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Artist: Robert Fripp
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Robert Fripp Exposures Boxset
The largest in the series, Exposures is the ninth boxset release collecting King Crimson / Robert Fripp material from 1969 to 2008.
 
Featuring 32 discs (26xCD/3xDVD audio/3xBlu-Ray audio) presented in a 12” box with a 48 page booklet containing extensive notes by Sid Smith and Al Okada plus memorabilia such as tickets, posters, press releases and more. 
 
One of the most comprehensive boxed sets devoted to a single period of an artist’s career, Exposures features the complete collection of Robert Fripp’s studio and live solo material from 1977-1983, covering the period from the first Exposure sessions to the end of The League of Gentlemen and final Frippertronics concerts.
 
Steven Wilson mixes of Exposure (in two versions), Under Heavy Manners, The League of Gentlemen studio recordings and numerous unreleased tracks from the albums’ sessions appear in Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD 5.1 Surround and 24/96 hi-res stereo audio on Blu-Ray discs 1 and 3.
 
David Singleton mixes of God Save the Queen, Let the Power Fall and the Washington Square Church Frippertronics album appear in DTS-HD Surround (Quad/4.1) and in hi- res stereo ranging from 24/48 (WSC), 24/96 GSTQ) to 24/192 (LTPF) on Blu-Ray discs 1 and 3.
 
In addition, all editions and versions of Exposure (including previously unreleased), original masters of all of the albums from the period and a wealth of additional material, much of it previously unreleased appear on Blu-Ray in hi-res stereo audio on those discs.
 
Two further Blu-Ray discs present the complete DGM archive of Frippertronics loops, masters and concert performances - over 68 hours of music in 24/48 hi-res stereo
 
Three DVDs feature the main albums in 5.1, quad and hi-res stereo. Twenty five CDs present material including the earliest existing master loops, all of the albums in new Steven Wilson and David Singleton mixes, plus original mixes newly mastered and a number of studio and live discs featuring previously unreleased and/or music new to disc.
 
We have 100 copies of the extremely rare / highly sought after Robert Fripp - Silent Night flexi-disc - originally distributed with Praxis magazine in December 1979 - to randomly add to pre-orders
 
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After King Crimson's dissolution in 1974, Robert Fripp embarked on a lengthy sabbatical away from the public eye. His relocation from Great Britain to New York in February 1978 marked his return as a producer, solo artist, and ‘wild card’ collaborator with an impressive roster of artists including Daryl Hall, Blondie, Peter Gabriel, and David Bowie. Fripp's first solo album, Exposure, was released in 1979. A further two solo records, Under Heavy Manners/God Save The Queen and Let The Power Fall followed, and in 1980 he formed The League Of Gentlemen. Described as a New Wave dance band, this led to King Crimson's reformation in 1981.
 
This set is a fitting testament to an intensely creative and radically diverse chapter in Robert Fripp’s career.
Disc 1 Major Loops I
 
Disc 2 Major Loops II
 
Disc 3 Major Loops III
01 Major Loops III 59:25
02 Loops: Breathless 12:51
 
Discs 1 – 3 comprise some of the Major Loops for Frippertronics. Disc 3 also includes the loops for the track Breathless.
 
Discs 1 – 3 – Material previously unreleased
 
Disc 4 NYC: Exposure Master Loops and Lost in the Bush of Ghosts
01 Exposure Master Loops I 30:59
02 Exposure Master Loops II 19:35
03 C Sharp Bass Joins And Becomes Seascape 4:15
04 Lost In The Bush Of Ghosts I 3:31
05 Lost In The Bush Of Ghosts II 4:51
06 Lost In The Bush Of Ghosts III 7:17
07 Lost In The Bush Of Ghosts IV 1:58
08 Lost In The Bush Of Ghosts V 4:44
 
The master loops for Exposure plus loops recorded for the David Byrne/Brian Eno album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
 
Disc 4 – Previously unreleased, except. Bush of Ghosts loops previously available as a download from dgmlive.com under a later title. New to disc
 
