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Edited Aug 08, 2008, 18:22
Fripp/Eno Reissues: Pussyfooting Evening Star Sept 29
Aug 08, 2008, 18:17
Fripp & Eno Remastered

:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Aug 7, 2008

The classic Fripp & Eno collaborations, No Pussyfooting and Evening Star are released on September 29th. No Pussyfooting is expanded to a 2 CD set that includes the original album, the infamous reversed version as played by DJ John Peel and a rather special ultra-slow version of The Heavenly Music Corporation replicating the way the vinyl album sounded when played at 16rpm. Evening Star appears in its original state without any bonus materials. Both albums were remastered by Simon Heyworth and overseen by Robert Fripp.


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http://www.king-crimson.com/news.htm...40&entry=1088&

As was common practice in those days, albums were often supplied in reel to reel tapes as well as vinyl. Whether it was someone from the record company who’d wound the reel off the wrong way, or a chilled out Peel who’d threaded it up back to front, the entire album was played backwards on the 18th December 1973.

The incident even gets a mention in Peel’s posthumously published biog, Margrave of the Marshes.

"(Peel) realised that no-one at the station actually listened to the show...This first became apparent to him when no-one complained about the various cock-ups he made. Later in his career John would become notorious for these spontaneous errors; there was one infamous occasion in 1973 when he played tracks from Robert Fripp and Brian Eno’s No Pussyfooting backwards, though only Eno called to point out this mistake."

Never mind going backwards - can anyone else recall playing No Pussyfooting at 16 rpm? My recollections of this exciting sonic event (no, really!) are up on the blog today.

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