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composer:Bill Bruford
David Cross
Robert Fripp
Jamie Muir
John Wetton
publisher:E.G. Music Ltd. (in 1973)
lyrics page:https://genius.com/King-crimson-the-talking-drum-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/147355 [info]

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1972-10-13The Talking Drum (live, 1972-10-13: Zoom Club, Frankfurt, Germany)liveKing Crimson6:14
1972-11-10The Talking Drum (live, 1972‐11‐10: Technical College, Kingston upon Hull, England, UK)liveKing Crimson4:49
1972-12-08The Talking Drum (live, 1972‐12‐08: Odeon, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK)liveKing Crimson5:49
1972-12-13The Talking Drum (live, 1972‐12‐13: Rainbow Theatre, London, England, UK)liveKing Crimson7:17
1972-12-15The Talking Drum (live, 1972‐12‐15: Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, England, UK)liveKing Crimson3:22
1973-01 – 1973-02The Talking DrumKing Crimson7:26
1973-01 – 1973-02The Talking Drum (2012 stereo mix)King Crimson7:24
1973-01 – 1973-02The Talking DrumKing Crimson9:29
1973-01 – 1973-02The Talking Drum (5.1 mix)King Crimson7:21
1973-06-23Talking Drum (live, 1973‐06‐23: Richards Club, Atlanta, GA, USA)liveKing Crimson6:40
1973-10-23The Talking Drum (live, 1973‐10‐23: Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland, UK)liveKing Crimson6:08
1973-10The Talking DrumKing Crimson6:42
1973-11-12The Talking Drum (live, 1973‐11‐12: Palazzo dello Sport, Turin, Italy)liveKing Crimson7:02
1973-11-15The Talking Drum (live, 1973‐11‐15: Volkshaus, Zürich, Switzerland)liveKing Crimson6:12
1973-11-15The Talking Drum (live, 1973‐11‐15: Volkshaus, Zürich, Switzerland)liveKing Crimson5:58
1973-11-15The Talking Drum (live, 1973‐11‐15: Volkshaus, Zürich, Switzerland)liveKing Crimson6:03
1973-11-23The Talking Drum (live, 1973‐11‐23: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands)liveKing Crimson6:34
1973-11-23The Talking Drum (live, 1973‐11‐23: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands)liveKing Crimson6:35
1973-11-23The Talking Drum (live, 1973‐11‐23: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands)liveKing Crimson6:35
1973-11-23The Talking DrumliveKing Crimson8:30
1973-11-23The Talking DrumliveKing Crimson6:25
1973-11-23The Talking Drum (live, 1973‐11‐23: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands)liveKing Crimson6:35
1973-11-23The Talking Drum (2014 5.1 mix)liveKing Crimson6:35
1973The Talking Drum (live, 1973‐10‐06: University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA)liveKing Crimson4:56
1974-03-24The Talking Drum (live, 1974‐03‐24: Palais des Sports, Morières‐lès‐Avignon, France)liveKing Crimson6:21
1974-04-29The Talking Drum (live, 1974‐04‐29: Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, USA)liveKing Crimson5:46
1974-04-29The Talking Drum (live, 1974‐04‐29: Stanley Warner Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, USA)liveKing Crimson5:29
1974-06-05The Talking Drum (live, 1974‐06‐05: Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston, TX, USA)liveKing Crimson5:49
1974-06-06The Talking Drum (live, 1974‐06‐06: Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA)liveKing Crimson5:20
1974-06-06 – 1974-06-07The Talking Drum (insert) (live, 1974‐06‐07: Jim Norick Arena, Oklahoma City, OK, USA)liveKing Crimson2:35
1974-06-07The Talking Drum (incomplete) (live, 1974‐06‐07: Jim Norick Arena, Oklahoma City, OK, USA)live and partialKing Crimson3:47
1974-06-16The Talking Dream (incomplete) (live, 1974‐06‐16: Denver Coliseum, Denver, CO, USA)live and partialKing Crimson5:26
1974-07-01The Talking Drum (live, 1974‐07‐01: Wollman Skating Rink, New York, NY, USA)liveKing Crimson5:21
1974-07-01The Talking Drum (live, 1974‐07‐01: Wollman Skating Rink, New York, NY, USA)liveKing Crimson5:30
1994-10-06 – 1994-10-16The Talking Drum (live, 1994‐10: Teatro Broadway, Buenos Aires, Argentina)liveKing Crimson5:44
1994-10-08The Talking Drum (live, 1994‐10‐08, afternoon show: Teatro Broadway, Buenos Aires, Argentina; 4.0 surround)liveKing Crimson5:52
1994-10-08The Talking Drum (live, 1994‐10‐08, evening show: Teatro Broadway, Buenos Aires, Argentina; 4.0 surround)liveKing Crimson4:54
1995-05-17 – 1995-05-18The Talking Drum (live, 1995‐05: Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK)liveKing Crimson2:45
1995-05-17 – 1995-05-18The Talking Drum (Kensington 1995 5.1 mix) (live, 1995‐05: Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK)liveKing Crimson2:46
1995-06-26The Talking Drum (live, 1995‐06‐26: Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA, USA)liveKing Crimson3:03
1995-07-01The Talking Drum (live, 1995‐07‐01: Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA)liveKing Crimson3:04
1995-10-03The Talking Drum (live, 1995‐10‐03: Tokyo Kousei Nenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan)liveKing Crimson3:14
1995-10-05 – 1995-10-06Talking Drum (live, 1995-10: Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo, Japan)liveKing Crimson3:17
1995-10-08The Talking Drum (live, 1995‐10‐08: Nagoya Shimin Kaikan, Nagoya, Japan)liveKing Crimson?:??
