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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

21 days

Paperback still available in US thru Walmart (e-book only on Amazon USA) #KingCrimson #RobertFripp #progrock

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

2 months

Happy 78th birthday to the great #TonyLevin . Undoubtedly amongst the world's top bassists and also perhaps the coolest dude to ever play bass/stick on stage. #PeterGabriel #KingCrimson @tonylevin

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

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Happy Birthday to #RobertFripp , 78 today. Founder of #KingCrimson , creator of Frippertronics / soundscapes, Crafty Guitarist, collaborator with Eno, Sylvian, Summers, Bowie, Gabriel & more. All in all, one of the most influential musicians of the rock era. #progrock

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

2 years

Happy Birthday to the extraordinary creative force that is #AdrianBelew , who is 73 today. From Zappa to Bowie to Talking Heads & #KingCrimson , what a career.

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

7 months

Happy birthday to the amazing Adrian Belew, who is 74 today. Probably best known as frontman for #KingCrimson but also played with #TalkingHeads #FrankZappa #DavidBowie as well as having a very active solo career @THEadrianbelew

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

7 months

So much for my intention to not keep diving back into the past! Anyway, having avoided this album for a long time, I've just bought it again (+ bonus tracks) & I'm looking forward to getting to know it lot better now. What d'ya think prog fans? #Yesband #SteveHowe #JonAnderson

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

2 months

funny what you can find if you look for it... #KingCrimson #RobertFripp #BillBruford #JohnWetton

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

3 months

Can I ask the Jean-Luc Ponty fans out there for recommendations for me to listen to. I only really know him from the Mahavishnu Orchestra & a solo album I once had on tape but lost. I always feel I should investigate him further but I'm not sure where to start.

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

2 years

Happy 79th birthday to Peter Sinfield, without whom there'd have been no band called #KingCrimson . Sinfield's words/imagery were a vital part not only of the rise of KC but prog as a whole. After KC & a brief solo career he became ELP's lyricist, later writing mainstream pop hits

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

2 years

#HappyBirthday to #BillBruford , 73 today. Long retired now, preferring a quieter life in the Surrey countryside, Bill was a drummer who really contributed so much more to his bands ( #Yes #KingCrimson #Earthworks ) than just knocking out a standard beat. Also a very nice man!

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

2 years

50 years ago this month the Larks era of #KingCrimson began to crystallise as #RobertFripp took his new line up of Bruford, Cross, Wetton & Muir into the studio. With new thinking & influences too, a firm line was drawn under the past & they set about reinventing music once again

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

10 months

Remembering Bill Rieflin, who would have been 63 today. A talented multi-instrumentalist, he was part of the final incarnation of #KingCrimson from 2013 to his passing in 2020, previously playing with Ministry, KMFDM, Swans, REM & with Toyah in The Humans

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

1 year

call me old fashioned but #KCIII will always mean this lot to me! #KingCrimson

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

7 months

Happy 80th Birthday to Peter Sinfield, lyricist for early #KingCrimson & the man who came up with the band name. After dabbling in production & a solo career he found a new role as lyricist for #ELP before moving on to writing hits singles for surprisingly mainstream artists

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

11 months

Happy 76th birthday to Mel Collins, the sax/flute man who stepped into Ian McDonald's shoes in #KingCrimson in 1970, contributing incredible versatility & amazing improv skills. He moved on to do similar with #Camel & became a much sought after session man #progrock

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

2 years

On this day 53 yrs ago #KingCrimson played at the City of London College, &... oh yes, also released #ITCOTCK , an album that caused a seismic shift in the direction of rock music. Triggering the rise of prog, they caused other musicians to aspire to match what they were hearing.

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

1 year

Happy Birthday to the amazing Tony Levin - 77 today - best known as bassist/stick player with #PeterGabriel & #KingCrimson he has also played with Paul Simon, Pink Floyd, John Lennon & countless more...

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

3 months

Happy 75th Birthday to the living legend that is #BillBruford Founder member of Yes, long time member of #KingCrimson , briefly with Genesis, & found time for his own bands, Bruford & Earthworks along the way. A truly great drummer who liked to think beyond the cybals as he put it

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

1 year

My date for tonight! What do you think of the pics they sent me?

