The Great Deceiver (King Crimson)
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The Great Deceiver is a live 4CD box set by the band King Crimson
King Crimson
King Crimson are a rock band founded in London, England in 1969. Often categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, the band have incorporated diverse influences and instrumentation during their history...

, released on Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...

 in 1992. In 2007, it was reissued as two volumes of 2 CDs each. The track listing on the volume 1 CD 1 lists 11 tracks, incorrectly listing The Talking Drum and the abbreviated Lark's Part 2 from the Pittsburgh show from CD 1 of the volume 2 set.

The box set features live recordings of the band from 1973 and 1974. All recordings feature the lineup of Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...

, John Wetton
John Wetton
John Kenneth Wetton is an English bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, singer and songwriter. He was born in Willington, Derbyshire, and grew up in Bournemouth. He has been a professional musician since the late 1960s...

, David Cross
David Cross (musician)
David Cross is an electric violinist born in Turnchapel near Plymouth, England, best known for playing with progressive rock band King Crimson during the 1970s...

 and Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford
William Scott "Bill" Bruford is an English drummer, percussionist, composer, producer, and record label owner. He was the original drummer for the progressive rock group Yes, from 1968-1972. Bruford has performed for numerous popular acts since the early 1970s, including a stint as touring...

. Jamie Muir
Jamie Muir
Jamie Muir is a UK painter and former percussionist, best known for his work in King Crimson.-Biography:Muir attended Edinburgh College of Art during the 1960s and began playing jazz on trombone before settling on percussion....

, who left the band in early 1973, is not featured on the set. The band's 1974 concert from Providence
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...

, Rhode Island
Rhode Island
The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...

 is presented in its entirety on CDs One and Two; this was the second-to-last live concert ever performed by this incarnation of King Crimson.

King Crimson's "walk on" music in 1973-74 was an excerpt of "The Heavenly Music Corporation", from the album (No Pussyfooting)
(No Pussyfooting)
is a 1973 ambient music album by the British musicians Robert Fripp and Brian Eno. was the first of three major collaborations between the musicians, growing out of Eno's early tape recording loop experiments and Fripp's electric guitar playing. was recorded in three days over the course of a year...

by Robert Fripp and Brian Eno
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...

. These "walk-ons" are reproduced here, and indexed as separate tracks.

Three recordings from this box set were previously available on other King Crimson albums, albeit in slightly altered forms. An abbreviated version of "We'll Let You Know" appears on the Starless and Bible Black
Starless and Bible Black
Starless and Bible Black is an album released by the British progressive rock band King Crimson in 1974. Most of the vocal pieces on the album are satires and commentaries on the sleaziness and materialism of society...

album, released in 1974. Similarly, an abbreviated version of "Providence" was included on the Red
Red (King Crimson album)
Red is a 1974 album by progressive rock group King Crimson.It was their last studio recording of the 1970s and the last before the lead member Robert Fripp temporarily disbanded the group....

album, also released in 1974. The live performance of "21st Century Schizoid Man" on CD Two was issued in 1975 as part of the album USA
USA (album)
USA is a live album by the English band King Crimson, released in 1975.*Tracks 1-6 and 8-9 recorded at the Casino, Asbury Park, June 28, 1974*Track 7 recorded at the Palace Theatre, Providence, USA, June 30, 1974...

, featuring overdubbed violin from Eddie Jobson
Eddie Jobson
Edwin "Eddie" Jobson is an English keyboardist and violinist noted for his use of synthesizers. He has been a member of several progressive rock bands, including Curved Air, Roxy Music, U.K., and Jethro Tull. He was also part of Frank Zappa's band in 1976-77...

.

Many of the recordings on this album are band improvisations. "The Law of Maximum Distress" appears in two sections, as the tape ran out in the middle of the song. Much of the missing material seems to be used on "The Mincer" from Starless and Bible Black
Starless and Bible Black
Starless and Bible Black is an album released by the British progressive rock band King Crimson in 1974. Most of the vocal pieces on the album are satires and commentaries on the sleaziness and materialism of society...

. As Robert Fripp notes in the CD jacket, "Most live recording follows the policy of two machines in use simultaneously to meet an eventuality such as this. We learn."

The liner notes to The Great Deceiver run to 68 pages. These notes feature comments from Fripp, Wetton and Cross, annotated excerpts from Fripp's 1974 diary, reviews of the previous King Crimson box set, Frame By Frame
Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson
Frame By Frame: The Essential King Crimson is a compilation by the band King Crimson, released in 1991.-Disc 1: 1969-1971:#"21st Century Schizoid Man" - 7:20...

(1991), and a complete listing of all concerts performed by the band in 1973 and 1974.

The track "Exiles" is credited to Fripp/Wetton/Palmer-James on this box set. The correct credit, listed below, is Cross/Fripp/Palmer-James. However, John Wetton has indicated in interviews that he wrote the bridge for "Exiles" and so the box set credit might be correct.

Disc 1: Things Are Not as They Seem...

  • Recorded at the Palace Theatre, Providence
    Providence, Rhode Island
    Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...

