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Monkey Business 1972–1997
Monkey Business 1972–1997
Compilation album by John Wetton and Richard Palmer-James
Released	8 June 1998
Recorded	1972 – May 1998
Studio	Musicland (Milner Sound, London); Garage, East Grinstead; Liscombe Park; Gallery Studios
Genre	Progressive rock; art rock;
Length	62:08
Label	Blueprint
Producer	John Wetton; Richard Palmer-James;

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Monkey Business 1972–1997 is an album by English musicians John Wetton and Richard Palmer-James, it features various demos and live performances of songs by King Crimson (of which Wetton and Palmer-James were singer/bassist and lyricist respectively), Jack-Knife (which was another Wetton and Palmer-James project) and John Wetton. The album was first released 1998^[1] and again in 2014^[2] with I Wish You Would by Jack-Knife.

Overview

The collaboration between the two musicians began in 1962 when they met at school. In 1972 they rejoined forces in King Crimson (KC), for which Palmer-James wrote the lyrics. Some of the material that would have been on the follow-up to Wetton's last album with King Crimson, Red, is found here in demo form. The classic KC songs 'Book of Saturday' and 'Starless' are featured as instrumental raw demos that were home taped as a basis for lyric-writing. To be more precise, the latter is only a half minute beginning played twice. The disc ends pleasantly with the pair's recording of 'Starless' from 1997. From the same year are 'Doctor Diamond' and 'Cologne 1997', both among the most worthy contents of this release. The latter song, concerning "the mixed feelings of many Americans born after 1945 of German origin on first visiting their emigre parents' home country", is featured also in its original form recorded in 1977.^[3]

Some of the material appears out of some writing sessions from late 1976 when the two musician spend some time at a French farmhouse, writing material.

The album features Wetton and Palmer-James on most of the instrumentation, with Palmer-James playing guitar and providing some vocals (as he did with Supertramp), as well as programming, and Wetton on bass, guitar, keyboards, and most vocals. Many contributors from various stages of Wetton's musical career, including former King Crimson bandmate Bill Bruford (drums),^[4] fellow Jack-Knife members John Hutcheson (Hammond organ) and Curt Cress (drums). The live tracks feature various members of John Wetton's live band including Thomas Radl (drums), Ramon Vega (guitar), Bob Dalton (cymbals), and John Beck (keyboards). Dalton and Beck are also members of Prog pop band It Bites.^[4] Due to the nature of the album being a compilation, it was recorded in various locations including studios in Munich in Germany (where Palmer-James lived) also London, Sussex and Bedfordshire.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Richard Palmer-James (except noted)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"(Flourish)"	Instrumental		0:12
2.	"Too Much Monkey Business"	Chuck Berry	Chuck Berry	2:29
3.	"Confessions"		Palmer-James	2:13
4.	"Easy Money"		Bill Bruford, David Cross, Jamie Muir, John Wetton, Robert Fripp	1:01
5.	"The Night Watch" (live)		Wetton, Fripp	4:08
6.	"Woman"	Wetton	Wetton	1:30
7.	"(False Start)"	instrumental		0:18
8.	"Untitled"	Wetton, Palmer-James	Wetton, Palmer-James	0:42
9.	"Rich Men Lie"		Palmer-James	5:32
10.	"Cologne 1977"		Palmer-James	4:38
11.	"The Laughing Lake 1"		Wetton	2:19
12.	"The Good Ship Enterprise"		Wetton	4:08
13.	"Book of Saturday" (demo)		Wetton, Fripp	1:46
14.	"Book of Saturday" (live)		Wetton, Fripp	2:56
15.	"The Glory of Winning"	Wetton, Palmer-James	Geoff Downes, Wetton	4:26
16.	"Starless 1"	Wetton, Palmer-James	Wetton, Fripp	0:33
17.	"The Laughing Lake 2"		Wetton	0:38
18.	"The Laughing Lake 3"		Wetton	0:14
19.	"The Laughing Lake 1977"		Wetton	1:19
20.	"Magazines"		Wetton	2:58
21.	"Starless 2"	Wetton, Palmer-James	Wetton, Fripp	0:33
22.	"Cologne 1997"		Palmer-James	4:19
23.	"Doctor Diamond 1997"		Bruford, Cross, Wetton, Fripp	4:45
24.	"Starless 1997"	Wetton, Palmer-James	Wetton, Fripp	5:31
Total length:				62:08

