March 7, 2014 Playlist

"Larks' Tongues In Aspic" by King Crimson (1973)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
King Crimson  "Larks' Tongues In Aspic"  1973 (UK)
This week's Classic Album again represents a band reinventing itself (or rather, a band whose leader fired everybody else in the group and started over). King Crimson actually changed line-ups for every one of their first four studio albums (Greg Lake of ELP fame was the singer on their debut). But their fifth album Larks marks the beginning of my favorite era of KC, the core of the group from 1973-75 consisting of founding maestro Robert Fripp on guitars, recent Yes escapee Bill Bruford on drums and ubiquitous journeyman John Wetton on bass and vocals (his other credits include bands like Uriah Heep, Family, Wishbone Ash, Bryan Ferry and the prog supergroup UK (also with Bruford) though his most successful group came along in the 1980's: another prog supergroup called Asia!) The 1973 Crimson is  rounded out by percussion maestro Jamie Muir and violinist David Cross, thus making this the only quintet version of the band. Their blend of ferocious heavy riffing, jazzy polyrhythms and classical-music-inspired melodies and orchestration comes across like a more eclectic Mahavishnu Orchestra.
(N) = New Release
(R) = Listener Request
 
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