After Crying — Live: Struggle for Life (Essential), Periferic Records (CD)

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Product Details:

• Product Type: Audio CD
• Brand / Label: Periferic Records
• Artist: After Crying
• Catalogue No.: BGCD 050
• Release: Compilation of 1999 live recordings plus a 1997 recording
• UPC: 5998272703079
• Genre: Progressive Rock / Chamber Rock
• Guest: John Wetton (on "Starless")

Product Features

• Format: CD
• Tracks: 15
• Total runtime: 73:56
• Lineup (After Crying '99): Egervári Gábor, Görgényi Tamás, Lengyel Zoltán, Légrádi Gábor, Madai Zsolt, Pejtsik Péter, Torma Ferenc, Winkler Balázs
• Condition: Brand new, factory sealed

Overview

Struggle for Life (Essential) is a live document of After Crying, the Hungarian chamber-rock band, drawn mainly from 1999 concerts and topped off with a special 1997 recording. It captures on stage what makes the band singular: progressive rock fused with classical and improvised passages, brass and cello pushing against the rock core.

The set ranges from composed pieces — "Viaduct," "Pilgrims' March," "Burlesque" — to a long "Conclusion" sequence that opens up into duets and solos for cello, guitar, piano, drums, and trumpet. The headline draw is the closer: a near-eleven-minute take on King Crimson's "Starless," sung and played by Crimson legend John Wetton himself, recorded in Budapest in 1997.

For prog fans, that Wetton collaboration alone makes this a notable live release.

Interesting Facts

• The album closes with King Crimson's "Starless," featuring John Wetton on voice and bass, recorded in Budapest in 1997.
• After Crying are known for blending progressive rock with classical chamber instrumentation and free improvisation.
• The bulk of the album captures the band live in 1999 with an eight-strong lineup.
• The extended "Conclusion" section showcases individual band members in cello, guitar, piano, drum, and trumpet solos.
• The total runtime is nearly 74 minutes, filling the disc.

Track Listing

1. Viaduct — 5:35
2. Radio Rarotonga — 5:05
3. Pilgrims' March — 5:22
4. Shadow Song — 5:59
5. Burlesque — 3:07
6. To Black – excerpt II (ImproVision) — 5:21
7. Conclusion — 10:32
8. Arrival of Manticore II/1 / Confess Your Beauty (excerpt) — 5:20
9. Cello-Guitar Duet — 2:24
10. Piano Solo — 1:33
11. Drum Solo — 3:46
12. Trumpet Solo — 1:19
13. Arrival of Manticore II/2 — 1:50
14. Conclusion – Finale — 2:57
15. Starless (featuring John Wetton – voice and bass) — 10:45

(Total: 73:56)

Publishers

Released by Periferic Records (catalogue BGCD 050).

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