Disc 5 Last of the Great New York Heartthrobs, Plus: Exposure alt takes/rough mixes
01 Preface/You Burn Me Up I'm A Cigarette 3:38
02 North Star 3:06
03 Disengage 2:55
04 I Smile Like Chicago 2:13
05 Exposure 4:21
06 NY3 - Lyric Version 2:18
07 Häaden Two 3:12
08 Mary 2:07
09 Breathless 4:46
10 NYCNY/First Inaugural Address To The I.A.C.E. Sherbourne House 3:38
11 Water Music I/Here Comes the Flood 5:33
12 Water Music II 4:29
13 Postscript 0:43
14 Exposure II 4:21
15 NY3 (Alt. Take/Rough Mix) 2:27
16 You Burn Me Up I'm A Cigarette (Alt. Take/Rough Mix) 2:22
17 Disengage (Alt. Take/Rough Mix) 2:23
18 Chicago (Alt. Take/Rough Mix Aug. 8th) 2:15
19 Chicago (Alt. Take/Rough Mix Aug. 9th) 2:15
20 Mary (Sax) 2:09
21 North Star (Old Riff - Take 6) 3:13
22 North Star 2 (Take 7) 3:11
23 Exposure IV 4:22
24 NY3 2:21
25 Mary (Revised Remix Take 26) 2:08
 
Disc 5 contains the original album running order/featured vocalists/original lyrics in some instances (with the original proposed album title) as mastered in August 1978, taken from the master tape and accompanied by a selection of alternate takes and rough mixes from the album sessions.
 
Disc 5 – Previously unreleased, except select tracks from additional material section previously available as downloads from dgmlive.com. New to disc
 
Disc 6 Exposure First Edition, Plus: Flood Loops
01 Preface 1:16
02 You Burn Me Up I'm A Cigarette 2:23
03 Breathless 4:46
04 Disengage 2:47
05 North Star 3:06
06 Chicago 2:12
07 NY3 2:24
08 Mary 2:08
09 Exposure 4:26
10 Häaden Two 2:54
11 Urban Landscape 2:35
12 I May Not Have Had Enough Of Me But I've Had Enough Of You 3:44
13 First Inaugural Address To The I.A.C.E. Sherbourne House 0:05
14 Water Music I 1:27
15 Here Comes The Flood 4:07
16 Water Music II 4:29
17 Postscript 0:41
18 Loops: Here Comes the Flood 25:45
 
The 2006 master/running order of the First Edition of Exposure plus loops recorded for Here Comes the Flood.
 
Disc 6 - Previously released except Flood Loops
 
Disc 7 Exposure Third Edition, Plus:
01 Preface 1:16
02 You Burn Me Up I'm A Cigarette 2:24
03 Breathless 4:43
04 Disengage II (Daryl Hall Vocal) 2:44
05 North Star 3:13
06 Chicago (Daryl Hall Vocal) 2:17
07 New York, New York, New York (Daryl Hall Vocal) 2:18
08 Mary 2:08
09 Exposure 4:26
10 Häaden Two 1:57
11 Urban Landscape 2:35
12 I May Not Have Had Enough Of Me But I've Had Enough Of You 3:38
13 First Inaugural Address To The I.A.C.E. Sherbourne House 0:07
14 Water Music I 1:19
15 Here Comes the Flood 3:55
16 Water Music II 3:55
17 Postscript 0:47
18 Exposure (Daryl Hall Vocal) 4:36
19 Mary (Daryl Hall Vocal) 2:06
20 Disengage 2:51
21 Chicago 2:02
22 NY3 2:19
23 Exposure (From Peter Gabriel II) 4:13
24 Urban Landscape (From Daryl Hall Sacred Songs) 2:26
25 NYCNY (From Daryl Hall Sacred Songs) 4:37
26 Here Comes the Flood (Early Mix) 5:23
 
The 2006 master/running order of the Third Edition of Exposure plus the additional material from that release – album songs with Daryl Hall/ Terre Roche vocals, plus material from Peter Gabriel II, Daryl Hall’s Sacred Songs and a previously unreleased mix of Here Comes the Flood from Exposure
 
Disc 7 – Previously released except Here Comes the Flood mix.
 
