The Great Deceiver (Live 1973-1974) (1992)

About this title: In King Crimson's extensive catalog of archival recordings and box sets, The Great Deceiver (Live 1973-1974) is the undisputed winner, the item truly worth acquiring. The four-CD set Frame by Frame, released 18 months earlier, was light on material previously unavailable and included a few edits and overdubs on classic King Crimson tracks that shocked the fans. Epitaph, another four-CD collection culled from the group's first live shows in 1969, boasted understandably flawed sound and more repetitive content. But The Great Deceiver has it all. Over four discs, the set chronicles the on ... read more

Tracks:

1. Walk on...No Pussyfooting [Eno/Fripp]
2. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2 [Fripp/Palmer-James]
3. Lament [Fripp/Palmer-James/]
4. Exiles [Cross/Fripp/Palmer-]
5. Improv: A Voyage to the Centre of the Cosmos [Bruford/Cross/Fripp]
6. Easy Money [Fripp/Palmer-James/]
7. Improv: Providence [Bruford/Cross/Fripp]
8. Fracture [Fripp]
9. Starless [Cross/Fripp/Palmer-]
10. 21st Century Schizoid Man [Fripp/Giles/Lake/Mc]
11. Walk Off from Providence...No Pussyfooting [Eno/Fripp]
12. Sharks' Lungs in Lemsip [Bruford/Cross/Fripp]
13. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 1 [Bruford/Cross/Fripp]
14. Book of Saturday [Fripp/Palmer-James/]
15. Easy Money [Fripp/Palmer-James/]
16. We'll Let You Know [Bruford/Cross/Fripp]
17. The Night Watch [Fripp/Palmer-James/]
18. Improv: Tight Scrummy [Bruford/Cross/Fripp]
19. Peace: A Theme [Fripp]
20. Cat Food [Fripp/McDonald/Sinf]
21. Easy Money [Fripp/Palmer-James/]
22. ...It Is for You, but Not for Us [Bruford/Fripp/Wetto]
23. Walk on...No Pussyfooting [Eno/Fripp]
24. The Great Deceiver [Fripp/Palmer-James/]
25. Improv: Bartley Butsford [Bruford/Cross/Fripp]
26. Exiles [Cross/Fripp/Palmer-]
27. Improv: Danïel Dust [Cross/Fripp/Wetton/]
28. The Night Watch [Fripp/Palmer-James/]
29. Doctor Diamond [Cross/Fripp/Wetton/]
30. Starless [Cross/Fripp/Palmer-]
31. Improv: Wilton Carpet [Cross/Fripp/Wetton/]
32. The Talking Drum [Cross/Fripp/Wetton/]
33. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2 [Fripp]
34. Applause & Announcement
35. Improv: Is There Life Out There? [Fripp]
36. Improv: The Golden Walnut [Bruford/Cross/Fripp]
37. The Night Watch [Fripp/Wetton/Palmer]
38. Fracture [Fripp]
39. Improv: Clueless and Slightly Slack [Cross/Fripp/Wetton/]
40. Walk on...No Pussyfooting [Fripp/Eno]
41. Improv: Some Pussyfooting [Cross/Fripp/Wetton/]
42. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. I [Bruford/Cross/Fripp]
43. Improv: The Law of Maximum Distress, Pt. 1 [Cross/Fripp/Wetton/]
44. Improv: The Law of Maximum Distress, Pt. 2 [Cross/Fripp/Wetton/]
45. Easy Money [Fripp/Palmer-James/]
46. Improv: Some More Pussyfooting
47. The Talking Drum [Bruford/Cross/Fripp]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.