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

1 year

...and this good lady (my mum) will of course always be my Queen

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

8 months

To me, this sort of track was what the 7 or 8 headed beast Crimson was for

Prog Rock Songs

@progrocksongs

8 months

King Crimson - Lizard

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

2 months

The brick by brick but lego free story of #RobertFripp & #KingCrimson

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

9 months

Today would have been the 76th birthday of Greg Lake. Called up late in '68 by his friend #RobertFripp , his dramatic voice was perfect for #KingCrimson 's music & they shot to worldwide fame. He left after only a year to find greater success with #ELP . He sadly left us in 2016

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

2 years

#HappyBirthday to the living legend that is #TonyLevin who is 76 today. The man who introduced most of us to the Chapman Stick - so prolific you might think there were at least two of him, he somehow maintained careers with #PeterGabriel & #KingCrimson . #bassplayer #stickmen

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

3 years

Ensuring that my mother (90y.o.) is on-message ahead of my book launch next week! #KingCrimson #RobertFripp #NewBook #progrock

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

1 year

Happy 74th Birthday to drumming legend #BillBruford One of the most creative, innovative drummers of the world, not to mention being a thoroughly nice & helpful guy, as I found when he did an interview for my #KingCrimson book #yesband #Genesis #Earthworks

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

6 months

It's now 2 years since we sadly lost #IanMcDonald . Without him there'd have been no #KingCrimson or #ITCOTCK , & #progrock would have taken a very different course. Hardly a day goes by without me playing a track he's on or having some of his music in my head. #ForeignerBand

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

1 year

The great Ian McDonald would have been 77 y/day. Without his writing & musicianship there would have been no #KingCrimson & all that sprang from their existence. He enjoyed a different success with #Foreigner & later a brief solo career & a KC revival with the Schizoid Band

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

2 years

Today would have been #GregLake 's 75th birthday. A childhood friend of #RobertFripp 's, he was the final piece of the jigsaw of #KingCrimson , his powerful voice giving life to Sinfield's lyrics. After conquering the world in '69 with KC he went on to even greater success with #ELP

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

2 years

Meanwhile, In The Outhouse of the Crimson Mum! Not sure if i've posted this one b4 - mum at 91, tolerating her son's music obsessions. #KingCrimson #RobertFripp @rfripp_official

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

9 months

#DarylHall #RobertFripp

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

2 years

#KingCrimson 's Islands album didn't last long in the charts, peaking this time 50 years ago. It did however help to put the Spanish island of Formentera on the map & in 2009 a street in Es Pujols was named after the band. #PeterSinfield #FormenteraLady .

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

28 days

OTD 55 years ago #KingCrimson were the opening act for the Rolling Stones free festival in Hyde Park, London. Only their 22nd gig, playing in front of the biggest crowd they'd ever have, it was vital in getting them signed up by Island Records. #RobertFripp #GregLake #IanMcDonald

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

1 year

The Power to Believe, #KingCrimson 's final studio album was released 20 years ago today. With a line-up of #RobertFripp #AdrianBelew #TreyGunn #PatMastelotto it mixed prog-metal with soundscapes & ProjeKcts-style improv. It's stunning cover was by PJ Crook #progrock

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

7 months

OTD 55 yrs ago #RobertFripp 's new band lugged it's equipment down to the basement of a café on the Fulham Palace Rd, SW London, for their 1st rehearsal. It would still be a few days before they settled on the name #KingCrimson #ianmcdonald #PeterSinfield #MichaelGiles #GregLake

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

9 months

50 yrs ago this month No Pussyfooting by #RobertFripp & #BrianEno was released. Combining BE's tape machine experiments with RF's virtuosity, it has been highly influential on more leftfield artists. I regard side 1 as a classic of this style & have played it 100s of times

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

6 months

I'd guess most Crim Heads also love Here Come The Warmjets, #BrianEno 's debut solo album. Released 50 years ago this week (or next?), Eno needed to establish himself as a solo artist &, with a little help from friends like #RobertFripp & #PhilManzanera he certainly did!

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

4 months

Now he's put his "small mobile intelligent unit" away & hopefully given the stairs a wipe, I can't help wondering what #RobertFripp of 1974 would make of RF 2024!

