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Live at Plymouth Guildhall May 11, 1971
Recorded at the Guildhall in Plymouth on 11 May 1971, this double CD captures the Islands line-up of King Crimson at a very early stage. It was only the band's fifth live show and their first in the UK. It appeared in 2000 through the King Crimson Collector's Club, with a UK and European release in December that year.
The set comes from the original soundboard tape, mixed by Peter Sinfield, with an audience bootleg used to patch the missing opening of "Get Thy Bearings". Drummer Ian Wallace wrote the liner notes, and he is clearly proud of his playing on "Sailor's Tale", joking that he might have to steal the part back from himself. It's a useful document of a short-lived Crimson, heard just after the studio album Islands and before the band's sound shifted with Larks' Tongues in Aspic.
Live at Plymouth Guildhall May 11, 1971: tracklist and credits
11 tracks · 1:35:22Tracklist
- Disc 1
- 1CirkusRobert Fripp and Peter Sinfield10:07
- 2Pictures of a CityRobert Fripp and Peter Sinfield8:54
- 3Sailor’s TaleRobert Fripp15:32
- 4The LettersRobert Fripp and Peter Sinfield4:48
- 5Lady of the Dancing WatersRobert Fripp and Peter Sinfield2:53
- 6Cadence and CascadeRobert Fripp and Peter Sinfield4:22
- Disc 2
- 1Get Thy BearingsDonovan13:24
- 2In the Court of the Crimson KingIan McDonald and Peter Sinfield8:09
- 3Ladies of the RoadRobert Fripp and Peter Sinfield9:05
- 421st Century Schizoid ManFripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield8:58
- 5MarsGustav Holst9:11
- Produced by
- Alex Mundy, David Singleton, David Singleton and Alex R. Mundy, Alex R. Mundy
- Recorded at
- Plymouth Guildhall
- Recorded
- 11 May 1971
- Label
- Discipline Global Mobile
- Length
- 1:35:22
Line-up
- Boz Burrell · bass, lead vocals
- Mel Collins · mellotron, flute, saxophone
- Robert Fripp · mellotron, guitar
- Ian Wallace · drums (drum set), vocals
- Peter Sinfield · vocals
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| MusicBrainz | December 2000 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | December 2000 | |
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| UK / Europe release | December 2000 | earliest UK or European date |
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| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2000 | GB | Discipline Global Mobile | original |
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