King Crimson - 1973-09-20 Montreal, QC (2019)

This second date of the band’s last American tour of 1973 finds the quartet taking the material written during their August rehearsals for a spin in public. The concert platform was often a workshop in which King Crimson would test out new pieces as works-in-progress and, of course, instant compositions off the tops of their heads. As Robert makes clear in one of his on-stage announcements this concert is only the second time that Fracture, The Night Watch, and Lament have been publicly heard. There’s a degree of fluidity within David Cross’s parts for Fracture which itself has an extra expansive blowing section prior to the jagged chords that heralds the flight into the end section.
Tracklist
01. Improv Intro (1:35)
02. Larks Tongues in Aspic Part One (8:02)
03. RF Announcement (0:58)
04. Easy Money (6:44)
05. Book of Saturday (2:50)
06. Fracture (13:35)
07. The Night Watch (6:03)
08. Lament (4:16)
09. RF Announcement (1:26)
10. Exiles (6:31)
11. Improv (6:33)
12. Larks Tongues in Aspic Part Two (6:40)
13. 21st Century Schizoid Man (8:12)