Sid Smith
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Public service announcement.
My fully revised and updated biography of King Crimson is back in print. Grab it here. . .
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Giving this absolute banger an extra loud blast today on the occasion of its 50th birthday.
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74 today. Happy Birthday, Bill Bruford. You can read my cover feature on Bill for Prog mag last year (also my favourite Prog mag cover ever) right here...
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Saddened to learn of the death of King Crimson co-founder, Ian McDonald. Without his presence in 1969, King Crimson wouldn't have had the success it did. I took this photo of Ian rehearsing in Turnham Green with the 21st Century Schizoid Band in 2002...
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You can only have ONE album from this 1971 chart. Only ONE, capiche? What will it be?
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So long Nik Turner who has now left the planet in search of space...
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Devasted to learn that pianist & composer Keith Tippett has died. A unique voice, his work conjured elemental forces, stirred passions & burned with heartfelt lyricism.
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If I had to choose just one King Crimson studio album, it would be this. 48 years after its release I never tire of exploring the strange, magical world it creates...
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It was 43 years ago today that King Crimson released their last '70s studio album. What a way to go. An astonishing album even today...
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On this date in 1972, the Melody Maker has some hot news for King Crimson fans. . .
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On this day in 1972, my life was transformed after seeing King Crimson in concert.
On this day in 2021, King Crimson played their final note onstage.
It's been an incredible journey.
Profound thanks to all those who've taken part in the adventure & made it special.
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If I could only have one album by
@yesofficial
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This almighty fucker of an album has been rattling the putty out of the windows of the places where I've lived for the last 48 years. Not so much a record as a roar...
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Further arrivals at Kent's lorry park continue to flood in. . .
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Blimey! 46 years old this very day. I can remember buying this the day it came out & being awestruck by the totality of it. The thing just felt & sounded immense. Still does...
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King Crimson's 2nd studio album, In The Wake Of Poseidon, was released on this day in 1970. Happy 52nd birthday to the old barnstormer...
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Saddened to learn of the death of John Marshall. Through his work with Graham Collier, Nucleus, Jack Bruce, Soft Machine, Eberhard Weber, and many, many more he brought swing, subtlety, groove, and fireworks whenever the occasion demanded. A phenomenal musician.
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On this day 49 years ago I was at King Crimson's concert at Newcastle City Hall with my sister Lesley and a bunch of mates. After the show, we ambushed Robert Fripp at the stage door where this snap was taken. . .
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Want to win a copy of my book, In The Court Of King Crimson?
RT this & follow me & one of you will be chosen at random on publication date Nov 14th.
I'll then send you a signed copy of the book & throw in a Twitter-exclusive mystery item for the lucky winner!
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Sorting, sifting, shifting through the relics of half a life’s listening
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Let's hear it for the NHS. After seeing my doc today I had to go to the hospital for blood tests & big drugs. At no point did I have to worry about how I was going to afford the treatment or if my insurance would cover it.
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I've heard good things about this album so thought I'd check it out for the first time. . .
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Every seven and a half years I give this one a play to see if it's finally landed with me...
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I’ve just arrived at Heathrow. Told to self isolate for 14 days.
Pick up my stuff from baggage.
Get on the train.
Get on the underground to KX.
Get on the train to NCL.
Then get on Metro to home.
Then isolate.
Have I got this right? Is that how this will work?
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It's John Wetton's birthday. John had such an infectious sense of humour & I like to think that you can see that in this photo I took of John, Robert & Jakko at the AIR Studios KC playback in 2009.
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It's six years since John Wetton left us. His work in King Crimson still astonishes me. I'm lucky to have not only seen him with the Crims three times but years later to have had numerous conversations with him. Whenever I think of John he's always smiling and laughing.
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King Crimson's Mel Collins is 74 today. My favourite Mel moment? Every last note he plays on the Earthbound album. If John Coltrane had joined a rock group it probably would’ve sounded like this...
