At first glance it may have seemed like overkill, 4 CDs of live unreleased material from only one of several of the King Crimson line-up covering a 9 month period of performing. THE GREAT DECEIVER helped define that approach afresh when issued in 1992 delighting some of that original audience along with an audience new to the material. 15 years on from that release, with the music sounding as vital as ever, the set is reissued across twin 2 CD sets.
A**O
Excelente
Es una gran recopilación de los shows en vivo de 1974. Vale la pena.
G**S
great live improvisational rock music
i was not a fan of KING CRIMSON until recently. i had no idea they could play like this. these two GREAT DECEIVER CDS (vol. 1 and 2) are a fantastic revelation for me. i had to play the cds a couple of times before the music began to kick in but now they remind me of TONY WILLIAMS LIFETIME and MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA a little bit. but ROCK based not JAZZ. KING CRIMSON'S mastermind and great guitarist ROBERT FRIPP is an underrated genius. i can't believe such great, powerful, experimental music is not better known. maybe with the release of these two great cds that will be rectified. i've been playing them non-stop. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
D**E
73'-74' Crimson Live Blows Minds
73'-74 Crimson was one of the great live bands of any era. Supple and muscular dark intense jams with dynamics, monstrous ugliness and sublime beauty. I suggest getting "noticeably different" putting on your cans and turn up the volume. You won't be quite the same after the last note vanishes into your cerebral cortex. ENJOY!!
A**R
The great 1973-74 KC line-up captured onstage, part 2
This 2-CD release is the second half of the original 4-disk boxed set from 1992 featuring performances from 1973-4 King Crimson tour. The 1970s band was for most fans the seminal KC; the summit of this endlessly rejuvenating musical project.The Fripp-Bruford-Wetton-Cross quartet delivers some stunning performances from concerts in Pittsburgh, Penn State, Toronto and Zurich recorded variously between November 1973 and June 1974. The titles of these two disks are `Acts of Deception (The Magic Circus, or Weasels Stole our Fruit)' and `But Neither are they Otherwise'. Highlights include 2 different takes of `The Talking Drum' (each a David Cross tour-de-force), a live version of LTiA1 from the Zurich gig, and `Doctor Diamond' never released on a studio recording.This line-up of KC was best heard live on stage, where the virtuosity of these great musicians playing off each other in extended improvisations has to be witnessed to be believed. Normally only great jazz musicians can throw away the rule book and go off script in this way, and if you are familiar with the band's studio output (like `Larks' Tongues in Aspic') from this period, the onstage performance is going to be a revelation.Still for my money the best available `official' release of the 1970s KC onstage is `The Night Watch', a single complete live concert at Amsterdam Concertgebouw on 23rd November 1973. TGD nevertheless runs it close, and is indispensable for genuine fans of this extraordinary music.
C**N
GREAT AMAZONIAN!!! PRODUCT CAME ON TIME.
THANK YOU!
D**I
If you like tube snake..
Amazing!
V**N
Five Stars
Great music, great sound. Excellent song selection.
A**N
Five Stars
The best half of the best compilation of King Crimson
F**E
Superb
Following on from the first 2 disc set, Part 2 is an essential part of experiencing this amazing KC lineup. I prefer Part 1, but that doesn’t play down how good Part 2 is, and taken together this forms an essential must have chapter in KC live history.
G**S
Epoustouflant
Mon commentaire porte sur les deux volumes du Great Deceiver. Compilation de concerts donnés par le Roi Cramoisi entre 1973 et 1974, période du line-up Fripp (guitare, mellotron) /Wetton (basse, chant) /Cross (violon, mellotron) / Bruford (batterie). Quelle énergie ! Le répertoire est celui des albums studio de la même période, mais sans les maniérismes qui gâchaient parfois un peu certains morceaux en studio (notamment sur Larks Tongue in Aspic). The Great Deceiver présente un King Crimson "brut" (mais attention : les mellotrons sont toujours là et plus enivrants que jamais !)Mais l'intérêt est surtout dans la manière dont le groupe réussit à faire varier les interprétations des compositions et à improviser. Le son est excellent, très dynamique (même si la basse de Wetton ressort comme d'habitude parfois un peu trop, écrasant sur son passage le violon de Cross, dommage mais ça fait partie du charme). Les auditeurs inquiets ou perfectionnistes se référeront aux notes du livret qui avertissent honnêtement du moindre défaut dans les enregistrements.Je trouve ce deuxième volume presque supérieur au premier (qui coupait déjà le souffle, avec des interprétations formidables d' "Exiles", "Starless" ou "Easy Money"). Les improvisations sont toujours plus démentielles (et on entend beaucoup mieux le violon de Cross). Mention spéciale au concert de Munich du 15 novembre 1973 (2e disque du 2e CD), avec la meilleure version jamais enregistrée de "Larks' Tongue in Aspic Pt. I" et un final monumental avec "The Talking Drum" (rien à voir avec la version studio) qui achève bien le coffret avec une fin tranchante genre dernier épisode des Sopranos. A ne pas manquer !Cerise sur le gâteau : l'auditeur trouvera des renseignements précieux dans les textes édités dans les livrets. Notamment, un témoignage intéressant et assez touchant de David Cross, éjecté du line-up après ces tournées et juste avant l'enregistrement de Red.
G**O
Re Cremisi al loro top...
Meraviglioso live, Re Cremisi con la probabile loro formazione migliore. Ho ascoltato tutti i loro live e i loro bootleg, e probabilmente questa è una delle loro performance live migliori. Fantastico. Varrebbe poi il costo, quasi solo la copertina dell'album...
J**A
No tiene fin...
Es música que se escucha, disfruta y se vuelve a escuchar. No hay límite para las veces que te puedes sumergir en este mundo.
D**S
Three Stars
Historical value!
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