title: The Great Deceiver (album)
text: # The Great Deceiver (album)
  
  The Great Deceiver è un album dal vivo del gruppo musicale britannico King Crimson, pubblicato nel 1992 dalla Virgin Records.
  
  ## Il disco
  
  Pubblicato in un cofanetto composto da quattro dischi, l'album contiene performance eseguite tra il 1973 ed il 1974 dalla formazione comprendente Robert Fripp, John Wetton, David Cross e Bill Bruford. Jamie Muir, che lascia la band nel 1973, non figura nei credits. Nei primi due CD vi è il concerto del 1974 a Providence, Rhode Island.
  
  ## Tracce
  
  ### CD 1 – Things Are Not as They Seem...
  
  * Registrato al Palace Theatre, Providence, USA, il 30 giugno 1974.
  * "Walk On ... No Pussyfooting" – 0:52 (Robert Fripp, Brian Eno)
  * "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two" – 6:12 (Fripp)
  * "Lament" – 4:04 (Fripp, John Wetton, Richard Palmer-James)
  * "Exiles" – 7:00 (David Cross, Fripp, Palmer-James)
  * "A Voyage to the Centre of the Cosmos" – 14:41 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bill Bruford)
  * "Easy Money" – 7:14 (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James)
  * "Providence" – 9:47 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
  * "Fracture" – 10:47 (Fripp)
  * "Starless" – 11:56 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Palmer-James)
  
  ### CD 2 – Sleight of Hand (or Now You Don't See It Again) and...
  
  * Tracce 1-2 registrate al Palace Theatre, Providence, Stati Uniti d'America, il 30 giugno 1974.
  * Tracce 3-11 registrate al The Apollo, Glasgow, GB, il 23 ottobre 1973.
  * Tracce 12-13 registrate al Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, Stati Uniti d'America, il 29 giugno 1974.
  * 21st Century Schizoid Man – 7:32 (Fripp, Ian McDonald, Greg Lake, Michael Giles, Peter Sinfield)
  * Walk off from Providence ... No Pussyfooting – 1:15 (Fripp, Eno)
  * Sharks' Lungs in Lemsip – 2:38 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
  * Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One – 7:25 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Jamie Muir)
  * Book of Saturday – 2:49 (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James)
  * Easy Money – 6:43 (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James)
  * We'll Let You Know – 4:54 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
  * The Night Watch – 4:54 (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James)
  * Tight Scrummy – 8:27 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
  * Peace: A Theme – 1:01 (Fripp)
  * Cat Food – 4:14 (Fripp, Sinfield, McDonald)
  * Easy Money – 2:19 (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James)
  * ...It Is for You, but Not for Us – 7:25 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
  
  ### CD 3 – ...Acts of Deception (the Magic Circus, or Weasels Stole Our Fruit)
  
  * Tracce 1-11 registrate al Stanley Warner Theatre, Pittsburgh, USA, il 29 aprile 1974.
  * Tracce 12-13 registrate al Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA, il 29 giugno 1974.
  * No Pussyfooting – 1:15 (Fripp, Eno)
  * The Great Deceiver – 3:32 (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James)
  * Bartley Butsford – 3:13 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
  * Exiles – 6:23 (Cross, Fripp, Palmer-James)
  * Daniel Dust – 4:40 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
  * The Night Watch – 4:18 (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James)
  * Doctor Diamond – 4:52 (Cross, Wetton, Fripp, Bruford, Palmer-James)
  * Starless – 11:36 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford Palmer-James)
  * Wilton Carpet – 5:52 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
  * The Talking Drum – 5:29 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir)
  * Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two (abbreviated) – 2:22 (Fripp)
  * Applause and announcement – 2:19
  * Is There Life Out There? – 11:50 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
  
  ### CD 4 – ...But Neither are They Otherwise
  
  * Tracks 1-4 registrate al Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada, il 24 giugno 1974.
  * Tracks 5-12 registrate al Volkshaus, Zurigo, Svizzera, il 15 novembre 1973.
  * The Golden Walnut – 11:14 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
  * The Night Watch – 4:22 (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James)
  * Fracture – 10:48 (Fripp)
  * Clueless and Slightly Slack – 8:36 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
  * Walk On ... No Pussyfooting – 1:00 (Fripp, Eno)
  * Some Pussyfooting – 2:23 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
  * Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One – 7:41 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir)
  * The Law of Maximum Distress, Part One – 6:31 (Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Wetton)
  * The Law of Maximum Distress, Part Two – 2:17 (Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Wetton)
  * Easy Money – 6:57 (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James)
  * Some More Pussyfooting – 5:50 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
  * The Talking Drum – 6:05 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir)
  
  ## Formazione
  
  * Robert Fripp – chitarra, mellotron
  * John Wetton – basso, voce
  * Bill Bruford – batteria, percussioni
  * David Cross – violino, mellotron, pianoforte elettrico
  