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
10 comments:
thank you for this and for the effort.
You're welcome, Karnovsky...
Enjoy!
What a great blog!!! Many thanks for the video of KC on Fridays!!!
Keep up the good work.
Thanks
You're very welcome, Steve.
'Fridays' wasn't much of a show, but they did get some AMAZING music guests, didn't they? (King Crimson, Warren Zevon, Rockpile, Graham Parker, Devo, The Cars, The Clash, Ian Hunter & Mick Ronson... not bad for a show that only made it 2&1/2 years!)
Enjoy!
beautiful. thanks!
Well, Peter, I wouldn't say I'm beautiful...
but, some mornings...
Everybody should check back, as I'll have another batch of Fripp-related items posted soon. Bob
Hi MCRO - a wonderful idea and I hope I can help out.
Do you have a list of shows you have/want?
Regards
A
Hi, Hallav! Always good to hear from a Fripp-lover! Actually, no- I don't have a list of 'wants'... really, anything from 1979-81 (that I don't already have) I'm keen to hear (from 1982 on, I believe, Mr. Fripp started using a 'guitar synthesizer' and, while I like the sound, I don't LOVE it as much as the "old-school", Revox Frippertronics. The shows I have are the 4 I posted, plus 1978 & 1979 shows purported to be from the Kitchen in NYC (I haven't been able to prove that yet, but I will post those when I can, as they're both very good), and also a 3/4/83 McKenna Theatre in San Francisco show, which is part-Frippertronics and part-discussion, and which I obtained before I knew about the 'guitar-synthesizer'.
And that's it... I'm hungry for anything you'd have to offer, and I do appreciate that offer. Let me know what we can work out!
Thanks- Bob
Hi, Hallav- Bob here. I just found out... my Fripp show which purported to be The Kitchen 1979, is actually Tower Records, San Diego CA 7/24/79. AND, the show I uploaded as Le Pretzel Enchaine, Montreal, Canada 8/19/79, is actually KCOI-FM, Montreal, Canada 8/18/79. Just wanted to give you a heads-up on that. Bob
"is actually KCOI-FM, Montreal, Canada 8/18/79"
You meant CKOI-FM.
I think the tour dates were listed on the back cover of the vinyl release of Let the Power Fall??
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