Live in Toronto (King Crimson album)

2016 live album by King Crimson

Live in Toronto

Live album by

King Crimson

Released| 29 February 2016 digital download
17 March 2016 CD
Recorded| 20 November 2015
Venue| Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto, Canada
Genre| Progressive rock
Length| 126:56
Label| Discipline Global Mobile
Producer| King Crimson
King Crimson chronology
| Live at the Orpheum
(2015)  | Live in Toronto
(2016)  | Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind
(2016)

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Live in Toronto is a live album by the band King Crimson, released by Discipline Global Mobile records in 2016. The album was recorded on 20 November at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto, Canada during the band's The Elements of King Crimson tour of 2015. It is the second full-length release by the current seven-piece incarnation of the band and featured new compositions never before released by the band on record.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]

The album has received positive reviews. John Kelman, writing for All About Jazz, praises the new lineup, noting "… with the triple drum set arrangements, twin guitars, reeds and woodwinds, and bass and stick, all played by top- drawer musicians capable of respecting every song's formal construction while, at the same time, introducing interpretive variations and impressive solos, this is no tribute band; this is a Crimson… bringing the music firmly into the 21st Century."[3]

Regarding the new compositions, Dom Lawson writes for Prog magazine, "Part wholesale reinvention, part meticulous refinement, the… new material crackles and pops with exuberance and the infectious thump of hearts buoyed by fresh adrenalin."[4]

## Track listing

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### Disc one

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1.| "Threshold Soundscape"| Robert Fripp, Tony Levin, Mel Collins| 4:00
2.| "Larks’ Tongues in Aspic: Part One" (from Larks' Tongues in Aspic)| David Cross, Fripp, John Wetton, Bill Bruford, Jamie Muir| 10:30
3.| "Pictures of a City" (from In the Wake of Poseidon)| Fripp, Peter Sinfield| 8:32
4.| "VROOOM" (from Thrak)| Adrian Belew, Fripp, Levin, Trey Gunn, Bruford, Pat Mastelotto| 5:19
5.| "Radical Action (To Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind)"| Jakko Jakszyk, Fripp| 3:21
6.| "Meltdown"| Jakszyk, Fripp| 4:51
7.| "The Hell Hounds of Krim"| Gavin Harrison, Bill Rieflin, Mastelotto| 3:31
8.| "The ConstruKction of Light" (from The Construkction of Light)| Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto| 6:45
9.| "Red" (from Red)| Fripp| 6:47
10.| "Epitaph" (from In the Court of the Crimson King)| Fripp, Ian McDonald, Greg Lake, Michael Giles, Sinfield| 9:02

### Disc two

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1.| "Banshee Legs Bell Hassle"| Harrison, Rieflin, Mastelotto| 1:44
2.| "Easy Money" (from Larks' Tongues in Aspic)| Fripp, Wetton, Richard Palmer-James| 8:34
3.| "Level Five" (from The Power to Believe)| Belew, Fripp, Gunn, Mastelotto| 7:04
4.| "The Letters" (from Islands)| Fripp, Sinfield| 5:39
5.| "Sailor's Tale" (from Islands)| Fripp| 6:57
6.| "Starless" (from Red)| Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Palmer-James| 15:19
7.| "The Court of the Crimson King" (from In the Court of the Crimson King)| McDonald, Sinfield| 7:18
8.| "21st Century Schizoid Man" (from In the Court of the Crimson King)| Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield| 11:42

## Personnel

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King Crimson

Front Line

* Pat Mastelotto – drums, electronic percussion
* Bill Rieflin – drums, electronic percussion, keyboards
* Gavin Harrison – drums, electronic percussion

Back Line

* Robert Fripp – guitar, guitar synth, keyboards
* Jakko Jakszyk –- guitar, vocals
* Tony Levin – basses, Chapman Stick, backing vocals
* Mel Collins – saxophones, flutes

Production

* Trevor Wilkens – audio recorder

## References

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1. ^ "King Crimson 2015 Gig Now Available". dgmlive.com. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
2. ^ "Allmusic review". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
3. ^ Kelman, John. "King Crimson: Live In Toronto: Queen Elizabeth Theatre, November 20, 2015 | AllMusic". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
4. ^ "King Crimson: Live In Toronto". Team Rock. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

