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Andy Summers and Robert Fripp - The Complete Recordings 1981 – 1984 (3CD/BD)

DGM

  • £37.05

Format: 3CD/BD
Catalogue No.: DGMXP110
Barcode: 0633367797827
Release Date: 28 Mar 2025
Genre: Instrumental

3CD & 1 Blu-ray in a 
10-panel digisleeve and 16-page booklet 

The two original albums - 
I Advance Masked and Bewitched - recorded by Andy Summers and Robert Fripp and a new mini-album assembled from previously unreleased / recently discovered recordings, all in DTS-HD MA Surround (5.1) and 24/96 hi-res stereo. 

PLUS additional treasures / mixes and an audio documentary taken from Fripp’s sessions/ tapes, packaged in a 10-panel book-sized digisleeve with new sleevenotes by Sid Smith and notes on the recordings by King Crimson producer David Singleton.

•    4-disc set of all the Summers/Fripp material on 3CD/1Blu-ray.
•    CDs include the original albums ‘I Advance Masked’ & ‘Bewitched’ with additional tracks and a 3rd album ‘Mother Hold the Candle Steady’ compiled from previously unreleased / unheard newly mixed material and assembled by David Singleton plus an alternative take of “Maquillage” and an early slower version of “Parade”
•    Blu-ray includes:
o    Both original albums and the new 3rd album - newly mixed by David Singleton in 5.1 DTS-HD MA surround & 24/96 hi-res stereo
o    Both original albums – the original stereo mixes, newly mastered in 24/96 hi-res stereo
o    A ‘fly on the wall’ audio documentary – ‘Can We Record Tony?’ – taken from Robert Fripp’s own archive cassettes of the 2 guitarists’ original improvisations and conversations, also in 24/96 hi-res
•    Presented in a 10-panel book-sized digi-sleeve with 16-page booklet including photos & sleeve-notes from new interviews with Andy Summers and Robert Fripp by King Crimson biographer Sid Smith 
•    Plus a fascinating ‘Tale of the Tapes’ page by David Singleton on how / where the previously unreleased material was recently discovered / sourced

The most exquisite moments in music are when you connect with the other players, when you fly, when you touch the spirit and the audience is there with you.

Andy Summers, One Train Later

Having crossed paths briefly in the ’60s in Bournemouth where Fripp took over Andy’s guitar chair in the band at Bournemouth’s Majestic Hotel, it wasn’t until 1981 - when Summers wrote to Fripp - that the two guitarists would work together.  

With King Crimson fresh from recording the now classic album ‘Discipline’ after a considerable break, Fripp was immediate in his response to Summers’s suggestion of working together. And though The Police were busy with the recording and touring of ‘Ghost in the Machine’, the two guitarists somehow managed to find time to experiment, develop and record the first of their two albums. 

Whilst ‘I Advance Masked’ showcased the skill and differing guitar techniques of the two players with heavy influence of Fripp’s multi-rhythmic playing evident, their second 1984 album ‘Bewitched’ was a more melodic affair with the inclusion of additional personnel including bassist Chris Childs and Sara Lee, and as Fripp put it, “the album is a lot more Andrew than it is me”. 

Almost 40 years later - during plans to reissue the original albums and searching for the original tapes - Summers came across four new tapes in a Los Angeles vault. Not only was most of the original material on those tapes, but a treasure trove of previously unreleased material, early versions, alternative versions of tracks were unearthed. 

From that, eleven unreleased tracks were arranged/edited and newly mixed and, along with an alternative take of “Maquillage” and an early slower version of “Parade”, a third mini album titled ‘Mother Hold the Candle Steady’ was created. More previously unreleased tracks such as Balinese and Brainstorm and delights such as an early mix of New Marimba were also discovered by David Singleton in the process of collating and mixing this collection. 

In addition, this package includes an audio documentary titled ‘Can We Record Tony?’ which is from a series of cassettes Fripp kept containing their original exploratory improvisations.   

CD 1 - I ADVANCE MASKED
 I ADVANCE MASKED 
 UNDER BRIDGES OF SILENCE 
 CHINA - YELLOW LEADER 
 IN THE CLOUD FOREST 
 NEW MARIMBA 
 GIRL ON A SWING 
 HARDY COUNTRY 
 THE TRUTH OF SKIES 
 PAINTING AND DANCE 
 STILL POINT 
 LAKELAND / AQUARELLE 
 SEVEN ON SEVEN 
 STULTIFIED 

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL:
BRAINSTORM  
NEW MARIMBA (EARLY MIX)
BALINESE
SEVEN ON SEVEN (REPRISE)

CD 2 - BEWITCHED 

PARADE
WHAT KIND OF MAN READS PLAYBOY 
BEGIN THE DAY 
TRAIN
BEWITCHED
TRIBE 
MAQUILLAGE 
GUIDE
FORGOTTEN STEPS 
IMAGE AND LIKENESS


ADDITIONAL MATERIAL:
TRIBE (ORIGINAL VERSION)
MAQUILLAGE (ALT ORIGINAL MIX)

CD 3 - MOTHER HOLD THE CANDLE STEADY (Previously Unreleased) :
 
IMPUDENT PRELUDE
BRAINSTORM
TREMORS
TURKISH KITCHEN 
SKYLINE
FOI UM OPTIMO DIA
SAN ANTONIO BLUES
MOTHER HOLD THE CANDLE STEADY 
ENTROPY PULSE
NINJA ACID DANCE
STEP N’ FETCHIT
MAQUILLAGE II
PARADE II
CAN WE RECORD TONY (EDIT)

BLU-RAY – All content in 24/96 Hi-Res

I ADVANCE MASKED 
As CD including

NEW MIXES STEREO 
NEW MIXES SURROUND (Also in DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround)
ORIGINAL MIXES  


BEWITCHED 
AS CD plus:
NEW MIXES STEREO 
NEW MIXES SURROUND (also in DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround)
ORIGINAL MIXES 

MOTHER HOLD THE CANDLE STEADY
STEREO 
SURROUND (also in DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround)  
CAN WE RECORD TONY (COMPLETE) 

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