Eyes Wide Open (King Crimson album)

Eyes Wide Open
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Released2003
RecordedKouseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan, 16 April 2003
Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, England, 3 July 2000
Various locations, June–July 2000
GenreProgressive rock
LabelDiscipline Global Mobile
King Crimson chronology
Déjà Vrooom
(1999)
Eyes Wide Open
(2003)
Neal and Jack and Me
(2004)

Eyes Wide Open is a live 2-DVD set by the British progressive rock band King Crimson, released in 2003. It presents two concerts filmed in the early 2000s, the band lineup featuring Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Trey Gunn and Pat Mastelotto.

Disc one was filmed at the Kouseinenkin Kaikan in Tokyo, Japan, on 16 April 2003 during the tour promoting The Power to Believe. It is presented in non-anamorphic 1.66:1 format. Zooming the image is required on widescreen TVs to avoid black bars on all four sides. Also included, as an extra feature, is an excerpt from the sound and camera check before the show. In addition, the CD EleKtrik: Live in Japan features most of the audio of this concert.[1]

Disc two was filmed at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in London, on 3 July 2000,[2] the final night of the band's European summer tour for the construKction of light. It is presented in 1.33:1 format. The footage is divided in sections, and the disc is programmed to randomly insert improvisations, filmed on various shows during the tour, in between them.[3] The improvisations can also be accessed separately, as an extra feature.

  1. ^ Planer, Lindsay (2011). "EleKtriK – King Crimson | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  2. ^ "King Crimson -Eyes Wide Open (Double DVD)". shop.schizoidshop.com. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  3. ^ Singleton, David – King Crimson Eyes Wide Open DVD insert.