King Crimson - USA

As Robert Fripp had done with King Crimson's first live LP, Earthbound (1972), Usa (1974) is a single-disc concert package documenting the quartet during its most concurrent swing through North America. As with its predecessor, Usa was also issued as a sonic cenotaph of the concurrently defunct Krim. So insistent that the band would not be resurrected, Fripp concluded the LP's liner notes at the time with another three-letter epitaph: "R.I.P." The 1973/1974 King Crimson included the collective efforts of Fripp (guitar/mellotron), David Cross (violin), John Wetton (bass/vocals), and Bill Bruford (drums/percussion). Read More