The Beat Club, Bremen

The Beat Club, Bremen
Live album by King Crimson
Released	February 1999
Recorded	17 October 1972
Studio	Beat Club TV set, Bremen, West Germany
Genre	Progressive rock, experimental rock, free improvisation
Length	43:55
Label	Discipline Global Mobile
Producer	Robert Fripp
King Crimson chronology
Live at Jacksonville (1998) The Beat Club, Bremen (1999) Live at Cap D'Agde (1999)

The Beat Club, Bremen is a live album by the band King Crimson, released through the King Crimson Collectors' Club in February 1999. It was recorded on the German TV programme Beat Club, in Bremen, West Germany, on 17 October 1972 and first aired on 25 November. The video of the performance is included in the deluxe Larks' Tongues in Aspic box set. It was only the second performance by this line-up of the band; the first, recorded four days earlier in Frankfurt, was released in 2002 as Live at the Zoom Club.

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Track listing

1. "Improv: The Rich Tapestry of Life" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir) – 29:49
2. "Exiles" (Cross, Fripp, Palmer-James) – 7:53
3. "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir) – 6:53

Personnel

• David Cross – violin, Mellotron, Hohner Pianet, flute
• Robert Fripp – electric guitar, Mellotron, Hohner Pianet
• John Wetton – bass guitar, vocals
• Bill Bruford – drums, percussion
• Jamie Muir – percussion

External links

• The Beat Club, Bremen at Discogs (list of releases)