Starless in addition to Bible Black is the 6th studio album past times English linguistic communication progressive stone band King Crimson, released inward March 1974 past times Island Records inward the Great Britain in addition to past times Atlantic Records inward the United States. Much of the album was recorded live, but edited in addition to blended with studio material.
King Crimson's previous album, Larks' Tongues inward Aspic (on which they had moved decisively away from a to a greater extent than traditional progressive stone audio drawing on American jazz, in addition to towards the influence of European gratis improvisation), had been recorded past times a quintet lineup of the band, including experimental percussionist Jamie Muir. Early inward 1973, Muir abruptly left the band – ostensibly due to an onstage injury, but inward fact due to an overwhelming spiritual bespeak to retreat from music in addition to pass fourth dimension inward a monastery (something which was non communicated to his bandmates according to the liner notes for the Portsmouth Guildhall present inward the Complete Recordings box set). Muir's departure turned out to live permanent. The band's drummer, Bill Bruford, absorbed Muir's percussion exercise inward add-on to his ain kit drumming, in addition to the band continued to tour every bit a quartet.
These upheavals in addition to the pressure level of touring left King Crimson brusk of novel written textile when it came to the fourth dimension to tape their side past times side album. Having increased their grade of onstage improvisation during recent tours, the band opted to accept wages of this to solve the problem. New compositions tried out inward concert in addition to captured on several alive recordings were presented every bit part of the novel album material, alternating in addition to inward some cases blending with studio recordings.
The only songs recorded only inward the studio were the outset ii tracks, "The Great Deceiver" in addition to "Lament". "We'll Let You Know" was an only improvised slice recorded inward Glasgow. "The Mincer" was some other improvised piece, originally recorded inward concert inward Zürich but overdubbed with Wetton's vocals inward the studio. "Trio", "Starless in addition to Bible Black" in addition to "Fracture" (the lastly of which Robert Fripp has cited every bit i of the most hard guitar pieces he has always played) were recorded alive at the Concertgebouw inward Amsterdam. Also recorded at the Concertgebouw was the introduction to "The Night Watch" (the band's Mellotron broke downwards at the start of the side past times side section, pregnant that the balance of the vocal needed to live recorded inward the studio in addition to dubbed inward later). In all cases, alive applause was removed from the recordings wherever possible (although the remains of it tin live heard past times an attentive listener). The consummate Amsterdam Concertgebouw concert was eventually released past times the band inward 1997 every bit The Night Watch.
"Trio" was notable for beingness a quartet slice with only iii active players – John Wetton on bass guitar, David Cross on viola in addition to Robert Fripp on "flute" Mellotron. Bruford spent the entire slice with his drumsticks crossed over his chest, waiting for the correct minute to bring together inward but realising that the improvised slice was progressing amend without him. His determination non to add together whatever percussion was seen past times the repose of the band every bit a crucial choice, in addition to he received co-writing credit for the piece. "Trio" was subsequently included on the 1975 compilation album H5N1 Young Person's Guide to King Crimson, the functioning credits of which scream Bruford's contribution to the slice every bit having been "admirable restraint."
Only 4 tracks on the album cause got lyrics. As had been the representative with Larks' Tongues inward Aspic, these were written past times John Wetton's friend Richard Palmer-James (the onetime Supertramp guitarist who'd left the band after its first, self-titled album). "The Great Deceiver" refers to The Devil in addition to is an ironic commentary on commercialism (Fripp contributed the business "cigarettes, H2O ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary" after seeing souvenirs beingness marketed inward Vatican City). "Lament" is nearly fame. "The Night Watch" is a brusk seek out on Rembrandt's paradigm of the same name, describing the paradigm every bit an observer sees it in addition to attempting to empathize the subjects. "The Mincer" has to a greater extent than ambiguous lyrics, though lines such every bit "fingers reaching, linger shrieking," "you're all alone, baby's breathing," in addition to the song's championship could live references to a domicile invader or killer.
The phrase "Starless in addition to Bible Black" is a quotation from the outset ii lines of poet Dylan Thomas's play, Under Milk Wood.[4] The band's side past times side album, Red, contains a vocal called "Starless", which contains the phrase "Starless in addition to bible black", whereas "Starless in addition to Bible Black" is an improvised instrumental. The championship rails on both the album in addition to the compact disk is an edit of the original Amsterdam improvisation every bit performed at the Concertgebouw, which presumably ran several minutes longer (as improvisations of this tour oft did). (The sleeve notes included with the CDs dot that it was cutting brusk for the 1973 album "due to the constraints of vinyl"). All currently-available master copy tapes comprise the 9:11 version.
