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The Nightwatch: Live at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw November 23rd 1973
The Nightwatch captures King Crimson on stage at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw on 23 November 1973. It was released as a two-CD set on 17 October 1997 through BMG, part of the band's run of archive live releases from the English progressive rock group.
The recording comes from the period just after Larks' Tongues in Aspic, released earlier that year, and before Starless and Bible Black arrived in 1974. That places it in the middle of a fast-moving stretch for the band, when their studio albums were appearing close together. For anyone who knows the records from that era, it offers a chance to hear the group in concert rather than in the studio, in a Dutch hall whose name sits right in the title.
The Nightwatch: Live at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw November 23rd 1973: tracklist, credits and charts
12 tracks · 1:24:45Tracklist
- Disc 1
- 1Easy MoneyFripp, Wetton, Palmer‐James6:15
- 2LamentFripp, Wetton, Palmer‐James4:14
- 3Book of SaturdayFripp, Wetton, Palmer‐James4:09
- 4FractureRobert Fripp11:28
- 5The Night WatchFripp, Wetton, Palmer‐James5:28
- 6Improv: Starless and Bible BlackBruford, Cross, Fripp, Wetton9:14
- Disc 2
- 1Improv: TrioBruford, Cross, Fripp, Wetton6:09
- 2ExilesCross, Fripp, Palmer‐James6:38
- 3Improv: The Fright WatchBruford, Cross, Fripp, Wetton6:04
- 4The Talking DrumBruford, Cross, Fripp, Muir, Wetton6:35
- 5Larks’ Tongues in Aspic (Part II)Robert Fripp7:51
- 621st Century Schizoid ManFripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield10:41
- Produced by
- Steven Wilson, Robert Fripp and David Singleton
- Recorded at
- Concertgebouw
- Recorded
- 23 November 1973
- Mixed by
- Robert Fripp, David Singleton, Steven Wilson
- Mixed at
- DGM Soundworld
- Engineered by
- George Chkiantz, David Singleton
- Labels
- BMG, Discipline Global Mobile
- Length
- 1:24:45
Line-up
- Bill Bruford · drums (drum set) · guest
- David Cross · mellotron, violin · guest
- Robert Fripp · mellotron, guitar · guest
- John Wetton · bass guitar, vocals · guest
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 1997 | 61 |
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How we know the release date wikipedia only
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | November 1997 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 17 October 1997 | |
| Wikidata | 1997 | |
| US release | November 1997 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 1997 | earliest UK or European date |
8 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | XE | BMG | 5028676900320 | other |
| November 1997 | GB | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367970725 | original |
| November 1997 | US | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367970725 | original |
| 24 March 2004 | JP | Universal | 4988005359667 | other |
| 2006 | XE | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367970725 | other |
| 31 October 2006 | US | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367970725 | other |
| 2018 | XE | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367501622 | other |
| 28 September 2018 | — | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367882424 | other |
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| coverartarchive ✓ | 600×600 | upscaled: major: best source 600x600, upscaled to 1500 (x2.50) |