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Whenever I play this album it's like instant sunshine. It's always been so special to me and now all the more poignant after Ian McDonald's passing. Fly well, Birdman. . .
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John Wetton passed away one year ago today. Interviewing him & hearing his laughter was always a joy. Whenever I think of John he's always smiling.
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Happy 66th birthday to my favourite King Crimson drummer, Pat Mastelotto. I love this recent portrait of Pat taken by Tony Levin. . .
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Wondering what Peter Giles, bassist on In The Wake Of Poseidon & the wonderful McDonald & Giles LP was doing yesterday? The 75 y-o was only bloody winning a cross-country race at the British and Irish Masters International.
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Time Flies Dept: saw this photo on a website & was reminded it was nearly 10 years ago that I took this snap of them at AIR studios at the King Crimson 5.1 playback event in 2009...
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If I could only have one David Bowie album it would be this...
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Happy birthday to the great Tony Levin who is 78 today. I took this pic at King Crimson rehearsals in 2014 during an interview I was doing as part of a feature in Prog magazine.
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Thinking about John Wetton today on the occasion of his birthday. John had such an infectious sense of humour & I like to think that you can see that in this photo I took of John, Robert & Jakko at the AIR Studios KC playback in 2009.
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Congratulations to Ian McDonald, who celebrates his 74th birthday today. I shall be playing the wonderful, life-affirming McDonald & Giles, an album that never fails to lift my mood...
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Time flies Dept: Another snap I took from nearly ten years ago - the team that brought you Red...
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Elemental mix tearing a hole in the fabric of space and time this morning...
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Sitting down with a cuppa & catching up with the latest news...
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Saddened by the passing of Wilko Johnson. You could've lit up a small city just off his energy and enthusiasm when he played. What a life.
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A significant moment in time as King Crimson 'moved from sound to silence' today in Japan.
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From the first time I put this album on in March 1973 all the way to this very day, King Crimson's Larks' Tongues In Aspic has lost none of its power...
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Very pleased to have written this cover feature about the making of King Crimson’s final studio album of the 70s for the latest edition of Prog Magazine. On sale today, folks.
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King Crimson's Red is 47 years old - you can read about the album here
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Goodbye, Bill Rieflin. I'll be raising a glass of root beer to you once again.
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Saddened to learn of the passing of Robin Lumley, a great keyboard player whose presence was an essential ingredient in those early Brand X albums. I interviewed Robin once in connection with the Bill Bruford box set I worked on. Such a nice man.
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Man who voted for Brexit without understanding what Brexit would mean for his industry and now doesn't like the consequences of the thing he voted for, is now urging somebody (gestures to empty room) to 'Get your act together!' His new album is called Pots And Kettles. . .
Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is frustrated by the impact of
#Brexit
on UK artists performing abroad, and feels the government can do more to help.
#KayBurley
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Saddened to learn of the death of Alan White. A decent guy and a hell of a drummer.
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This album sold in large quantities and nearly everyone who bought a copy formed a band
#rockFACT
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Being in King Crimson changed the lives of every musician who joined the band over the last 50 years. You can read my comprehensive account of their story in my 600-page book, The Court Of King Crimson due November 14th.
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In The Court Of The Crimson King released 50 years ago on this date. Recorded in July/Aug 1969 the LP remains hugely influential. In just 335 days they played 70+ gigs, released a groundbreaking LP that changed rock music & then broke up in Dec 69.
#KC50
#KingCrimson
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So long, Peter Green. Oddly enough, I was playing this, my favourite of those early albums, only yesterday...
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King Crimson's In The Court Of The Crimson King is 53 years old today. For the most comprehensive and in-depth account of how the album came to be made and its subsequent impact buy my biography of the band here...
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King Crimson's 1981 album Discipline was released 40 years ago today. You can read about the making of the album here. . .
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King Crimson's 2nd studio album, In The Wake Of Poseidon, was released on this day 53 years ago. You can read all about the making of the record here...
