TV source

King Crimson 1974-03-22
ORTF-TV, Paris, France

Liberated bootleg (Cigarettes and Ice Cream)

Lineage: Silver>EAC>wav>CD-R>EAC>wav>flac

I recently got this one from a trade (thanks Mikael!).

This is not the complete bootleg, as most of it corresponds to an audience recording of the 1974-05-04 show at McMasters University in Hamilton, Ontario. But... that part of the bootleg suffers from (I guess) a high gen tape source with an unpleasant wobbly sound throughout the complete recording.
This short bit here comes from a TV broadcast. Although there is a considerable amount of hiss in this source, it is a nice listening experience. The highlights (for me) are the beautiful improv after Larks' Tongues and Starless (Cross never got to record the song in a proper music studio, then this is as close to that as we'll ever get). Towards the end of that track, the sound degrades and the signal from one of the channels is almost lost, but I am afraid that this is the only source from that show that has surfaced. I've read that at DGM they are doing some research trying to put together all the TV performances by King Crimson, looking for original sources and so on and so forth. Hopefully, a more decent version of this will show up in the future, but, until then, this is really enjoyable.

Tracks

1. Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part II (cuts in) 2:15
2. Improvisation 2:46
3. The Night Watch 4:25
4. Lament 4:05
5. Starless 12:10

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