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2016 box set by King Crimson
Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind Released 2 September 2016 Recorded September–December 2015 Venue UK , Canada , and Japan Genre Length 161 :21 Label DGM
Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind is a box set of live performances by King Crimson , released on 2 September 2016.[ 3] [ 4]
The box set was recorded during King Crimson's 2015 tours of Japan, Canada and France, mostly in Takamatsu, Japan. The material performed is mostly from the 1969–1974 period, and most had not been performed live since the 1970s, although the songs were rearranged to suit the current line-up.[ 3] Also included are some pieces from 1995 and onward, alongside new material. The title is derived from a song of the same name that the band has been playing in concert.[ 5]
The set was released in two editions: a 4-disc standard edition featuring the complete concert in one Blu-ray disc and three CDs (individually themed "virtual studio albums" with no audible audience); and a 6-disc deluxe limited edition, featuring the same as the standard edition plus two DVDs with the complete concert and an expanded booklet. The Blu-ray disc has a "picture off" mode which allows listening to the music without the video.
Track listing
Disc one, Mainly Metal
Title Writers 1. "Larks’ Tongues in Aspic: Part One " David Cross , Robert Fripp , John Wetton , Bill Bruford , Jamie Muir 10:36 2. "Radical Action (to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind)" Fripp 3:40 3. "Meltdown" Jakko Jakszyk , Fripp4:22 4. "Radical Action II" Fripp 2:27 5. "Level Five" Adrian Belew , Pat Mastelotto , Fripp, Trey Gunn 6:46 6. "The Light of Day" Jakszyk, Mel Collins , Fripp 5:49 7. "The Hell Hounds of Krim" Gavin Harrison , Mastelotto, Bill Rieflin 3:36 8. "The ConstruKction of Light" (Part I) Belew, Mastelotto, Fripp, Gunn 6:24 9. "The Talking Drum" Bruford, Cross, Muir, Wetton, Fripp 3:48 10. "Larks’ Tongues in Aspic: Part Two" Fripp 6:39 Total length: 54:07
Disc two, Easy Money Shots
Title Writers 1. "Peace" Peter Sinfield , Fripp2:07 2. "Pictures of a City" Sinfield, Fripp 8:17 3. "Banshee Legs Bell Hassle" Harrison, Mastelotto, Rieflin 1:40 4. "Easy Money" Wetton, Richard Palmer-James , Fripp 8:26 5. "VROOOM" Belew, Bruford, Mastelotto, Fripp, Tony Levin , Gunn 4:56 6. "Suitable Grounds for the Blues" Jakszyk, Fripp 4:51 7. "Interlude" Fripp 2:23 8. "The Letters" Sinfield, Fripp 6:30 9. "Sailor's Tale" Fripp 6:41 10. "A Scarcity of Miracles " Jakszyk, Collins, Fripp 6:52 Total length: 52:43
Disc three, Crimson Classics
Title Writers 1. "Red" Fripp 6:31 2. "One More Red Nightmare" Wetton, Fripp 6:03 3. "Epitaph " Greg Lake , Ian McDonald , Michael Giles , Sinfield, Fripp8:44 4. "Starless " Bruford, Cross, Wetton, Palmer-James, Fripp 12:17 5. "Devil Dogs of Tessellation Row" Harrison, Mastelotto, Rieflin 3:00 6. "The Court of the Crimson King " McDonald, Sinfield 7:00 7. "21st Century Schizoid Man " Lake, McDonald, Giles, Sinfield, Fripp 10:56 Total length: 54:31
Blu-ray Title 1. "Threshold Soundscape" 2. "Larks’ Tongues in Aspic: Part One" 3. "Pictures of a City" 4. "Peace" 5. "Radical Action (to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind)" 6. "Meltdown" 7. "Radical Action II" 8. "Level Five" 9. "Epitaph" 10. "The Hell Hounds of Krim" 11. "The ConstruKction of Light" (Part I only) 12. "A Scarcity of Miracles" 13. "Red" 14. "Backstage Adventures of the Crimson Kind" 15. "VROOOM" 16. "Banshee Legs Bell Hassle" 17. "Easy Money" 18. "Interlude" 19. "The Letters" 20. "Sailor's Tale" 21. "The Light of Day" 22. "The Talking Drum" 23. "Larks’ Tongues in Aspic: Part Two" 24. "Starless" 25. "Devil Dogs of Tessellation Row" 26. "The Court of the Crimson King" 27. "21st Century Schizoid Man"
Blu-ray extras Title 1. "Suitable Grounds for the Blues" 2. "One More Red Nightmare"
DVD disc one Title 1. "Threshold Soundscape" 2. "Larks’ Tongues in Aspic: Part One" 3. "Pictures of a City" 4. "Peace" 5. "Radical Action (to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind)" 6. "Meltdown" 7. "Radical Action II" 8. "Level Five" 9. "Epitaph" 10. "The Hell Hounds of Krim" 11. "The ConstruKction of Light" (Part I only) 12. "A Scarcity of Miracles" 13. "Red"
DVD disc one extras Title 14. "Suitable Grounds for the Blues" 15. "One More Red Nightmare"
DVD disc two Title 1. "Backstage Adventures of the Crimson Kind" 2. "VROOOM" 3. "Banshee Legs Bell Hassle" 4. "Easy Money" 5. "Interlude" 6. "The Letters" 7. "Sailor's Tale" 8. "The Light of Day" 9. "The Talking Drum" 10. "Larks’ Tongues in Aspic: Part Two" 11. "Starless" 12. "Devil Dogs of Tessellation Row" 13. "The Court of the Crimson King" 14. "21st Century Schizoid Man"
Personnel
King Crimson
Pat Mastelotto – drums , electronic drums , percussion
Bill Rieflin – drums, electronic drum, percussion, sampled Mellotron , synthesizer
Gavin Harrison – drums, electronic drums, percussion, audio pre-production
Mel Collins – saxophones , flutes
Tony Levin – bass , extended-range bass , funk fingers , electric upright bass , Chapman Stick , backing vocals
Jakko Jakszyk – guitar , voice , flute, audio pre-production
Robert Fripp – guitar, guitar synth , keyboards , Soundscapes , production , mixing , additional footage
additional staff
DGM – management
David Singleton – mixing, production, video compiling, liner notes
Chris Porter – engineering , mixing
Alex R. Mundy – digital assembly
Trevor Wilkins – filming, editing, booklet photography
Sid Smith – additional footage
Patrick Cleasby – video transfer
Opus Productions
Neil Wilkes – Blu-ray disc & DVD authoring & assembly
Claire Bidwell – Blu-ray disc & DVD layout & design
Bob Romano, Tim McDonnel, Alberto Fas, John Kimber, "Philly" Bob Squires, Jon Urban, Adam Blue Buckely – disc testing
Francesca Sundsten – "Cyclops" cover painting
Ben Singleton – additional artwork, Cyclops re-imagining
Steve Ball – DGM logo
Claudia Hahn – booklet photography
Scarlet Page – photography (gatefold inner sleeve photos)
Hugh O'Donnell – design and layout
Charts
References
Studio albums ProjeKcts albumsExtended plays Live albums
Standard release Collector's Club
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