Sailors' tales

"Although the Poseidon, Lizard and Islands discs all contain bonus tracks and outtakes, the boxset's primary focus is on live material. Over a dozen concerts from 1971-2 are included, four of which are previously unreleased. The remainder have been available over the years through the King Crimson Collectors' Club or as downloads via Fripp's website. For the majority of Sailors' Tales, then, we're in the ribald, raucous company of singer-bassist Raymond (Boz) Burrell, drummer Ian Wallace and sax/flautist Mel Collins. The stage is set for powerhouse drumming, uncertain jazz, thick peasoupers of gothic Mellotron and gales of nervous laughter".

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"Do you really need multiple live readings of the same clutch of songs, give or take the odd addition/subtraction? Of course you do. You're a hardcore Crimsonite, and you'll eagerly gorge upon the band's capacity for fresh and radical improvisation, night after night".