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Atavachron 
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 Posted: October 02 2018 at 12:22 |
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Yeah they're two different animals, which is what was so cool. |
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: October 02 2018 at 12:21 |
I wouldn't say UK sounds like any King Crimson, others mileage may vary, but if you want to keep exploring the Crimson world, I'd look at a couple options: 1) I you really like the 1st 2, then I'd keep going in order of release of the 70's studio albums. Be prepared...next up is Lizard which I found the hardest, yet most rewarding of all the Crimson albums to dig deep into. I loved Cirkus on first listen, but it took me quite awhile to fully appreciate the rest of it, but once reaching that stage...prog nirvana  2) If you're not that crazy about the 1st 2 and want as similar to UK as possible, start with Larks Tongues and move in order through the Wetton/Bruford era  |
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M27Barney
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Posted: October 02 2018 at 12:04 |
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Perhaps I should get more king crimson....if that's what uk is like...I have the first two so what's next
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dr wu23
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Posted: October 02 2018 at 10:53 |
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^I was also hoping for more of a Crimson sound......
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: October 02 2018 at 08:30 |
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Took a long time to grow on me, but the 1st album is a classic. The great tension between the jazzers and rockers created a wonderful hybrid - though I bought it as soon as it came out and was generally disappointed that it wasn't more "Crimson-like"
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Posted: October 02 2018 at 06:14 |
Me too. The self-titled never did much for me though, aside from "In the Dead of Night".
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Posted: October 01 2018 at 13:49 |
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Just spun both cd's. Both 5 star on first spin! How the fook have I not listened to these for 40 years....how many more hidden gems are there for me to garner?
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Posted: September 28 2018 at 02:17 |
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You a vinyl spinner Scot?^
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Posted: September 27 2018 at 14:41 |
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Love both UK albums but Danger Money gets more play at my crib.
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M27Barney
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Posted: September 27 2018 at 06:42 |
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Strangely I have both vinyl albums in mint condition. But have never listened to them. I have just bought them both on CD. I have been looking for a while but they were both very expensive until I found them both for 27 quid...
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verslibre
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Posted: September 24 2018 at 20:07 |
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Not sure why you think it's boring. "Nothing To Lose" is worth the price of admission. EDIT: Sorry, I should have connected your username to the absence of a certain guitarist. Edited by verslibre - September 24 2018 at 20:09 |
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Atavachron
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Posted: September 24 2018 at 17:19 |
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^ Agreed: Bozzio is a demon, but NAN is just boring |
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Posted: September 24 2018 at 17:15 |
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IMO, Night After Night is a fine live album by the Jobson-Wetton-Bozzio trio. At the time, you couldn't get a much more rockin' drummer than Bozzio, at least not one who was fluent in multiple approaches. The only other guy was Stewart Copeland.
If you prefer the quartet, obviously you'll like Concert Classics Vol. 4 better. But I don't think the 4tet did the Danger Money songs better than the trio.
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Atavachron
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Posted: September 24 2018 at 16:29 |
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The live one most people know is Night After Night, a not-so-inspired performance. The better live album (though with inferior sound) is Concert Classics vol. 4 . Both may be on the box set, not sure ~  |
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Posted: September 24 2018 at 15:35 |
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Bruford is hard to replace indeed, can't think of a single drummer that was/is like him except maybe Budgie (Siouxsie and the Banshees) who was the punk equivalent (and also rather brilliant in his own way)
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Posted: September 23 2018 at 21:00 |
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^ I did get a live album of them along with the original one, which has got some songs from the second album, but played by the original line-up. However, I'm afraid it didn't do much for me either... yet, I guess that fans of the studio albums should like it just the same. I didn't try and listen to the newer live versions from this decade, but somehow I would have hope that they might have played to songs in a warmer way that I might have enjoyed more... yet I lost interest is confirming it given that Bruford was not in the line-up.
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Posted: September 23 2018 at 16:30 |
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Both studio albums are great. The second album has more 'balls' as they decided to be 'ELP Mk11' but the first is a perfect example of where symphonic prog was at in 1977. There is just enough of the jazz rock fusion influence to make it distinct without it becoming dull . My only slight criticism is that I would like it to sound a bit more punchier (production issues maybe). I would love to track down the live album they did but was never going to pay £200 for that deluxe box set which seems to be the only way you can get it nowadays.
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Posted: September 22 2018 at 12:39 |
Indeed. I'm one of the oddballs who PREFERS Danger Money. It's a fantastic record.
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dr wu23
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Posted: September 22 2018 at 11:04 |
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Great band and album...I didn't discover them until several years after the album was released.
I still like the first one the best due to the original line up but the second one is also excellent.
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Posted: September 22 2018 at 02:45 |
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Holdsworth makes the first album really special. Very sad to lose both him and Wetton in such a short span of time, both to disease.
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