21st Century Schizoid Man - Commentary - King Crimson/David Singleton.mp3

21st Century Schizoid Man - Commentary - King Crimson/David Singleton.mp3
21st Century Schizoid Man - Commentary - King Crimson/David Singleton
[00:03.450]Welcome! [00:0...
[00:03.450]Welcome!
[00:04.400]I'm David Singleton, producer of King Crimson 50
[00:09.950]To celebrate King Crimson's 50th anniversary
[00:12.450]This year we will be releasing 50 rare or interesting King Crimson tracks
[00:17.050]One a week, starting on the 13th of January
[00:20.200]Which is King Crimson's birthday, the day in 1969
[00:23.650]When they first began rehearsing in the Fulham Palace Café in London
[00:31.250]Appropriately the first track is 21st Century Schizoid Man
[00:34.800]The opening track on their first album
[00:39.200]This particular version also dates to my own first involvement with the band
[00:43.350]When I first worked with Robert Fripp and helped to compile the Frame By Frame box set in 1991
[00:52.900]I recall exactly how this radio edit came to be made
[00:56.650]The record label, Virgin Records, were keen that there'll be a radio-friendly version of 21st Century Schizoid Man
[01:01.700]To help to promote the box set
[01:04.050]And I recall Robert Fripp telling them that there was no such thing as the track was about 7 minutes 30 long
[01:11.950]And in my naive innocence of King Crimson, I recall telling him
[01:15.050]"Well of course there's a shorter version"
[01:16.650]Because I can remember when I very first heard this song, thinking
[01:20.200]"What a wonderful first verse, what a wonderful second verse, what a wonderful third verse
[01:24.550]and what on earth are all those solos doing in the middle? "
[01:30.750]In proving that he has a sense of humour, Robert Fripp suggested that I try making exactly that edit
[01:37.600]I'm not sure that I'd be entirely satisfied with it these days
[01:40.850]But here it is, the radio edit of 21st Century Schizoid Man in 1991
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