Summers And Fripp Box Set To Include Unissued Album

Most of guitar albums which felt revolutionary at the time of their issue sooner or later become obsolete – just because their influence turns out to be omnipresent, and then there are records were set so far in the future that time fail to catch up to them. This is how the couple of platters Andy Summers and Robert Fripp delivered forty years ago have fared for decades – only there’s more to the context of 1982’s “I Advance Masked” and its follow-up “Bewitched” from 1984 than most of the two friends’ fans know about. And now, with the prospect of unmasking and unbewitching but also of fresh enchantment, a four-disc box set of THE POLICE and KING CRIMSON six-stringers’ entire output is ready for release.

Bearing an unpretentious legend “The Complete Recordings 1981-1984” and comprised of three CDs and Blu-ray, the collection is to arrive on March 28th, but it’s been planned as far back as 2021, when Andy first broke the news to this scribe, saying those classics were getting “a new life at the moment” – and mentioning how “amazing” was the fact of his and Robert’s first joint effort got into “Billboard”‘s Top 60. What’s no less amazing is the inclusion in this comp – alongside the known and loved pieces, a smattering of bonus tracks, and the “Can We Record Tony?” audio documentary – the pair’s third album, stitched from cuts from the duo’s vaults – all prepared by the redoubtable David Singleton. A fascinating offering.

ANDY SUMMERS and ROBERT FRIPP –
The Complete Recordings
1981-1984

CD 1 – I Advance Masked:
1. I Advance Masked
2. Under Bridges Of Silence
3. China – Yellow Leader
4. In The Cloud Forest
5. New Marimba
6. Girl On A Swing
7. Hardy Country
8. The Truth Of Skies
9. Painting And Dance
10. Still Point
11. Lakeland / Aquarelle
12. Seven On Seven
13. Stultified
additional material:
14. Brainstorm
15. New Marimba (early mix)
16. Balinese
17. Seven On Seven (reprise)

CD 2 – Bewitched:
1. Parade
2. What Kind Of Man Reads Playboy
3. Begin The Day
4. Train
5. Bewitched
6. Tribe
7. Maquillage
8. Guide
9. Forgotten Steps
10. Image And Likeness
11. additional material:
12. Tribe (original version)
13. Maquillage (alt. original mix)

CD 3 – Mother Hold The Candle Steady:
1. Impudent Prelude
2. Brainstorm
3. Tremors
4. Turkish Kitchen
5. Skyline
6. Foi Um Optimo Dia
7. San Antonio Blues
8. Mother Hold The Candle Steady
9. Entropy Pulse
10. Ninja Acid Dance
11. Step N’ Fetchit
12. Maquillage Ii
13. Parade Ii
14. Can We Record Tony (edit)

Blu-ray:
I Advance Masked / Bewitched / Mother Hold The Candle Steady
* new stereo mixes (except “Mother Hold The Candle Steady”)
* DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround mix
* original stereo mix

January 30, 2025

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