    , USA
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

    , June 30, 1974.
  1. "Walk On ... No Pussyfooting
    (No Pussyfooting)
    is a 1973 ambient music album by the British musicians Robert Fripp and Brian Eno. was the first of three major collaborations between the musicians, growing out of Eno's early tape recording loop experiments and Fripp's electric guitar playing. was recorded in three days over the course of a year...

    " (Robert Fripp
    Robert Fripp
    Robert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...

    , Brian Eno
    Brian Eno
    Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...

    ) – 0:52
  2. "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two
    Larks' Tongues in Aspic (song)
    "Larks' Tongues in Aspic" is a multi-part epic progressive rock song by King Crimson released over the course of three albums and 27 years, Larks' Tongues in Aspic in 1973, Three of a Perfect Pair in 1984, and The ConstruKction of Light in 2000...

    " (Fripp) – 6:12
  3. "Lament" (Fripp, John Wetton
    John Wetton
    John Kenneth Wetton is an English bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, singer and songwriter. He was born in Willington, Derbyshire, and grew up in Bournemouth. He has been a professional musician since the late 1960s...

    , Richard Palmer-James
    Richard Palmer-James
    Richard Jeffrey Charles Palmer-James was lyricist for the progressive rock group King Crimson in the early 1970s....

    ) – 4:04
  4. "Exiles" (David Cross
    David Cross (musician)
    David Cross is an electric violinist born in Turnchapel near Plymouth, England, best known for playing with progressive rock band King Crimson during the 1970s...

    , Fripp, Palmer-James) – 7:00
  5. "A Voyage to the Centre of the Cosmos" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bill Bruford
    Bill Bruford
    William Scott "Bill" Bruford is an English drummer, percussionist, composer, producer, and record label owner. He was the original drummer for the progressive rock group Yes, from 1968-1972. Bruford has performed for numerous popular acts since the early 1970s, including a stint as touring...

    ) – 14:41
  6. "Easy Money" (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 7:14
  7. "Providence" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 9:47
  8. "Fracture" (Fripp) – 10:47
  9. "Starless
    Starless
    "Starless" is a piece by British progressive rock band King Crimson. It was featured on the Red album in 1974.The lyrics and melody for "Starless" were written by John Wetton. He originally intended the song to be the title track of the group's previous album Starless and Bible Black...

    " (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Palmer-James) – 11:56

Disc 2: Sleight of Hand (or Now You Don't See It Again) and...

  • Tracks 1-2 recorded at the Palace Theatre, Providence
    Providence, Rhode Island
    Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...

    , USA
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

    , June 30, 1974.
  • Tracks 3-11 recorded at the Glasgow Apollo
    The Apollo (Glasgow)
    The Apollo was a music venue in Glasgow, Scotland, operating from 1973-1985. It was opened by Unicorn Leisure, in September 1973, after acquiring a lease from the owners George Green Ltd. The venue's debut live performance was by Johnny Cash on 5 September 1973. While in operation, it hosted the...

    , Glasgow
    Glasgow
    Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

    , UK
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

    , October 23, 1973.
  • Tracks 12-13 recorded at Pennsylvania State University
    Pennsylvania State University
    The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...

    , State College
    State College, Pennsylvania
    State College is the largest borough in Centre County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is the principal city of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Centre County. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 42,034, and roughly double...

    , USA
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

    , June 29, 1974.


(Note: Only the first half of "The Night Watch" is taken from the Glasgow performance; the second half was taken from the Zurich show featured on CD Four. The liner notes indicate that there were technical problems with both recordings, and that the splice was done "to honour the spirit and sense of Glasgow's performance".)
  1. "21st Century Schizoid Man
    21st Century Schizoid Man
    "21st Century Schizoid Man" is a song by progressive rock band King Crimson from their debut album In the Court of the Crimson King.-Personnel:* Greg Lake – Vocals, bass guitar* Ian McDonald – saxophone* Robert Fripp – guitars* Michael Giles – drums...

    " (Fripp, Ian McDonald
    Ian McDonald (musician)
    Ian McDonald is an English multi-instrumental musician, best known as a founding member of progressive rock group King Crimson, formed in 1969, and of the hard rock band Foreigner in 1976. He is well-known as a rock session musician, predominantly as a saxophonist...

    , Greg Lake
    Greg Lake
    Gregory Stuart "Greg" Lake is an English musician, songwriter and producer, best known as a vocalist and bassist of King Crimson, and the bassist, guitarist, vocalist, and lyricist of Emerson, Lake & Palmer.-1960s: King Crimson:...

    , Michael Giles
    Michael Giles
    Michael Giles is an English drummer, best known as a co-founder of King Crimson in 1969...

    , Peter Sinfield
    Peter Sinfield
    Peter John Sinfield is an English poet, lyricist and artist, most famously known as the lyricist and co-founding member of early incarnations of King Crimson, whose debut album In the Court of the Crimson King has been regarded as one of the most influential progressive rock albums ever...

