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Thread: KING CRIMSON IN CARDIFF ON OCTOBER 31st 2018

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    KING CRIMSON IN CARDIFF ON OCTOBER 31st 2018

    The kings of prog rock are at St David's Hall. I first saw them at the old Capitol Theatre in Cardiff (Oct 29th 1971) on the Islands' tour. Here's a recent live version of Easy Money.

    https://youtu.be/eOdk015mLEo

    StT.
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    Re: KING CRIMSON IN CARDIFF ON OCTOBER 31st 2018

    Quote Originally Posted by Steve the Tea View Post
    The kings of prog rock are at St David's Hall. I first saw them at the old Capitol Theatre in Cardiff (Oct 29th 1971) on the Islands' tour. Here's a recent live version of Easy Money.

    https://youtu.be/eOdk015mLEo

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    Yeah, but the format of the evening's a bit weird, ain't it?

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    Are they all still breathing?

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    I think that KC were third in prog behind Yes and ELP personally but what do I know ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bobh View Post
    Are they all still breathing?
    One of my earlier albums "in the court of the crimson king".

    I remember seeing them in the Capitol in 19.....

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    Love king crimson , what a bassist

    Having said that I love YES as well , favourite albums , the yes album , fragile and tormato

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    Quote Originally Posted by BlueWales View Post
    I think that KC were third in prog behind Yes and ELP personally but what do I know ?
    ELP ere great but remember Greg Lake was part of King Crimson BEFORE ELP were formed..

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    Best Prog rock were are very own Man

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    Re: KING CRIMSON IN CARDIFF ON OCTOBER 31st 2018

    Quote Originally Posted by life on mars View Post
    Best Prog rock were are very own Man
    Who I booked for the Xmas ball at Tredegar Grammar School in nineteen hundred and frozen to death !

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    Quote Originally Posted by DubaiDai View Post
    ELP ere great but remember Greg Lake was part of King Crimson BEFORE ELP were formed..
    Yes and Emerson was part of Nice who were pretty nifty too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BlueWales View Post
    I think that KC were third in prog behind Yes and ELP personally but what do I know ?
    ELP were formed after Greg Lake left King Crimson following Crim's first American tour (Oct-Dec 1969). I saw Yes in Cardiff (1970's) and enjoyed the concert but I don't think they are in the same league as Crim. Personally I dont feel that their style has moved on one iota since the late 60's, surely a contradiction if they are being viewed as progressive. Now there are two splinter groups vying for the Yes name. Crim have always been in front of the music scene in my view in my humble opinion and gave birth to the term progressive rock > Prog Rock, superceding the former underground music.

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    They are fantastic. The interplay between the 3 drummers/percussionist is something to behold. Furthermore, the configiation of the other five members:
    - guitar, keyboards
    - guitar, vocals
    - keyboards (mellotron, piano etc)
    - saxes, flute
    - bass, upright bass, Chapman Stick
    can arrange earlier music to their maximum effect.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cyclops View Post
    Yeah, but the format of the evening's a bit weird, ain't it?
    They are fantastic. The interplay between the 3 drummers/percussionists is something to behold. Furthermore, the configuration of the other five members:
    - guitar, keyboards
    - guitar, vocals
    - keyboards (mellotron, piano etc)
    - saxes, flute
    - bass, upright bass, Chapman Stick
    can arrange earlier music to their maximum effect.

    StT
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    Re: KING CRIMSON IN CARDIFF ON OCTOBER 31st 2018

    Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
    Love king crimson , what a bassist

    Having said that I love YES as well , favourite albums , the yes album , fragile and tormato
    Here's another fine bassist from Crim in the early 1970's, John Wetton, playing part of Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part 1). Bill Bruford, earlier of Yes, also on standard drums.


    https://youtu.be/WhudDa3JAyc

    StT.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve the Tea View Post
    Here's another fine bassist from Crim in the early 1970's, John Wetton, playing part of Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part 1). Bill Bruford, earlier of Yes, also on standard drums.


    https://youtu.be/WhudDa3JAyc

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    John wetton went on to play in Asia didn't he ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
    John wetton went on to play in Asia didn't he ?
    Sure did, Sludge. He also played viola (Cardiff; Nov 1972) in the Larks' Tongues in Aspic Crim line-up.

    http://johnwetton.com/biography.htm

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