As any fan fortunate enough to have seen the double trio lineup will tell you – even by King Crimson’s high standards – this was a spectacular live band. While a return of King Crimson had been planned as early as 1990, it was only in 1992 that the idea of a double trio line-up emerged as the ideal and it took until 1994 to get all the necessary musicians and plans sufficiently in place. The new band recorded the mini album “VROOOM” in the Spring of 1994 and, following further rehearsals in the summer and early autumn, performed a series of concerts in Argentina, including a run of shows at Teatro Broadway, Buenos Aires in October. This 2 disc set features a full matinee and evening concert from that venue. Taking in material from as far back as 1972, with pieces from
“Larks’ Tongues in Aspic”, the title track from 1974’s “Red”, songs and instrumentals from each of the 1980s album trilogy and new material from VROOOM and THRAK (which was recorded soon after these gigs), the shows present a band with an abundance of material old & new, eager to perform and with the full support of an audience ready to celebrate King Crimson’s return to the stage.
Disc 1
VROOOM
Coda: Marine 475
Frame by Frame
Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream
Red
One Time
B’Boom
THRAK
Improv:Two Sticks
Elephant Talk
Indiscipline
VROOOM, VROOOM
Matte Kudasai
The Talking Drum
Larks’ Tongues in Aspic: Part II
Heartbeat
Sleepless
Disc 2: additional tracks:
Discipline
Coda: Marine 475
Robert Fripp - Guitar, Soundscapes,
Adrian Belew - Guitar, Voice, Words
Tony Levin - Upright & Electric Basses, Backing Vocals
Trey Gunn - Stick, Backing Vocals
Bill Bruford & Pat Mastelotto - Acoustic & Electronic Percussions
The audio/video section of each disc is playable in DTS 4 channel surround or LPCM stereo.
Fans with DVD-A players can access an additional audio disc layer with full MLP Lossless sound.
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The Boys Are Back In Town
From Mark van Kempen of Amsterdam, Netherlands on .
A good document óf KC"s return after a 10 year absence, featuring 2 complete concerts.
I like the first concert best. Compared to the recordings of 1995 and 1996, things are a little less fluent and explosive, but very enjoyable, because of the little differences
in arrangements and interpretation.
The 1st concert has a very good, realistic sound, mixed from the multitrack tapes. The second concert features a mixture of soundboard
and multitrack mixes (some of the multitrack recordings are missing), but sounds quite ok.
I favour this release over the B'Boom - Live in Argentina release which covers the same ground but is made up of soundboard mixes, pumped up by massive compression.
Great Perfomance.....But!
From 5G of Los Angeles, California on .
Nothing annoys me more than when a director decides to make a great performance all about him. Who ever directed this video should be taken to a back of shed and whipped. His over use of out of focused shots and cross fades is so unbearable I can't even watch the screen or I will go blind. The audio however is outstanding so I have to give this DVD-A a five-star rating.
Very highly recommended
From Trends of Thorigny, France on .
Two complete shows filmed for our pleasure. Some minor sync problems on the second disc, but still an incredible document, great playing and great images. Fantastic shows.
Highgly rerommanded
From Fabrizio Ciampi of Milan, Italy on .
Very amazing shows and..... very amazing audio quality!!!!
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