King Crimson - Jahnhalle, Pforzheim, Germany - March 31, 1974 (2005) {DGM Official Digital Download}

From cautious beginnings Improv II quickly expands into lolloping beast of a track providing what is arguably the best set-up to Exiles to date. As Cross and Wetton hurl fuzzed lines across the stage over one of Bruford’s slow-burning jazz vamps, Fripp introduces one sustained note that lasts somewhere in the region of 37 seconds. An object lesson in making a little go a long way.

Looking back on this little hummer of a gig, lyricist Richard Palmer-James offers this observation “What had seemed robust in the music the night before (at Mainz) now became threatening . . . the unsettling power of the performance comes through. In the dressing room afterwards, John sprawled naked on a bench, looking like he'd been shipwrecked; he didn't really recover before he went to bed. Even Robert had a few beers later in the pub. There was a quiet euphoria in the air, as if they'd survived a potentially lethal accident.”

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Audio Source: Soundboard Recording
DGM Audio Quality Rating: 4 stars

Personnel:
Bill Bruford - Drums, Percussion
David Cross - Violin, Viola, Mellotron, Electric Piano
Robert Fripp - Guitar, Mellotron
John Wetton - Bass Guitar & Lead Vocal

tracklist:
01 - The Great Deceiver
02 - Improv I
03 - Dr Diamond
04 - Improv II
05 - Exiles
06 - The Night Watch
07 - Lament
08 - Starless
09 - Easy Money
10 - Fracture*

* source recording is incomplete



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