The album art is past times painter Tom Phillips. The phrase "this nighttime wounds time", which appears on the dorsum cover, is a quotation from Phillips's signature work, the "treated Victorian novel" H5N1 Humument (p. 222).
Starless in addition to Bible Black is fifty-fifty to a greater extent than powerful in addition to daring than its predecessor, Larks' Tongues inward Aspic, with jarring tempo shifts, explosive guitar riffs, in addition to soaring, elegant, in addition to fragile violin in addition to Mellotron parts scattered throughout its 41 minutes, oft all inward the same songs. The album was on the outer fringes of accessible progressive rock, with plenty musical ideas explored to construct Starless in addition to Bible Black to a greater extent than than background for tripping the means Emerson, Lake & Palmer's albums were. "The Night Watch," a vocal nearly a Rembrandt painting, was, incredibly, a unmarried release, although it was much to a greater extent than representative of the audio that Crimson was abandoning than where it was going inward 1973-1974. More to that dot were the contents of side ii of the LP, a twosome of instrumentals that threw the group's hardest sounds correct inward the confront of the listener, in addition to gained some converts inward the process.
Possibly the only affair to a greater extent than challenging, unpredictable in addition to fifty-fifty befuddling than King Crimson’s otherworldly musical creations at the start of the '70s was their ever-shifting personnel. By the cease of the band's outset half-decade of existence, leader Robert Fripp had already gone through several lineups of musicians.
Thankfully, for Crimson’s 6th album, Starless in addition to Bible Black, which was released on March 29, 1974, they had constitute some mensurate of stability approximately Fripp, bassist/vocalist John Wetton, drummer Bill Bruford, multi-instrumentalist (violin, viola, keyboards) David Cross in addition to lyricist Richard Palmer-James, whose unorthodox wordplay capably filled the exercise vacated past times Fripp’s longtime foil, Peter Sinfield.
Musically, though, King Crimson’s restless experimenting continued thank you lot to a renewed focus on improvisation that saw all but ii of the novel album’s songs recorded alive inward concert, in addition to then overdubbed in addition to cleansed of crowd dissonance inward the studio. Both of those studio-only creations kicked off Starless in addition to Bible Black, whose championship was an allusion to Dylan Thomas' "Under Milk Wood." The outset melded skittish tempos in addition to drastic soft/hard dynamics with a beautifully ethereal interlude lasting mere seconds, piece the second, past times comparison, opened gently in addition to plainly, sweetened past times Cross’ violin, but shortly embarked towards darker realms on an ominous Wetton bass line.
Wetton’s musical instrument too starred amongst subversive guitar interjections across the understated "We’ll Let You Know," which in addition to then gave means to lusher, almost Spanish-flavored chords on "The Night Watch," a minimalist, virtually percussion-free instrumental (one of many) inward "Trio" in addition to finally static-encrusted lounge jazz for "The Mincer." And that was simply Side One.
The 2nd one-half of Starless in addition to Bible Black bowed nether the daunting weight of ii epic instrumentals averaging 10 minutes -- edited downwards from their concert originals -- of wanton improvisation. The championship rails like shooting fish in a barrel gained intensity approximately Fripp’s distorted, dive-bombing guitar-strangling until finally locking into a steady groove 5 minutes in, in addition to and then gradually decomposing again. By Fripp’s ain admission, "Fracture" challenged fifty-fifty his abilities with its complexity, in addition to yet, the tight interplay betwixt all involved throughout the song’s protracted ebb in addition to catamenia is on display.
And to recollect that this quasi-telepathic musical synchronization was already beingness undermined past times a novel occurrence of lineup dubiety — namely involving Cross, whose violin was losing the battle for human face in addition to sheer book vs. his to a greater extent than assertive bandmates. This, inward the kill-or-be-killed basis of King Crimson, meant his inevitable ousting (by unanimous vote, no less) prior to the next year’s excellent, Red, which signaled some other consummate band collapse in addition to a five-year hiatus.
