Andy Summers and Robert Fripp / The Complete Recordings 1981-1984 – 3CD+blu-ray

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3CD+blu-ray deluxe set 5.1 mixes and hi-res stereo Includes ‘I Advance Masked’ and ‘Bewitched’, plus new album compiled from rare material

This brand new 2CD+blu-ray deluxe set features two original albums – I Advance Masked andBewitched – recorded byAndy Summers and RobertFripp and a new mini-albumassembled from previouslyunreleased / recentlydiscovered recordings, all in DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1 and 24/96 hi-res stereo.

PLUS additional treasures /mixes and an audiodocumentary taken from Fripps sessions/ tapes, packaged in a 10-panel book-sized digisleeve with 16-page booklet including new sleevenotes by Sid Smith and notes on the recordings by King Crimson producer David Singleton.

The Complete Recordings 1981-1984 will be released on 11 April 2025 via DGMLIVE.

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Andy Summers, One Train Later

“Having crossed paths briefly in the 60s in Bournemouth where Fripp took over Andys guitarchair in the band at Bournemouths Majestic Hotel, it wasnt until 1981 – when Summerswrote to Fripp – that the two guitarists would work together.

With King Crimson fresh from recording the now classic album Discipline after aconsiderable break, Fripp was immediate in his response to Summerss suggestion of
working together. And though The Police were busy with the recording and touring of Ghostin the Machine, the two guitarists somehow managed to find time to experiment, develop andrecord the first of their two albums.

Whilst I Advance Masked showcased the skill and differing guitar techniques of the twoplayers with heavy influence of Fripps multi-rhythmic playing evident, their second 1984album Bewitched was a more melodic affair with the inclusion of additional personnelincluding bassist Chris Childs and Sara Lee, and as Fripp put it, the album is a lot moreAndrew than it is me.

Almost 40 years later – during plans to reissue the original albums and searching for theoriginal 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.