Bearing in mind that at this point, Cross, Fripp, Wetton, and Bruford are the support act, opening for Robin Trower’s band and headliner act, Ten Years After, they nevertheless bring a setlist designed to deliver a concise clout of Crimson in a very short amount of time.

The tactic of hitting the audience hard comes with a price tag as John Wetton’s voice strains at the very edge of his range during the sadly incomplete Great Deceiver. No easing into the gig with something a little gentler on the larynx here. The fact that it’s followed by an equally turbo-charged Lament must have been a nightly challenge for Wetton.

Thankfully, his vocal cords find brief respite in the subsequent improv, a noisy but somewhat shortened melee introduction to Exiles. Technically a ballad, the energy of the gig sweeps it along at quite a pace. It’s the same with Fracture, requiring Fripp to make a nifty tempo adjustment on the jagged chords when the rest of the band joins in for the finale.

The version of Starless is about as unhinged as it’s possible to be without the thing completely falling apart. Bruford’s enjoyment is evident not only in his rampant salvos around his percussion rig and kit but also in his adrenaline-fuelled yelps and shouts as the piece moves toward its climax. Definitely a keeper, this one.

Sadly, Larks II is incomplete, and the encore played that night, 21st Century Schizoid Man, is missing in its entirety. Nevertheless, this is Crimson at full charge.