abangaku

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CD | Rock - Prog-Rock/Art Rock
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CD | Rock - Prog-Rock/Art Rock
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The Crimson Connection

Artist Song
Foreigner  Cold As Ice  
Tony Levin  The King Crimson Barber Shop 
Adrian Belew  Ampersand  
David Bowie  "Heroes"  
Emerson, Lake and Palmer  From The Beginning 
Bill Bruford's Earthworks  Eyes On The Horizon 
Asia  Wildest Dreams  
Trey Gunn Band  Dziban 
Bob Dylan  Baby Stop Crying  
21st Century Schizoid Band  Catelys Ashes 
Robert Fripp feat. Peter Hammill  Disengage 
California Guitar Trio with Tony Levin & Pat Mastelotto  Blockhead 
McDonald & Giles  Birdman Flies! 
BPM&M  elloH gHost 
Adrian Belew  I Remember How To Forget 
Jamie Muir & Derek Bailey  I Soon Learned To Know This Flower Better 
King Crimson  "Heroes" 

Comment:

... The old thing has life in it yet!

Here we have a long-planned mix inspired by the compilations assembled by Mr. Fripp himself, Sometimes God Hides and Sometimes God Smiles -- label samplers, but he did manage to include a fair fraction of the King Crimson family in them. I tried to also rope in players from the early days of the band whose current careers have little to do with that of the Crimson master (and many of whom managed to glean large commercial followings after departing from KC). Not all of these are rock/pop (Eyes On The Horizon is probably better classed as jazz, and the free-improv I Soon Learned To Know This Flower Better might be one of the least pop things you have ever heard), but I would say this mix still lives in a rock-based world.

The following are the King Crimson members/alums who have contributed to this mix:

Adrian Belew (tracks 3, 15, 17): vocals, guitar and drums, 1981-present
Bill Bruford (track 6): drums and percussion, 1972-1997
Mel Collins (track 10): flute and sax 1970-1972, 1974
Robert Fripp (tracks 4, 11, 14, 17): guitar, Mellotron and philosophy, 1969-present
Michael Giles (track 13): drums and backing vocals, 1969-1970
Peter Giles (track 10): bass, 1970
Trey Gunn (tracks 8, 17): touch guitar and Chapman Stick, 1994-2003
Greg Lake (track 5): vocals and bass, 1969-1970
Tony Levin (tracks 2, 12, 14, plus track 11, although he had not yet been in King Crimson!): bass, Chapman Stick and backing vocals, 1981-1999, 2003-present
Pat Mastelotto (tracks 12, 14, 17): drums, 1994-present
Ian McDonald (tracks 1, 10, 13): sax, flute, Mellotron, multi-instruments, backing vocals, 1969, 1974
Jamie Muir (track 16): percussion, 1972-1973
Ian Wallace (tracks 9, 10): drums, 1971-1972
John Wetton (track 7): bass and vocals, 1972-1974

Enjoy!

... Um: you are not going to see mp3s of this mix posted any time soon, because I rather disbelieve in such things, but, could anyone maybe tell me a site where I could actually upload the full lossless files? Then i think i could finally in good faith start offering these mixes for download. Thanks!

~~~abangaku the ever-returning:::
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doowad
Date: 4/14/2009
Great one, you should be able to upload the lossless files anywhere, just individually would be the drag.