Disc 8 Exposure Fourth Edition, 2021 Stereo Mix, Plus:
01 Preface 1:16
02 You Burn Me Up I'm A Cigarette 2:23
03 Breathless 4:47
04 Disengage 2:52
05 North Star 3:14
06 Chicago 2:15
07 NY3 2:24
08 Mary 2:09
09 Exposure 4:26
10 Häaden Two 2:53
11 Urban Landscape 2:36
12 I May Not Have Had Enough Of Me But I've Had Enough Of You 3:44
13 First Inaugural Address To The I.A.C.E. Sherbourne House 0:05
14 Water Music I 1:27
15 Here Comes The Flood 4:08
16 Water Music II 4:30
17 Postscript 0:43
18 Disengage 2:47
19 Chicago 3:16
20 NY3 2:24
21 Mary 2:09
22 Exposure 4:26
23 Chicago 2:07
 
Full album newly mixed from the original multi-track tapes by Steven Wilson following the First Edition running order and all alternate vocal performances also newly mixed and included.
 
Disc 8 – New mixes/Previously unreleased
 
Disc 9 Breathless or How I Gradually Internalised The Social Reality Of Manhattan Until It Seemed To Be A Very Reasonable Way Of Life, Plus:
01 Preface/You Burn Me Up I'm A Cigarette 3:39
02 North Star 3:14
03 Disengage 2:51
04 Chicago 2:15
05 Exposure 4:22
06 NY3 - Lyric Version 2:19
07 Häaden Two 2:55
08 Mary 2:09
09 Breathless 4:48
10 Urban Landscape/I May Not Have Had Enough Of Me But I’ve Had Enough Of You/First Inaugural Address To The I.A.C.E. Sherbourne House 6:24
11 Water Music I/Here Comes The Flood 5:31
12 Water Music II (Extended) 6:40
13 Postscript 0:44
14 Loops For Married Men 30:17
 
Using another abandoned title for the album (as does disc 5) and following, approximately, that album running order using Steven Wilson 2021 mixes and, mostly, Daryl Hall vocal performances. Also includes a sequence of previously unheard loops.
 
Disc 9 – New mixes/Previously unreleased
Disc 10 Frippertronics: The Kitchen, NYC, 5/2/78, Disc One
01 Test Loop 3:24
02 Loop I 7:33
03 Loop II 26:05
04 Loop III 12:20
05 Loop IV 12:32
06 Loop IV And Solo 12:31
Disc 11 Frippertronics: The Kitchen, NYC, 5/2/78, Disc Two
01 Loop I 13:15
02 Loop II 17:38
03 Loop III 31:11
04 Partial Loop III And Solo 11:35
Disc 12 Frippertronics: Wintergarden, Copenhagen, 18/5/79 and Polydor, Paris 23/5/79
01 Green Music For Libraries I 14:06
02 Green Music For Libraries II 23:29
Paris 
03 Music For Journalists I 12:08
04 Music For Journalists II 6:08
05 Music For Journalists III 8:32
06 Music For Journalists IV 14:17
Disc 13 Frippertronics: Le Pretzel Enchainé, Montreal 19/8/79
01 Loop And Solo I 4:14
02 Loop And Solo II 7:00
03 RF Dialogue 6:25
04 Loop And Solo III 13:47
05 RF Dialogue 3:41
06 Loop IV 5:08
07 RF Dialogue 0:54
08 Loop And Solo IV The Product Of Us All 5:22
09 RF Dialogue 1:06
10 Berkeley Loop, Montreal Solo 10:18
11 ’79 Aug 17, Montreal Loop 7:15
12 ’79 Aug 16, Sainte-Foy Loop 7:42
 
New masters of Frippertronics’ shows, including the legendary first NYC shows at The Kitchen and two shows from the tour to support the Exposure album release that included performances in restaurants, art galleries, record company offices, radios stations and record shops.
 
