On TrackingAngle! The Brondesbury Tapes Review
- Abigail Devoe
- Jul 24
- 1 min read
Read this review while you can: Fripp could find a way to copyright-claim something in here! Giles, Giles & Fripp's legendary Brondesbury Tapes are back in print.
Few music-related fair use debacles quite measure up to the “Frippocalypse” – a years-long period in which Robert Fripp’s team copyright-struck every King Crimson album review, meme, anything, posted to YouTube. I felt like I was walking on eggshells every time I reviewed a King Crimson album.
Some of my peers flew closer to the sun; losing entire YouTube channels over posting excerpts from the Brondesbury Tapes.
For years, I spouted the line, “If In the Court of the Crimson King had been recorded by Giles, Giles & Fripp, it might have sounded something like the Brondesbury Tapes.” Calling my own bluff here: that statement is reductive. It's true - I've been talking about this stuff since I first reviewed Crimson King. Now it's back in print, and I've reviewed the vinyl release for TrackingAngle!
Read my review of A Selection from the Brondesbury Tapes now, on TrackingAngle.com
(and read my other King Crimson reviews on this site!)
Fripp is still having fun at our experience. The man understands the economics of desire. I, too, have waited a few clicks for this chick to hatch. Confusion?
Fine reading. Also, interested parties should read the extended liner notes for this album on dgmlive.com. Well worth checking out!
You would think that Legacy Acts who aren't in the public eye (unlike The Stones, Paul and Ringo, The Who, The Boss, etc) would encourage more of these kinds of reviews to keep their name out there so more kids can continue to discover their music. Fripp has always seemed one to constantly destroy his own legacy and be forgotten. On a side note I will be curious to see which Ozzy project you cover. Excellent writing as always, Abby.