A Frippertronics correction...

On my first post, I listed one of the Frippertronics shows as "Le Pretzel Enchaine, Montreal, PQ, Canada 8/19/79", when, in reality, it should be "KCOI-FM Studio, Montreal, Canada 8/18/79", so the tracklisting then should read:
01 1904 (over '1986')
02 1903 (over 'Red Two Scorer')
03 1902 (over '1983')
04 1901
05 1900 (over '1901')
06 1899 (over 'God Save The Queen')
Again, enjoy! Bob

Hello everyone.

2nd Post. Still (more) Frippertronics.

Quite successful on that first post (223 downloads and counting)...

Lots of Frippertronics fans out there. Glad to see that, although I was hoping for an exchange of shows so everyone benefits. Perhaps people with other shows to offer haven't seen the blog yet, or don't frequent Totally Fuzzy... anyway, I digress. Back to the post.

Here's 4 more links for downloads. The first two are the albums by The Roches which Robert Fripp produced ("The Roches" in 1979; "Keep On Doing" in 1982). If you don't know The Roches, but love Fripp, you should check these out. The Roches (especially Maggie) were all great songwriters and singers, and Mr. Fripp's restrained production (audio-verite, as he put it) fit them like a glove. The best songs, of course ("Hammond Song", "The Married Men", "Losing True", and the amazing "Jerks On The Loose"), all feature some great Frippertronic leads and fills.

Wonderful albums.

The next link is for what was a free interview download from Robert's DGM site. It's from WRAS in Atlanta, July 11 of 1979, and it's a great 1/2 hour interview (even if the female interviewer gushes a bit). For the DGM download, however, the songs were removed, with a disclaimer that the listener could insert the songs back in 'as a project'. Well, to me, an interview with gaps where those wonderful Fripp-related songs should be just doen't work, so I put the songs back in, and it's perfect. Give it a listen!

Lastly, I've made a Fripp-mix. The 5 songs on the mix came about from the fact that "God Save The Queen" and "Let The Power Fall" are, in fact, live albums. The songs on the albums are the loops Fripp had been making on his Revox machines during his appearances in 1979 at various coffee shops, record stores and pizza parlors. The only thing missing are the solos, which were not recorded, but played over the decaying loops. So I've taken the following songs from the Fripp shows I previously uploaded:

"1859", "1858" & "1854" (all off of 'Cafe Campus, Ste. Foix, Canada 8/15/79')

"1911" (from the 'Midnight Special 10.5.79)

& "1988" and "1832" (both off 'Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis MN 6/22/79')

...and I've layered them over the top of the album-version for which they had been the source. Then, I put everything together into one continuous piece (42 & 1/2 minutes, complete with applause).

It's not perfect. Trying to link "1854" with it's 'Discotronic' counterpart "The Zero Of The Signified" was hard (I'm sure it goes 'out-of-phase', a la Steve Reich, quite often... but I think it works). It gives the shows a fuller sound, while giving the album-versions back what they're missing- the solos! Anyway, it was a fun experiment... give it a listen and let me know what you think!

Here's the tracklisting:

01 "1859-Red Two Scorer (from 'God Save The Queen') Mix"

02 "1858-God Save The Queen (from 'God Save The Queen') Mix"

03 "1854-The Zero Of The Signified (from 'God Save The Queen') Mix"

04 "1911-God Save The Queen (from 'Midnight Special') Mix"

05 "1832-1988-1988 (from 'Let The Power Fall') Mix"

I'm really hoping for some new Frippertronics show links to come from all this... I'd love to do some more of these 'layerings'! Enjoy... Bob

http://rapidshare.com/files/107991509/1979_-__The_Roches__The_Roches.zip

http://rapidshare.com/files/107993367/1982_-__The_Roches__Keep_On_Doing.zip

http://rapidshare.com/files/107999166/1979_-_WRAS_Atlanta_Interview__7.11.79__with_music_.zip

http://rapidshare.com/files/107995596/2008_Robert_Fripp_42_31___Mix.zip

First post.

Frippertronics.

The aim here is to post some hard-to-find Frippertronics shows from the late-70's/early 80's, in the hopes that other Fripp-lovers might share their shows, and then everyone benefits. True file-sharing.

Robert Fripp is not the showiest guitarist in the world, but he is certainly one of the most inventive, and I think that comes out more in the Frippertronics/ Soundscapes series more than anywhere else. I was only 16 and completely unaware of this music when he was making it, but then, I probably wouldn't have 'gotten it' back then, as this is far from 'Top 40' material. I do have two other shows of Frippertronics, one from the Kitchen in NYC in 1978, and one from the Kitchen in 1979, but I'm not sure if they are the shows I was told they were (# of tracks don't match, etc.) I'll try to post them later, if I can verify the source.

4 of these links are for shows from 1979 (Cafe Campus, Ste. Foix, Canada 8/15/79... Le Pretzel Enchaine, Montreal, PQ Canada 8/19/79... Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis MN USA 6/22/79... & Robert's Midnight Special TV appearance 10/5/79)

I've also included a link for Mr. Fripp's vinyl-only, long-out-of-print 1980 album, "God Save The Queen", and links for King Crimson's appearance on the early-80's ABC-TV show 'Fridays', during which they performed "Elephant Talk" & "Thela Hun Ginjeet". (HEADS UP: Watch for Robert's amazingly perverse-yet-sincere grin for the cameras at the 1:30 mark into "Elephant Talk", which he holds for a full 15 seconds, completely unaware that the camera has left him after 3!)

Enjoy, and PLEASE share whatever you can. If you could provide a link in the comments section, or even a link to your own blog or homepage, I'm sure Frippertronics-lovers would be most grateful. I know there's many, MANY more of these shows available... if anyone has anything different, please offer. THANKS! Bob

http://rapidshare.com/files/107404979/12.4.81__Fridays_____Thela_Hun_Ginjeet___.zip

http://rapidshare.com/files/107402903/12.4.81__Fridays_____Elephant_Talk___.zip

http://rapidshare.com/files/107382486/1980_-_God_Save_The_Queen.zip

http://rapidshare.com/files/107313599/1979_-_Walker_Arts_Center__Minneapolis_MN._6.22.zip

http://rapidshare.com/files/107312022/1979_-_Le_Pretzel_Enchaine__Montreal__PQ_Canada_8.19.zip

http://rapidshare.com/files/107311039/1979_-_Midnight_Special_TV_Appearance__Burbank_CA._5.10.zip

http://rapidshare.com/files/107310817/1979_-_Cafe_Campus__Ste._Foix__Canada_8.15.zip