Live!

This repress / reissue CD has a unique [l=Nimbus] matrix, plus the disc hub includes SID Codes (all of which dates this pressing to somewhere between the latter half of 1994 and earlier in 1997). The CD is housed in a standard jewel case with an 4-section / 8-page foldout booklet. Similar to '[r=8164003]', but that earlier CD pressing doesn't include SID Codes. Tray artwork: "All titles © EG Music Ltd 1986 ℗ 1986 EG Records Ltd." Disc artwork (silver disc with red text): "MARKETED BY VIRGIN" "All titles published by EG Music Ltd. 1986 Produced by Robert Fripp & Tony Arnold for Editions EG ℗ 1986 EG Records Ltd". Booklet rear: "℗ 1986 EG RECORDS LTD © 1986 EG RECORDS LTD". Tracks 1 & 2, plus 4 to 9 were recorded as part of two live performances at George Washington University in Washington D.C., USA on Saturday, December 14th and Sunday, December 15th 1985. The exceptions are: - Track 3 ('The Chords That Bind') was recorded in the Claymont Court mansion ballroom near Charles Town, West Virginia, USA on Monday, December 9th 1985. - Track 10 ('The New World') is 'Frippertronics' recorded live in concert with a solo overdubbed at Arny's Shack. - Track 11 ('Crafty March') is taken from the soundcheck at George Washington University on Sunday, December 15th 1985, with the audience response at the end of track 11 sourced from Sunday's actual public performance. Booklet inner: "The members of this particular configuration of the League of Crafty Guitarists represents the larger body of Crafty Guitarists." "Mixing Studio: Arny's Shack, Parkstone, Dorset". "This album is a result of a challenge presented to the students of Guitar Craft IX, one of an ongoing series of courses in Guitar Craft held at Claymont Court in West Virginia. The experience of guitar students who have been through the program varies between one day and 20 years. Some are beginners, some are guitar teachers themselves, some are semi-professional or professional players. The only real qualification for attendance is commitment... An important part of the courses is challenge. The students are given various challenges and opportunities to respond. Some of these challenges are obvious, like being presented with a live radio broadcast for Sunday 8th December 1985 from Charleston on the Thursday evening prior. Or having a 24 track mobile studio arrive outside the Claymont Mansion on the following Monday morning. The following Thursday evening the students were given the next challenge: three public performances at George Washington University in Washington that weekend. All the music on this album was recorded at those concerts, with the exceptions of 'The Chords That Bind' [3], recorded in the Mansion ballroom, and 'The New World' [10], Frippertronics recorded live in concert and with a solo overdubbed at Arny's Shack. The 'Crafty March' [11] is taken from the soundcheck on Sunday and the audience from Sunday's performance."