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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #6945 on: May 18, 2012, 02:36:14 PM »
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #6946 on: May 18, 2012, 07:27:21 PM »


That's not the Lake of E, L and P fame, is it?


Indeed it is.  The one and the same.

"Court" is much more accessible than "Starless."  You'll probably like the other early Crimson: In the Wake of Poseidon, Lizard, and Islands. My fave from the "Starless" period is "Red."

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #6947 on: May 20, 2012, 10:03:07 AM »


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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #6948 on: May 20, 2012, 06:52:53 PM »
Larks' Tongues in Aspic
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #6949 on: May 21, 2012, 05:00:19 AM »
Larks Tongue...

Well you are certainly not taking the easy road to Crimson fandom.  Brilliant, but difficult.

Incidentally, King Crimson albums are not one-listen-and-you're-sold records.  They require the listener to work to appreciate the nuances and subtlety (or lack thereof in Lark's Tongue's case).

Example:  I LOVE "Discipline," but it took me a couple years before I fully apprecited it.

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #6950 on: May 21, 2012, 05:15:53 AM »
Well, heard Lark's Tongue last night for 1st time and loved it.

It's the 1st album I posted I have to go back to and relisten to, but after the othe KC albums I just acquired.

Liking it!
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #6951 on: May 21, 2012, 03:29:48 PM »
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #6952 on: May 21, 2012, 03:37:37 PM »
Well, heard Lark's Tongue last night for 1st time and loved it.

It's the 1st album I posted I have to go back to and relisten to, but after the othe KC albums I just acquired.

Liking it!

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #6953 on: May 21, 2012, 06:38:17 PM »

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #6954 on: May 21, 2012, 07:08:31 PM »
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #6955 on: May 22, 2012, 06:39:30 PM »
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #6956 on: May 24, 2012, 09:10:33 AM »
Lizard
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Following AZ' recommendations.

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #6957 on: May 24, 2012, 09:41:28 AM »
Freaken RAIN drops. Joey Defrancesco Live at the Five Spot, then Sonny Rollins Plus Three, It is Jazz day . The Blues would be too simple on this rainy day.


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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #6958 on: May 24, 2012, 10:50:48 AM »
Larks Tongue and Lizard are definitely the older and more spacy side of KC. If you want to go a little harder then I would suggest the following, in the following order:

- Red
- Starless and Bible Black
- The Power to Believe

If you like the spacy side, then the next follow-ups should be:

- In the Court of the Crimson King
- Islands
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #6959 on: May 24, 2012, 01:34:15 PM »
Thanks Bob, read further back and it was my purchas of In the Court............  and Starless...... that led AZ to make suggestions about others.

I loved Court, jury out on Starless.

Both of you guys put a star on Lizard, have to check if Bill brought me that one next.

EDIT: GEEZUSHKRIST! Just listened to Lizard, such a noob at KC. Let's see what else Santa Pumpkin brought.
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