Discs 10 - 13 – Previously available as downloads from dgmlive.com. New to disc
 
Disc 14 God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners 2021 remaster, Plus:
01 Red Two Scorer 7:04
02 God Save The Queen 10:04
03 1983 13:34
04 Under Heavy Manners 5:19
05 The Zero Of The Signified 12:44
06 God Save The King 13:19
07 Music On Hold 15:15
 
GSTQ/UHM newly mastered from the original master tapes by David Singleton. Material released on disc for the first time in many years, plus a previously unreleased track from the same sessions, a single edit of UHM and God Save the King from the 1985 Fripp/LOG CD compilation.
 
Disc 14 – Material previously released in different masters/formats.
 
Disc 15 Discotronics/UHM 2021:
01 Under Heavy Manners (Extended) 10:35
02 1983 (Band Version) 4:04
03 The Zero Of The Signified (Extended) 18:34
04 Water Music II (Full-Length Version) 9:07
05 Under Heavy Manners 4:57
06 The Zero Of The Signified 13:19
07 Music On Hold (Jam) 9:03
 
UHM and session tracks extended versions and newly mixed tracks from the original multi-track tapes by Steven Wilson.
 
Disc 15 – New mixes/Previously unreleased
 
Disc 16 Under Heavy Management/Eurotronics
 
Previously unreleased tracks from recording sessions of the era newly mixed by Steven Wilson and compiled into the equivalent of two imaginary vinyl length albums.
 
Disc 16 – New mixes/Previously unreleased
 
Disc 17 The League of Gentlemen - Paradise Club, Boston, 26/6/80 (2nd show), Plus:
 
Recorded just one week into the band’s sole US tour. Also included are two rehearsal performances including the LOG take on Disengage.
 
Disc 17 – Previously available as a download from dgmlive.com. New to disc.
 
Disc 18 Thrang Thrang Gozinbulx and The League of Gentlemen (1985 CD mixes)
 
DGM released compilation of LOG live plus the original album tracks from the 1985 CD compilation GSTK
 
Disc 18 – Material previously released in different masters/formats.
 
Disc 19 The League of Gentlemen - 2021 stereo mixes, Plus:
 
Newly mixed from the original multi-track tapes by Steven Wilson, including several studio recordings previously heard on live releases only and alternate mixes of five tracks.
 
Disc 19 – New mixes/Previously unreleased
 
Disc 20 Let The Power Fall, 2021, Plus:
 
Newly mastered from the original master tapes by David Singleton and on disc for the first time in many years plus a single edit and two earlier mixes of another track titled 1984 at the time of mixing.
 
Disc 20 – Material previously released in different masters/formats and/or previously unreleased.
 
Disc 21 Washington Square Church, August 1981, 2021 mixes
 
Recordings drawn from a series of concerts at the New York City venue (the full series appears on Blu-Ray, Disc 27). Newly mixed and mastered from the original tapes by David Singleton to produce the finest example of Frippertronics in performance.
 
Disc 21 – New mixes/Previously unreleased
 
Disc 22 DVD: Exposure - Stereo editions and DTS Surround Sound
 
Exposure Fourth Edition – Steven Wilson mixes plus additional material in 24/96 hi-res stereo and DTS 5.1 Surround Sound.
 
Last of the New York Heartthrobs in 24/96 hi-res stereo
 
Exposure Third Edition plus additional material in 24/48 hi-res stereo
 
Disc 23 DVD: God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners - expanded/The League of Gentlemen - Stereo/Quad/5.1 DTS Surround Sound
 
GSTQ – David Singleton, 2021 master, UHM 2021 plus additional material, League of Gentlemen 2021 mixes by Steven Wilson in 24/96 hi-res stereo.
 
GSTQ in DTS Surround Sound (quad 4.1) mixes by David Singleton
GSTQ plus additional material in DTS 5.1 Surround Sound mixes by Steven Wilson
League of Gentlemen studio recordings in DTS 5.1 Surround Sound mixes by Steven Wilson Disc 24 DVD: Let The Power Fall/Washington Square Church
LTPF in 24/96 and WSC in 24/48 hi-res masters/mixes by David Singleton
LTPF/WSC in DTS Surround Sound (quad 4.1) mixes by David Singleton.
 
