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Nice one. The two Aylesbury Friars Club gigs went on sale today (ie no presales Wednesday and yesterday), for the opening nights of the tour. Really good seats available. Bugger to get to.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/bailiffs-move-in-to-evict-squatters-from-famous-soho-gig-venue-10025462.html

That's fantastic. (and I've still got it saved on my Sky box from when it was first broadcast) Back on track: if you've not heard the live recording from last years King Crimson tour, "Live At The Orpheum" then give it a go. I'm about half way through, and it's amazing - man of the match goes to Mel Collins.

You've seen this, right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-WLHXd7P0w

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1423087190' post='2680690'] It's the one with Larks 2. More importantly it's the one with Tony Levin - one hand fretting his Stingray and the other playing a keyboard bass line. And the one with him playing two independent parts on his stick. Awesome! [/quote] It's got both Larks! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_and_Jack_and_Me_%28DVD%29 - I must dig it out. If you're a Levin fan, check out the "Deja Vrooom" DVD as well, it's from the mid-90s "double trio" line-up.

Incidentally, I once saw Bruford's Earthworks at the Pizza Express Jazz Club. I said hi afterwards, and mentioned I'd been listening to (live recording) Absent Lovers on my way to the venue. "Ah yes" he said, "Montreal. The band split up the day after, if I remember correctly". Oops.

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1423078741' post='2680498'] I got the Bruford book a couple of years ago - now that is a yawnfest! Back on topic, those tickets are expensive. Get yourself the Neal and Jack and Me dvd - a superb couple of '83 shows with the Fripp/Belew/Bruford/Levin line-up. [/quote] Agree about the book - a very dry read, and not in the good way. I don't think I've seen a bad Crim DVD. Is the one you mention the one with Larks' Tongues 3? That's hot.

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1423065106' post='2680231'] Haven't bothered much with kc, as they were a bit before my time. Will have to get round to it. Does tony levin still do solo gigs? [/quote] Has he ever? He's pretty much always in Peter Gabriel's band, he does Stick Men gigs with Pat Mastelotto and Markus Reuter, and the Stick Men occasionally team up with the Adrian Belew Power Trio (includes Julie Slick and Tobias Ralph) to do joint gigs as The Crimson ProjeKCt. I once saw him doing a clinic for MusicMan at a barn somewhere near Stevenage about 7 or 8 years ago. He signed my Funk Fingers!

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1423064791' post='2680222'] I think I spotted a stool as well. What is the matter with these people? [/quote] Using two pedals at once, I think.

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1423056980' post='2680077'] Would like to see KC but not with this yawn-fest. Sorry. [/quote] Having seen the setlists of the USA tour and reviews, I'm thinking this will be anything but. What would be dull for me is trotting out Elephant Talk, Sleepless, Three of a Perfect Pair etc etc all over again.

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1423055732' post='2680051'] I've got tickets! Courtesy of a friend with an O2 contract. Good seats too! Massively excited about this. Now I've got to spend the next seven months worrying about the legroom in the Hackney Empire... [/quote] Good job - I'll be at Hackney as well. Last time I was there was for a Wynton Marsalis gig a few years ago. It's pretty snug! He played something in 13/8 as well (hope that's not too much of a spoiler)

Very jealous, wish I could see them again for the first time.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1423050416' post='2679940'] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/247879-compression/page__hl__vailbass"]http://basschat.co.u...e__hl__vailbass[/url] [/quote] Thanks! Sure helps know what this thread is actually about. I liked the bit about the monkey. VJ's opinion is interesting in its generally contrary position. Regardless of his CV, it's nice to say "oh do tell more/what makes you say that" rather than "nonsense".

Yesterday King Crimson announced a run of UK and Europe gigs - see dates and places here: http://prog.teamrock.com/news/2015-02-03/king-crimson-announce-uk-and-european-tour-dates It's the 7-man line-up, 2x guitar, sax/flute, bass (Tony Levin), and three drummers. Tickets went on sale this morning for O2 Priority customers, tomorrow for Live Nation punters, the rest of the world on Friday. Here's some 3-drummer action to soothe your nerves as you join the ticketing queue and see the face value. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1JapuD0ikk

It's Friday, May 2 at Brixton Academy: http://www.o2academybrixton.co.uk/event/63165/korn-tickets tickets on sale on Friday, or Wednesday if you're registered on O2 Priority (http://www.o2priority.co.uk/Events/Korn/680). This, and other presales, is where a lot of tickets go if you're seeing "sold out" or limited seat availability at the public on-sale time.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1422921412' post='2678539'] Yes, B10 had the AD-1 preamp. TB10 has the CTP-2 Cool Tube preamp. However, my B10 now has the much easier to use CTB4 preamp. [/quote] Right - what's the difference in spec between the CTP-2 and -4? Is it one of these two? http://www.takamine.com/electronics/pre-amps/#ct4-dx http://www.takamine.com/electronics/pre-amps/#ct4Bbii

[quote name='redbandit599' timestamp='1422957450' post='2678722'] "I have the nipples of a 14 year old!" She then proceeded to show him. [/quote] next time tell him to ask "Does the 14-year old want them back?"

There's a playlist on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5D6ED0897FE0045B

[quote name='TheRev' timestamp='1422874798' post='2677697'] "...so you'll do it for free cider" [/quote] She should have started with that tbh

He said John Deacon "borrowed" from Chic, not that they're the same. Still, bit of an over-generalisation.

"Great gig! I really enjoyed your sex moves". I wasn't doing any sex moves.

[quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1422727518' post='2676183'] I loved all three programmes. However, during last night's episode, while discussing Kraftwerk's "Autobahn", did anyone else think, "no mate, they don't sing about fun on the autobahn!!!!!!" [/quote] Yeah that was cringeworthy wasn't it. The best bit of the Kraftwerk doc was the Pocket Calculator footage, got a bith bored with it otherwise, although you could base a drinking game around how often Paul Morley says "distilallation"

Yep, that's exactly the picture used in the article accompanying the transcription.

Do I Do is such a brilliant bassline. Here's another favourite, Boogie On Reggae Woman... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6B7HjiLD0E Transcribed in Bass Player mag December 2007 by Bryan Beller, who describes it as the most challenging bassline ever transcribed in the mag to date.

...although there's no bass guitar on the live versions of Turn It On Again, its 2x guitars with Daryl on bass pedals, playing every other 8th note(and some delay or something is filling in the next note). See about 1m45s into this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiZpRLZBuUQ