{"product_id":"king-crimson-music-is-our-friend-kclpbx504-3lp","title":"King Crimson - Music Is Our Friend  3 LP Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eMusic is our Friend – Named after the tour from which the performances were taken, “Music Is Our Friend” is an official bootleg featuring all of King Crimson’s final performance in North America at Washington in September, 2021. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt is now being made available as a limited edition 3LP set, re-sequenced from the CD running order to maintain the complete release, including the four pieces from the first concert of the tour’s second leg in Albany. Taken together, these tracks represent both a beginning and an end of a tour that took place despite almost insurmountable issues. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginally scheduled for 2020, postponed for a full year because of the pandemic, the tour began in July 2021 in Florida as the latest Covid wave hit and the band moved across the country in a tour bus bubble. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFollowing a two-week break due to scheduling conflicts, the band took to the road again, with the Zappa Band appearing nightly before Crimson. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNow facing gigs that had to be moved due to extreme weather, with one venue flooded a day before a concert, an open-air venue in New York transferred to the more familiar Beacon Theatre, and even a band member flown to hospital via helicopter, King Crimson faced a range of challenging conditions. Happily, the band member fully recovered and no gigs were missed despite the array of setbacks and obstacles. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy the time King Crimson reached Washington, the band was in ferocious form with a powerful, energetic set with some arrangements reworked and differing from previous tours. Featuring a restored middle section of ‘Larks’ Tongues In Aspic Part One’ that had not been played since 1973, substantial keyboard arrangements, Tony Levin on upright bass during ‘Neurotica’ giving the piece an extra swing, an emotional Starless and an immensely powerful ‘21st Century Schizoid Man’ as an encore. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKing Crimson completed their tour in style and to much acclaim from fans and critics alike. As Robert Fripp notes in his diary entry included in the notes: “David (Singleton, KC manager\/producer), pointed out that the very first piece KC played in the US, at Godard College, Montpelier, Vermont on October 29th. 1969, was the same piece as completed KC’s 52 years – 21CSM”.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe four performances from the ‘Friends and Family’ concert in late August 2021 at The Egg in Albany, the opening show of the second leg of the tour and the same venue where the current band played its first US gig in 2014, add material not played in Washington due to time constraints. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDavid Singleton, who also prepared all the audio for this release, thought it one of the best sets the band played on this or previous tours.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. Introductory Soundscape\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. Hell Hounds of Krim\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4. Pictures of a City\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5. The Court of the Crimson King\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6. Red\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7. Tony Cadenza Deals It Slitheryacious-To-The-Max\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8. Neurotica\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9. One More Red Nightmare\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10. Indiscipline\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11. Larks’ Tongues In Aspic, Part Two\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e12. Epitaph\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13. Radical Action II\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e14. Level Five\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15. Tony Cadenza Serves It Piping Hot\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e16. Discipline\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e17. Starless\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e18. Islands\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e19. 21st Century Schizoid Man\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orchard Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44236655755501,"sku":"LAFz5281","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0531\/5837\/9684\/files\/shop011482.jpg?v=1772886964","url":"https:\/\/orchardrecords.com\/products\/king-crimson-music-is-our-friend-kclpbx504-3lp","provider":"Orchard Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}