Live in Central Park, NYC is a live album by King Crimson.
It was recorded in New York on July 1st, 1974.
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Live Albums By King Crimson
King Crimson are a difficult group to pin down because of the regular changes in personnel. Generally they fit into the progressive rock and art rock categories depending on just what time period you pick.
Studio Albums By King Crimson
The main King Crimson studio albums are:
1969 – In the Court of the Crimson King
1970 – In the Wake of Poseidon
1970 – Lizard
1971 – Islands
1973 – Larks’ Tongues in Aspic
1974 – Starless and Bible Black
1974 – Red
1981 – Discipline
1982 – Beat
1984 – Three of a Perfect Pair
1995 – THRAK
The first features their most famous song, 21st Century Schizoid Man which is a prog rock anthem. The first two feature the singing of Greg Lake who left Crimson to join Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
Live Albums By King Crimson
Group leader Robert Fripp has done an excellent job in authorising quality concert recordings so there are a lot of King Crimson live albums to choose from.
To help you find the right one(s) for you, I have started a readers poll to find the best King Crimson live albums.
The King Crimson live albums that have been issued to date are:
1969 – Epitaph vols 1 & 2
1969 – Epitaph vols 3 & 4
1969 – Live at the Marquee
1969-98 – Cirkus: The Young Persons’ Guide to King Crimson Live
1971 Live At The Marquee August 10th 1971
1971-2 – Ladies of the Road
1972 – Earthbound
1972 – Live at Jacksonville
1972 – The Beat Club, Bremen
1973 – The Night Watch
1973/4 – The Great Deceiver vols 1 & 2
1973/4 – The Great Deceiver vols 3 & 4
1974 – Live in Central Park, NYC
1974 – USA
1982 – Live at Cap D’Agde
1984 – Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal
1994 – B’Boom: Live in Argentina
1995 – King Crimson On Broadway
1995 – THRaKaTTaK
1995-6 – Vrooom Vrooom
1996 – Live in Mexico City
1997-9 – The ProjeKcts
1998 – Live in San Francisco
2000 – Heavy ConstruKction
2003 – EleKtrik: Live in Japan
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Best Prog Rock Live Album
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King Crimson Ladies of the Road 1971 1972
Ladies of the Road is a live double album by King Crimson.
The first CD has live recordings from the Burrell-Collins-Wallace version of the band recorded in 1971 and 1972. The second CD has innovative excepts from live versions of the classic song 21st Century Schizoid Man.
This second version of King Crimson is often overshadowed by the original Greg Lake version and the third band that produced Larks Tongues In Aspic but their contribution has been reprised.
King Crimson USA 1974
USA is a live album and DVD by King Crimson.
It was recorded at the Casino in Asbury Park, New Jersey on 28 June 1974 except track 7, which was recorded at the Palace Theatre in Providence, Rhode Island on 30 June 1974.
Overdubs were made in the studio by Eddie Jobson adding violin to tracks 2 and 7 and piano to track 3.
The album was released in
King Crimson The Great Deceiver Part 2 vols 3 & 4 1973 1974
The Great Deceiver vols 3 & 4 (sometimes called part 2) is a live album by King Crimson.
It was recorded in Europe in late 1973 and in North America in 1974.
This is complemented by King Crimson The Great Deceiver Part 1 vols 1 & 2
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King Crimson The Great Deceiver Part 1 vols 1 & 2 1973 1974
The Great Deceiver vols 1 & 2 (sometimes called Part 1) is a live album by King Crimson.
It has been compiled from various concerts in Europe in 1973 and the USA in 1974.
From the same tours, there is also The Great Deceiver Part 2 vols 3 & 4.
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King Crimson Epitaph Volumes 1 & 2 1969
Epitaph Volumes 1 & 2 is a live album by King Crimson.
It was recorded in 1969 at various concerts.
On CD 1:
- 1 and 2 were recorded on May 6, 1969 at the Maida Vale Studios, London
- 3 and 4 were recorded on August 19, 1969 at Maida Vale Studios, London
- 5 to 7 were recorded on November 21, 1969 at the Fillmore East in New York
- 8 to 11 were recorded on December 14, 1969 at the Fillmore West in San Francisco
All the songs on CD2 was recorded on December 15, 1969 at the Fillmore West in San Francisco
King Crimson Epitaph Volumes 1 & 2
King Crimson Absent Lovers Live In Montreal 1984
Absent Lovers is a live album by experimental prog rock group King Crimson. It was recorded at a concert in Montreal in July 1984. The group were promoting the Three Of A Perfect Pair album.
Members of King Crimson at this stage were:
Robert Fripp – guitar
Adrian Belew – guitar, drums, vocals
Tony Levin – bass guitar, Chapman stick, synthesizer, vocals
Bill Bruford – drums, percussion
King Crimson Absent Lovers
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King Crimson The Night Watch 1973
The Night Watch is a live album by progressive rock group King Crimson. It was recorded on 23 November 1973 at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Holland while they were promoting the Larks’ Tongues in Aspic studio album.
I think King Crimson could be the most difficult group to buy albums for because of the many different changes in line-up and basic sound.
The group at this stage were:
Robert Fripp – guitar, mellotron
John Wetton – bass guitar, vocals
David Cross – violin, viola, keyboards
Bill Bruford – drums, percussion
Many will argue that this is the classic line-up, even surpassing the version with Greg Lake as all four people appeared on Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black and Red although the involvement of David Cross on Red is very limited.
There is a very strong argument that a group as innovative as King Crimson are best live rather than caught in the studio.
King Crimson The Night Watch
Best King Crimson Live Albums
What are the best King Crimson live albums? There has been an explosion of live recordings made available by Robert Fripp but where should you start your collection?
King Crimson are probably the most innovative and experimental of all the progressive rock groups and that helps them to thrive in the live album arena.
This is a group that won’t slavishly stick to imitating the sound they worked hard to create in the studio.
However unless you intend to become an avid collector of these live albums, it means that deciding which few to buy is a hard decision. It’s made even harder by the changes in style King Crimson have made along the way.
That’s why I’d like King Crimson fans to help the less dedicated find the best live albums.