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Tracks Listing:
1. The Great Deceiver (4:02)
2. Lament (4:00)
3. We'll Let You Know (improv recorded inward Glasgow) (3:46)
4. The Night Watch (4:37) *
5. Trio (5:41) *
6. The Mincer (improv recorded inward Zurich) (4:10)
7. Starless And Bible Black (9:11) *
8. Fracture (11:14) *
* Recorded Live at the Concertgebouw inward Amsterdam
Personnel:
- Robert Fripp / guitar, Mellotron, effects
- David Cross / violin, viola, Mellotron, electrical piano
- John Wetton / bass, vocals
- Bill Bruford / drums, percussion
King Crimson's previous album, Larks' Tongues inward Aspic (on which they had moved decisively away from a to a greater extent than traditional progressive stone audio drawing on American jazz, in addition to towards the influence of European gratis improvisation), had been recorded past times a quintet lineup of the band, including experimental percussionist Jamie Muir. Early inward 1973, Muir abruptly left the band – ostensibly due to an onstage injury, but inward fact due to an overwhelming spiritual bespeak to retreat from music in addition to pass fourth dimension inward a monastery (something which was non communicated to his bandmates according to the liner notes for the Portsmouth Guildhall present inward the Complete Recordings box set). Muir's departure turned out to live permanent. The band's drummer, Bill Bruford, absorbed Muir's percussion exercise inward add-on to his ain kit drumming, in addition to the band continued to tour every bit a quartet.
These upheavals in addition to the pressure level of touring left King Crimson brusk of novel written textile when it came to the fourth dimension to tape their side past times side album. Having increased their grade of onstage improvisation during recent tours, the band opted to accept wages of this to solve the problem. New compositions tried out inward concert in addition to captured on several alive recordings were presented every bit part of the novel album material, alternating in addition to inward some cases blending with studio recordings.
The only songs recorded only inward the studio were the outset ii tracks, "The Great Deceiver" in addition to "Lament". "We'll Let You Know" was an only improvised slice recorded inward Glasgow. "The Mincer" was some other improvised piece, originally recorded inward concert inward Zürich but overdubbed with Wetton's vocals inward the studio. "Trio", "Starless in addition to Bible Black" in addition to "Fracture" (the lastly of which Robert Fripp has cited every bit i of the most hard guitar pieces he has always played) were recorded alive at the Concertgebouw inward Amsterdam. Also recorded at the Concertgebouw was the introduction to "The Night Watch" (the band's Mellotron broke downwards at the start of the side past times side section, pregnant that the balance of the vocal needed to live recorded inward the studio in addition to dubbed inward later). In all cases, alive applause was removed from the recordings wherever possible (although the remains of it tin live heard past times an attentive listener). The consummate Amsterdam Concertgebouw concert was eventually released past times the band inward 1997 every bit The Night Watch.
"Trio" was notable for beingness a quartet slice with only iii active players – John Wetton on bass guitar, David Cross on viola in addition to Robert Fripp on "flute" Mellotron. Bruford spent the entire slice with his drumsticks crossed over his chest, waiting for the correct minute to bring together inward but realising that the improvised slice was progressing amend without him. His determination non to add together whatever percussion was seen past times the repose of the band every bit a crucial choice, in addition to he received co-writing credit for the piece. "Trio" was subsequently included on the 1975 compilation album H5N1 Young Person's Guide to King Crimson, the functioning credits of which scream Bruford's contribution to the slice every bit having been "admirable restraint."
Only 4 tracks on the album cause got lyrics. As had been the representative with Larks' Tongues inward Aspic, these were written past times John Wetton's friend Richard Palmer-James (the onetime Supertramp guitarist who'd left the band after its first, self-titled album). "The Great Deceiver" refers to The Devil in addition to is an ironic commentary on commercialism (Fripp contributed the business "cigarettes, H2O ice cream, figurines of the Virgin Mary" after seeing souvenirs beingness marketed inward Vatican City). "Lament" is nearly fame. "The Night Watch" is a brusk seek out on Rembrandt's paradigm of the same name, describing the paradigm every bit an observer sees it in addition to attempting to empathize the subjects. "The Mincer" has to a greater extent than ambiguous lyrics, though lines such every bit "fingers reaching, linger shrieking," "you're all alone, baby's breathing," in addition to the song's championship could live references to a domicile invader or killer.
The phrase "Starless in addition to Bible Black" is a quotation from the outset ii lines of poet Dylan Thomas's play, Under Milk Wood.[4] The band's side past times side album, Red, contains a vocal called "Starless", which contains the phrase "Starless in addition to bible black", whereas "Starless in addition to Bible Black" is an improvised instrumental. The championship rails on both the album in addition to the compact disk is an edit of the original Amsterdam improvisation every bit performed at the Concertgebouw, which presumably ran several minutes longer (as improvisations of this tour oft did). (The sleeve notes included with the CDs dot that it was cutting brusk for the 1973 album "due to the constraints of vinyl"). All currently-available master copy tapes comprise the 9:11 version.
