Live at the Marquee 1969
By King Crimson
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- 1 21st Century Schizoid Man 6:20
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- 2 Drop In 5:41
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- 3 I Talk to the Wind 5:14
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- 4 Epitaph 3:20
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- 5 Travel Weary Capricorn 11:06
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- 6 Improv Including Nola and Etude No 7 12:28
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- 7 Mars 8:22
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- 8 Trees [bonus track] 18:41
- Total length: 71:12
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4 Issues
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Live at the Marquee 1969 [p] Archival, Live
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The Lurking Fear Live1998 CD KC010S
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Marquee, London, England, July 6, 1969 Abridged, Digital file, Live
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Live at the Marquee July 6, 1969 Remastered
7 Reviews
Much as a generation of neo-prog acts would do over a decade later, King Crimson honed their version of prog in part through a well-received series of appearances at the Marquee. Recorded the day after the band's historic supporting performance at the Rolling Stones' Hyde Park concert, this archival release finds them more able to stretch out and improvise than they were in Hyde Park, because when you're a new band who've been given a golden spot by the Stones you don't repay that favour by making them late for their set.
The recording quality is shaky - somewhat shakier than the Hyde Park recording, and since the Marquee was an indoor venue with its own in-house sound system rather than an outdoor festival I feel less generous about the recording quality here than I am about the Hyde Park stuff, but at the same time the additional improvisation and some intriguing sonic bits - like Drop In, an old Giles, Giles and Fripp number given a heavier spin here and which is recognisably an early version of what would later, with new Peter SInfield lyrics, become The Letters from Islands. It's a testament to the creativity of this version of the band that bits of music from this era would still be drawn on to fill out the running time four albums into their career.
Three and a half stars, round up to four stars if you are a big fan of the 1969 lineup of the band. If you have deep pockets and want the sound quality to be as good as it can be, this is in the Complete 1969 box set and has been given as much care and repair as can be expected. (Trees, a bonus track from a Fairfield Halls concert appended to previous releases on this, is relocated to the BBC Sessions disc on that set.)
The recording quality is shaky - somewhat shakier than the Hyde Park recording, and since the Marquee was an indoor venue with its own in-house sound system rather than an outdoor festival I feel less generous about the recording quality here than I am about the Hyde Park stuff, but at the same time the additional improvisation and some intriguing sonic bits - like Drop In, an old Giles, Giles and Fripp number given a heavier spin here and which is recognisably an early version of what would later, with new Peter SInfield lyrics, become The Letters from Islands. It's a testament to the creativity of this version of the band that bits of music from this era would still be drawn on to fill out the running time four albums into their career.
Three and a half stars, round up to four stars if you are a big fan of the 1969 lineup of the band. If you have deep pockets and want the sound quality to be as good as it can be, this is in the Complete 1969 box set and has been given as much care and repair as can be expected. (Trees, a bonus track from a Fairfield Halls concert appended to previous releases on this, is relocated to the BBC Sessions disc on that set.)
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There's no denying that this audience recording sounds like crap. A few of the tracks are incomplete and the louder songs get heavily distorted. (The final track, which was taken from a later performance sounds even worse, borderline unlistenable.) But if you can get past this, there's a lot to love about this inaugural release from the KCCC. The band sounds confident and creative, just as they were getting ready to work on their debut. We get a rare reading of "I Talk to the Wind" which is considerably more sprightly than the studio version. Perhaps of most interest to diehard Crimheads, we get to hear some extended improv action, kicking off with a lengthy "Mantra/Travel Weary Capricorn" and then launching into some controlled chaos unlike anything else that I've heard from this line up. "Trees" is of historical interest due to the inclusion of some never before heard material that was fused with portions of what would later become "Pictures of a City", but it's barely audible. Fans of KC Mach I with a high tolerance for crummy sound would be well advised to check this one out.
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A piece of musical history. The sound quality is poor, and many of the tunes are unevolved. For a fan, this is entertaining. If you're not a fan you should check out the studio albums first.
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Definitely a fan-only release, and even then only worth picking up after you've sampled the material on high-quality releases like Epitaph. The sound quality here isn't terrible - the sax and drum come across with a fair bit of clarity, but a majority of the guitar and bass get fuzzed together in a mostly unintelligble mess. The Improv will be interesting for fans of the improv-heavy '73 and '00 lineups who might want to see how the improv tradition got started with King Crimson and how it's evolved across the various lineups.
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More sugar for the fan from Mr.Fripp-thank you!
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Very bad sound quality
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1
21st Century Schizoid Man
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2
Drop In
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3
I Talk to the Wind
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4
Epitaph
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5
Travel Weary Capricorn
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6
Improv Including Nola and Etude No 7
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7
Mars
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8
Trees [bonus track]
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1
21st Century Schizoid Man
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2
Drop In
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3
I Talk to the Wind
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4
Epitaph
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5
Travel Weary Capricorn
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6
Improv Including Nola and Etude No 7
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7
Mars
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8
Trees [bonus track]
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1
21st Century Schizoid Man
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2
Drop In
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3
I Talk to the Wind
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4 Epitaph
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5
Travel Weary Capricorn
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6
Improv
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7
Mars
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