King Crimson - 1982-09-10 Hamburg, DE (2013)

Somewhere from the murk of this audience recording King Crimson emerge full of vim and vigour. Waiting Man finally gets the punters attention and so the commentary drops off or, more accurately, is beaten (see what I did there?) into submission. Bruford is clearly having a ball on Thela opting for some double drumming that crunches all before it. The Sheltering Sky though occasionally subject to some conversational interference is powerful with soaring runs from Fripp and squalling surges from Belew. Levin is on fire throughout Neurotica and the ever ebullient Bruford knocks the ball out of the park for Indiscipline. A strong gig for the Crims that manages to take off despite the sonic limitations of the source recording.