Robert Fripp & The League Of Gentlemen

One thing about Fripp that bothers me is he seems to be a serious revisionist. As with the God Save The Queen / Under Heavy Manners album, rather than accept those works as the final product, Fripp remixed Manners and reworked The Zero Of The Signified enough that he renamed it God Save The King. The new versions ended up on the God Save The King album with tracks from The League Of Gentlemen album, but the other three tracks and original versions from GSTQ/UHM remain out of print and seem unlikely to be reissued. On top of that, half of The League Of Gentlemen album also remains out of print with only half of it appearing on the God Save The King album, all of which is apparently remixed and missing all of the vocal samples. Of course, this leaves the original League Of Gentlemen album out of print and otherwise unavailable, just like GSTQ/UHM. Why? Revising art is completely understandable, but why act like the original works don't exist? Fripp seems to be revising this action as well with his recent reissue of Exposure which features the original issue, pretty much everything from the supposed definitive edition and the remaining unreleased Daryl Hall vocal tracks, but that was four years ago so where is the rest of his solo works? Yes, I understand the reissue of the King Crimson stuff, but what about the Frippertronics works? I would GLADLY pay for this stuff as it's quality, and I know I'm not the only one.

Anyway, with my confused little rant now over, I present the original League Of Gentlemen album, not to be confused with God Save The King. This version features a vocal appearance by Danielle Dax on Minor Man as well as a number of sound collage pieces featuring the voice of J.G. Bennett among other unidentified participants. Regarding the rip, I found this on slsk so I don't know who to credit for their hard work, but it is appreciated. That said, this is the best version I've got so my apologies if anyone was hoping for a higher quality version.

It's worth noting, if anyone else listening to this thinks it sounds a little like The B-52's, that band's future bassist, Sara Lee, was a member of the League. Dance/punk indeed.


Robert Fripp & The League Of Gentlemen - The League Of Gentlemen

UPDATE: Okay, it's back up, but if it goes down then it stays down. Sorry guys, but I have to assume if it disappears again it's Fripp's folks watching for content like this, and I will respect their wishes.

01 Indiscreet I
02 Inductive Resonance
03 Minor Man
04 Heptaparaparshinokh
05 Dislocated
06 Pareto Optimum I
07 Eye Needles
08 Indiscreet II
09 Pareto Optimum II
10 Cognitive Dissonance
11 H. G. Wells
12 Trap
13 Ochre
14 Indiscreet III