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Happy 65th birthday to my favourite King Crimson drummer, Pat Mastelotto...
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I don't give a flying fuck how working class or not the next leader of the Labour Party is. I want someone who is at least competent at the job & can appeal beyond tribal boundaries & can actually win a general election. Controversial I know.
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Ginger Bob, who didn't give a fuck from 2002 - 2017 left us tonight. We loved him madly.
#CatsOfTwitter
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I've seen
@TobyAmies
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@sxsw
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Saddened to learn of the passing of Ray Shulman. I had a few dealings with him over the last few years and he was always unfailingly generous with his time and helpful. An astonishing musician.
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On this day 46 years ago I was at Newcastle City Hall with my sister, Lesley to see King Crimson. Here we are in post-gig with the beleaguered but gracious guitarist...
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Obvious clunkers aside, there's some good stuff on this one...
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Saddened to learn of the passing of Brand X guitarist John Goodsall. Unorthodox Behaviour seems to sum up his approach rather well. His work on this album is equal to any of the greats in the jazz-rock field. Nuclear burn indeed...
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Definitely my least favourite of the Gabriel-era albums but it has its moments. . .
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Red, King Crimson's final studio album of the 1970s, is 49 years old this week. You can read about the making and legacy of the record here. . .
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51 years ago this week my sister Lesley and I got in the way of this man just trying to get home after a day's hard work. . .
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Was there ever a political figure more deserving of the title 21st Century Schizoid Man as
@realDonaldTrump
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Let Joy Be Unconfined Dept: After being lost in limbo for months on end my book, In The Court Of King Crimson, is back in print and available to buy. Even more good news, it is only £15.00 from those nice people at Burning Shed...
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Reliable rule: when someone says 'now is not the time for politics' you can be 100% certain that now is *exactly* the time for politics.
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What a record this is. Robert fucking Fripp! Sorry, let me rephrase that: ROBERT FUCKING FRIPP!
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Like some kind of lightning rod, Damo drew down wild, unpredictable energies to play & parley with. I always think this photograph captures something of that magical process. It was a real privilege to see him with Can and experience his work with them in the flesh.
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Giving this one a spin. Nice hearing a clean copy after years of the old faithful Starline edition. That said I'm mentally adding in the clicks and nicks as it plays. Probably in my top 5 Floyd albums, I'd say...
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In no particular order, ten bassists whose work gets me deep down:
7/10 John Wetton
#10bassists
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This was the last Genesis album I bought on its original release date. Despite some doubts about a couple of obvious clunkers, I loved it at the time. These days, I find much of it hard going with a couple of honorable exceptions.
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Remembering John Wetton on the occasion of his birthday. I was lucky enough to see John with King Crimson a few times & even luckier to interview him many times for various publications. I think that this snap from 2009 at AIR Studios gets something of his quick sense of humour
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I figured that my Euro-gig traveling days were behind me now but this is very tempting. . .
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Writing about this one today and playing it at a level that will rearrange the liver. . .
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My book In The Court of King Crimson will be published 14th November.
It's available from those nice people at Burning Shed at a special price.
Pre-order here...
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Starless And Bible Black, King Crimson's 6th studio album was released on this day in 1974. You can read about the making of this record here:
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King Crimson changed the lives of every musician who has joined the band in the last 50 years. You can read my comprehensive account of their story in my 600+page book, The Court Of King Crimson due November 14th.
Discounted pre-order here...
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Aw, shucks! This pic randomly popped up on Facebook this morning. Taken by Tony Levin, it captures Fripp & Smith larking about in a gas station forecourt somewhere on the drive between Vancouver and Seattle in 1998...
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I'm not saying Stockhausen fans are a bit nutty but the previous owner of this LP noted the dates on which they played the album. . .
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Keith Emerson died today in 2016. When I think of his music these are the albums that can still make the hairs on my neck rise up...
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