With King Crimson dead and buried in 1974, the union of Belew and Fripp as Discipline in 1981 seemed to have sparse connection with previous Crims incarnations.

But it was inevitable that even as Belew dragged the band into a new decade with all its American art house vibe (we're nearer to Talking Heads than Court of the Crimson King) that the King Crimson crown should become theirs, even though, as the a capella cut here reminds us, this band most pertinently didn't cover ‘21st Schizoid Man’.

Three of a Perfect Pair, the last of this band's recordings, found them revelling in pop melodies, lavish leanings to neurotic funk (the Heads again) and a fascination with new-fangled electronica (encouraged by Bruford's electronic percussion).

The results are as eclectic as Beat was tightly structured around its Kerouac themes. Lacking the shock of the new of Discipline or Beat's ‘concept’, Three still remains an intriguing listen, especially as Fripp lays down some dirty stuff echoing the sense of threat that he had brought to Bowie's ‘Beauty and the Beast’.