{"product_id":"2014-nyc","title":"2014 NYC","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFor King Crimson, New York was never just a tour-stop – it was a recurring stage in the band’s mythology. Starting with the 1969 Fillmore East breakthrough and running through those early-’70s returns, climaxing in the Larks’-era farewell to that chapter at Central Park in 1974.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAnd when Crimson kept mutating, the city kept calling them back: Robert Fripp later pointed to the six nights at the Savoy in 1981 (after rehearsals tucked away in the garment district) as a high-water mark, and later line-ups - the Double Trio, Double Duo, and a 2008 quintet with newly recruited Gavin Harrison at the Nokia Theatre\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003econtinued the Manhattan connection, right up to a major reset at the same venue (by then the Best Buy Theatre) in 2014.\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThat 2014 band looked like nothing else on the circuit: three drummers lined up across the front - an idea Fripp described as a sudden “point of seeing - turning rhythm into a moving, interlocked engine”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCrucially, they didn’t treat the back catalogue like museum pieces; they played it as living material, rebuilt with microscopic attention rather than copied note-for-note. The “drumsons” delivered a choreographed surge and uncanny unity (Harrison joked it felt like “one drummer with six legs and six arms”), and a calmer group chemistry let the seven-piece hit with brute force and fine detail at once - refreshing older classics and giving newer pieces extra muscle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn New York, moments like “Starless,” framed with a deliberate red-light nod to 1974, landed as proof that Crimson could honour its past without slipping into nostalgia: a band that kept reinventing its own language, still pushing forward with no obvious limit.\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFrom 2014 to 2021 King Crimson played music that was, in keeping with Robert Fripp's approach, \u003ci\u003e\"new whenever it is performed\",\u003c\/i\u003e freshly minted each night for a new audience to hear. The band would frequently stay in one city for more than one night so that demand for tickets could be met while still appearing in venues where all of the audience could both see and hear fully. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e‘2014 NYC’ is the start of a new series (to be released on 2LP and 2CD), compiled from those runs of concerts at a single venue\/city and commences from the first year of touring with a set taken from the band's four-night run in NYC in September 2014. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2LP\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSide A \u003cbr\u003eIntroductory Soundscape\u003cbr\u003eLarks’ Tongues in Aspic (Part I)  \u003cbr\u003ePictures of a City\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide B \u003cbr\u003eA Scarcity of Miracles\u003cbr\u003eThe Letters\u003cbr\u003eThe Sailor’s Tale \u003cbr\u003eThe Hell Hounds of Krim \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide C \u003cbr\u003eRed\u003cbr\u003eImprov: Hoodoo \u003cbr\u003eThe Talking Drum\u003cbr\u003eLarks’ Tongues in Aspic (Part II)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide D \u003cbr\u003eVROOOM\u003cbr\u003eCoda: Marine 475\u003cbr\u003eThe Light of Day\u003cbr\u003e21st Century Schizoid Man \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2CD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCD1 \u003cbr\u003eIntroductory Soundscape\u003cbr\u003eLarks’ Tongues in Aspic (Part I)  \u003cbr\u003ePictures of a City\u003cbr\u003eA Scarcity of Miracles\u003cbr\u003eBanshee Legs Bell Hassle\u003cbr\u003eLevel Five\u003cbr\u003eThe Letters\u003cbr\u003eThe Sailor’s Tale \u003cbr\u003eInterlude\u003cbr\u003eThe ConstruKction of Light\u003cbr\u003eRed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD2 \u003cbr\u003eOne More Red Nightmare\u003cbr\u003eVROOOM\u003cbr\u003eCoda: Marine 475\u003cbr\u003eThe Light of Day\u003cbr\u003eThe Talking Drum\u003cbr\u003eLarks’ Tongues in Aspic (Part II)\u003cbr\u003eStarless\u003cbr\u003eThe Hell Hounds of Krim \u003cbr\u003eImprov: Hoodoo\u003cbr\u003e21st Century Schizoid Man \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LAF","offers":[{"title":"2LP","offer_id":51684492083517,"sku":"KCLPX2014","price":33.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2CD","offer_id":51684492116285,"sku":"DGM5033","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0096\/1884\/9839\/files\/Artwork_1a25ca2a-12eb-49cd-b365-e6977823ec93.jpg?v=1778254829","url":"https:\/\/sisterray.co.uk\/products\/2014-nyc","provider":"Sister Ray","version":"1.0","type":"link"}