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quoted 14 lines Dudes, if you wanna hear prog whose pretensions are almost bearable

> >>Dudes, if you wanna hear prog whose pretensions are almost bearable > >>check out mid-70's era King Crimson: > >> > >>"Larks' Tongues in Aspic" > >>"Starless and Bible Black" > >>"Red" > > > >Three absolutely essential albums. > > A fun band to see live during that era...Bill Bruford stalking the stage > with about 50 exotic percussion instruments (Bruford was always an amazing > drummer - pure math, that guy). I saw them in '73 with - believe it or not > - Slade. One of those amazing concert billings which only the 70s could > produce. I do recall Yes and Black Sabbath on the same bill, too.

"Heart Of the Sunrise" vs "Supernaut" eh? Poor Yes... heh. But I have to disagree with Bruford being _pure_ math... While he'd never cut in the Meters or the JBs I think Bruford definitely has a sense of groove that a lot of virtuoso drummers lack. Beside he knows when NOT to play as documented by his non-playing on the improv 'Trio' off of "Starless and Bible Black". As far as live Crimson albums... "The Nightwatch" is an excellent 2cd set from this era. "USA" is a single cd that's due to be reissued sometime in the spring. But if you're even mildly interested in this era of Crimson you should definitely pick up "The Great Deceiver" 4cd set of various concerts. Anyone else out there think that John Wetton's monster bass + Bruford's snare was Techstep circa 1973? hs --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org