The Great Deceiver

Album by King Crimson

The Great Deceiver is a four-CD live box set by English progressive rock band King Crimson, released in 1992. It compiles live recordings from the group's 1973-74 line-up and showcases a heavy, experimental progressive rock sound characterised by extended improvisation, complex rhythms and angular guitar and electric violin interplay, documenting a transitional period in the band's career.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Walk On… No Pussyfooting
    0:48
  2. 2.
    Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Part Two
    6:24
  3. 3.
    Lament
    4:38
  4. 4.
    Exiles
    8:57
  5. 5.
    Improv: A Voyage to the Centre of the Cosmos
    15:03
  6. 6.
    Easy Money
    7:12
  7. 7.
    Improv: Providence
    10:18
  8. 8.
    Fracture
    11:14
  9. 9.
    Starless
    12:03

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    21st Century Schizoid Man
    8:26
  2. 3.
    Walk Off From Providence / No Pussyfooting
    2:11
  3. 4.
    Sharks’ Lungs in Lemsip
    2:31
  4. 5.
    Larks’ Tongues in Aspic
    7:49
  5. 6.
    Book of Saturday
    3:02
  6. 7.
    Easy Money
    6:41
  7. 8.
    We’ll Let You Know
    4:54
  8. 9.
    The Night Watch
    5:17
  9. 10.
    Improv: Tight Scrummy
    8:58
  10. 11.
    Peace: A Theme
    1:01
  11. 12.
    Cat Food
    4:36
  12. 13.
    Easy Money
    2:20
  13. 14.
    …It Is for You, but Not for Us
    9:10

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Walk On… No Pussyfooting
    0:58
  2. 4.
    The Great Deceiver
    4:26
  3. 5.
    Improv: Bartley Butsford
    3:12
  4. 6.
    Exiles
    7:19
  5. 7.
    Improv: Daniel Dust
    4:09
  6. 8.
    The Night Watch
    4:39
  7. 9.
    Doctor Diamond
    5:11
  8. 10.
    Starless
    12:25
  9. 11.
    Improv: Wilton Carpet
    5:52
  10. 12.
    The Talking Drum
    5:29
  11. 13.
    Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Part Two
    4:07
  12. 14.
    Applause & Announcement
    2:12
  13. 15.
    Improv: Is There Life Out There?
    14:49

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Improv: The Golden Walnut
    11:46
  2. 5.
    The Night Watch
    4:37
  3. 6.
    Fracture
    11:51
  4. 7.
    Improv: Clueless and Slightly Slack
    8:12
  5. 8.
    Walk On… No Pussyfooting
    0:53
  6. 9.
    Improv: Some Pussyfooting
    2:26
  7. 10.
    Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Part One
    8:16
  8. 11.
    Improv: The Law of Maximum Distress, Part One
    6:31
  9. 12.
    Improv: The Law of Maximum Distress, Part Two
    2:33
  10. 13.
    Easy Money
    7:32
  11. 14.
    Improv: Some More Pussyfooting
    5:53
  12. 15.
    The Talking Drum
    6:02

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