Radical Action To Unseat The Hold Of Monkey Mind: Tour Version Boxed Set ［3CD+2DVD+Blu-ray］

構成数 : 6枚
合計収録時間 : 02:40:34
Personnel: Biff Blumfumgagne (guitar, flute, saxophone); Robert Fripp (guitar, keyboards); John Armitage, Jakko M. Jakszyk (guitar); Mel Collins (flute, saxophone); Bill Rieflin (keyboards, drums); Michele Russotto, Gavin Harrison, Jason Birnie, Pat Mastelotto (drums). Audio Mixers: David Singleton; Chris Porter ; Robert Fripp. Photographers: Scarlet Page; Trevor Wilkins; Claudia Hahn. When it comes to quality live material, there's never been a better time to be a King Crimson fan than the 2010s. In addition to the exhaustive 40th anniversary boxes, there have been multiple releases from the 2014-2015 seven-piece band culminating with Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind, a set that features every song performed on the tour in excellent audio and video quality. The vast majority of the set was recorded in Japan, with other shows filling in on the songs that weren't performed there. Every show was recorded in high-quality audio and video with a multi-camera shoot, so there's no difference in quality. While the band doesn't improvise as extensively as they have in the past, a comparison of the solos shows that they aren't phoning in their performances, either. The Blu-Ray presents the show (mostly) as it happened from beginning to end. The cameras were in fixed positions (for minimal distraction) but they effectively capture all the action. Sometimes the superimposed shots get a bit dense as they try to show as much musical action as possible, but on the whole, the footage and direction are excellent. You even see Robert Fripp smiling at times! If you just want to experience the show without the visuals, there's an option for that on the Blu-ray version. The CDs dispense with the running order of the show (and the audience!) in favor of slightly arbitrary thematic groupings: "Mostly Metal," "Easy Money Shots," and "Crimson Classics." These are different mixes than those on the Blu-ray set, specifically for audio-only. The different mixes and running order provide a different feeling to the sets, but both are equally powerful. This band is a juggernaut and hearing them tackle not just the '70s repertoire they hadn't performed in decades, but some '90s tracks as well, is something fans could not have dreamed of at the turn of the century. Rarely has a band that's been around for 45-plus years sounded so vital. This is essential for fans. ~ Sean Westergaard

Audio/Video performances include:

Threshold Soundscape
Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part One
Pictures of a City
Peace
Radical Action (to Unseat The Hold of Monkey Mind)
Meltdown
Radical Action II
Level Five
Epitaph
The Hell Hounds of Krim
The ConstruKction of Light
Scarcity of Miracles
Red
VROOOM
Banshee Legs Bell Hassle
Easy Money
Interlude
The Letters
Sailor's Tale
The Light of Day
The Talking Drum
Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part Two
Starless
Devil Dogs of Tessellation Row
In the Court of the Crimson King
21st Century Schizoid Man
Suitable Grounds for the Blues
One More Red Nightmare


Mel Collins: Saxes & flute
Robert Fripp: Guitar & keyboards
Gavin Harrison: Drums
Jakko Jakszyk: Guitar & voice
Tony Levin: Basses & stick
Pat Mastelotto: Drums
Bill Rieflin: Drums & keyboards


Three CDs featuring a representative example of every song/piece performed by King Crimson on its 2015 tours of the UK, Canada & Japan

・CDs presented as individually themed “virtual studio albums" with no audible audience & mixed for audio presentation
・One Blu-Ray featuring a complete set-list drawn from Japanese concert performances including a complete filmed concert in full moving footage- almost 3 hours of music - in high-resolution stereo & 5.1 surround audio complete with “picture off" mode allowing the music to be heard independently in pristine, lossless audio. (24/48khz as per original recordings)
・Two DVDs featuring the full concert performances in stereo & 5.1 surround sound. (Please note that the DVDs do not contain anything additional from the Blu-Ray disc.)
・Expanded, perfect bound, booklet: 36 pages with additional tour photos.
・Six disc set presented in two triple digi-packs with booklet housed in an outer slipcase.