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

1 year

Bandless in mid-72, #RobertFripp took the chance to reset #KingCrimson & it’s direction, & assembled a strong new line-up with #JohnWetton #BillBruford #JamieMuir #DavidCross . The result was Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, released 50 years ago today, an even more expansive type of prog

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

7 months

...you are next in the queue... your call is valuable to us... I'm beginning to wonder if the ITCOTCK cover was actually inspired by waiting in a phone queue, something I've had to do a lot of in the last few days. Aaaaaaaarrrrrggghh!!!! #KingCrimson

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

2 months

I suppose it had to happen...

CONFRARIA FLOYDSTOCK

@CFloydstock

2 months

King Crimson Lego... #kingcrimson #inthecourtofthecrimsonking #lego #jazz #rock #progrock #music #rockandroll #classicrock #confrariafloydstock #musica

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

3 years

watch out #RobertFripp !

toru@mouse-unitのGt.Vo

@torumouseunit1

3 years

King Crimsonの21st Century Schizoid Man👍 1歳の頃から大好きだった曲をこんなに弾けるようになるとは思ってもなかったです♪ #5 歳 #KingCrimson #21stCenturySchizoidMan

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

2 years

Exciting announcement from ex- #KingCrimson violinist David Cross on his fb, that he'll be performing the whole on the Larks' album live this year to mark its 50th anniversary - no dates yet though. #progrock

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

4 months

#KingCrimson

adrian belew

@THEadrianbelew

4 months

stay tuned! I'm going to be posting an account of how all this came about. BEAT has me so excited! As a thank you to our fans, here’s a presale code for you. Password: BEATTOUR

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

4 months

...so the whole story is completely untrue, a big hoax, ha ha ha, a big hoax, ha ha ha, a big hoax... #exposure #AprilFool #robertfripp

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

1 month

Ian McDonald would have been 78 today. The genius behind much of ITCOTCK, he was more responsible for the take off of prog than people give him credit for. He left #KingCrimson too soon but gave us the charming McDonald & Giles album b4 finding mainstream success with Foreigner.

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

3 months

Thanks for the amazing response to my Jean Luc Ponty tweet earlier asking for suggestions. I thought I'd get 3 replies but it's well over 100 already. I've just bought the boxed set as that seems like a safe bet to get me going.

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

2 years

In July '72 #RobertFripp announced his bold new #KingCrimson line-up of #BillBruford (ex-Yes) #JohnWetton (ex-Family) David Cross & Jamie Muir with Richard Palmer-James as lyricist. The instability would go on but the nxt 2 yrs wld produce some of the best music of Fripp's career

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

6 months

OTD 55 years ago, after their first few rehearsals #RobertFripp 's new band settled on the name #KingCrimson . They were so pleased with it they registered it in the coming weeks but only for Fripp, McDonald, Lake & Giles, despite it having come from a set of #PeterSinfield lyrics!

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

2 years

There's only one news story today! Yes, it's the 75th birthday of the great sax & flute man, #MelCollins , of Circus #KingCrimson #Camel & many more. #HappyBirthday Mel

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

4 months

So what are we expecting from #AdrianBelew 's new Beat combo with #SteveVai in the #RobertFripp role? Eighties #KingCrimson with a wilder, heavier twist?

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

26 days

50 years ago today, the day before the Red sessions, #RobertFripp read JG Bennett's book about the 4th Way philosophy. Convinced that society about to collapse he decided to break up #KingCrimson to prepare. However this also lead to the creation of Frippertronics & Guitar Craft.

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

1 year

Happy 81st birthday to Michael Giles, drummer & founder member of #KingCrimson , not to mention GGF & the Schizoid Band. After KC he went on to work with people as diverse as Ant Phillips, Leo Sayer, Kevin Ayres & Bryan Ferry. A truly great & influential musician!

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

2 months

I'm struggling to think of Lego related #KingCrimson title puns - Lark's Tongues in Plastic? Any ideas? #RobertFripp #legoland

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

3 months

A strangely Crimson King in this new painting, you could say? #itcotck #kingcharlesportrait #kingcrimson

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

9 months

I have to post some of Greg Lake's #KingCrimson work today but, avoiding the obvious, I'll go for In The Wake of Poseidon, a track I rate as highly as anything from the first album.

King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon (OFFICIAL)

Robert Fripp guitars & Mellotron, Michael Giles drums, Peter Giles bass Greg Lake vocals with guests Mel Collins saxes & flute, Keith Tippett piano, Gordon H...

