Album · Live
Ladies of the Road
Ladies of the Road is a two-CD live set from King Crimson, released on 12 November 2002. The recordings come from 1971 and 1972, and the title borrows from a song on Islands, though that song isn't played here. Most of the material was drawn from the band's Collector's Club releases, which were limited-run concert recordings, studio sessions and radio sessions.
The first disc gathers performances by the band's second touring line-up: Robert Fripp, Boz Burrell, Mel Collins and Ian Wallace, with Peter Sinfield running the soundboard, VCS3 synthesizer and lights. The second disc is the oddity. "Schizoid Men" stitches guitar and saxophone solos from several 1972 American performances of "21st Century Schizoid Man" into one 46-minute piece in eleven parts. It never returns to the song itself, stops abruptly, and after a minute of silence tacks on a hidden final section. It's worth hearing for the band's improvising.
Ladies of the Road: tracklist, credits and charts
20 tracks · 1:51:09Tracklist
- Disc 1
- 1Pictures of a City (live 1972)Robert Fripp and Peter Sinfield8:46
- 2The Letters (live 1972)Robert Fripp and Peter Sinfield4:43
- 3Formentera Lady (abridged, live 1971])Robert Fripp and Peter Sinfield6:42
- 4The Sailor’s Tale (live 1971)Robert Fripp5:44
- 5Cirkus (live 1971)Robert Fripp and Peter Sinfield7:58
- 6Groon (live 1972)Robert Fripp6:52
- 7Get Thy Bearings (live 1972)Donovan8:33
- 821st Century Schizoid Man (live 1972)Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield8:58
- Disc 2
- 1Schizoid Men – 1 (live 1972)Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield1:44
- 2Schizoid Men – 2 (live 1972)Fripp, Giles, McDonald4:46
- 3Schizoid Men – 3 (live 1972)Fripp, Giles, McDonald3:13
- 4Schizoid Men – 4 (live 1972)Fripp, Giles, McDonald5:16
- 5Schizoid Men – 5 (live 1972)Fripp, Giles, McDonald6:23
- 6Schizoid Men – 6 (live 1972)Fripp, Giles, McDonald3:57
- 7Schizoid Men – 7 (live 1972)Fripp, Giles, McDonald5:14
- 8Schizoid Men – 8 (live 1972)Fripp, Giles, McDonald3:19
- 9Schizoid Men – 9 (live 1972)Fripp, Giles, McDonald5:01
- 10Schizoid Men – 10 (live 1972)Fripp, Giles, McDonald3:23
- 11Schizoid Men – 11 (live 1972)Fripp, Giles, McDonald4:58
- 12Schizoid Men – 12 (live 1972)Fripp, Giles, McDonald5:40
- Produced by
- Robert Fripp and David Singleton, Robert Fripp, David Singleton
- Recorded at
- Summit Studios, Plymouth Guildhall, Eastown Theatre, The Baseball Park, Sound Track, Kemp Coliseum, State Armory, Grande Ballroom, The Barn
- Recorded
- 1971–1972
- Label
- Discipline Global Mobile
- Length
- 1:51:09
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 2003 | 135 |
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 12 November 2002 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 12 November 2002 (US) | |
| Wikidata | 12 November 2002 | |
| US release | 12 November 2002 | earliest US date |
3 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 November 2002 | — | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367882325 | original |
| 12 November 2002 | US | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367020321 | original |
| 2018 | XE | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367501523 | other |
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coverartarchive · native: native 2799x2799
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|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 2799×2799 | native: native 2799x2799 |
| deezer | 1800×1800 | native |