[2025-04-11] Andy Summers And Robert Fripp "The Complete Recordings 1981-1984" 3CD/1BD box set (DGM/Panegyric UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Feb 01, 2025 4:39 am

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVGMS2LB/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon Canada
Available for pre-order soon:
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0DVGMS2LB/?tag=imwanca-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVGMS2LB/?tag=imwan-21

Description
The two original albums - “I Advance Masked” and “Bewitched” - recorded by Andy Summers and Robert Fripp and a new mini-album assembled from previously unreleased / recently discovered recordings, all in DTS-HD MA Surround (5.1) and 24/96 hi-res stereo.

PLUS additional treasures / mixes and an audio documentary taken from Fripp’s sessions/ tapes, packaged in a 10-panel book-sized digisleeve with new sleevenotes by Sid Smith and notes on the recordings by King Crimson producer David Singleton.

”The most exquisite moments in music are when you connect with the other players, when you fly, when you touch the spirit and the audience is there with you.” Andy Summers, One Train Later

Having crossed paths briefly in the ’60s in Bournemouth where Fripp took over Andy’s guitar chair in the band at Bournemouth’s Majestic Hotel, it wasn’t until 1981 - when Summers wrote to Fripp - that the two guitarists would work together. With King Crimson fresh from recording the now classic album “Discipline” after a considerable break, Fripp was immediate in his response to Summers’s suggestion of working together. And though The Police were busy with the recording and touring of “Ghost in the Machine”, the two guitarists somehow managed to find time to experiment, develop and record the first of their two albums. Whilst “I Advance Masked” showcased the skill and differing guitar techniques of the two players with heavy influence of Fripp’s multi-rhythmic playing evident, their second 1984 album “Bewitched” was a more melodic affair with the inclusion of additional personnel including bassist Chris Childs and Sara Lee, and as Fripp put it, “the album is a lot more Andrew than it is me”.

Almost 40 years later - during plans to reissue the original albums and searching for the original tapes - Summers came across four new tapes in a Los Angeles vault. Not only was most of the original material on those tapes, but a treasure trove of previously unreleased material, early versions, alternative versions of tracks were unearthed. From that, eleven unreleased tracks were arranged/edited and newly mixed and, along with an alternative take of “Maquillage” and an early slower version of “Parade”, a third mini album titled ‘Mother Hold the Candle Steady’ was created. More previously unreleased tracks such as Balinese and Brainstorm and delights such as an early mix of New Marimba were also discovered by David Singleton in the process of collating and mixing this collection. In addition, this package includes an audio documentary titled “Can We Record Tony?” which is from a series of cassettes Fripp kept containing their original exploratory improvisations.

• 4-disc set of all the Summers/Fripp material on 3CD/1Blu-ray

• CDs include the original albums “I Advance Masked” & “Bewitched” with additional tracks and a 3rd album “Mother Hold the Candle Steady” compiled from previously unreleased / unheard newly mixed material and assembled by David Singleton plus an alternative take of “Maquillage” and an early slower version of “Parade”

• Blu-ray includes:

o Both original albums and the new 3rd album - newly mixed by David Singleton in 5.1 DTS-HD MA surround & 24/96 hi-res stereo

o Both original albums – the original stereo mixes, newly mastered in 24/96 hi-res stereo

o A ‘fly on the wall’ audio documentary – “Can We Record Tony?” – taken from Robert Fripp’s own archive cassettes of the 2 guitarists’ original improvisations and conversations, also in 24/96 hi-res

• Presented in a 10-panel book-sized digi-sleeve with 16-page booklet including photos & sleeve-notes from new interviews with Andy Summers and Robert Fripp by King Crimson biographer Sid Smith

• Plus a fascinating “Tale of the Tapes” page by David Singleton on how / where the previously unreleased material was recently discovered / sourced

Tracklist
CD1 - I Advance Masked

I Advance Masked
Under Bridges Of Silence
China - Yellow Leader
In The Cloud Forest
New Marimba
Girl On A Swing
Hardy Country
The Truth Of Skies
Painting And Dance
Still Point
Lakeland / Aquarelle
Seven On Seven
Stultified

Additional Material
Brainstorm
New Marimba (Early Mix)
Balinese
Seven On Seven (Reprise)

CD2 - Bewitched

Parade
What Kind Of Man Reads Playboy
Begin The Day
Train
Bewitched
Tribe
Maquillage
Guide
Forgotten Steps
Image And Likeness

Additional Material
Tribe (Original Version)
Maquillage (Alt Original Mix)

CD3 - Mother Hold The Candle Steady (Previously Unreleased)

Impudent Prelude
Brainstorm
Tremors
Turkish Kitchen
Skyline
Foi Um Optimo Dia
San Antonio Blues
Mother Hold The Candle Steady
Entropy Pulse
Ninja Acid Dance
Step N’ Fetchit
Maquillage Ii
Parade Ii
Can We Record Tony (Edit)

Blu-ray – All Content In 24/96 Hi-Res

I Advance Masked
As Cd Including

New Mixes Stereo
New Mixes Surround (Also In DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround)
Original Mixes

Bewitched
As Cd Plus

New Mixes Stereo
New Mixes Surround (Also In DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround)
Original Mixes

Mother Hold The Candle Steady
Stereo
Surround (Also In DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround)
Can We Record Tony (Complete)

Simon · **Joined:** 26 Oct 2006 **Posts:** 59406

I may have to get this...thank you, Linda. :thumbsup:

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

Definitely getting this.

Simon · **Joined:** 26 Oct 2006 **Posts:** 59406

"Skyline"

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

Great track, thanks for posting it, Simon.

Simon · **Joined:** 26 Oct 2006 **Posts:** 59406

No worries and yes, I think it's excellent.

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2025 10:50 am

The release date has been pushed back to April 11th.

In the meantime, Mr. Fripp has provided us with two original promo videos which have been upgraded to HD:

"Parade"

"I Advance Masked"

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

Hoping the Amazon Canada listing goes live soon.

[2025-04-11] Andy Summers And Robert Fripp "The Complete Recordings 1981-1984" 3CD/1BD box set (DGM/Panegyric UK)

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