Description: Tracks:The Great DeceiverLamentWe'll Let You KnowThe Night WatchTrioThe MincerStarless and Bible BlackFracture Performer Notes: The initial pressing of STARLESS AND BIBLE BLACK is packaged in a cardboard-stock gatefold sleeve.King Crimson: John Wetton (vocals, bass); Robert Fripp (guitar, mellotron); David Cross (violin, viola, keyboards); William Bruford (percussion).Digitally remastered by Robert Fripp.King Crimson: John Wetton (bass guitar); Bill Bruford (drums); David Cross , Robert Fripp.Personnel: John Wetton (vocals); Robert Fripp (guitar, Mellotron); David Cross (violin, viola, keyboards); Bill Bruford (percussion).Audio Remasterers: Robert Fripp; Simon Heyworth.After the transitional ISLANDS, LARK'S TONGUES began the third Crimson phase that continued with STARLESS and ended with RED. The quartet of David Cross, John Wetton, Robert Fripp and Bill Bruford (augmented on LARK'S TONGUES by madman percussionist Jamie Muir) is regarded as the most innovative of Crimson's many lineups, offering hard-edged improvisations on an unprecedented level. With founding member/lyricist Pete Sinfield departed, Robert Palmer-James stepped in with a more cutting, concise lyrical approach that matched the group's uncompromising instrumental precision.STARLESS takes the furious improvisational style inaugurated by it's predecessor and takes it to new heights. Tunes like "We'll Let You Know" and "Fracture," while based around typically devilish Fripp guitar figures and complicated time signatures, lean heavily on the spontaneity of the band's no-holds-barred interaction for their fireworks. The drumless "Trio" is 100 percent improvisation and inspiration. "The Great Deceiver" is about as close to a standard "rock" tune as STARLESS gets, Wetton's throaty vocals leading the charge. Even on this, one of Crimson's pointiest, nastiest efforts, there's room for a poignant ballad, "The Night Watch," which ranks among the band's best. Professional Reviews: Q (11/00, p.129) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...A stolid affair - proof of the band's road-hardened discipline....envincing a lofty...ambition which they rarely, if ever, matched again." The Wire (10/00, p.77) - "...Mostly recorded live, it ranges from isolation tank bliss to monolithic rock heaviness of the closing 11 minutes of 'Fracture'..." Record Collector (magazine) (p.95) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "STARLESS AND BIBLE BLACK was originally released in 1974, with the majority of the tracks forged through live improvisation." Uncut (magazine) (p.91) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Crimson's four-way interplay is laid out afresh in this new stereo mix by Robert Fripp and Steven Wilson." Producer: King Crimson Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo Country: USA Studio/Live: Mixed Release Date: 1 May, 2016 Label: DISCIPLINE US Dimensions: 12.7 x 1.1 x 14.1 centimeters (0.08 kg)
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EAN: 0633367050625
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Language: Eng
Track #1: The Great Deceiver
Track #2: Lament
Track #3: We'll Let You Know
Track #4: The Night Watch
Track #5: Trio
Track #6: The Mincer
Track #7: Starless and Bible Black
Track #8: Fracture
Era: 1970s
Run Time: 2796 Sec
Format: CD
Release Year: 2005
Features: Studio Recording
Genre: Pop, Rock
Type: Album
Artist: King Crimson
Record Label: Discipline
Release Title: Starless and Bible Black [30th Anniversary Edition]
