07.09.1988
USA, New York, Radio City Music Hall	
Live at Radio City Music Hall		
excellent Audience

Total: [43:21]
01. The Island of Silk [10:18]
02. Penhill March (World Gone Strange) [4:49]
03. Naima [5:49]
04. In Praise of Shadows [15:02]
05. Emperor’s Last Straw [7:20]

Taper: Doinker
Source: Sony D3 cassette Walkman (master)>SA90>Sound Forge>FLAC

You would think that this music would have a *slight* resemblance to the Police, wouldn't you? In fact it isn't even in the same universe as rock music. It more closely resembles early Frippertronics ca 1979, but it isn't randomly done in the least. This music is not experimental as you will see. Both sets have the same platform, but are performed differently. 
This music is an outgrowth of the Fripp-Summers album "I Advanced Masked", but unlike that album, this music is full of wide open spaces, vistas, and landscapes if you will. It is deeply meditative, calm for the most part, and organized.
That isn't a backup band playing with Mr. Summers, he arrived solo on stage with a single, vertical container crammed full of equipment. The base tracks were programmed at least in part, and allowed for a certain amount of freedom for improvisation. Certain effects were achieved with pedals, some were done with switches on his guitar. Like Fripp before him, much thought must have gone into making a platform for producing this kind of sound.
That having been said, the two shows do sound remarkably different. I do think Mr. Summers was in awe of actually being on stage at Radio City. Not only does he himself sound impressed, the show itself is studied and very carefully played. Compare that with the looser, off-the-cuff playing in New Haven during the next show. If for no other reason, the pressure of having to play at Radio City was gone, and perhaps he could relax.

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