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

4 months

55 years ago yesterday (oops!) was #KingCrimson 's debut gig, at The Speakeasy, London (if you don't count the Newcastle March '69 gigs offered to GGF but performed by KC1) #RobertFripp #IanMcDonald #GregLake #PeterSinfield #MichaelGiles

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

1 year

I heard yesterday there's a new Black Sabbath ballet! That naturally made me wonder if a #KingCrimson ballet would work. What tracks should go in it & what could the story be? I can imagine opening with Red, with Bolero somewhere in the middle & Starless to end. #RobertFripp

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

8 months

Is it too early for the #GregLake song? #Christmas2023 #Xmas2023

Greg Lake : "I Believe In Father Christmas" (1975) • Official Music...

• Official Music Video • HQ Audio • Subtitle Lyrics Option • Standard Volume Level • Lyrics Transcript Provided Below •This video contains optional subtitles...

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@TheCrimsonPete

2 years

Sad but I guess we knew it was coming because of Phil's health. I still love all the Genesis albums I have, be they with Phil or Peter on vocals.

World of Genesis

@WorldofGenesis

2 years

#PhilCollins confirms that last night’s Genesis show was the end. @genesis_band

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

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Happy 80th birthday to Peter Giles, a key figure in the early #KingCrimson story. Vocalist/bassist for Giles Giles & Fripp, bassist on KC's In The Wake of Poseidon & McDonald and Giles, before taking a more low key path. Returned decades later with the 21st C. Schizoid Band

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@TheCrimsonPete

6 months

I quite like this! Yes, the cover & album title are uninspired but #Genesis plus Daryl & Chester put on a good show. It's mostly tracks from Duke & Abacab with a few older bits, which I find much more listenable now than when it was first released. #PhilCollins #progrock

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@TheCrimsonPete

1 year

Hard to believe but I've just reached the birthday I can only describe as 'upside down 19'. My brain can only acknowledge being around 35 at worst and my music taste keeps me in my teens/early 20s generally. #OldGit

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

4 months

OTD 40 years ago #KingCrimson released their 10th studio album Three of a Perfect Pair. An album that divides opinion, it's split between written & semi-improv tracks. Poor band relations lead to it being recorded twice & it would be their last for 11 years #RobertFripp #progrock

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@TheCrimsonPete

2 years

50yrs ago today #KingCrimson 's Islands line-up played its last gig, in Alabama. As a line was drawn under its troubled existence, Boz, Mel & Ian would go off to find happier homes. For #RobertFripp this ending only lead to a significant new beginning & a much changed direction.

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@TheCrimsonPete

2 years

40 years ago (2moro) #PeterGabriel 4 (aka Security) was released, with the great #TonyLevin on stick/bass, somehow fitting in the recording & touring in while also in #KingCrimson

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

1 year

Today is the 79th birthday of jazz trumpeter/cornetist, Mark Charig, who played on #KingCrimson 's Lizard, Islands & Red albums. He also played with Keith Tippett, Elton Dean, Soft Machine & many more... #HappyBirthday

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@TheCrimsonPete

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ロックミュージックの流れを何度も変えたバンド #KingCrimson のギタリスト兼創設メンバー #ロバートフリップの 77 歳の誕生日と 37 回目の結婚記念日おめでとうございます。 #WorldFrippDay #Toyah #progrock #Frippertronics #Soundscapes

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@TheCrimsonPete

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Happy 77th birthday & 37th wedding anniversary to #RobertFripp , guitarist & founder member of #KingCrimson , the band who changed the course of rock music several times. #WorldFrippDay #Toyah #progrock #Frippertronics #Soundscapes

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@TheCrimsonPete

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#HappyBirthday to #JakkoJakszyk - 64 today! First coming to our attention as frontman of the Schizoid Band in the noughties, he now occupies the unusual position of having had the 2nd longest stint as #KingCrimson vocalist but destined to never be on a KC studio album

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@TheCrimsonPete

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After rejecting Moody Blues producer Tony Clarke, #KingCrimson were back in Wessex Studio OTD 1969, taking control themselves. Coinciding with the 1st moon landing, KC began recording their giant leap for musiciankind - the 5 tracks of ITCOTCK. #RobertFripp #GregLake #IanMcDonald

