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Complete extended Frippertronics backing loop used on King Crimson’s Requiem from the Beat album will be made available for the 40th anniversary edition. Read about it here
A short youtube Frippertronics clip from MTV in 1982 (at the 8 minute mark) can be seen here
An excellent 1st generation cassette transfer of the original 08/18/79 CKOI-FM Montreal broadcast arrived. Thanks Andre ! Details can be found here
Once again...Alex Mundy has blessed our ears with a second show from this wonderful stint at Inroads NYC from August 6, 1981, which is available here. This time the Revoxes were super stable resulting in almost flawless delay quality. Incredible...download it immediately ! Additional analysis to follow after it has been absorbed for a while.
A new section has been added called OTHER (previously LINKS) which includes a detailed technical explanation of the Frippertronics Delay System. Check it out !
A new recording has emerged from St. Louis at Peaches on July 19, 1979. Read about the details here
Oh heavenly day...Alex Mundy at DGM has decided to surprise us all with an amazing upload from an obscure and rare Frippertronics performance on Aug.5, 1981 at Inroads in NYC. This performance also employs a type of stereo Frippertronics never heard before ! Alex found the tapes here. A technical analysis can be found here I implore any fans of Frippertronics to download it immediately here Coaxing these recordings out of the vaults is the main reason for the creation of this website ! Thank you so much Alex !
Congratulations Martin Nevels from The Netherlands for cracking the Frippertronics titling code secret
A previously unknown Frippertronics show occurred at CBGB’s on Aug. 21, 1979. Any more out there ?
The complete 1983 Frippertronics tour itinerary was posted at DGM Live clarifying all previously sketchy info.
A number of rare photos from the 1979 tour have surfaced at DGM Live. Check the VISION section there. Links have been added beside each show to the DGM Library for your added convenience.
A pre-performance photo from Tower Records in San Jose, CA 07/31/1979 can be seen here. Thanks Eric
Stormy Monday has matched solos to the backing stage tapes of a performance from Washington Square, NYC (07/28/81 ?) which has been met with Fripp’s approval ! Read about it here
The upcoming 5.1 mix of King Crimson’s Beat LP from 1982 will reportedly feature a 6 minute Frippertronic prelude to the released piece entitled “Requiem” which featured the remainder along with accompaniment by the remaining members Bruford, Levin, Fripp & Belew ? Read here
Rock photographer Chester Simpson kindly notified me of a number of great Fripp photos taken by him on July 30, 1979 at the Tower Records in Berkeley, CA and on September 9, 1979 at the Tribal Stomp Festival in Monterey, CA Go to Gallery/New Wave/Robert Fripp to view.
Stormy Monday has unearthed a great snippet of a pre-show “Test Loop” from the infamous 1978/02/05 NYC show at the Kitchen, which can be downloaded for free for a short while here This backing loop was not replayed at either of these Kitchen 1978 shows and unlikely to have been used at a later time due to the elapsed time until his next performance 14 months later.
Fripp’s Boffomundo Show TV interview appearance 1979/07/27 has appeared on youtube - Part 1 2 3 4
Yet another tidbit from the Exposure rehearsals with Fripp, Wetton and Phil Collins. Check it out here and here
DGM Live has published Fripp’s itinerary for the mysterious 1975 Fripp & Eno Tour, which includes details of all venues and dates which have long eluded the detective skills of this site. Thank you DGM Live for all but fulfilling the remainder of this website’s Objective # 2.
WEBSITE OBJECTIVES 1 To archive all available Frippertronics recordings and any solo appearances up until September 11, 1981 which marked the end of Fripp’s “Drive to 1981” and also the 1983 Frippertronics tour. Although these audience recordings were unauthorized and strongly discouraged at each show, perhaps some 25-30 years later, the positive aspects of these performances can be harmlessly appreciated, by those unable to attend the actual events, despite the uninvited methods by which they came to exist. 2 Assemble all Fripp & Eno memorabilia, articles and information related to their brief 1975 European tour. 3 Compile a complete version of God Save the Queen & Let The Power Fall overlaid on top of actual solos performed at the source shows (when possible) or the next best available subsequent replay. If completed, donate it to Robert Fripp / DGM for a possible public offering. 4 Generate renewed interest in the Revox tape based delay system used by Fripp & Eno and the first 1979 Frippertronics tour to hopefully prompt an official release of additional archival material. Let The Power Fall - Volume II ? Fripp & Eno @ Paris Olympia ? Healthy Colours (The Complete Recordings) ? Please write the good people at DGM Live … express your interest and enthusiasm !
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IMPORTANT NOTHING ON THIS WEBSITE IS FOR SALE ! (I have a job and don’t want your money) If you have any additional recordings, information, photos or any other related memorabilia from THIS time period (1975-1983) please contact me at : frippertronics at cogeco dot ca
Special thanks to these contributors ! Steve B., Dave L., Lothar K., Eric F., Darren W., Diego C., Bruce B., Michael F., Bruce J., Jay K., Carl W. Eric H., Rafael F., Ole, Crista M., Mark L., Michael B., Scott M., KHL, Patrick G., Hector G., Das, Rob D. Andrew, Tony A., Dave B., Anthony H., David B., Steven R., Manny M., Jim T., Uwe Z., Stuart N., Claas K. Andre B., George C., Bernard, John M., Jay D. and Sid Smith, Alex Mundy and Declan Colgan of DGM. |