Personnel

Musicians

John Wetton – vocals (all but 1, 5, 7, 22), additional vocals (22), bass guitar (2, 3, 12), guitar (3, 5, 6, 11, 12, 17, 18, 21), piano (4, 13, 14, 16, 20), clavinet (8), keyboards (12), all instruments (10, 19)
Richard Palmer-James – guitar (2, 8), all instruments/programming (9, 15, 22, 23, 24), additional keyboards (19), vocals (23)
Ramon Vega – guitar (5)
John Hutcheson – Hammond organ (2); black and white photography
John Beck – keyboards (14)
Curt Cress – drums (2)
Bill Bruford – drums (3, 4, 12)
Thomas Radl – drums (5)
Bob Dalton – cymbal (14)

Production

John Wetton – production, sleeve art direction
Richard Palmer-James – production, sleeve art direction, pre-mastering on a Macintosh, recording (6, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24), mixing (9, 15, 22, 23, 24)
Martin Smith – mixing (5)
Jürgen Koppers – recording and mixing (2)
Julian Mendelsohn – recording (3, 10, 12, 19
Paul Kennedy – vocals recording (9, 15, 22, 23, 24)
Ichi Ichinobu – recording (14)
Rob Ayling – coordinator
Mixed Images Ltd. – design
Chris Thorpe – mastering at Serendipity

References

^ John Wetton & Richard Palmer-James - Monkey Business 1972 - 1997, retrieved 2022-07-11
^ John Wetton & Richard Palmer-James - Jack-Knife / Monkey Business 1972 - 1997, retrieved 2022-07-11
^ "John Wetton - Jack-knife / Monkey Business 1972-1997 (with Richard Palmer-Jones), review by Matti". Progarchives.com. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
^ ^a ^b John Wetton & Richard Palmer-James - Monkey Business 1972 - 1997, retrieved 2022-07-11

[1] John Wetton & Richard Palmer-James - Monkey Business 1972 - 1997, retrieved 2022-07-11

[2] John Wetton & Richard Palmer-James - Jack-Knife / Monkey Business 1972 - 1997, retrieved 2022-07-11

[3] "John Wetton - Jack-knife / Monkey Business 1972-1997 (with Richard Palmer-Jones), review by Matti". Progarchives.com. Retrieved 2022-07-11.

[:0-4] John Wetton & Richard Palmer-James - Monkey Business 1972 - 1997, retrieved 2022-07-11

