The three Wetton KC albums
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Topic: The three Wetton KC albums
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Subject: The three Wetton KC albums
Date Posted: February 02 2017 at 14:56
| In honor of John Wetton who we just lost recently. |
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: February 02 2017 at 14:58
| To make it fair please only vote for one if you have heard all three otherwise select option number 4. Thanks. |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: February 02 2017 at 15:20
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Hi, Really hard to decide since they are 3 excellent albums. And RF's nice words about JW ... are very cool. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: February 02 2017 at 15:34
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Larks' > Starless > Red ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: February 02 2017 at 15:36
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1. Red 2. SaBB 3. LTiA -------------  
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Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: February 02 2017 at 15:40
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Red for me, but the others are excellent |
Posted By: Libor10
Date Posted: February 02 2017 at 15:43
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All are great, but if I have to choose then... Red. ------------- 
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Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: February 02 2017 at 15:55
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Red no contest. The other 2 have stuff I do not like. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: February 02 2017 at 15:58
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It would have to be Red, wouldn't it. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: February 02 2017 at 16:12
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Red! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: February 02 2017 at 16:22
| I would expect Red to be the runaway winner but it's not my favorite. I voted for LTIA. Red has an improv track called providence which kind of brings the album down a bit imo. Starless and Bible Black from the album of the same name is a better improv piece imo. |
Posted By: EGallager
Date Posted: February 02 2017 at 16:36
| I would have to go with all 3 if I could vote, this is my favorite era of KC, Wetton's bass playing gave it a whole different feel. The addition of Bruford helped too. The main reason I say this is from listening to The Great Deceiver and all of the live stuff from this era, so good. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 02 2017 at 16:52
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Larks Red SABB but all three are great ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: February 02 2017 at 17:04
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I don't like any era of KC. Red is OK in parts, but the other two are poor. Wetton's best work was with Steve Hackett's band and on Martin Orford's brilliant The Old Road. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: February 02 2017 at 17:27
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Red as an album, though Fracture is my favorite song of the era. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: PAISTEJAM
Date Posted: February 02 2017 at 17:52
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RED ------------- MSTEELE |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 02 2017 at 18:11
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figures... you all are from Venus... and Mick is from Mars... SaBB ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: February 02 2017 at 19:12
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Red Larks' Starless
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Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: February 02 2017 at 19:17
| Starless and Bible Black, the only KC album that I love. |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: February 02 2017 at 19:28
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Larks and Red are pretty solid albums although not classics to me ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: February 02 2017 at 22:19
Starless is good, but it would probably have been better if "Doctor Diamond" or some other improvs were included. Oh well, that's what the DGM archives are for.  As for the order itself. Red > Larks > Starless I've listening to Red countless times. It was so ahead of its time and of insanely high quality, there was no way they could have topped this. No wonder Fripp dissolved the lineup when he did. ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: February 03 2017 at 06:02
| I love them all equally. A great period in King Crimson's history. |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: February 03 2017 at 08:21
| Slight edge to SABB but all three are 10/10. |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: February 03 2017 at 08:22
| I voted for Larks. Taking nothing away from the others though. This was some band! |
Posted By: DDPascalDD
Date Posted: February 03 2017 at 11:02
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My favourite has recently moved from Red to Larks'. Red is an outstanding prog album, but Larks' is an outstanding piece of modernistic music, which goes beyond already stunning excellence of Red and Starless And Bible Back. Starless may be my favourite piece ever, but Larks' is better than Red as a whole IMHO. ------------- |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: February 03 2017 at 12:23
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Starless and Bible Black ------------- |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: February 03 2017 at 12:43
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Bark Dongs In Asics is my favourite KC album together with Lizard. Jamie Muir is the icing on a most adventurous serving. I think I'd rate SABB slightly higher than Red these days as I tend to go for the more raw and unfiltered in music. Red, while stunning, is still very much a continuation of what went before. The proto metal riffs that most folks assign to Red were already there on the debut with Schizoid Man. Larks though takes them to an altogether different level with the closing part of the titletrack. ------------- The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: February 05 2017 at 08:38
| Larks' Tongues in Aspic |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: February 09 2017 at 09:59
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honestly don't care much for this era. Each has tracks I like but most of it I don't like. Probably would go with Larks Tongues
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Posted By: Son.of.Tiresias
Date Posted: February 09 2017 at 10:53
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Jamie Muir completes one of the very best groups in Prog rockīs history. Heīs a genius and the performance is sheer magic, especially the German TV gig in late 1972 is telepathy. One magical album, others are superb but Red, as a whole album misses something compared these 2 previous and marks the end of a very special Era in British Prog. ------------- You may see a smile on Tony Banksī face but thatīs unlikely. |
Posted By: O666
Date Posted: February 10 2017 at 02:33
| Red but very closed to Lark's |
Posted By: Son.of.Tiresias
Date Posted: February 10 2017 at 03:10
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John, thanks for the music. You are the greatest RIP ------------- You may see a smile on Tony Banksī face but thatīs unlikely. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 10 2017 at 03:33
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Red >= LTiA >> S&BB
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Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: February 10 2017 at 15:58
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Lark's Tongues > Starless and Bible Black > Red But I was tempted to put SaBB first with Lark's second. ------------- A curse upon the heads of those who seek their fortunes in a lie. The truth is always waiting when there's nothing left to try. - Colin Henson, Jade Warrior (Now) |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: February 14 2017 at 22:25
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Red. R.I.P. John Wetton ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: March 02 2018 at 02:25
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Lark's Tongue ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |