King Crimson - Ladies Of The Road

Volume One: LADIES OF THE ROAD
1. Pictures of a City
2. The Letters
3. Formentera Lady (abridged)
4. The Sailors Tale
5. Cirkus
6. Groon
7. Get Thy Bearings
8. 2Ist Century Schizoid Man
9. In the Court of the Crimson King
Volume Two: SCHIZOID MEN
1 - 11
Ladies Of The Road is a two-volume Special Edition of live performances
during 1971-72 drawn from the archives of the King Crimson Collectors'
Club. Volume One: Ladies Of The Road is a series of performances beginning
with the play-in shows at the Zoom Club, Frankfurt through to the final
Earthbound tour of America.
Volume Two: Schizoid Men is a compilation of sax & guitar solos played
during performances of 21st. Century Schizoid Man throughout its life.
King Crimson has often been accused of a capital offence in the annals of
Prog Crime: the endless guitar solo. Who cares that prosecutors had not
listened to the band? Schizoid Men is one approach to offering a plea of
guilty, on the basis of manipulated evidence long after the events.
Extended soloing by Mel Collins is not, in my book, any kind of crime at
all. Rather, an instruction in performance by a young master.
The jury is still out on this Crimson, based on insufficient evidence. Here
is more evidence, although we have tampered with it. Robert Fripp
Boz Burrell - Bass & Vocals, Mel Collins -Saxes, Flute & Mellotron,
Robert Fripp - Guitar & Mellotron,
Ian Wallace - Drums Peter Sinfield - FOH sound & VCS3 on Volume One
"I'll tell you what, for all of it's bright, brief existence, this was one
hell of a band!" Ian Wallace
"King Crimson was an unfair opportunity for these exceptional players."
Robert Fripp
Technical notes:
Track 9 of disc 1 cuts off at 48 seconds
Track 11 of disc 2 has a 60-second silence at 4:75
These were on the master tapes.