The album art is past times painter Tom Phillips. The phrase "this nighttime wounds time", which appears on the dorsum cover, is a quotation from Phillips's signature work, the "treated Victorian novel" H5N1 Humument (p. 222).
Starless in addition to Bible Black is fifty-fifty to a greater extent than powerful in addition to daring than its predecessor, Larks' Tongues inward Aspic, with jarring tempo shifts, explosive guitar riffs, in addition to soaring, elegant, in addition to fragile violin in addition to Mellotron parts scattered throughout its 41 minutes, oft all inward the same songs. The album was on the outer fringes of accessible progressive rock, with plenty musical ideas explored to construct Starless in addition to Bible Black to a greater extent than than background for tripping the means Emerson, Lake & Palmer's albums were. "The Night Watch," a vocal nearly a Rembrandt painting, was, incredibly, a unmarried release, although it was much to a greater extent than representative of the audio that Crimson was abandoning than where it was going inward 1973-1974. More to that dot were the contents of side ii of the LP, a twosome of instrumentals that threw the group's hardest sounds correct inward the confront of the listener, in addition to gained some converts inward the process.
Possibly the only affair to a greater extent than challenging, unpredictable in addition to fifty-fifty befuddling than King Crimson’s otherworldly musical creations at the start of the '70s was their ever-shifting personnel. By the cease of the band's outset half-decade of existence, leader Robert Fripp had already gone through several lineups of musicians.
Thankfully, for Crimson’s 6th album, Starless in addition to Bible Black, which was released on March 29, 1974, they had constitute some mensurate of stability approximately Fripp, bassist/vocalist John Wetton, drummer Bill Bruford, multi-instrumentalist (violin, viola, keyboards) David Cross in addition to lyricist Richard Palmer-James, whose unorthodox wordplay capably filled the exercise vacated past times Fripp’s longtime foil, Peter Sinfield.
Musically, though, King Crimson’s restless experimenting continued thank you lot to a renewed focus on improvisation that saw all but ii of the novel album’s songs recorded alive inward concert, in addition to then overdubbed in addition to cleansed of crowd dissonance inward the studio. Both of those studio-only creations kicked off Starless in addition to Bible Black, whose championship was an allusion to Dylan Thomas' "Under Milk Wood." The outset melded skittish tempos in addition to drastic soft/hard dynamics with a beautifully ethereal interlude lasting mere seconds, piece the second, past times comparison, opened gently in addition to plainly, sweetened past times Cross’ violin, but shortly embarked towards darker realms on an ominous Wetton bass line.
Wetton’s musical instrument too starred amongst subversive guitar interjections across the understated "We’ll Let You Know," which in addition to then gave means to lusher, almost Spanish-flavored chords on "The Night Watch," a minimalist, virtually percussion-free instrumental (one of many) inward "Trio" in addition to finally static-encrusted lounge jazz for "The Mincer." And that was simply Side One.
The 2nd one-half of Starless in addition to Bible Black bowed nether the daunting weight of ii epic instrumentals averaging 10 minutes -- edited downwards from their concert originals -- of wanton improvisation. The championship rails like shooting fish in a barrel gained intensity approximately Fripp’s distorted, dive-bombing guitar-strangling until finally locking into a steady groove 5 minutes in, in addition to and then gradually decomposing again. By Fripp’s ain admission, "Fracture" challenged fifty-fifty his abilities with its complexity, in addition to yet, the tight interplay betwixt all involved throughout the song’s protracted ebb in addition to catamenia is on display.
And to recollect that this quasi-telepathic musical synchronization was already beingness undermined past times a novel occurrence of lineup dubiety — namely involving Cross, whose violin was losing the battle for human face in addition to sheer book vs. his to a greater extent than assertive bandmates. This, inward the kill-or-be-killed basis of King Crimson, meant his inevitable ousting (by unanimous vote, no less) prior to the next year’s excellent, Red, which signaled some other consummate band collapse in addition to a five-year hiatus.
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Tracks Listing:
1. The Great Deceiver (4:02)
2. Lament (4:00)
3. We'll Let You Know (improv recorded inward Glasgow) (3:46)
4. The Night Watch (4:37) *
5. Trio (5:41) *
6. The Mincer (improv recorded inward Zurich) (4:10)
7. Starless And Bible Black (9:11) *
8. Fracture (11:14) *
* Recorded Live at the Concertgebouw inward Amsterdam
Personnel:
- Robert Fripp / guitar, Mellotron, effects
- David Cross / violin, viola, Mellotron, electrical piano
- John Wetton / bass, vocals
- Bill Bruford / drums, percussion
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