From Loudersound.
King Crimson have announced that they will release a new live album, Music Is Our Friend (Live in Washington and Albany, 2021), through DGM on November 19.
The new two-disc set forms part of the band’s ‘official bootleg’ series, and was recorded at the band’s shows at The Anthem in Washington and at The Egg in Albany on their recent 2021 tour. The set features the whole of the Washington shows, with four additional songs recorded in Albany
Music Is Our Friend (Live in Washington and Albany, 2021) features a restored middle section of Larks’ Tongues In Aspic Part One that had not been played since 1973, substantial keyboard arrangements, Tony Levin on upright bass during Neurotica giving the piece an extra swing, an emotional set-closer Starless and an immensely powerful 21st Century Schizoid Man as an encore.
The Washington show proved to be the last show of the new North American run of dates. When King Crimson performed its debut gig in the US in 1969, 21st Century Schizoid Man was the set opener. When they played in Washington this year, it was
the final piece played.
The two-disc set (you can see artwork and tracklisting below) also features a booklet featuring photos by bassist Tony Levin and manager David Singleton, diary entries from Robert Fripp and a great insightful piece ‘Touring in the time of Covid, also from Singleton.
Pre-order Music Is Our Friend (Live in Washington and Albany, 2021).
King Crimson: Music Is Our Friend
CD One
1. Introductory Soundscape
2. The Hell Hounds Of Krim
3. Larks’ Tongues In Aspic Part I
4. Pictures Of A City
5. The Court Of The Crimson King
6. Red
7. Tony Cadenza Deals It Slitheryacious-To-The-Max
8. Neurotica
9. One More Red Nightmare
10. Indiscipline
CD Two
1. Epitaph
2. Radical Action II
3. Level Five
4. Starless
5. 21st Century Schizoid Man
6. Tony Cadenza Serves It Piping Hot
7. Discipline
8. Larks’ Tongues In Aspic Part II
9. Islands
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- King Crimson - Islands - 200 Gram Super Heavyweight Vinyl - Steven Wilson Mix - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £22.99, $28.97, €27.59 (New Item) (arrived 13-Nov-2024 14:33)on November 17, 2024 at 3:13 am
KING CRIMSON Islands (2021 UK/EU limited edition 200-gram Super Heavyweight Vinyl LP featuring the new 40th anniversary stereo mixes by Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp. Islands is Crim's fourth studio album and showcases the band's moreintimate and chamber influences. Includes the haunting title track and ferocious A Sailor's Tale. Picture sleeve with hype sticker, factory sealed)
- King Crimson - Red - 50th Anniversary New 2024 Mixes - 200 Gram Super Heavyweight Vinyl - Sealed - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £34.99, $44.09, €41.99 (New Item) (arrived 23-Oct-2024 15:16)on November 17, 2024 at 3:13 am
KING CRIMSON Red (50th Anniversary Edition of the 1974 classic album, featuring a New 2024 Mix by Steven Wilson and an album of Elemental Mixes by David Singleton, all approved by Robert Fripp and pressed on 200-gram SuperHeavyweight Vinyl. Housed inside a gatefold picture sleeve with hype sticker, factory sealed. Recommended)
- King Crimson - USA - Blue Sparkle 200 Gram Vinyl - Sealed - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £34.99, $44.09, €41.99 (New Item) (arrived 10-Oct-2024 11:14)on November 17, 2024 at 3:13 am
KING CRIMSON USA (50th Anniversary 2024 UK/EU limited edition double album 2-LP pressed on super heavyweight 200-gram Blue Sparkle Vinyl, the complete 1974 Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA concert, mixedand produced by Robert Fripp, David Singleton and Tony Arnold. USA was the first official live recording of this incendiary mid-1970s King Crimson incarnation - Bill Bruford, David Cross, Robert Fripp, John Wetton - and captures the band at its most powerful. Housed inside a gatefold picture sleeve with hype sticker, factory sealed. Recommended)
- King Crimson - Beat - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.20, €24.00 (New Item) (arrived 11-Oct-2024 09:33)on November 17, 2024 at 3:13 am
KING CRIMSON Beat (1982 UK 8-track LP, an essential part of the trilogy from the then-newly vamped eighties Crim line-up, featuring Robert Fripp & Bill Bruford alongside former David Bowie guitarist Adrian Belew & former Peter Gabriel bassist, Tony Levin. Comes housed in a blue title sleeve with lyric inner. The sleeve [VG] shows obvious edge scuffing whilst the vinyl is Excellent EGLP51)
- King Crimson - Discipline - embossed p/s - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.90, €18.00 (New Item) (arrived 11-Oct-2024 09:38)on November 17, 2024 at 3:13 am
KING CRIMSON Discipline (1981 UK 7-track LP, the first album from the band following a seven year hiatus, featuring Robert Fripp & Bill Bruford from previous incarnations of the Crim, alongside former David Bowie guitarist Adrian Belew & former Peter Gabriel bassist Tony Levin - the newly vamped line-up refined any former prog excesses in favour of ultra tight, interlocking precision for the new wave era - this was Crim getting a cool haircut! embossed picture sleeve. The sleeve displays noticeable edgewear & scuffing, whilst the vinyl shows the odd cosmetic hairline and only light signs of play. A great play copy offered at an advantageous price EGLP49)
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