# 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