King Crimson - Bude (Happy.../Level Five/EleKtriK)

Full Playlist: “Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With / Level Five / EleKtriK” draws together a collection of studio and live recordings of King Crimson as a double duo: The song-centred mini-album Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With (2002) acted as an appetiser for The Power To Believe (2003) in much the same way that the mini-album VROOOM preceded and anticipated THRAK in the mid-1990s. Recorded a year earlier, Level Five (2001) was a powerful live album consisting of three lengthy previously unrecorded instrumentals, alongside The ConstruKction Of Light and Deception Of The Thrush plus Improv: ProjeKct X (originally, a hidden bonus track). A further example of the band’s live power came with EleKtriK (2003), filmed and recorded at a Japanese concert for DVD release. Crimson delivered in abundance on The Power To Believe tour with John Bungey of The Times calling it “..