The Great Deceiver è un album dal vivo del gruppo musicale britannico King Crimson, pubblicato nel 1992 dalla Virgin Records.

Pubblicato in un cofanetto composto da quattro dischi, l'album contiene performance eseguite tra il 1973 ed il 1974 dalla formazione comprendente Robert Fripp, John Wetton, David Cross e Bill Bruford. Jamie Muir, che lascia la band nel 1973, non figura nei credits. Nei primi due CD vi è il concerto del 1974 a Providence, Rhode Island.

CD 1 – Things Are Not as They Seem...

• Registrato al Palace Theatre, Providence, USA, il 30 giugno 1974.

1. "Walk On ... No Pussyfooting" – 0:52 (Robert Fripp, Brian Eno)
2. "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two" – 6:12 (Fripp)
3. "Lament" – 4:04 (Fripp, John Wetton, Richard Palmer-James)
4. "Exiles" – 7:00 (David Cross, Fripp, Palmer-James)
5. "A Voyage to the Centre of the Cosmos" – 14:41 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bill Bruford)
6. "Easy Money" – 7:14 (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James)
7. "Providence" – 9:47 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
8. "Fracture" – 10:47 (Fripp)
9. "Starless" – 11:56 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Palmer-James)

CD 2 – Sleight of Hand (or Now You Don't See It Again) and...

• Tracce 1-2 registrate al Palace Theatre, Providence, Stati Uniti d'America, il 30 giugno 1974.
• Tracce 3-11 registrate al The Apollo, Glasgow, GB, il 23 ottobre 1973.
• Tracce 12-13 registrate al Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, Stati Uniti d'America, il 29 giugno 1974.

1. 21st Century Schizoid Man – 7:32 (Fripp, Ian McDonald, Greg Lake, Michael Giles, Peter Sinfield)
2. Walk off from Providence ... No Pussyfooting – 1:15 (Fripp, Eno)
3. Sharks' Lungs in Lemsip – 2:38 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
4. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One – 7:25 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Jamie Muir)
5. Book of Saturday – 2:49 (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James)
6. Easy Money – 6:43 (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James)
7. We'll Let You Know – 4:54 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
8. The Night Watch – 4:54 (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James)
9. Tight Scrummy – 8:27 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
10. Peace: A Theme – 1:01 (Fripp)
11. Cat Food – 4:14 (Fripp, Sinfield, McDonald)
12. Easy Money – 2:19 (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James)
13. ...It Is for You, but Not for Us – 7:25 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)

CD 3 – ...Acts of Deception (the Magic Circus, or Weasels Stole Our Fruit)

• Tracce 1-11 registrate al Stanley Warner Theatre, Pittsburgh, USA, il 29 aprile 1974.
• Tracce 12-13 registrate al Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA, il 29 giugno 1974.

1. No Pussyfooting – 1:15 (Fripp, Eno)
2. The Great Deceiver – 3:32 (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James)
3. Bartley Butsford – 3:13 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
4. Exiles – 6:23 (Cross, Fripp, Palmer-James)
5. Daniel Dust – 4:40 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
6. The Night Watch – 4:18 (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James)
7. Doctor Diamond – 4:52 (Cross, Wetton, Fripp, Bruford, Palmer-James)
8. Starless – 11:36 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford Palmer-James)
9. Wilton Carpet – 5:52 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
10. The Talking Drum – 5:29 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir)
11. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two (abbreviated) – 2:22 (Fripp)
12. Applause and announcement – 2:19
13. Is There Life Out There? – 11:50 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)

CD 4 – ...But Neither are They Otherwise

• Tracks 1-4 registrate al Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada, il 24 giugno 1974.
• Tracks 5-12 registrate al Volkshaus, Zurigo, Svizzera, il 15 novembre 1973.

1. The Golden Walnut – 11:14 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
2. The Night Watch – 4:22 (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James)
3. Fracture – 10:48 (Fripp)
4. Clueless and Slightly Slack – 8:36 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
5. Walk On ... No Pussyfooting – 1:00 (Fripp, Eno)
6. Some Pussyfooting – 2:23 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
7. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One – 7:41 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir)
8. The Law of Maximum Distress, Part One – 6:31 (Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Wetton)
9. The Law of Maximum Distress, Part Two – 2:17 (Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Wetton)
10. Easy Money – 6:57 (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James)
11. Some More Pussyfooting – 5:50 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford)
12. The Talking Drum – 6:05 (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir)

• Robert Fripp – chitarra, mellotron
• John Wetton – basso, voce
• Bill Bruford – batteria, percussioni
• David Cross – violino, mellotron, pianoforte elettrico

• (EN) François Couture, The Great Deceiver (Live 1973-1974), su AllMusic, All Media Network.
• (EN) The Great Deceiver (Live 1973 - 1974), su Discogs, Zink Media.
• (EN) The Great Deceiver, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.

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