Larks' Tongues in Aspic

by King Crimson

Overview

King Crimson reborn yet again -- the then-newly configured band makes its debut with a violin (courtesy of David Cross) sharing center stage with Robert Fripp's guitars and his Mellotron, which is pushed into the background. The music is the most experimental of Fripp's career up to this time -- though some of it actually dated (in embryonic form) back to the tail-end of the Boz Burrell-Ian Wallace-Mel Collins lineup. And John Wetton was the group's strongest singer/bassist since Greg Lake's departure three years earlier. What's more, this lineup quickly established itself as a powerful performing unit, working in a more purely experimental, less jazz-oriented vein than its immediate predecessor. "Outer Limits music" was how one reviewer referred to it, mixing Cross' demonic fiddling with shrieking electronics, Bill Bruford's astounding dexterity at the drum kit, Jamie Muir's melodic and usually understated percussion, Wetton's thundering yet melodic bass, and Fripp's guitar, which generated sounds ranging from traditional classical and soft pop-jazz licks to hair-curling electric flourishes. ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	12/03/2013
Label:	Dgm / Discipline Global Music / Inner Knot / Panegyric
UPC:	0633367910516
Rank:	29860

Tracks

1. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 1
2. Book of Saturday
3. Exiles
4. Easy Money
5. The Talking Drum
6. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2

Album Credits

Performance Credits

King Crimson   Primary Artist
Bill Bruford   Drums
Jamie Muir   Soloist,Percussion
John Wetton   Bass,Vocals
Robert Fripp   Guitar,Devices,Mellotron
David Cross   Viola,Violin,Mellotron

Technical Credits

Simon Heyworth   Mastering,Remastering
Bill Bruford   Composer
King Crimson   Producer
The Cross   Composer
David Singleton   Editing
Jamie Muir   Composer
John Wetton   Composer
Robert Fripp   Mixing,Composer,Producer,Mastering,Remastering
Richard Palmer-James   Composer,Lyricist
Nick Ryan   Engineer
Steven Wilson   Mixing,Producer
Muir   Composer
David Cross   Composer
Claire Bidwell   Design
Alex R. Mundy   Editing
Hugh O'Donnell   Design
Neil Wilkes   Assembly,Authoring
Andy Miles   Mastering Assistant