1995-11-20 – 1995-11-25Talking Drum (live, 1995‐11‐20/25: Longacre Theatre, New York, NY, USA)liveKing Crimson3:00
1996-06-24 – 1996-08-04The Talking Drum (live, 1996-08-02/04: Metropolitan Theater, Ciudad de México, Mexico)liveKing Crimson4:03
1996-08-02 – 1996-08-04The Talking Drum (live, 1996-08-02/04: Metropolitan Theater, Ciudad de México, Mexico)liveKing Crimson4:03
1997 – 1998Part IVcoverControlled Bleeding7:00
2008-08-07The Talking Drum (live, 2008-08-07: Park West, Chicago, IL, USA)liveKing Crimson3:10
2014-10-01The Talking Drum (live, 2014‐10‐01: Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA)liveKing Crimson4:01
2014-10-01The Talking Drum (live, 2014‐10‐01: Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA)liveKing Crimson4:07
2015-12-19The Talking Drum (live, 2015-12-19: Sunport Hall Takamatsu, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan)liveKing Crimson3:53
2015The Talking Drum (live, 2015)liveKing Crimson3:48
2015The Talking Drum (live, 2015)liveKing Crimson3:49
2017-07-14 – 2017-07-19The Talking Drum (live, 2017‐07: Teatro Metropólitan, Mexico City, Mexico)liveKing Crimson3:48
2017-07-14 – 2017-07-19The Talking Drum (live, 2017‐07: Teatro Metropólitan, Mexico City, Mexico)liveKing Crimson3:48
Medley: The Mincer / The Talking Drums / Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Part 2 (live, 1973‐11‐13: Palazzo dello Sport, Rome, Italy)live and medleyKing Crimson17:33
Talking DrumcoverControlled Bleeding7:01
The Talking Drum (live, 2008‐08: Nokia Theatre Times Square, New York, NY, USA)liveKing Crimson3:14
The Talking Drum (live, 1995‐05‐06: Volkshaus, Zürich, Switzerland)liveKing Crimson3:12
The Talking Drum (live, 2017‐07: Teatro Metropólitan, Mexico City, Mexico)live and partialKing Crimson3:48
The Talking Drum (2023 stereo mix)King Crimson7:25
The Talking Drum (live, 1973-10-06: University of Texas, Arlington, TX, USA)King Crimson6:16
The Talking Drum (live, 1973‐06‐23: Richards Club, Atlanta, GA, USA)liveKing Crimson11:35
The Talking Drum (live, 1973‐11‐23: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands)King Crimson5:30
The Talking Drum (live, 1994‐09‐29: Prix D’Ami, Buenos Aires, Argentina)liveKing Crimson5:35
The Talking DrumliveKing Crimson3:47
The Talking Drum (live, 1995‐10‐01: Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama, Japan)liveKing Crimson2:50
The Talking Drum (live, 1996‐06‐19: Petőfi Csarnok, Budapest, Hungary)King Crimson3:08
The Talking Drum (live, 1974‐04‐29: Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, USA)King Crimson5:46
The Talking DrumcoverControlled Bleeding7:01
The Talking Drum (2023 5.1 mix)King Crimson7:25
The Talking Drum (alt mix)King Crimson6:58
The Talking Drum (Dolby Atmos mix)King Crimson7:25
The Talking Drum (Elemental mix)King Crimson8:04
The Talking Drums (live, 1995‐10‐05: Nakano Sunplaza, Tokyo, Japan)King Crimson3:14