Cirkus: The Young Persons' Guide to King Crimson Live
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Cirkus: The Young Persons' Guide to King Crimson Live is a live album compilation from King Crimson
King Crimson
King Crimson are a rock band founded in London, England in 1969. Often categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, the band have incorporated diverse influences and instrumentation during their history...

. It was released in 1999 through Virgin Records.

Vol. 1 - Neon Heat Disease 1984-1998

  • Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 & 10 recorded at the Metropolitan Theatre, Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

    , 2-4 August 1996
  • Tracks 2, 13 & 14 recorded at the Spectrum, Montreal
    Montreal
    Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

     11 July, 1984
  • Tracks 8 & 15 recorded at Nakano
    Nakano
    -People:Nakano is also a Japanese family name.* Ayako Nakano* Chikayo Nakano* Daisuke Nakano* George Nakano* Hiroko Nakano* Hiroyuki Nakano* Junya Nakano* Kansei Nakano* Kazuo Nakano* Keiko Nakano* Koichi Nakano* Kiyoshi Nakano* Kumiko Nakano...

     Sun Plaza, Tokyo
    Tokyo
    , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

    , 5-6 October 1995
  • Track 6 recorded at the Jazz Cafe, London
    London
    London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

    , 1 December 1997
  • Tracks 11 & 12 recorded at Pearl Street, Northampton, Massachusetts
    Northampton, Massachusetts
    The city of Northampton is the county seat of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of Northampton's central neighborhoods, was 28,549...

    , 1 July 1998
  1. Dinosaur (Belew, Fripp, Levin, Bruford, Gunn, Mastelotto) 5:05
  2. Thela Hun Ginjeet (Belew, Fripp, Levin, Bruford) 5:17
  3. Red (Fripp) 6:10
  4. B'Boom (Belew, Fripp, Levin, Bruford, Gunn, Mastelotto) 4:54
  5. THRAK (Belew, Fripp, Levin, Bruford, Gunn, Mastelotto) 1:04
  6. 1 ii 2 (Fripp, Gunn, Levin, Bruford) 2:43
  7. Neurotica (Belew, Fripp, Levin, Bruford) 3:43
  8. Indiscipline (Belew, Fripp, Levin, Bruford) 6:40
  9. VROOOM VROOOM (Belew, Fripp, Levin, Bruford, Gunn, Mastelotto) 4:42
  10. Coda: Marine 475 (Belew, Fripp, Levin, Bruford, Gunn, Mastelotto) 2:38
  11. Deception of the Thrush (Belew, Fripp, Gunn) 6:05
  12. Heavy ConstruKction (Belew, Fripp, Gunn) 3:52
  13. Three of a Perfect Pair (Belew, Fripp, Levin, Bruford) 4:23
  14. Sleepless (Belew, Fripp, Levin, Bruford) 6:10
  15. Elephant Talk (Belew, Fripp, Levin, Bruford) 4:36

  • Musicians (disc 1):
  • Robert Fripp
    Robert Fripp
    Robert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...

    : Guitar
  • Adrian Belew
    Adrian Belew
    Adrian Belew is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer...

    : Guitar & Voice (except 6), V-drums (11 & 12)
  • Trey Gunn
    Trey Gunn
    Trey Gunn is an American musician, known for his membership in progressive rock band King Crimson from 1994 to 2003, playing Warr Guitar and Chapman Stick.-Biography:...

    : Touch Guitar (except 2, 13 & 14)
  • Tony Levin
    Tony Levin
    Tony Levin is an American progressive rock musician, specializing in bass guitar, Chapman stick and upright bass ....

    : Basses & Stick (except 11 & 12)
  • Bill Bruford
    Bill Bruford
    William Scott "Bill" Bruford is an English drummer, percussionist, composer, producer, and record label owner. He was the original drummer for the progressive rock group Yes, from 1968-1972. Bruford has performed for numerous popular acts since the early 1970s, including a stint as touring...

    : Drums (except 11 & 12)
  • Pat Mastelotto
    Pat Mastelotto
    Pat Mastelotto is a rock drummer who has worked with Mr. Mister and King Crimson, amongst others. For King Crimson he initially formed part of the "double trio" lineup, joining Bill Bruford on drums...

    : Drums (except 2, 6, 11, 12, 13 & 14)

Vol. 2 - Fractured 1969-1996

  • Track 1 recorded at the Baseball Park, Jacksonville, FL, 26 February 1972
  • Track 2 recorded at Kemp Coliseum, Orlando
    Orlando, Florida
    Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...

    , FL, 27 February 1972
  • Tracks 3 & 4 recorded at the Fillmore West
    Fillmore West
    The Fillmore West was an historic music venue in San Francisco, California made famous by concert promoter Bill Graham. Named after Graham's original "Fillmore" location at the intersection of Fillmore Street and Geary Boulevard, it stood at Market Street and South Van Ness Avenue and was formerly...

