The Great Deceiver est un coffret 4 CD du groupe King Crimson sorti en 1992. Il couvre plusieurs concerts donnés par le groupe en 1973-1974. Son titre provient de la chanson du même nom parue sur l'album Starless and Bible Black (1974).

Titres[modifier | modifier le code]

Disque 1 : Things Are Not as They Seem...[modifier | modifier le code]

Enregistré au Palace Theatre de Providence le 30 juin 1974.

1. Walk On ... No Pussyfooting (Eno, Fripp) – 0:52
2. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part Two) (Fripp) – 6:12
3. Lament (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 4:04
4. Exiles (Cross, Fripp, Palmer-James) – 7:00
5. A Voyage to the Centre of the Cosmos (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 14:41
6. Easy Money (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 7:14
7. Providence (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 9:47
8. Fracture (Fripp) – 10:47
9. Starless (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Palmer-James) – 11:56

Disque 2 : Sleight of Hand (or Now You Don't See It Again) and...[modifier | modifier le code]

Enregistré au Palace Theatre de Providence le 30 juin 1974 (1-2), à l'Apollo de Glasgow le 23 octobre 1973 (3-11) et à l'Université d'État de Pennsylvanie le 29 juin 1974 (12-13).

1. 21st Century Schizoid Man (Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield) – 7:32
2. Walk off from Providence ... No Pussyfooting (Eno, Fripp) – 1:15
3. Sharks' Lungs in Lemsip (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 2:38
4. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part One) (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir) – 7:25
5. Book of Saturday (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 2:49
6. Easy Money (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 6:43
7. We'll Let You Know (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 4:54
8. The Night Watch (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 4:54
9. Tight Scrummy (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 8:27
10. Peace: A Theme (Fripp) – 1:01
11. Cat Food (Fripp, Sinfield, McDonald) – 4:14
12. Easy Money (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 2:19
13. ...It Is for You, but Not for Us (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 7:25

Disque 3 : ...Acts of Deception (the Magic Circus, or Weasels Stole Our Fruit)[modifier | modifier le code]

Enregistré au Stanley Warner Theatre de Pittsburgh le 29 avril 1974 (1-11) et à l'Université d'État de Pennsylvanie le 29 juin 1974 (12-13).

1. No Pussyfooting (Eno, Fripp) – 1:15
2. The Great Deceiver (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 3:32
3. Bartley Butsford (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 3:13
4. Exiles (Cross, Fripp, Palmer-James) – 6:23
5. Daniel Dust (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 4:40
6. The Night Watch (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 4:18
7. Doctor Diamond (Cross, Wetton, Fripp, Bruford, Palmer-James) – 4:52
8. Starless (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Palmer-James) – 11:36
9. Wilton Carpet (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 5:52
10. The Talking Drum (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir) – 5:29
11. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part Two) (abrégée) (Fripp) – 2:22
12. Applause and Announcement – 2:19
13. Is There Life Out There? (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 11:50

Disque 4 : ...But Neither are They Otherwise[modifier | modifier le code]

Enregistré au Massey Hall de Toronto le 24 juin 1974 (1-4) et au Volkshaus de Zurich le 15 novembre 1973 (5-12).

1. The Golden Walnut (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 11:14
2. The Night Watch (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 4:22
3. Fracture (Fripp) – 10:48
4. Clueless and Slightly Slack (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 8:36
5. Walk On ... No Pussyfooting (Eno, Fripp) – 1:00
6. Some Pussyfooting (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 2:23
7. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part One) (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir) – 7:41
8. The Law of Maximum Distress (Part One) (Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Wetton) – 6:31
9. The Law of Maximum Distress (Part Two) (Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Wetton) – 2:17
10. Easy Money (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) – 6:57
11. Some More Pussyfooting (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) – 5:50
12. The Talking Drum (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir) – 6:05

Musiciens[modifier | modifier le code]

• Robert Fripp : guitare, mellotron, piano électrique
• John Wetton : basse, chant
• David Cross : violon, mellotron, piano électrique
• Bill Bruford : batterie, percussions

v · m King Crimson
Robert Fripp Mel Collins Tony Levin Pat Mastelotto Gavin Harrison Jakko Jakszyk Bill Rieflin Jeremy Stacey Greg Lake Michael Giles Ian McDonald Peter Sinfield Gordon Haskell Andy McCulloch Boz Burrell Ian Wallace John Wetton Jamie Muir Bill Bruford David Cross Richard Palmer-James Adrian Belew Trey Gunn
Albums studio	In the Court of the Crimson King In the Wake of Poseidon Lizard Islands Larks' Tongues in Aspic Starless and Bible Black Red Discipline Beat Three of a Perfect Pair THRAK the construKction of light The Power to Believe
Albums en concert	Earthbound USA The Great Deceiver B'Boom: Live in Argentina THRaKaTTaK Epitaph The Night Watch Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal Live in Mexico City The ProjeKcts Heavy ConstruKction Vrooom Vrooom Ladies of the Road EleKtrik: Live in Japan The Power to Believe Tour Box Live at the Orpheum Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind
Singles et EP	The Court of the Crimson King Cat Food Atlantic Sampler The Night Watch Epitaph / 21st Century Schizoid Man Matte Kudasai Elephant Talk Thela Hun Ginjeet Heartbeat Three of a Perfect Pair Sleepless VROOOM Dinosaur People Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream Level Five Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With
Compilations	A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson Cirkus: The Young Persons' Guide to King Crimson Live The Deception of the Thrush: A Beginners' Guide to ProjeKcts The Beginners' Guide to the King Crimson Collectors' Club The Elements of King Crimson
Groupes liés	Giles, Giles & Fripp McDonald and Giles Emerson, Lake and Palmer ProjeKcts 21st Century Schizoid Band Crimson Jazz Trio Fripp & Eno Porcupine Tree
Articles liés	E.G. Records
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