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+| artist       = [[John Wetton]] and [[Richard Palmer-James]]
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-| released     = June 8, 1998
+| released     = 8 June 1998
-| recorded     = 1972 - May, 1998
+| recorded     = 1972 – May 1998
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+| studio       = Musicland (Milner Sound, London); Garage, East Grinstead; Liscombe Park; Gallery Studios
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+* [[Progressive rock]]
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-'''Monkey Business''' is an album by English musicians [[John Wetton]] and [[Richard Palmer-James]], it features various [[Demo (music)|demos]] and live performances of songs by [[King Crimson]] (of which Wetton and Palmer-James were singer/bassist and lyricist respectively), [[Jack-Knife (album)|Jack-Knife]] (which was another Wetton and Palmer-James project) and John Wetton. The album was first released 1998<ref>{{Citation |title=John Wetton & Richard Palmer-James - Monkey Business 1972 - 1997 |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/838212-John-Wetton-Richard-Palmer-James-Monkey-Business-1972-1997 |language=en |access-date=2022-07-11}}</ref> and again in 2014<ref>{{Citation |title=John Wetton & Richard Palmer-James - Jack-Knife / Monkey Business 1972 - 1997 |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1590532-John-Wetton-Richard-Palmer-James-Jack-Knife-Monkey-Business-1972-1997 |language=en |access-date=2022-07-11}}</ref> with ''[[I Wish You Would (album)|I Wish You Would]]'' by Jack-Knife.
+'''''Monkey Business 1972–1997''''' is an album by English musicians [[John Wetton]] and [[Richard Palmer-James]], it features various [[Demo (music)|demos]] and live performances of songs by [[King Crimson]] (of which Wetton and Palmer-James were singer/bassist and lyricist respectively), [[Jack-Knife (album)|Jack-Knife]] (which was another Wetton and Palmer-James project) and John Wetton. The album was first released 1998<ref>{{Citation |title=John Wetton & Richard Palmer-James - Monkey Business 1972 - 1997 |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/838212-John-Wetton-Richard-Palmer-James-Monkey-Business-1972-1997 |language=en |access-date=2022-07-11}}</ref> and again in 2014<ref>{{Citation |title=John Wetton & Richard Palmer-James - Jack-Knife / Monkey Business 1972 - 1997 |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1590532-John-Wetton-Richard-Palmer-James-Jack-Knife-Monkey-Business-1972-1997 |language=en |access-date=2022-07-11}}</ref> with ''[[I Wish You Would (album)|I Wish You Would]]'' by Jack-Knife.
 == Overview ==
-The collaboration between the two musicians started already in 1962 when they met at school. In 1972 they rejoined forces in King Crimson (KC), in which Palmer-James only wrote the lyrics. Some of the material that would have been on the follow-up of Wetton's last album with KC, [[Red (King Crimson album)|Red]], is found here in the demo form. The classic KC songs '[[Book of Saturday]]' and '[[Starless]]' are featured as lyric less raw demos that were home taped as a basis for lyric-writing. To be more precise, the latter is only as a half minute beginning - twice! But the disc ends pleasantly with the pair's recording of 'Starless' from 1997. From the same year are 'Doctor Diamond' and 'Cologne 1997', both among the most worthy contents of this release. The latter song, concerning "the mixed feelings of many Americans born after 1945 of German origin on first visiting their emigre parents' home country", is featured also in its original form recorded in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Wetton - Jack-knife / Monkey Business 1972-1997 (with Richard Palmer-Jones), review by Matti |url=http://www.progarchives.com/review.asp?id=1261873 |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=Progarchives.com |language=en}}</ref>
+The collaboration between the two musicians began in 1962 when they met at school. In 1972 they rejoined forces in King Crimson (KC), for which Palmer-James wrote the lyrics. Some of the material that would have been on the follow-up to Wetton's last album with King Crimson, [[Red (King Crimson album)|Red]], is found here in demo form. The classic KC songs '[[Book of Saturday]]' and '[[Starless]]' are featured as instrumental raw demos that were home taped as a basis for lyric-writing. To be more precise, the latter is only a half minute beginning played twice. The disc ends pleasantly with the pair's recording of 'Starless' from 1997. From the same year are 'Doctor Diamond' and 'Cologne 1997', both among the most worthy contents of this release. The latter song, concerning "the mixed feelings of many Americans born after 1945 of German origin on first visiting their emigre parents' home country", is featured also in its original form recorded in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Wetton - Jack-knife / Monkey Business 1972-1997 (with Richard Palmer-Jones), review by Matti |url=http://www.progarchives.com/review.asp?id=1261873 |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=Progarchives.com |language=en}}</ref>