    , San Francisco, CA, 15 December 1969
  • Tracks 6 & 8 recorded at the Concertgebouw
    Concertgebouw
    The Concertgebouw is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch term "concertgebouw" literally translates into English as "concert building"...

    , Amsterdam
    Amsterdam
    Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

    , 23 November 1973
  • Track 7 recorded at Palais Des Sports, Besançon
    Besançon
    Besançon , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It had a population of about 237,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2008...

    , 25 March 1974
  • Track 5 recorded at Massey Hall
    Massey Hall
    Massey Hall is a venerable performing arts theatre in the Garden District of downtown Toronto. The theatre originally was designed to seat 3,500 patrons but, after extensive renovations in the 1940s, now seats up to 2,765....

    , Toronto, 24 June 1974
  • Track 10 recorded at Stanley Warner Theatre, Pittsburgh
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

    , PA, 29 April 1974
  • Track 9 recorded at the Metropolitan Theatre, Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

    , 2-4 August 1996
  1. 21st Century Schizoid Man (Fripp, Lake, McDonald, Giles, Sinfield) 9:26
  2. Ladies of the Road (Fripp, Sinfield) 6:00
  3. A Man A City (Fripp, Lake, McDonald, Giles, Sinfield) 10:00
  4. In the Court of the Crimson King (McDonald, Sinfield) 6:50
  5. Fracture (Fripp) 11:04
  6. Easy Money (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) 6:12
  7. Improv: Besancon (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) 1:37
  8. The Talking Drum (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir) 6:25
  9. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II) (Fripp) 6:29
  10. Starless (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Palmer-James) 12:07

  • Musicians (disc 2):
  • Robert Fripp: Guitar, Mellotron
  • Mel Collins
    Mel Collins
    Mel Collins is a British saxophonist and flautist and session musician.He has worked in a wide variety of contexts ranging from R&B and blues rock to jazz, but is perhaps known for his work in progressive rock, as with King Crimson, Camel and the Alan Parsons Project.-Career:Collins has worked...

    : Saxes and Flute (1 & 2)
  • Boz Burrell
    Boz Burrell
    Raymond "Boz" Burrell was an English musician. Originally a vocalist, Burrell is best known for his bass playing and work with the rock bands King Crimson and Bad Company.-Career:...

    : Bass Guitar, Lead Vocal (1 & 2)
  • Ian Wallace
    Ian Wallace (drummer)
    Ian Russell Wallace was a rock and jazz drummer, most visible as a member of progressive rock band, King Crimson from 1971 to 1972; but known best in the musical community with his contributions as a session musician on his drum kit.-Early years:Wallace formed his first band, The Jaguars, at...

    : Drums (1 & 2)
  • Ian McDonald
    Ian McDonald (musician)
    Ian McDonald is an English multi-instrumental musician, best known as a founding member of progressive rock group King Crimson, formed in 1969, and of the hard rock band Foreigner in 1976. He is well-known as a rock session musician, predominantly as a saxophonist...

    : Sax, Flute, Mellotron, Vocal (3 & 4)
  • Greg Lake
    Greg Lake
    Gregory Stuart "Greg" Lake is an English musician, songwriter and producer, best known as a vocalist and bassist of King Crimson, and the bassist, guitarist, vocalist, and lyricist of Emerson, Lake & Palmer.-1960s: King Crimson:...

    : Bass Guitar, Lead Vocal (3 & 4)
  • Michael Giles
    Michael Giles
    Michael Giles is an English drummer, best known as a co-founder of King Crimson in 1969...

    : Drums, Percussion, Vocal (3 & 4)
  • Peter Sinfield
    Peter Sinfield
    Peter John Sinfield is an English poet, lyricist and artist, most famously known as the lyricist and co-founding member of early incarnations of King Crimson, whose debut album In the Court of the Crimson King has been regarded as one of the most influential progressive rock albums ever...

    : Words & Illumination (3 & 4)
  • David Cross
    David Cross
    David Cross is an American actor, writer and stand-up comedian perhaps best known for his work on HBO's sketch comedy series Mr...

    : Violin, Mellotron (5-8, 10)
  • John Wetton
    John Wetton
    John Kenneth Wetton is an English bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, singer and songwriter. He was born in Willington, Derbyshire, and grew up in Bournemouth. He has been a professional musician since the late 1960s...

    : Bass Guitar, Vocal (5-8, 10)
  • Bill Bruford: Drums, Percussion (5-10)
  • Adrian Belew: Guitar & Voice (9)
  • Trey Gunn: Touch Guitar (9)
  • Tony Levin: Basses & Stick (9)
  • Pat Mastelotto: Drums, Percussion (9)
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