This import box set highlights three historically significant aural documents by King Crimson taken from the mail-order-only Discipline Global Mobile Collectors' Club. The first entry features a 1969 Hyde Park performance, followed by portions of a dialogue between the original "team" -- including bandmembers, crew, and management -- captured at the listening party for Epitaph (1997) as well as a previously unissued instrumental studio version of "21st Century Schizoid Man." This very good -...   [ read more ]

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The Power to Believe (2003) marks the return of King Crimson for the group's first full-length studio release since ConstruKction of Light (2000). While it draws upon material featured on the live Level Five (2001) and studio Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With (2002) extended-play discs, there are also several new sonic sculptures included. Among them is the title track, which is divided into a series of central thematic motifs much in the same manner as the {&"Larks' Tongues in Aspic...   [ read more ]

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The relationship between this EP and King Crimson's Power to Believe (2003) long-player mirrors that of the six-track Vrooom (1994) sampler and subsequent full-length release Thrak (1994). The music perfectly contrasts the primarily instrumental and live Level Five (2001) EP by honing in on the latest lyrical contributions from Adrian Belew (guitar/vocals). The disc begins with "Bude," the first in a series of short spoken verses incorporating an electronically manipulated and harmoniz...   [ read more ]

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