Disc 25 Exposure/Under Heavy Manners - Blu-Ray I
 
Exposure Fourth Edition
 
Exposure Fifth Edition (running order as per First/Fourth Edition but with the inclusion of Daryl Hall lead vocals on select tracks)
 
Breathless or How I Gradually Internalised The Social Reality Of Manhattan Until It Seemed To Be A Very Reasonable Way Of Life
 
Under Heavy Manners and Additional Material from the recording sessions
 
2021 Masters/Mixes in 24/96 in hi-res stereo, DTS-HD 5.1 Surround Sound and Dolby Atmos mixed and produced by Steven Wilson
 
God Save the Queen
 
2021 Masters in 24/96 hi-res stereo and DTS-HD Surround Sound (quad) mixed and produced by David Singleton
 
Exposure: Additional Material/Sessions/Under Heavy Management/Eurotronics
 
Newly mixed material from the sessions in 24/96 hi-res stereo in recording date sequence and sequence as per Disc 16 mixed and produced by Steven Wilson
 
Last of the New York Heartthrobs
 
Exposure Second Edition
 
Under Heavy Manners – Original Mix (David Singleton 2021 Master)
 
Master Recordings in 24/96 hi-res stereo
 
Exposure First Edition
 
Exposure Third Edition plus Additional Material
 
Master Recordings in 24/48 hi-res stereo
 
Disc 26 The DGM Frippertronics' Archive Volume I - Blu-Ray II
 
Disc 27 The DGM Frippertronics' Archive Volume II - Blu-Ray III
 
The Complete DGM Archive of Frippertronics loops, studio and live recordings 1977 – 1983 in 24/48 hi-res stereo
 
Disc 28 Let The Power Fall/Washington Square Church/The League of Gentlemen Blu-Ray IV
 
The League of Gentlemen
 
2021 Masters/Mixes in 24/96 in hi-res stereo, DTS-HD 5.1 Surround Sound and Dolby Atmos, Additional Material in 24/96 hi-res stereo mixed and produced by Steven Wilson
 
Let The Power Fall
 
2021 Masters in 24/192 hi-res stereo, DTS-HD Surround Sound (Quad) mixed and produced by David Singleton. Original Master plus Additional Material in 24/96 hi-res stereo
 
Washington Square Church
 
2021 Masters in 24/48 hi-res stereo and DTS-HD Surround Sound (Quad) mixed and produced by David Singleton
 
God Save the King
 
The 1985 Robert Fripp/League of Gentlemen compilation Masters in 16/48 stereo
 
Discs 22 – 28 - All material new to disc in these formats, mixes, audio quality
 
Disc 29 Resplendent in Divergence
 
A collection of Frippertronics that appeared as individual tracks on compilations, other albums and the DGM website assembled and mastered by Alex R. Mundy at DGM.
 
Disc 29 - Previously released, some material new to disc
 
Disc 30 Blasts and Blasms - Sessions, Jams and Rehearsals
 
Disc 31 More Blasts, More Blasms - Sessions, Jams and Rehearsals
 
Two discs of recordings and elements of recordings from various points during the Exposure sessions giving an insight into the process that led to the album. Assembled and mastered by Alex R. Mundy at DGM.
 
Discs 30/31 - Some material previously available as downloads at dgmlive.com, most new to disc.
 
Disc 32 The League of Gentlemen - Royal Exeter, Bournemouth, 21/9/80, John Peel broadcast, 17/11/80
 
The League of Gentlemen’s autumn tour of the UK included some of the short-lived band’s most energised performances. This newly mastered audience recording is one of the few recorded examples of that tour. Also included are recordings from LOG rehearsal tapes made by the band & first broadcast on the John Peel Show on the BBC in November 1980.
 
Disc 32 – Some material previously available as a download from dgmlive.com. New to disc.