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Originally Posted by Nil 
Finally received the LTIA DVD-A and it was well worth the wait. Each of SW's KC re-releases have made the classics sound fresh to old ears; Lizard and Islands especially. But LTIA takes the cake! I almost couldn't recognize the music as at times it sounded like a brand new recording. The surround mix was a lot more aggressive this time around and I kept hearing bits that had previously been buried inside 2-channels. It was almost like listening to LTIA for the first time, forty years ago. What a treat! Thank you SW & RF.
The included video was rather cheesy psychedelia and focused a lot on David Cross and Jamie Muir - what an interesting off-the-wall character! But a nice historical record of the band to treasure nonetheless.
I can't wait to listen to The Power To Believe in 5.1. I have always felt that it ranked among the best that Crimson did, and up there with Red, Islands and Discipline.
Finally received the LTIA DVD-A and it was well worth the wait. Each of SW's KC re-releases have made the classics sound fresh to old ears; Lizard and Islands especially. But LTIA takes the cake! I almost couldn't recognize the music as at times it sounded like a brand new recording. The surround mix was a lot more aggressive this time around and I kept hearing bits that had previously been buried inside 2-channels. It was almost like listening to LTIA for the first time, forty years ago. What a treat! Thank you SW & RF.
The included video was rather cheesy psychedelia and focused a lot on David Cross and Jamie Muir - what an interesting off-the-wall character! But a nice historical record of the band to treasure nonetheless.
I can't wait to listen to The Power To Believe in 5.1. I have always felt that it ranked among the best that Crimson did, and up there with Red, Islands and Discipline.
It was great to see the video, just to watch Muir. A lot of the feel of LTIA is due to his percussion. The booklet of the box set goes into a lot of info about Muir. He was a wild man. Fripp said a lot of the stuff that Muir would bang on came from his kitchen. The roadies would spend half the set up time of a concert for all his stuff. He used to bite into a capsule of fake blood at the end of a concert and walk around with it dripping out of his mouth. He left the band soon after the album was recorded because he said he didn't want to get laid a lot and get rich!
