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SOUND GRADING
10 = Perfect Stereo 9 = FM Radio Broadcast 8 = Excellent Audience 7 = Very Good Audience 6 = Good Audience 5 = Fair Audience 4 = Poor Audience 3 = Un-listenable
LOOP CATEGORY © = Mono Creation Loop ® = Stereo Replay Loop |
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Total Time : 59 mins |
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Afternoon Solo Performance Notes
The only known Frippertronics date in 1980, during a break in The League of Gentlemen World Tour.
A nice stereo recording, which would be rated much higher, however somewhere in the process of transfer from analogue cassette to CD, some weird digital noise was inadvertently introduced. It can be heard during silences and between notes if the pauses are long enough.
For some odd reason, there is a version of 1871 Over 1875 that fades out after 2 minutes, which is immediately followed by a complete version. It is not an extra replay, but rather a portion of the identical recording. It has been omitted.
1872 Over 1876 appeared out of sequence...before 1873. This makes no sense for Fripp to have performed it in this order. It would have meant Fripp would have rewound to the start of the tape, then fast forwarded to the end, performed 1873, then rewound to the start of 1873 to replay it, then rewound back to the 2nd track of the evening. It would have been very cumbersome and difficult to locate. A more probable sequence has been restored here.
Ω 1873, 1869 Over 1873 and 1865 are performances using a Roland Saturn 09 keyboard through the Revox system. This keyboard is used on The League of Gentlemen vinyl LP on tracks Pareto Optimum I, Pareto Optimum II and Ochre.
1876 appears to be have been created as the audience entered the theatre. 1866 and 1865 are replays without solos, used as “exit music” from the theatre, assumed to have been pre-recorded sometime prior to this performance. An announcement is made at the beginning of 1866 by an ICA Theatre employee “Everyone … clear the building !”. The reason for this request is now obvious, due to the recent appearance of the Evening show.
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Date : September 28, 1980 Afternoon - Solo Performance Evening - Robert Fripp & Keith Tippett |
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Venue : ICA Theatre (Institute of Contemporary Arts) |
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Location : London, England |
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DISC ONE - AFTERNOON
1876 (3:47) © 1875 (5:18) © 1874 (8:14) © 1873 (3:13) © Ω Stereo Introduction (0:25) 1872 Over 1876 (3:57) ® 1871 Over 1875 (5:24) ® 1870 Over 1874 (8:00) ® 1869 Over 1873 (3:42) ® Ω 1868 (6:20) © 1867 Over 1868 (6:22) ® 1866 (1:45) ® 1865 (1:47) ® Ω |
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Sound Grade : 7 |
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ICA THEATRE THE MALL - LONDON |
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LINKS |
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HOME |
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FRIPP & ENO |
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FRIPP SOLO |
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REMIXES |
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RARITIES |
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WANT LIST |
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Total Time : 76 mins |
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DISC TWO - EVENING
1851 (Tippett: Piano) (29:40) 1728 (3:30) © 1727 (3:25) © Performance Explanation (3:49) 1726 Over 1728 (3:32) © ® 1726 Over 1727 (3:40) ® Keyboard Duet Introduction (0:58) 1879 (Fripp: Organ / Tippett: Percussion/Piano) (7:34) © Ω 1878 (Fripp: Guitar/ Tippett: Piano/Noises/Voice) (3:33) © Stereo Introduction (0:21) 1877 Over 1879 (Fripp: Guitar / Tippett: Piano) (5:25) ® Ω Exit Music Explanation (0:51) 1728 (Simulated Stereo Replay) (3:30) © 1727 (Simulated Stereo Replay) (3:23) © |
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Sound Grade : 7 |
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SOLO FRIPPERTRONICS PERFORMANCE |
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ROBERT FRIPP & KEITH TIPPETT |
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Evening Fripp & Tippett Performance Notes
The only known Frippertronics duet performance. Fripp explains that both shows were billed as Robert Fripp & Keith Tippett, however the piano did not arrive in time for the afternoon performance, thus the reason it is only Frippertronics.
An audience member requested a duet, which was not planned, but they agreed to attempt a keyboard duet.
For 1879, Fripp played a Roland Saturn 09 keyboard through the Frippertronics delay system, while Tippett alternately played some sort of metallic percussion and piano.
1878 appears to be Tippett making odd sounds on and inside the piano and occasionally adding his voice. Fripp presumably was setting up the tape loop for the replay version but by the end adds some minimal unamplified guitar sounds.
1877 Over 1879 is Fripp replaying the stereo version of his Frippertronic organ piece (1879) over which he solos with his guitar along with additional piano soloing by Tippett.
A decent stereo recording, but with some issues, such as some careless EQing and level boosting. Remastered to compensate for severe treble boosting and an extra 4db on the right channel. Fortunately a limiter appears to have been used. Some tape hiss has been removed as the original recording must have been low during some portions of the performance.
Two versions of 1726 over 1727/28 were included, both incomplete. The first missing beginning and the ending. The second missing a larger part of the beginning but with the complete ending. Sonically identical, so the longest complete version has been compiled and attached to the missing portion of the beginning using the first minute of the creation version with a “Frippertronic delay” simulation.
Fripp also explains that he will replay the Frippertronics guitar pieces for a third time to serve as a musical backdrop as the audience exits the theatre. The first note of 1728 is heard just as the tape fades out. To simulate this experience, another version of 1728 and 1727 has been included at the end adding the “Frippertronic delay” to simulate a “stereo replay” which approximates what one would have heard as you left the venue.
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Robert Fripp & Keith Tippett Dandelion CD Cover Art Bootleg CD of Evening Show |