Artist: King Crimson
Title: Thrak – 40th Anniversary – Live & Studio Recordings 1994-1997
Released: 1995/2015
Genre: Rock, Prog Rock, Art Rock, Avant-Prog
Artist: Robert Fripp (guitar, mellotron, Soundscapes), Adrian Belew (guitar, lead vocals), Tony Levin (bass guitar, Chapman Stick, electric upright bass, backing vocals), Trey Gunn (Chapman Stick, Warr guitar, backing vocals) , Bill Bruford (drums), Pat Mastelotto (percussion)
Quality: Blu-ray Audio & Video
Video (Disc#1): MPEG-4 AVC 3000 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Video (Disc#2): MPEG-4 AVC ~10000 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 96 (48) kHz / 7143 (5555) kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English LPCM 5.1 / 96 (48) kHz / 13824 (6912) kbps / 24-bit
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 / 96 (48) kHz / 4608 (2304) kbps / 24-bit
Size: 86 GiB
The 1994 return of King Crimson was timed perfectly, matching, in no particular order, one of the peak periods for CD sales, a time of great variety of radio formats in the USA, the growth of a number of bands who pointed eagerly to the influence of King Crimson – especially of the 1972-74 band – a more positive critical reception for the band, following the remasters of the catalogue, Frame by Frame and Great Deceiver boxed sets supervised by Robert Fripp. Such timing not only benefited from the release of the various musicians from their other musical commitments, but in Robert Fripp’s case, the ultimately successful battle to regain control of King Crimson’s catalogue.
Recorded at Peter Gabriel’s RealWorld studios THRAK was released in 1995 and followed by tours in Europe, Japan and the USA. In the USA Crimson joined the Horde tour for 1995 – among a floating line-up that included Lenny Kravitz, The Black Crowes and Ziggy Marley. Thrak and its accompanying tours managed the task of appealing to older Crimson fans, while allowing the band to develop a whole new audience – perhaps unsurprisingly, as many of the musical ideas initially formulated by Crimson lineups of the 70s and 80s had been absorbed, extended and re-presented in a new light by bands directly influenced by earlier Crimson albums and performances.
Had THRAK merely reiterated those ideas most fans would, without doubt, have been happy with the outcome, but a key element in the evolution of Crimson’s music and history has been the band’s unwillingness to simply go on performing and recording for the sake of it. Robert Fripp places great importance on the fact that Crimson only operates when there is music that demands a King Crimson to perform it. This ability to walk away from the group at peak points artistically and commercially (as with the 70s and 80s lineups), is one of the band’s great strengths. It allows for the periodic reinvention of the band and ensures that innovation is a driving factor whenever the group does appear.
THRAK has all the hallmarks of a classic album – an album that challenged audience expectations when released, yet still sounds exciting now. For the band’s many fans, it rates comparison with the best of King Crimson’s studio albums, no mean feat given the quality and status of the likes of In The Court of the Crimson King (1969), Red (1974) and Discipline (1981).
The newly mixed stereo of THRAK was described as “transformative” by Robert Fripp. It’s also no exaggeration to state that this band can’t be fully appreciated and understood until you hear the roar of THRAK emerging from six speakers.
Twenty years on from its original release, THRAK remains one of the most powerful studio albums of the period.
Blu-Ray#1 :: The most comprehensive Hi-Res audio only disc yet assembled features three complete albums with 5.1 Surround Sound mixes: THRAK, ATTAKcATHRAK and Kcensington THRAK. These three albums also appear in Hi-Res stereo – THRAK in both its original and new stereo mixes – plus a further three complete albums are included in Hi-Res stereo, JurassiKc THRAK, THRAKaTTAKand& the official live bootleg of the double trio in Argentina: B’Boom.
— THRAK 2015
— ATTAKcATHRAK
— THRAK Original Mix
— THRaKaTTaK
— Kcensington THRAK
— B’Boom
— JurassiKc THRAK
Blu-Ray#2 :: features an audio/visual feast: A complete concert filmed live at The Warfield Theatre, San Francisco from 1995 – previously unreleased – with all footage newly transferred from the original tapes, mastered for high definition and 5.1 Surround Sound.
The live footage from the 1995 Live in Japan performance – all footage newly transferred from the original tapes, mastered for High Definition with the original 5.1 Surround Sound remastered.
Tony’s Road Movies – The band on the road as filmed by Tony Levin – all footage newly mastered for High Definition and featuring a soundtrack of previously unreleased material drawn from the band’s earliest rehearsals in 1994 up-mixed to Surround Sound
The EPK of the making of the THRAK album at Peter Gabriel’s RealWorld Studios with newly mixed Surround Sound audio.
Additionally, this disc is being built to include a further unique feature whereby, with a press of a button, the disc will function as a pure audio disc for all audio material featured in the audio/video section.
— Live At The Warfield Thearte, San Francisco, CA June 26, 1995
— Live At The Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, Japan October 5 & 6, 1995
— Tony’s Road Movies
— THRAK EPK
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