s Lament
Fallen Angel
Larks’ Tongues In Aspic, Part Two
Islands
Pictures of a City

Disc Two:

Indiscipline
The ConstruKction of Light
Easy Money
The Letters
Interlude
Meltdown
Radical Action II
Level Five
Starless
Heroes
21st Century Schizoid Man

King Crimson evolves, changes, morphs as relentlessly as the Soundscapes which open each concert. Since the 2016 tour of Europe, the band has become a double quartet line-up with Bill Rieflin’s return from sabbatical as keyboard player & Jeremy Stacey’s confirmation as a permanent member/third drummer.

This allows for the inclusion of an ever more complex & compelling array of material, far more than can be contained in a single concert. With options for up to three keyboard players in the current line-up – Fripp & Stacey both have setups alongside their respective guitar/drum rigs - the majority of Lizard is performed live for the first time ever, likewise Fallen Angel from Red is making its first ever concert appearance/live recording, Cirkus envelops the listener in sound, the beautiful title track from Islands closes the first set, while staples from the 1980s line-up Indiscipline and Neurotica appear in very different arrangements.

New piece, The Errors makes its recorded debut & current audience favourite Heroes appears in the encores at the end of Disc Two. Add to this list of concert newcomers & returnees, live staples of the recent tours such as Starless, Easy Money, a recording of Level Five described as the “best ever single performance” of the piece by King Crimson biographer Sid Smith & a storming ending provided by the evergreen 21st Century Schizoid Man & it’s easy to see why the band was so pleased with this gig & the audience went home happy.

Presented as a King Crimson Collectors’ Club special edition, King Crimson Live in Chicago is packaged in a media-book style hard cover 2CD edition with a 24 pages booklet featuring photographs by Tony Levin, introductory notes by Robert Fripp & photos/production notes by KC producer/manager David Singleton.

King Crimson continues to re-invent & re-imagine both itself & its music; the kind of thing that once would have been called a “progressive” approach. It’s an approach that has benefited band members and listeners alike from January 1969 to the present – September 2017. The band is on tour in the USA in October & November 2017, with a European tour planned for 2018.

King Crimson: Live in Vienna, 2016 – originally scheduled for release this autumn will be released outside of Japan in early 2018, while DGM Japan will issue Live in Chicago early in 2018.

Bass, Chapman Stick, Voice – Tony Levin
Band [The Band], Drums – Gavin Harrison, Pat Mastelotto
Band [The Band], Drums, Keyboards – Jeremy Stacey
Band [The Band], Guitar, Flute, Voice – Jakko Jakszyk*
Band [The Band], Guitar, Keyboards – Robert Fripp
Band [The Band], Keyboards – Bill Rieflin*
Band [The Band], Saxophone, Flute – Mel Collins