Glorified Stereo!
Mine just came in the mail from the UK this morning. Where it is great to have two full shows from this line up there is much to forgive in this release. First yes this is a DVD-A but you have to watch it in DTS to get the Video. Both DVD-A and DTS are 48/24 so there is not a huge difference anyway. The shows themselves are good but taken right from the start of the tour. The DVD from this tour might have the band playing a little tighter but there is a certain rawness to this that I find refreshing. It's not that the band is not tight because they are (they're King Crimson for God Sakes) but maybe it was the way it was recorded I don't know. I have a live double CD that came out from these shows and a few others of this run. But that CD says it was taken from a DAT so I am not sure how these shows fit into that senario.
The DVD-A is basically band in front audience noise in back. A little of the band audio mixed into the back speakers to give you that live feel. I am not saying...
A must for Collectors!
After seven years of inactivity, Robert Fripp had the sudden idea of putting King Crimson back in action in a form of a double trio. This idea materialized by the recording of the mini-album "Vroom" in 1994. After some rehearsals, the newly incarnation of King Crimson arrived in Argentina for a series of concerts that are available here for the first time on DVD. They took the video from the archives and added the sound from the digital multitracks. They had to do some editing on the video and a lot more work with the audio.
There is two shows from the same day. It is shot by TV and don't have the same quality as a professional DVD. In fact, it's pretty evident in the out of focus shots that we have from a camera. They have tried to resolve this issue by incorporating some clear shots in those unclear shots. For the audio, we have a 4 channel DTS sound that i would have appreciated more if my home system didn't have distortion noise on one back speaker. I had the same...
Inevitable in the collection!
Always is good find some rare or hidden footage of your favorite bands and better when the line-up is your favorite. On that way this material is spectacular. The double trio in Argentina. I think why I didn't was there. I find this double DVD as an important document for the fans of Robert Fripp and his gang. Sadly video quality is really poor, but in case of KC, audio is what really matters!.
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