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@TheCrimsonPete

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OTD 50 years ago was the release of Starless & Bible Black #KingCrimson 's largely live 6th 'studio' album. Bruford reported a simmering hostility between Wetton & Fripp & a shortage of material, but the use of live recordings & improv resulted in a record of extraordinary quality

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

2 years

Released 52 years ago today, as #RobertFripp 's imagination ran riot, Lizard upped the intensity of #KingCrimson 's jazz, classical & folk mix, & #PeterSinfield 's lyrics took a surreal turn. Despite the glorious music relations soured so badly, this line-up would never perform live

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@TheCrimsonPete

9 months

So #Genesis fans, what's your favourite version of Supper's Ready? The original is amazing of course, the Seconds Out version with Phil on vocals stands out too (have been playing that a lot lately) & Steve Hackett's revisited versions have been top notch.

Steve Hackett - Supper's Ready (Genesis Revisited, Live at Royal...

Filmed at the sold out show at London’s legendary Royal Albert Hall in October 2013Line-up / Musicians- Steve Hackett / Guitars, Vocals- Roger King (Gary Moo...

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Happy 75th birthday to 'Brain One' #BrianEno , one of the greatest artistic minds of our era #HappyBrithday #RoxyMusic

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@TheCrimsonPete

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As many of you will know, #PhilCollins fitted in a jazz-fusion style side project for a while, called Brand X. Here he does drums & vocals on Sun In The Night from Moroccan Roll in '77 - to me it's a flawless album which deserves to be far better known.

Brand X - Sun In The Night (1977)

The channel with the best sound quality of Afro, Funk ,Jazz,Fusion and Disco

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@TheCrimsonPete

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My #KingCrimson #RobertFripp paperback is available in the USA thru several non-Amazon sources. #progrock #goodreads - interviews with #BillBruford , Gordon Haskell, Peter Giles & more.

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@TheCrimsonPete

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Released in October 1982, I Advance Masked is a laid back collaboration between #RobertFripp & #AndySummers . Having crossed paths in their teenage years in Dorset, the pair took much needed breaks from their respective bands for this intriguing side project of instrumentals

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

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50 years ago this month Brian left Bryan after growing friction between the pair. Leaving an increasingly successful band & needing options in a hurry, who did he call? A certain #RobertFripp . #BrianEno #BryanFerry #RoxyMusic

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@TheCrimsonPete

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3 years ago today we lost Judy Dyble, founder member of Fairport Convention & a key figure in the forming of #KingCrimson . Always a kind & approachable person, she did a short interview for my book just days before making her health situation public in 2019. She is sadly missed.

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

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Happy Birthday to #MichaelGiles who reaches 80y.o. today! As a founder member of #KingCrimson he became one of the most acclaimed drummers in the world. Here he does vocals & drums on Tomorrow's People, a song he wrote for the 1970 McDonald & Giles album

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@TheCrimsonPete

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I think this may have been the first prog album I got to know really well, possibly even before hearing King Crimson. Still absolutely love it.

World of Genesis

@WorldofGenesis

2 years

Recorded October to November of 1975, #TrickOfTheTail was released in February 1976. It was the 1st #Genesis album without #PeterGabriel and the 1st with #PhilCollins as lead singer. @genesis_band @PhilCollinsFeed @itspetergabriel @HackettOfficial @tonybanksmusic @officialmatm

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@TheCrimsonPete

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Away from Fripp/Crimson, 1973 wasn't a bad year for amazing/landmark albums... these 4 for a start, plus Steely Dan, Herbie Hancock... I was only 11 & yet to discover music but was quietly absorbing bits & pieces for later obsession

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

1 year

Today would have been Boz Burrell's 77th birthday. Having met #RobertFripp while playing with Keith Tippett, he became #KingCrimson 's vocalist/bassist for the Islands period. He moved on to bigger chart success as bassist with #BadCompany in 1973. We sadly lost him in 2006

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@TheCrimsonPete

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It's about time for my One More Red-Nosed Reindeer Nightmare post as I can't think of any other Crimson Xmas songs. Any ideas Crim-heads? #KingCrimson #BillBruford #JohnWetton #RobertFripp

King Crimson - One More Red Nightmare

Full Album Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXhfRoiJBIislZ9MHBBNYK0h3N30Gv7JaONE MORE RED NIGHTMARE(Fripp, Wetton)One More Red NightmarePan A...

