Favorite Live King Crimson

Most people love "The Great Deceiver" here, but "Epitaph" is really up there for me. Should get more credit 

The Nightwatch which is the Amsterdam show...was originally played on the late night radio broadcast of the "King Biscuit Flower Hour". In the 70's I had recorded it several times directly from the radio. Fripp was correct in his statements about the show being the best performance to date. When I first purchased "The Night Watch"..the only flaw  being evident was the mellotron drop out during the performance of the song "The Night Watch". Short of that...the performance is completely outstanding and it is impeccable how they follow each other perfectly during the improvisations. I can't recall if it was Tommy Vance introducing each song on the original radio broadcasts of that show..but I do know that people were amazed to hear it then. Earthbound was a huge disappointment and many folks felt it was reminiscent of a hopper flushing. When it was first released..I ordered a copy from Brian Gatland in England and I was confused as to why Fripp would allow such a poor quality recording to be released at all. It did no justice for the Islands band.

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Man With Hat wrote: The Night Watch Epitaph   I have 30 KC albums and I still need these two grrrr.

Get 'em, you won't regret 'em!

I really like what they did with remaster of USA. :)  I've also got The Great Deceiver box, Absent Lovers.  B'BOOM Official Bootleg.  Also DVDs - deja VROOOM, Eyes Wide Open, Neal and Jack and Me.

My favorite live King Crimson was when I saw the LTIA band, sans Jamie Muir, at the Chicago Kinetic Playground on 20 April, 1973

My favorite by far is the Great Deceiver box set....though I also like Epitaph parts 1 and 2.

Dellinger wrote: Barbu wrote: Essential : Epitaph vol. 1&2 Summit Studios '72 The Night Watch/The Great Deceiver Absent Lovers Déja Vrooom DVD Eyes Wide Open DVD I would think that Epitaph vol 1 is enough. That's the only one I got, but I checked track lists and reviews before deciding to get only vol 1, and for what I remember the tracklists were very very similar, and the sound quality on vol 2 was suposed to be much worse. As for the Wetton era concerts, I don't know "The Night Watch", but I do have "The Great Deceiver", as well as "Collectible King Crimson Vol 1", and I would give the edge to Collectible. Once again, the tracklist is very similar (though "Great Deceiver" has more CD's, so it repeasts tracks more times), and I like better most of the tracks on Collectible.

Epitaph vol. 3&4 are for completists only. The Night Watch is a must even if you already have TGD Dellinger.

The Great Deceiver (If you had to limit yourself to one...)
Absent Lovers
The Night Watch
Heavy ConstruKction
Vroom Vroom
Epitaph

(And The Collectable Crimson Vol 1 which you said you had already)

Barbu wrote: Essential : Epitaph vol. 1&2 Summit Studios '72 The Night Watch/The Great Deceiver Absent Lovers Déja Vrooom DVD Eyes Wide Open DVD

I would think that Epitaph vol 1 is enough. That's the only one I got, but I checked track lists and reviews before deciding to get only vol 1, and for what I remember the tracklists were very very similar, and the sound quality on vol 2 was suposed to be much worse. As for the Wetton era concerts, I don't know "The Night Watch", but I do have "The Great Deceiver", as well as "Collectible King Crimson Vol 1", and I would give the edge to Collectible. Once again, the tracklist is very similar (though "Great Deceiver" has more CD's, so it repeasts tracks more times), and I like better most of the tracks on Collectible.

Either Great Deceiver or Absent Lovers.