Complete Recordings 1981-1984 (W/Book) (Box) (Wba)

4-disc set of all the Summers/Fripp material on 3CD/1Blu-ray Audio (All region). 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: 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. Both original albums - the original stereo mixes, newly mastered in 24/96 hi-res stereo. 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. 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.