Monkey Business [IMPORT]

John Wetton And Richard Palmer James, John Wetton

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 23, 1998)
• Original Release Date: June 8, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Blueprint UK
• ASIN: B00000I0J9
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #382,998 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Flourish

2. Too Much Monkey Business

3. Confessions

4. Easy Money

5. The Night Watch (Live)

6. Woman

7. (False Start)

8. Untitled

9. Rich Man Lie

10. Cologne 1977

11. The Laughing Lake 1

12. The Good Ship Enterprise

13. Book of Saturday (demo)

14. Book of Saturday (live)

15. The Glory of Winning

16. Starless 1

17. The Laughing Lake 2

18. The Laughing Lake 3

19. The Laughing Lake 1977

20. Magazines

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Collection of unreleased recordings, demos & alternate versions of tracks from the three years they worked togetherin King Crimson in the early '70s. 24 cuts in all, including'Too Much Monkey Business', 'Starless 1' and 'Starless 2'. 1998 Blueprint release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Untitled, September 20, 2002

By	William Wood (Sydney, New South Wales Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

John Wetton has played bass and sung with groups as diverse as Roxy Music and Uria Heep but is perhaps best known for his work with Asia. From 1972-1974 he was a member of King Crimson where Palmer-James began adding the words to music mostly composed by Wetton and guitarist Robert Fripp. This disc is a fine collection of demos and live versions of some of the tunes that the pair have had a hand in over the years. The earlier King Crimson demos consist of little more than Wetton on piano and vocals,intended as guides for Palmer-James to write his lyrics to. For Crimson fans it is of course more than worthwile to hear these early and very basic takes on what would become classic material.
The disc provides an unexpected degree of satisfaction in it's overall feel and style and certainly enhances the reputations of both gentlemen. The later live material in particular is very good.

3.0 out of 5 stars Only for the serious John Wetton fan!, February 2, 2005

By	Shawn Sutherland "the_lone_reviewer" (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The serious fan of John Wetton would no doubt find this archive of odds-n-ends (including the [pretty much instrumental] demo of "Book of Saturdays") a delight. I guessing, however, that the casual music fan would not enjoy this CD.