King Crimson
July 01, 1996
London, UK @ Shepherds Bush Empire - The Collectable King Crimson Volume Three
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Disc 1
01 - Introductory Soundscape
02 - Conundrum
03 - Thela Hun Ginjeet
04 - Neurotica
05 - Red
06 - Waiting Man
07 - Dinosaur
08 - Three Of A Perfect Pair
09 - Improv I
10 - VROOOM VROOOM
11 - Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream
12 - VROOOM
13 - Coda Marine 475

Disc 2
01 - Lark's Tongues In Aspic Pt II
02 - Frame By Frame
03 - Matte Kudasai
04 - B'Boom
05 - THRAK
06 - 21st Century Schizoid Man
07 - Indiscipline
08 - Prism
09 - Elephant Talk

Adrian Belew - Guitar, Voice, Words
Bill Bruford - Acoustic and Electronic Percussions
Robert Fripp - Guitar
Trey Gunn - Touch Guitar, Voice
Tony Levin - Basses, Chapman Stick, Voice
Pat Mastelotto - Acoustic and Electronic Percussions

The gigs at Shepherds Bush Empire weren't just a pair of hot dates. They were a couple of scorchers Although the band had been in town only a year before, the rather formal setting of the Albert Hall had led to it being a slightly muted occasion. By contrast, Shepherds Bush Empire was a far more excitable affair. The inclusion of Waiting Man on this tour wasn't the only surprise – who would have thought Schizoid Man would be knocking them dead a full 22 years after it had last been played by KC. There's a storming version of Three Of A Perfect Pair (best live group version yet?) and the eerie String Quartet – a precursor to Sus_Tayn_Z? Am I the only who thinks it's a pity they didn't do more of that kind of thing? Elsewhere, B’Boom is something of a savage crowd-pleaser and Frame By Frame positively blows yer socks off as Robert noted in his diary.

“Frame By Frame is blasting away at an astonishing tempo. FxF was never written to be played at this speed. But in the fire of the moment, and in the context of the particular overall tempo of the unfolding performance, the front man hits the tempo that feels right; and the guitarist stage left is hung out to dry.”