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AMG Review by Ted Mills

Robert Fripp's second team up with Brian Eno was a less harsh, more varied affair, closer to Eno's then-developing idea of ambient music than what had come before in No Pussyfooting. The method used, once again, was the endless decaying tape loop system of Frippertronics but refined with pieces such as "Wind on Water" fading up into an already complex bed of layered synths and treated guitar over which Fripp plays long, languid solos. "Evening Star" is meditative and calm with gentle scales rocking to and fro while Fripp solos on top. "Wind on Wind" is Eno solo, an excerpt from the soon to be released Discreet Music album. The nearly 30-minute ending piece, "An Index of Metals," keeps Evening Star from being a purely background listen as the loops this time contain a series of guitar distortions layered to the nth degree, Frippertronics as pure dissonance. As a culmination of Fripp and Eno's experiments, Evening Star shows how far they could go.

 ‎– Evening Star Label:  ‎– AN-7018 Format: , LP, Album 
Country: Released: Genre: Style: ,  Tracklist A1Wind On Water5:35A2Evening Star7:41A3Evensong2:47A4Wind On Wind3:04BAn Index Of Metals27:55 Credits Artwork By [Painting Reproduced On Cover] – Peter Schmidt Artwork By [Typography] – Bob Bowkett Engineer – , ,  Guitar –  Loops, Synthesizer –  Photography [Back Cover] – Antonio Tiedra Producer – * Written-By – * (tracks: A4),  (tracks: A1 to A3, B) Notes A1 recorded live at The Olympia, Paris and at Olympic Studios, London.
A2 recorded at Island and Air Studios.
A3 recorded at Olympic Studios.
A4 recorded at Eno's Studio.
"Wind On Wind" is an excerpt from "Discreet Music", released on Obscure Records No. 3.
B recorded at Eno's studio.

"Produced by Eno & Fripp for E.G. Records Ltd."
"Special thanks to Nick Bell and Malcolm le Grice."


U.S. pressing, Antilles label, original release

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NEAR MINT ---- Otherwise mint but has one or two tiny inconsequential flaws that do not affect play. Covers should be close to perfect with minor signs of wear or age just becoming evident: slight ring-wear, minor denting to a corner, or writing on the cover should all be noted properly.

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VERY GOOD ---- Record displays visible signs of handling and playing, such as loss of vinyl luster, light surface scratches, groove wear and spindle trails. Some audible surface noise, but should not overwhelm the musical experience. Usually a cover is VG when one or two of these problems are evident: ring wear, seam splits, bent corners, loss of gloss, stains, etc.

GOOD ---- Well played with little luster and significant surface noise. Despite defects, record should still play all the way through without skipping. Several cover flaws will be apparent, but should not obliterate the artwork.

POOR ---- Any record or cover that does not qualify for the above "Good" grading should be seen as Poor. Several cover flaws.