Remember Keith Tippett? He was the weird pianist who played on two early
King Crimson records ("In the wake of Poseidon" and "Lizard"). He had a
'style' which sounded like he gathered up all the keys and tossed them in
the air. At one time, Robert Fripp offered Tippett the job of joint
musical director of KC.
I was quite excited when I found an online copy of
this album, expecting some striking but challenging music. How wrong can one be!
Not surprisingly, the album sounds like the Soft Machine (six of the
eleven musicians playing on the record had already recorded or would
record with the Softs), specifically "Fletcher's Blemish" on "Soft Machine
IV". "Fletcher's" is the track which I like least on that record, and
unfortunately the Tippett record is forty minutes of squealing in the same
manner.
I had burnt a copy of the album onto cd for listening purposes,
specifically for the car journey from home to my MBA studies on Friday
morning. The disk found its way into the nearest dustbin when I
arrived.
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