Exiles
David Cross is playing flute though he was uncredited on the sleeve of the album and while not all of the flute heard in this take, or indeed the viola in the introduction, made it into the final mix it confirms again the exploratory aspects of the process at that time. John Wetton’s piano during the middle section was similarly left uncredited on the finished album. However, it’s lovely to be able to hear in greater detail the richness in tone and mood that it adds to the finished track. Finally, Fripp’s acoustic guitar, bright and crisp in sound, with decorative twinkling harmonics, is nevertheless steeped in melancholia that reflects the song’s subject matter, his delicate picking knitting the whole piece together.