King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents in Concert [Live]

Greg Lake | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 27, 1996)
• Original Release Date: 1981
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: King Biscuit Flower
• ASIN: B000005EIR
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,049 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Medley: Fanfare for the Common Man/Karn Evil 9

2. Nuclear Attack

3. The Lie

4. Retribution Drive

5. Lucky Man

6. Parisienne Walkways

7. You Really Got a Hold on Me

8. Love You Too Much

9. 21st Century Schizoid Man

10. In the Court of the Crimson King

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SHOULD BE RETITLED-GARY MOORE, March 4, 2000

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cd-heaven (ROCK CITY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents in Concert (Audio CD)

This is not only a Greg Lake concert but a Gary Moore one at that. Greg brought Gary on tour with him and Gary does play guitar on Greg Lake's first solo album. But live in concert, Gary Moore just blows Greg, the audience, and you away! Gary probably rates 3rd on my live guitarist list(behind Steve Morse/Ted Nugent) but that doesn't make those 2 any better. Anyway, Greg Lake kicks things off with Fanfare which leads into Gary's Nuclear Attack, an explosive version where Greg sings lead. Greg does do solo material like The Lie and I love You To Much which are really good. There is also Lucky Man and another Gary Moore song Parisenne Walkaways, which Gary does a blistering solo, OUCH! There are more songs but the encore is just terrific, Greg does some King Crimson. 21st Century and In The Court Of The Crimson King. Gary's guitar just blows away Robert Fripp. This must be heard to be believed! This is one of the best King Biscuit shows ever!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Greg Lake - 'In Concert On The King Biscuit Flower Hour', May 13, 2004

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents in Concert (Audio CD)

Another nice CD release from the King Biscuit label archives.One thing about this eleven track disc that I couldn't help but to notice is that Mr.Lake and crew does sound quite a bit different than ELP.Keeping that in mind,'In Concert...' is a pretty decent assembled live recording.There are a couple of ELP staples here,like "Fanfare For The Common Man","Karn Evil 9" and one of Lake's signature songs "Lucky Man".Included also are three cuts from Lake's self-titled debut lp "Nuclear Attack","Retribution Drive" and "Love You To Much".Since guitarist Gary Moore was on this tour,there's a decent Moore/Phil Lynott tune that I don't believe I've ever heard before "Parisienne Walkways".Something that we may never get the chance to hear live again are two King Crimson tracks that closes the set,a sizzling "21st Century Schizoid Man" and an incredible performance of "In The Court Of the Crimson King".CD is a REAL treat for fans and collectors alike.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Remarkably good, September 8, 1999

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Laon (moon-lit Surry Hills) - See all my reviews

This review is from: King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents in Concert (Audio CD)

Recorded in 1980. Greg Lake's voice has lost a lot of its bloom.

But this performance, after I'd thought he'd shot his bolt, musically speaking, is a real surprise. Lake still sounds pretty good; and the band, featuring Gary Moore, is easily the third best band I've ever heard Lake sing with.

Er, that's a joke, considering the other two bands are the hallowed King Crimson and ELP... What I mean is, this band is a much more ordinary, straight-ahead rock band, but they're incredibly good, especially Gary Moore.

It features a lot of songs from Lake's just-released solo album with the same line-up, which I think is called "Greg Lake". The live versions on this King Biscuit Flower Hour CD are better in every case than the studio versions on "Greg Lake".

The weakest song is a piece of utter rock wierdness. Can you imagine Bob Dylan co-writing a song with Greg Lake? I certainly can't. As you'd expect from two such utterly different talents, the song, "I love you too much" by Dylan/Lake, isn't a very good example of either writer's work. But it's a real curiosity, though.

As a bonus you get "Lucky Man" and the Smokey Robinson and the Miracles soul classic "You really got a hold on me", on which Lake is reasonably fly, for a white guy. Then there's the BIG bonus, dynamite versions of "21st Century Schizoid Man" and "Court of the Crimson King" that don't just hold their own against the King Crimson versions - in some ways (heresy alert!) these may be the best-ever recordings of these two songs. So there!

Pretty good stuff.

Laon