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Robert Fripp And The League Of Crafty Guitarists – Live! Label:Editions EG – EGED 43, Editions EG – EGED 44 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Misprint Country:US Released:1986 Genre:Electronic, Rock Style:Acoustic, Experimental, Minimal, Ambient Tracklist Hide Credits A1Guitar Craft Theme I: Invocation Written-By – Fripp* Written-By – Fripp*5:18 A2Tight Muscle Party At Love Beach Written-By – Essex* Written-By – Essex*1:22 A3The Chords That Bind Written-By – Fripp* Written-By – Fripp*1:43 A4Guitar Craft Theme III: Eye Of The Needle Written-By – Fripp* Written-By – Fripp*2:20 A5All Or Nothing II Written-By – Fripp* Written-By – Fripp*3:59 A6Guitar Craft Theme II: Aspiration Written-By – Fripp* Written-By – Fripp*3:58 B1All Or Nothing I Written-By – Fripp* Written-By – Fripp*4:44 B2Circulation Written-By – Fripp* Written-By – Fripp*3:54 B3A Fearful Symmetry Written By – Fripp/League Written-By – Fripp*, League* Written By – Fripp/League Written-By – Fripp*, League* 3:24 B4The New World Electronics [Frippertronics] – Robert Fripp Written-By – Fripp* Electronics [Frippertronics] – Robert Fripp Written-By – Fripp* 9:55 B5Crafty March Written By – Fripp/League Written-By – Fripp*, League* Written By – Fripp/League Written-By – Fripp*, League* 3:15 Companies, etc. Marketed By – Jem Records, Inc. Produced For – Editions EG Phonographic Copyright ℗ – E.G. Records Ltd. Copyright © – E.G. Records Ltd. Copyright © – E.G. Music, Inc. Pressed By – Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp. Mixed At – Arny's Shack Mastered At – Sterling Sound Overdubbed At – Arny's Shack Recorded At – George Washington University Recorded At – Claymont Court Credits Acoustic Guitar – Andrew Essex, Bryan Helm, Claude Gillet, Curt Golden, Danny Howes, David Mazza, James Hines III, John Durso, John Miley, John Novak, Jon Diaz, Mark Tomacci, Mike Gorman (3), Robert Fripp, Roy Capellaro, Terry Blankenship, Tony Geballe, Trey Gunn Cover – Bill Smith Studio Engineer [Assistant] – Mark Shane Engineer [Executive] – Tony Arnold Engineer [Mixing Assistant] – Gary Jones Engineer [Recording] – Randy Ezratty Liner Notes – Robert Fripp Management [Performance Liason] – Bob Gerber Photography By [Cover Photograph Of Robert Fripp] – Richard Haughton Photography By [Photograph Of The LCG At George Washington University] – Toyah Willcox Producer – Robert Fripp, Tony Arnold Producer [Concert Production] – Jon Paige Recorded By [Location Recording] – Effanel Music Notes Labels are misprinted with Cat# EGED 44 which is the companion album to this release titled "The Lady Or The Tiger?" 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. Produced for Editions EG All the music on this album was recorded in concert at George Washington University in Washington  with the exceptions of A3 recorded in the Claymont Mansion ballroom and B4 Frippertronics recorded live in concert with a solo overdubbed at Arny's Shack  

USA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH VHS ORDER FORM AND ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  INSERT AND INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. CLEAN LABELS.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are clearer, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant and you 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.