-Some of the material appears out of some writing sessions from late 1976 when the two musician spend sometime at a French farmhouse, writing material for
+Some of the material appears out of some writing sessions from late 1976 when the two musician spend some time at a French farmhouse, writing material.
-The album features Wetton and Palmer-James on most of the instrumentation, with Palmer-James playing guitar and some vocals (as he did with [[Supertramp]]) also on programming, and Wetton on bass, guitar keyboards and most vocals. Alot of musical contributors from various stages in Wetton's musical career, including former King Crimson bandmate, [[Bill Bruford]] (drums)<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=John Wetton & Richard Palmer-James - Monkey Business 1972 - 1997 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3802697-John-Wetton-Richard-Palmer-James-Monkey-Business-1972-1997 |language=en |access-date=2022-07-11}}</ref>, fellow Jack-Knife members John Hutcheson (Hammond organ) and Curt Cress (drums). The live tracks feature various members of John Wetton's live band including Thomas Radl (drums), Ramon Vega (guitar) and Bob Dalton (cymbals) and [[John Beck (It Bites)|John Beck]] (keyboards), Dalton and Beck are also members of [[Progressive pop|Prog pop]] band [[It Bites]].<ref name=":0" /> Due to the nature of the album being a compilation, it was recorded in various locations including studio's in [[Munich]] in [[Germany|Gemany]] (where Palmer-James lived) also [[London]], [[Sussex]] and [[Bedfordshire|Befordshire]].
+The album features Wetton and Palmer-James on most of the instrumentation, with Palmer-James playing guitar and providing some vocals (as he did with [[Supertramp]]), as well as programming, and Wetton on bass, guitar, keyboards, and most vocals. Many contributors from various stages of Wetton's musical career, including former King Crimson bandmate [[Bill Bruford]] (drums),<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=John Wetton & Richard Palmer-James - Monkey Business 1972 - 1997 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3802697-John-Wetton-Richard-Palmer-James-Monkey-Business-1972-1997 |language=en |access-date=2022-07-11}}</ref> fellow Jack-Knife members John Hutcheson (Hammond organ) and Curt Cress (drums). The live tracks feature various members of John Wetton's live band including Thomas Radl (drums), Ramon Vega (guitar), Bob Dalton (cymbals), and [[John Beck (It Bites)|John Beck]] (keyboards). Dalton and Beck are also members of [[Progressive pop|Prog pop]] band [[It Bites]].<ref name=":0" /> Due to the nature of the album being a compilation, it was recorded in various locations including studios in [[Munich]] in [[Germany]] (where Palmer-James lived) also [[London]], [[Sussex]] and [[Bedfordshire]].
 == Track listing ==
@@ Line 26: / Line 31: @@
 | all_lyrics = [[Richard Palmer-James]] (except noted)
 | title1 = (Flourish)
+| lyrics1 = Instrumental
 | length1 = 0:12
-| lyrics1 = Instrumental
 | title2 = [[Too Much Monkey Business]]
-| length2 = 2:29
 | lyrics2 = [[Chuck Berry]]
 | music2 = Chuck Berry
+| length2 = 2:29
 | title3 = Confessions
+| music3 = Palmer-James
 | length3 = 2:13
-| music3 = Palmer-James
 | title4 = Easy Money
-| length4 = 1:01
 | music4 = [[Bill Bruford]], [[David Cross (musician)|David Cross]], [[Jamie Muir]], [[John Wetton]], [[Robert Fripp]]
+| length4 = 1:01
 | title5 = The Night Watch
-| note5 = Live
+| note5 = live
-| length5 = 4:08
 | music5 = Wetton, Fripp
+| length5 = 4:08
 | title6 = Woman
-| length6 = 1:30
 | lyrics6 = Wetton
 | music6 = Wetton
+| length6 = 1:30
 | title7 = (False Start)
-| length7 = 0:18
 | lyrics7 = instrumental
+| length7 = 0:18
 | title8 = Untitled
-| length8 = 0:42
 | lyrics8 = Wetton, Palmer-James
 | music8 = Wetton, Palmer-James
+| length8 = 0:42
 | title9 = Rich Men Lie
-| length9 = 5:32
 | music9 = Palmer-James
+| length9 = 5:32
 | title10 = Cologne 1977
-| length10 = 4:38
 | music10 = Palmer-James
+| length10 = 4:38
 | title11 = The Laughing Lake 1
+| music11 = Wetton
 | length11 = 2:19
-| music11 = Wetton
 | title12 = The Good Ship Enterprise
+| music12 = Wetton
 | length12 = 4:08
