Live [Live]

Robert Fripp | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 31, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Editions Eg Records
• ASIN: B000003S31
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,083 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Guitar Craft Theme I: Invocation

2. Tight Muscle Party at Love Beach

3. The Chords That Bind

4. Guitar Craft Theme III: Eye of the Needle

5. All or Nothing II

6. Guitar Craft Theme II: Aspiration

7. All or Nothing I

8. Circulation

9. A Fearful Symmetry

10. The New World

11. Crafty March

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars the fruits of a very intelligent, listenable and interesting project, November 9, 2008

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The Delite Rancher (Phoenix, Arizona) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live (Audio CD)

"The League of Crafty Guitarists Live" is the culmination of Robert Fripp's Guitar Craft program. In these unorthodox classes, guitar experience wasn't even a prerequisite and some of the techniques pertained to housework and relaxation. After working with his students, Fripp took the group out on tour. While performed by a large group, the League of Crafty Guitarists enjoys that signature Robert Fripp sound. Most of the compositions are classically inspired guitar pieces. The challenging arrangements are mostly acoustic. Some of the songs feature blinding speed and six stringed accuracy. Others pieces create a dark and relaxed avant-garde soundscape. This group is significant in that it spawned a Guitar Craft movement. After the League had taken its course, Paul Richards, Bert Lams and Hideyo Moriya took this project to the next level and formed the California Guitar Trio. Newbies should check out "An Opening Act: On Tour With King Crimson." All in all, "The League of Crafty Guitarists Live" delivers a listen that is equally intelligent and enjoyable.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Holds up after 13 years . . ., November 16, 1999

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Scott Shaddock (Dallas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live (Audio CD)

I bought this CD when it came out and still listen to it 3-4 times a year. The large guitar ensamble sounds great. The arrangements are simple, and that's appropriate for the unique recording situation -- not only was the recording a surprise but the concert itself. As a result, there's an urgency to the recording that keeps it fresh. Using a guitar class to render a cycle of songs was a risky move that allowed Fripp to also demonstrate the technique and tuning he developed and was advocating.

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's not about the Guitar, April 1, 2005

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John Fenstermaker "Music Head, Bon Vivant" (Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live (Audio CD)

Brilliant stuff. Take ~20 people, teach them guitar, and cut a record (live, without overdubs) in 2 weeks. RF is very brave (or a fool). A friend of mine is on this cd. Good stuff, if difficult to play. Very easy difficult listening. Happy 20th everyone.