KING CRIMSON (England) The Great Deceiver Starless and Bible Black 1974 Iconic Prog Rock from one of the true Visionaries of Rock Music m.youtube/watch?v=agPcECFLi34&fulldescription=1&client=mv-google&hl=en-GB&gl=GB Starless and Bible Black is the sixth studio album by the British progressive rock band King Crimson, released in 1974. Much of the album was actually recorded live, but painstakingly edited and blended with studio material. Background Even though there are no drums on Trio, drummer Bill Bruford received co-writing credit because the piece was improvised in concert, and Brufords decision not to add any percussion was seen by the rest of the band as a crucial choice.[1] The song was later included on the 1975 compilation album A Young Persons Guide to King Crimson, the performance credits of which cite Brufords contribution to the piece as having been Admirable restraint. The album art is by painter Tom Phillips. The phrase this night wounds time, which appears on the back cover, is a quotation from Phillipss signature work, the treated novel A Humument (p.�222). Several songs from the album were recorded live in concert, with applause edited out. The only songs recorded entirely in the studio were the first two tracks, The Great Deceiver and Lament. Well Let You Know was an improvisational piece recorded in Glasgow. The Mincer was another improvised piece, recorded in Zürich and overdubbed with Wettons vocals in the studio. Trio, Fracture, and Starless and Bible Black were recorded at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as was the introduction to The Night Watch (the remainder was recorded in the studio). The complete Amsterdam Concertgebouw concert was released by the band in 1997 as The Night Watch. The lyrics were composed by former Supertramp guitarist Richard Palmer-James (who left that band after its first, self-titled album). Only four tracks on this album have lyrics. The Great Deceiver refers to The Devil and is an ironic commentary on commercialism. The lyric was co-written by Fripp.[2] Lament is about fame. The Night Watch is a short essay on Rembrandts painting of the same name, describing the painting as an observer sees it and attempting to understand the subjects.[2] The phrase Starless and Bible Black is a quotation from the first two lines of poet Dylan Thomass play, Under Milk Wood.[3] The bands next album, Red, contains a song called Starless, which actually contains the phrase Starless and bible black, whereas Starless and Bible Black is an improvised instrumental. The title track is actually an edit of the original Amsterdam improvisation. The liner notes for The Night Watch indicate that it was edited due to the constraints of vinyl. The albums final track, Fracture, is similar in both style and melodic phrasing to Larks Tongues in Aspic Pt. 2. Robert Fripp has stated that Fracture is one of the most difficult guitar pieces he has ever played.
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