The Night Watch (album)
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Live album by King Crimson | ||||
Released | 17 October 1997 | |||
Recorded | 23 November 1973 | |||
Venue | Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) | |||
Genre | Progressive rock, heavy metal, hard rock, free improvisation | |||
Length | 84:34 | |||
Label | Discipline Global Mobile | |||
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The Night Watch is a live album (2-CD set) by the English rock band King Crimson, recorded in Amsterdam in 1973, and released in 1997.
Contents
This album contains an important performance in King Crimson's career, being the source of the improvisations "Trio" and "Starless and Bible Black", the Fripp instrumental "Fracture" and the intro to the song "The Night Watch", all of which were included, with some editing, in the 1974 album Starless and Bible Black. Prerecorded excerpts of (No Pussyfooting) appear at the end of "21st Century Schizoid Man" similarly to what was included at the beginning of USA.
Production
The concert was performed on 23 November 1973 at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Most of the concert was also broadcast live by the BBC and taped by listeners; bootlegs of the broadcast circulated among fans. The concert began with a version of "Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part I)", a recording of which has never been found. Some bootlegs claim to have it but these are recordings from other sources.[2] It was one of the first releases of archival recordings by Discipline Global Mobile, the music company founded by Robert Fripp.
Art
Like the covers of many King Crimson albums, The Night Watch's cover features a painting by P. J. Crook, which is also entitled The Nightwatch. The sleeve was designed by the Bill Smith Studio of London.
Track listing
Disc 1
- "Easy Money" (Robert Fripp, John Wetton, Richard Palmer-James) – 6:14
- "Lament" (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 4:14
- "Book of Saturday" (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 4:07
- "Fracture" (Fripp) – 11:28
- "The Night Watch" (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 5:28
- "Improvisation: Starless and Bible Black" (David Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bill Bruford) – 9:11
Disc 2
- "Improvisation: Trio" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 6:09
- "Exiles" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 6:37
- "Improvisation: The Fright Watch" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 6:03
- "The Talking Drum" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Jamie Muir) – 6:34
- "Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)" (Fripp) – 7:51
- "21st Century Schizoid Man" (Fripp, Ian McDonald, Greg Lake, Michael Giles, Peter Sinfield) – 10:38
- Recorded at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 23 November 1973
Credits
- Recording Engineer: George Chkiantz
- Mixing Engineer: David Singleton
- Assistant Engineer: Alex Mundy.
- Mixed at DGM World Central by David Singleton & Robert Fripp during July 1997.
Personnel
- Robert Fripp – guitar, mellotron
- John Wetton – bass guitar, vocals
- David Cross – violin, viola, keyboards
- Bill Bruford – drums, percussion
Charts
Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3] | 61 |
References
- ^ The Night Watch at AllMusic
- ^ Confirmed by David Singleton at The Night Watch playback held on 17 January 1998 in London.
- ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
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- Peter Sinfield
- Michael Giles
- Greg Lake
- Ian McDonald
- Peter Giles
- Gordon Haskell
- Andy McCulloch
- Boz Burrell
- Ian Wallace
- Bill Bruford
- John Wetton
- David Cross
- Jamie Muir
- Adrian Belew
- Trey Gunn
- Bill Rieflin
- Space Groove
- Heaven and Earth
- A Scarcity of Miracles
Standard release |
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Collector's Club |
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- A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson
- The Compact King Crimson
- Heartbeat: The Abbreviated King Crimson
- Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson
- Sleepless: The Concise King Crimson
- Cirkus: The Young Persons' Guide to King Crimson Live
- The Deception of the Thrush: A Beginners' Guide to ProjeKcts
- A Beginners' Guide to the King Crimson Collectors' Club
- The Power to Believe Tour Box
- The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume One: 1969–1974
- The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume Two: 1981–2003
- The Condensed 21st Century Guide to King Crimson: 1969–2003
- The Elements of King Crimson
- In the Court of the Crimson King
- Larks' Tongues in Aspic
- The Road to Red
- Starless
- THRAK
- On (and off) The Road
- Sailors' Tales
- Heaven & Earth
- The Complete 1969 Recordings
- "The Court of the Crimson King"
- "Cat Food"
- "Epitaph" / "21st Century Schizoid Man"
- "Matte Kudasai" / "Elephant Talk"
- "Thela Hun Ginjeet"
- "Heartbeat"
- "Three of a Perfect Pair"
- "Sleepless"
- "People"
- "Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream"
- "I Talk to the Wind"
- "Moonchild"
- "Islands"
- "Larks' Tongues in Aspic"
- "Fallen Angel"
- "Starless"
- Déjà Vrooom
- Neal and Jack and Me
- Eyes Wide Open
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