• Length 46: 36 King Crimson chronology (1972) Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973) (1974) Larks' Tongues in Aspic is the fifth studio by the English group, released on 23 March 1973 through. This album is the debut of King Crimson's fifth incarnation, featuring original member and guitarist and new members (vocals, bass), (violin, Mellotron), (percussion), and (drums).

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It is also a key album in the band's evolution, drawing on and European as central influences. The name refers to a traditional English delicacy,. Contents • • • • • • • • • • Background [ ] At the end of the tour to promote King Crimson's previous album,, Fripp had parted company with the three other members of the band (, and ).

Collins has stated that he was asked to stay on with the new lineup of the band, but that he decided not to continue. The previous year had also seen the ousting of the band's lyricist and artistic co-director. Fripp had cited a developing musical (and sometimes personal) incompatibility with the other members, and was now writing starker music drawing less on familiar American influences and more on influences such as and free improvisation. In order to pursue these new ideas, Fripp first recruited bass guitarist/singer (a longstanding friend of the band who had lobbied to join at least once before but had become a member of in the meantime). The second recruit was Jamie Muir, an experimental free-improvising percussionist who had previously been performing in the Music Improvisation Company with and, as well as in Sunship (with and ) and Boris (with and Jimmy Roche, both later of jazz-rock band Major Surgery).

On drums (and to be paired with Muir) Fripp recruited drummer. Another longstanding King Crimson admirer, Bruford felt that he had done all he could with Yes at that point, and was keen to leave the band before they embarked on their, believing that the - and experimentation-oriented King Crimson would be a more expansive outlet for his musical ideas. The final member of the new band was, a rock violinist and occasional keyboard player.

Drivers token certisign. Production [ ] Larks' Tongues in Aspic showed several significant changes in King Crimson's sound. Having previously relied on saxophone and flute as significant melodic and textural instruments, the band had replaced them with a single violin.

Muir's percussion rig featured exotic, eccentric instrumentation including,, /, a,, rattles, found objects (such as, toys and baking trays), plus miscellaneous and chains. The (a staple part of King Crimson's instrumentation since their debut album) was retained for this new phase and was played either by Fripp or Cross, both of whom also played electric piano. The band's multi-instrumentalism initially extended to Wetton and Muir playing (respectively) violin and on occasion at early gigs, but this was quickly dropped (Wetton and Cross did, however, contribute additional piano and flute respectively to the LTiA album sessions). The album opens with a long piece titled '. After that there are three pieces, 'Book of Saturday', 'Exiles' and 'Easy Money', with lyrics written.

These are followed by two more instrumentals, 'The Talking Drum' and '. The instrumental pieces on this album have strong and European free-improvisation influences, and portions also have an almost feel. [ ] The album spawned the concert staple 'Exiles', whose introduction had been adapted from an instrumental piece called 'Mantra' the band's original line up performed throughout 1969. At that time, as well as in late 1972, the melody was played by Fripp on guitar. In addition, a section of ' was reworked from a piece entitled 'A Peacemaking Stint Unrolls', which was recorded by the Islands-era band and finally released in 2010 as a bonus track on that album's 40th anniversary edition.

Larks' Tongues in Aspic is the only studio album with this particular quintet line up, since Muir left the group while on tour in 1973. (Musical and personal attrition would gradually reduce this incarnation of King Crimson from five men to three across the course of the next few albums, culminating in Fripp's 'retirement' in 1975 and a cessation of Crimson activity for six years.) In 2012 Larks' Tongues in Aspic was issued as part of the King Crimson 40th Anniversary Series, including the release of an expansive box set subtitled 'The Complete Recordings'. This, and set includes every available recording of the short-lived 5 man line-up, through live performances and studio sessions.