    ) – 7:32
  2. "Walk off from Providence ... No Pussyfooting" (Fripp, Eno) – 1:15
  3. "Sharks' Lungs in Lemsip" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 2:3
  4. "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One
    Larks' Tongues in Aspic (song)
    "Larks' Tongues in Aspic" is a multi-part epic progressive rock song by King Crimson released over the course of three albums and 27 years, Larks' Tongues in Aspic in 1973, Three of a Perfect Pair in 1984, and The ConstruKction of Light in 2000...

    " (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Jamie Muir
    Jamie Muir
    Jamie Muir is a UK painter and former percussionist, best known for his work in King Crimson.-Biography:Muir attended Edinburgh College of Art during the 1960s and began playing jazz on trombone before settling on percussion....

    ) – 7:25
  5. "Book of Saturday" (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 2:49
  6. "Easy Money" (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 6:43
  7. "We'll Let You Know" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 4:54
  8. "The Night Watch" (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 4:54
  9. "Tight Scrummy" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 8:27
  10. "Peace: A Theme" (Fripp) – 1:01
  11. "Cat Food" (Fripp, Sinfield, McDonald) – 4:14
  12. "Easy Money" (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 2:19
  13. "...It Is for You, but Not for Us" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 7:25

Disc 3: ...Acts of Deception (the Magic Circus, or Weasels Stole Our Fruit)

  • Tracks 1-11 recorded at the Stanley Warner Theatre, Pittsburgh
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

    , USA
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

    , April 29, 1974.
  • Tracks 12-13 recorded at Pennsylvania State University
    Pennsylvania State University
    The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...

    , State College
    State College, Pennsylvania
    State College is the largest borough in Centre County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is the principal city of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Centre County. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 42,034, and roughly double...

    , USA
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

    , June 29, 1974.
  1. "Walk On ... No Pussyfooting" (Fripp, Eno) – 1:15
  2. "The Great Deceiver" (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 3:32
  3. "Bartley Butsford" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 3:13
  4. "Exiles" (Cross, Fripp, Palmer-James) – 6:23
  5. "Daniel Dust" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 4:40
  6. "The Night Watch" (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 4:18
  7. "Doctor Diamond" (Cross, Wetton, Fripp, Bruford, Palmer-James) – 4:52
  8. "Starless" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford Palmer-James) – 11:36
  9. "Wilton Carpet" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 5:52
  10. "The Talking Drum" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir) – 5:29
  11. "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two" (abbreviated) (Fripp) – 2:22
  12. "Applause and announcement" – 2:19
  13. "Is There Life Out There?" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 11:50

Disc 4: ...But Neither are They Otherwise

  • Tracks 1-4 recorded at Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

    , June 24, 1974.
  • Tracks 5-12 recorded at the Volkshaus
    Volkshaus
    The Volkshaus is a building in Zürich, Switzerland.New Order performed at the venue during a European tour on April 2, 1984. The concert was entirely broadcast on DMS3-FM radio....

    , Zürich
    Zürich
    Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

    , Switzerland
    Switzerland
    Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

    , November 15, 1973.
  1. "The Golden Walnut" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 11:14
  2. "The Night Watch" (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 4:22
  3. "Fracture" (Fripp) – 10:48
  4. "Clueless and Slightly Slack" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 8:36
  5. "Walk On ... No Pussyfooting" (Fripp, Eno) – 1:00
  6. "Some Pussyfooting" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 2:23
  7. "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir) – 7:41
  8. "The Law of Maximum Distress, Part One" (Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Wetton) – 6:31
  9. "The Law of Maximum Distress, Part Two" (Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Wetton) – 2:17
  10. "Easy Money" (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 6:57
  11. "Some More Pussyfooting" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 5:50
  12. "The Talking Drum" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir) – 6:05

Personnel

  • Robert Fripp
    Robert Fripp
    Robert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...

     - guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    , mellotron
    Mellotron
    The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic tape replay keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. It superseded the Chamberlin Music Master, which was the world's first sample-playback keyboard intended for music...

    , electric piano
    Electric piano
    An electric piano is an electric musical instrument.Electric pianos produce sounds mechanically and the sounds are turned into electrical signals by pickups. Unlike a synthesizer, the electric piano is not an electronic instrument, but electro-mechanical. The earliest electric pianos were invented...

  • John Wetton
    John Wetton
    John Kenneth Wetton is an English bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, singer and songwriter. He was born in Willington, Derbyshire, and grew up in Bournemouth. He has been a professional musician since the late 1960s...

     - bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • David Cross
    David Cross (musician)
    David Cross is an electric violinist born in Turnchapel near Plymouth, England, best known for playing with progressive rock band King Crimson during the 1970s...

     - violin
    Violin
    The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

    , mellotron, electric piano
  • Bill Bruford
    Bill Bruford
    William Scott "Bill" Bruford is an English drummer, percussionist, composer, producer, and record label owner. He was the original drummer for the progressive rock group Yes, from 1968-1972. Bruford has performed for numerous popular acts since the early 1970s, including a stint as touring...

     - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

    , percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...



Executive producer: Robert Fripp. Mixing by Fripp, Tony Arnold and David Singleton.
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