+| title13 = [[Book of Saturday]]
-| music12 = Wetton
+| note13 = demo
-| title13 = [[Book Of Saturday]]
+| music13 = Wetton, Fripp
-| note13 = Demo
 | length13 = 1:46
+| title14 = Book of Saturday
-| music13 = Wetton, Fripp
+| note14 = live
-| title14 = Book Of Saturday
-| note14 = Live
-| length14 = 2:56
 | music14 = Wetton, Fripp
-| title15 = The Glory Of Winning
+| length14 = 2:56
+| title15 = The Glory of Winning
-| length15 = 4:26
 | lyrics15 = Wetton, Palmer-James
 | music15 = [[Geoff Downes]], Wetton
+| length15 = 4:26
 | title16 = [[Starless]] 1
-| length16 = 0:33
 | lyrics16 = Wetton, Palmer-James
 | music16 = Wetton, Fripp
+| length16 = 0:33
 | title17 = The Laughing Lake 2
-| length17 = 0:38
 | music17 = Wetton
+| length17 = 0:38
 | title18 = The Laughing Lake 3
-| length18 = 0:14
 | music18 = Wetton
+| length18 = 0:14
 | title19 = The Laughing Lake 1977
-| length19 = 1:19
 | music19 = Wetton
+| length19 = 1:19
 | title20 = Magazines
-| length20 = 2:58
 | music20 = Wetton
-| total_length = 01:02:08
+| length20 = 2:58
 | title21 = Starless 2
-| length21 = 0:33
 | lyrics21 = Wetton, Palmer-James
 | music21 = Wetton, Fripp
+| length21 = 0:33
 | title22 = Cologne 1997
-| length22 = 4:19
 | music22 = Palmer-James
+| length22 = 4:19
 | title23 = Doctor Diamond 1997
-| length23 = 4:45
 | music23 = Bruford, Cross, Wetton, Fripp
+| length23 = 4:45
 | title24 = Starless 1997
-| length24 = 5:31
 | lyrics24 = Wetton, Palmer-James
 | music24 = Wetton, Fripp
+| length24 = 5:31
+| total_length = 62:08
 }}
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 === Musicians ===
-* [[John Wetton]] - [[vocals]] (all but 1, 5, 7, 22), [[additional vocals]] (22), [[Bass guitar|bass]] (2, 3, 12), [[guitar]] (3, 5, 6, 11, 12, 17, 18, 21), [[piano]] (4, 13, 14, 16, 20), [[clavinet]] (8), [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]] (12), all instruments (10, 19)
+* [[John Wetton]] – vocals (all but 1, 5, 7, 22), additional vocals (22), bass guitar (2, 3, 12), guitar (3, 5, 6, 11, 12, 17, 18, 21), piano (4, 13, 14, 16, 20), [[clavinet]] (8), keyboards (12), all instruments (10, 19)
-* [[Richard Palmer-James]] - guitar (2, 8), all instruments/[[Programming (music)|programming]] (9, 15, 22, 23, 24), additional keyboards (19), vocals (23)
+* [[Richard Palmer-James]] – guitar (2, 8), all instruments/[[Programming (music)|programming]] (9, 15, 22, 23, 24), additional keyboards (19), vocals (23)
-* Ramon Vega - guitar (5)
+* Ramon Vega – guitar (5)
-* John Hutcheson - [[Hammond organ]] (2); [[Black-and-white photography|black and white photography]]
+* John Hutcheson – [[Hammond organ]] (2); black and white photography
-* [[John Beck (It Bites)|John Beck]] - keyboards (14)
+* [[John Beck (It Bites)|John Beck]] – keyboards (14)
-* [[Curt Cress]] - [[Drum kit|drums]] (2)
+* [[Curt Cress]] – drums (2)
-* [[Bill Bruford]] - drums (3, 4, 12)
+* [[Bill Bruford]] – drums (3, 4, 12)
-* Thomas Radl - drums (5)
+* Thomas Radl – drums (5)
-* [[It Bites|Bob Dalton]] - [[cymbal]] (14)
+* [[It Bites|Bob Dalton]] – [[cymbal]] (14)
 === Production ===
-* John Wetton - [[Production (music)|production]], sleeve art direction
+* John Wetton – [[Production (music)|production]], sleeve art direction
-* Richard Palmer-James - production, sleeve art direction, pre-[[Mastering (audio)|mastering]] on a [[Macintosh]], recording (6, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24), [[Mixing console|mixing]] (9, 15, 22, 23, 24)
+* Richard Palmer-James – production, sleeve art direction, pre-[[Mastering (audio)|mastering]] on a [[Macintosh]], recording (6, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24), [[Mixing console|mixing]] (9, 15, 22, 23, 24)
-* Martin Smith - mixing (5)
+* Martin Smith – mixing (5)
-* Jürgen Koppers - recording and mixing (2)
+* Jürgen Koppers – recording and mixing (2)
-* [[Julian Mendelsohn]] - recording (3, 10, 12, 19
+* [[Julian Mendelsohn]] – recording (3, 10, 12, 19
-* Paul Kennedy - vocals recording (9, 15, 22, 23, 24)
+* Paul Kennedy – vocals recording (9, 15, 22, 23, 24)
-* Ichi Ichinobu - recording (14)
+* Ichi Ichinobu – recording (14)
-* Rob Ayling - coordinator
+* Rob Ayling – coordinator
-* Mixed Images Ltd. - design
+* Mixed Images Ltd. – design
-* Chris Thorpe - mastering at Serendipity
+* Chris Thorpe – mastering at Serendipity
-== Reference ==
+== References ==
-{{reflist}}{{King Crimson}}{{John Wetton}}
+{{reflist}}
+{{King Crimson}}
+{{John Wetton}}
 {{Authority control}}
 [[Category:1998 compilation albums]]
+[[Category:1998 collaborative albums]]
+[[Category:John Wetton albums]]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Monkey Business 1972-1997}}

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