When you think about how those 1969 Crimson live tapes were recorded, it is amazing that any fidelity had survived. I believe that the Fillmore East tapes were from an ancient cassette deck held by someone in the audience. I had one of those when I was 13.
To hear the incredible drumming by Michael Giles, even in lo-fi, is just mind-boggling... Has anyone, besides Fripp, truly appreciated his genius?
In response to earlier posting on this subject:
LIVE CRIMSON _ LO-FI
Yes some of the earliest live Krimson recordings released are lo-fi.
But many of the gigs from the Wallace & Wetton eras have very good
fidelity. I have many of the KC kCollectors Kclub releases. I highly
recommend them.
KC 1ST LINE UP RECORDINGS
Since the earliest Crimso was so long ago I heard rumor that T.
Edison attended some of the first US gigs... hmm? Maybe a Detroit
gig? Perhaps Thomas Edison made some boot recordings of Crimso?
Maybe Fripp got a hold of these original disks and used them for some
of the 'Club releases ...
... (haaa, what, huh, where am I? ohhh, what a strange dream).
EDISON DISCOTRON? (or CYLIDRICA-TRON?) (or WAX-CYLI-TRON)?
Wow, what a beast that would be. All those disks, styli, horns, etc.
used as a "sampler/playback" instrument. It could even be powered
with a small steam engine! Think of it! THE ULTIMATE ANALOG (or is
that analouge?)instrument. No electronics needed! What a dream! If
there was a power cut during a gig the 'Edi-Tron-ist' and drummer
could keep playing happily along, improvising a "duo/solo" to keep
the audience happy.
... ahh, but on stage there might be some technical issues with very
low freq. vibrations from, for example, bassists of Wetton
proportions or drummers with a Bonzo like bass drum foot. This could
have all those styli hopping around like a crowd of punkers in a mosh
pit.
OK, enuff. back to reality for me.
;)
--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
>
> In a message dated 3/11/2006 6:08:24 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> jonesalley@... writes:
>
> and the needle snaps back to the start of the groove every time
you lift the
> keyâ¦.hmmmmmâ¦â¦I guess youâd need 35 horns, tooâ¦â¦.Can you
imagine the
> sounds coming out of something like that?!?
> All attack and less than zero aftertouch.
>