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@TheCrimsonPete

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Happy 75th birthday to ex- #KingCrimson violinist David Cross. After leaving KC in '74 he worked in the theatre & as a University lecturer for many years. He always kept his music going though & has released many albums. He is currently touring with his Larks' Tongues Band.

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@TheCrimsonPete

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All of 70 years ago, a 5yo boy called Bob was in his first year at Broadstone Primary School (pictured as it is today), not far from Wimborne in Dorset. Narrowly avoiding a career as an estate agent, we'd get to know him as #RobertFripp , guitarist & all round genius. #KingCrimson

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@TheCrimsonPete

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My Crimson Queen (mum, now 92) this morning. She's giving the coat to a charity shop, so I got her pose for some photos in it first. #KingCrimson #RobertFripp #mother #goodreads #progrock #XMAS2022

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@TheCrimsonPete

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My amazing mum (now 91y.o.) has been very supportive of her sometimes wayward son's middle aged literary attempts, & willing to play along for a few photos! #KingCrimson #RobertFripp (sorry to those who have seen these b4)

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

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Happy 63rd Birthday to #TreyGunn ex-Crafty Guitarist & bass/stick/Warr-guitarist with #DavidSylvian & #RobertFripp , Sunday All Over the World (RF & Toyah), #KingCrimson , TU/KTU & many collaborations

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

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while I'm having a #Yesband phase, I've been playing Tormato a lot in the last few days - don't see much love for that but there's some good stuff on it, n'est pas? The intro alone on this track is stunning...

On the Silent Wings of Freedom by Yes

From Wikipedia:"On the Silent Wings of Freedom" is a song by Yes. It appears on the 1978 Tormato album. The song was never released as a single.The song is t...

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

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Happy 66th Birthday to Jakko Jakszyk, vocalist/guitarist for #KingCrimson in the 7 or 8 Headed Beast era. To me some of his best performances came when they were performing Easy Money, such as this one on Radical Action.

King Crimson - Easy Money (Live)

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@TheCrimsonPete

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Interestingly ambiguous post on #AdrianBelew 's FB about Three of a Perfect Pair #KingCrimson #RobertFripp #BillBruford #TonyLevin

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@TheCrimsonPete

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Happy 81st birthday to the living legend #JohnMcLaughlin . I grew up hearing the Mahavishnu Orchestra's albums & still wonder about the genius mind that could write such music as this. #jazzfusion

Vision Is a Naked Sword

Provided to YouTube by Columbia/LegacyVision Is a Naked Sword · Mahavishnu Orchestra · London Symphony Orchestra · Michael Tilson ThomasApocalypse℗ 1974 Colu...

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

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I'm wondering if I should/could get a #DavidBowie mural painted on the side of my house. I have an otherwise large white/blank wall that would serve the purpose. Wondering how legal and/or practical such an idea is. Any thoughts? I would probably go for the Low or Heroes cover.

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@TheCrimsonPete

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One more pink nightmare? #RobertFripp #Toyah

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@TheCrimsonPete

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What would have been my beloved #DavidBowie 's 77th birthday seems a good excuse to report my photo of my DB collection

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FIFTY SHADES OF CRIMSON (book/libro) Pete Tomsett

@TheCrimsonPete

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That ugly sister of #KingCrimson live albums, Earthbound, is 50 today, Island deciding it would be a great idea to make an album from cassette recordings of the post-Sinfield US Tour. While it is absent from KC's youtube, it does have many fans. #RobertFripp #MelCollins

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@TheCrimsonPete

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Today is the 78th birthday of Peter Giles, who generously contributed an interview & images to my book. Part of Giles Giles & Fripp & bassist on #KingCrimson 's Wake of Poseidon, he later took up long distance running & returned to Crimson music with the Schizoid Band.

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@TheCrimsonPete

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More details of the concert to celebrate the life of #JohnWetton 3rd August 2023 in Uckfield, East Sussex, UK

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@TheCrimsonPete

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I'm sure most fellow crim-heads have this in their collections, recorded 50 yrs ago this month. Having left #RoxyMusic , #BrianEno needed to quickly establish a solo career & did so in style with Here Come The Warm Jets, with the help of #RobertFripp #PhilManzanera & others

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