## External links

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* Live in Toronto at Discogs (list of releases)
* Tony Levin's diary entry for the Toronto shows

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King Crimson

* Robert Fripp
* Mel Collins
* Tony Levin
* Pat Mastelotto
* Gavin Harrison
* Jakko Jakszyk
* Jeremy Stacey

* Peter Sinfield
* Michael Giles
* Greg Lake
* Ian McDonald
* Peter Giles
* Gordon Haskell
* Andy McCulloch
* Boz Burrell
* Ian Wallace
* Bill Bruford
* John Wetton
* David Cross
* Jamie Muir
* Adrian Belew
* Trey Gunn
* Bill Rieflin

Studio albums|

* In the Court of the Crimson King
* In the Wake of Poseidon
* Lizard
* Islands
* Larks' Tongues in Aspic
* Starless and Bible Black
* Red
* Discipline
* Beat
* Three of a Perfect Pair
* Thrak
* The Construkction of Light
* The Power to Believe

ProjeKcts albums|

* Space Groove
* Heaven and Earth
* A Scarcity of Miracles

Extended plays|

* Vrooom
* Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With

Live albums|

| Standard release|

* Earthbound
* USA
* The Great Deceiver
* B'Boom: Live in Argentina
* Thrakattak
* Epitaph
* The Night Watch
* Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal
* Live in Mexico City
* The ProjeKcts
* Live at the Jazz Café
* Heavy ConstruKction
* Vrooom Vrooom
* Ladies of the Road
* EleKtrik: Live in Japan
* Live at the Orpheum
* Live in Toronto
* Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind
* Live in Chicago
* Live in Vienna
* Meltdown: Live in Mexico City
* Music Is Our Friend: Live in Washington and Albany

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Collector's Club|

* Live at the Marquee
* Live at Jacksonville
* The Beat Club, Bremen
* Live at Cap D'Agde
* On Broadway
* Live in San Francisco
* The Vrooom Sessions
* Live at Summit Studios
* Live in Central Park, NYC
* Live At Moles Club, Bath 1981
* Live in Hyde Park
* Nashville Rehearsals
* Live at Plymouth Guildhall
* Live in Mainz
* Live in Berkeley, CA
* Live in Northampton, MA
* Live in Detroit, MI
* Live in Nashville
* Live at the Zoom Club
* The Champaign–Urbana Sessions
* Jazz Café Suite
* Live in Austin, TX
* Rehearsals & Blows

Compilations|

* A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson
* The Compact King Crimson
* Heartbeat: The Abbreviated King Crimson
* Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson
* Sleepless: The Concise King Crimson
* Cirkus: The Young Persons' Guide to King Crimson Live
* The Deception of the Thrush: A Beginners' Guide to ProjeKcts
* A Beginners' Guide to the King Crimson Collectors' Club
* The Power to Believe Tour Box
* The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume One: 1969–1974
* The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume Two: 1981–2003
* The Condensed 21st Century Guide to King Crimson: 1969–2003
* The Elements of King Crimson

Major Box Sets|

* In the Court of the Crimson King
* Larks' Tongues in Aspic
* The Road to Red
* Starless
* THRAK
* On (and off) The Road
* Sailors' Tales
* Heaven & Earth
* The Complete 1969 Recordings

Singles|

* "The Court of the Crimson King"
* "Cat Food"
* "Epitaph" / "21st Century Schizoid Man"
* "Matte Kudasai" / "Elephant Talk"
* "Thela Hun Ginjeet"
* "Heartbeat"
* "Three of a Perfect Pair"
* "Sleepless"
* "People"
* "Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream"

Other songs|

* "I Talk to the Wind"
* "Moonchild"
* "Islands"
* "Larks' Tongues in Aspic"
* "Fallen Angel"
* "Starless"

Videos|

* Déjà Vrooom
* Neal and Jack and Me
* Eyes Wide Open

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* Discography
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* Discipline Global Mobile
* In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50

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* Crimson Jazz Trio
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