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Bill Bruford

Real Name:
William Scott Bruford
Profile:
Born: May 17, 1949, Sevenoaks, Kent, England

Multitalented drummer and percussionist that has been a part of several noteworthy groups throughout his career, such as UK, Yes, and King Crimson. Joined King Crimson in 1972 for the "Larks' Tongues In Aspic" album, and left at the end of the Double Trio era in 1997.
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Discography

Releases:
Feels Good To Me (Album) (2 versions)   E'G Records ... 1978
Music For Piano And Drums (Album) (3 versions)   Virgin ... 1983
Flags (LP)   EG Records 1985
Master Strokes 1978-1985 (CD, Comp)   EG Records 1986
Symphonic Music Of Yes (2 versions)   RCA Victor 1993
Bruford Levin Upper Extremities (CD)   Discipline Global Mobile 1998
Flags (CD, Album, RE, RM, Pap)   Arcàngelo 2008
Production:
Gradually Going Tornado (Album) (3 versions)   E'G Records ... 1980
Scorpio (LP)   Music De Wolfe 1982
Dig? (CD, Album)   Editions EG 1989
Dig? (LP)   Editions EG 1989
Mix:
King Crimson - The Deception Of The Thrush: A Beginner's Guide To ProjeKcts (CD)   Discipline Global Mobile 1999
Jazz Cafe Suite : December 1-4, 1997 (CD, Album)   Discipline Global Mobile 2003
Appears On:
Yes (Album) (12 versions) Harold Land Atlantic ... 1969
Time And A Word (Album) (9 versions)   Atlantic ... 1970
Fragile (Album) (20 versions) Five Percent For Nothi... Atlantic ... 1971
The Yes Album (Album) (19 versions)   Atlantic ... 1971
Close To The Edge (Album) (22 versions)   Atlantic ... 1972
The Six Wives Of Henry VIII (Album) (15 versions) Catherine Of Aragon, A... A&M Records ... 1972
2 Originals Of Yes (2xLP, Comp, Gat) Harold Land Atlantic 1973
Larks' Tongues In Aspic (Album) (15 versions) Larks' Tongues In Aspi... Island Records ... 1973
Yessongs (Album) (7 versions) Perpetual Change, Long... Atlantic ... 1973
Red (Album) (14 versions) Providence, Starless Island Records ... 1974
Starless And Bible Black (Album) (18 versions)   Editions EG ... 1974
Yesterdays (Comp) (11 versions)   Atlantic 1974
Beginnings (Album) (2 versions) Pleasure Stole The Nig... Atlantic 1975
Fish Out Of Water (Album) (5 versions)   Atlantic ... 1975
HQ (Album) (3 versions)   Harvest ... 1975
The Young Persons' Guide To King Crimson (Comp) (4 versions) Red, Starless, Starles... Island Records ... 1975
USA (Album) (6 versions)   Island Records ... 1975
At The Sound Of The Bell (Album) (6 versions)   CBS ... 1976
In Search Of Ancient Gods (Album) (4 versions)   Warner Bros. Records ... 1976
Seconds Out (Album) (9 versions)   Charisma ... 1977
U.K. (Album) (7 versions)   Polydor ... 1978
X-Dreams (Album) (6 versions)   Aura Records (2) ... 1978
One Of A Kind (Album) (4 versions) Fainting In Coils E'G Records ... 1979
The Bruford Tapes (LP, Album)   Polydor 1979
The Bruford Tapes (LP, Album)   Editions EG 1979
The Steve Howe Album (Album) (2 versions) All's A Chord Atlantic 1979
Gradually Going Tornado (Album) (4 versions)   Editions EG ... 1980
Discipline (Album) (14 versions)   E'G Records ... 1981
Beat (Album) (11 versions)   E'G Records ... 1982
Three Sides Live (2xLP, Comp, Gat) It/Watcher Of The Skies Charisma 1982
Been In The Streets Too Long (LP) So Hard, It Hurts! Ironic Records 1983
Renaissance Man (Album) (2 versions) Sparkle Gramavision ... 1984
Three Of A Perfect Pair (Album) (10 versions)   Discipline Global Mobile ... 1984
Timecode (LP, Ins)   Lamborghini Records, Lamborghini Records 1985
The Compact King Crimson (Album, Comp) (2 versions)   E'G Records ... 1986
Up From The Dark (CD) (I Know) I'm Losing You Rykodisc 1986
Cloud About Mercury (CD, Album) Previous Man, B. Egg L... ECM Records 1987
Earthworks (Vinyl, Album)   Editions EG 1987
King's Road: 1972-1980 (CD, Comp) Starless E'G Records 1987
The Spice Of Life (LP)   Sonet, Gramavision 1987
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (Album) (5 versions)   Arista ... 1989
Brother Of Mine (7", Single)   Arista 1989
Dig? (CD, Album) Stromboli Kicks, Strom... Editions EG 1989
Dig? (LP) Stromboli Kicks, Strom... Editions EG 1989
Order Of The Universe (CD, Single)   Arista 1989
Order Of The Universe (7")   Arista 1989
Pretty Pink Rose (Maxi) (2 versions) Heartbeat Atlantic ... 1990
Young Lions (Album) (4 versions) Heartbeat Atlantic 1990
All Heaven Broke Loose (CD, Album)   Editions EG 1991
Lift Me Up (7", Single)   Arista 1991
The Abbreviated King Crimson: Heartbeat (King Crimson Collectors Edition No. 1) (Maxi) (2 versions) Elephant Talk (Edited)... Caroline Records ... 1991
The Classical Connection 2 (CD, Album) Farandol Sattva Music 1991
The Essential King Crimson - Frame By Frame (4xCD + Box)   Virgin 1991
Turbulence (Cass, Album)   Relativity 1991
Union (Album) (5 versions) I Would Have Waited Fo... Arista ... 1991
Windham Hill Records Guitar Sampler Volume II (CD, Comp) Lion Of Boaz Windham Hill Records 1991
Yesstory (Comp) (2 versions) Heart Of The Sunrise ATCO Records 1991
Door X (CD, Album)   Windham Hill Records 1992
Door X (Cass, Album)   Windham Hill Records 1992
The Great Deceiver (Live 1973 - 1974) (4xCD)   Virgin 1992
Sleepless - The Concise King Crimson (CD) Starless [Abridged], R... E'G Records, Virgin Records (Benelux) 1993
Burning For Buddy - A Tribute To The Music Of Buddy Rich (CD, Album) Lingo Atlantic 1994
VROOOM (EP) (4 versions)   Discipline Global Mobile ... 1994
Dinosaur (CD)   Virgin Records America, Inc. 1995
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream (CD, MiniAlbum)   Virgin Records America, Inc. 1995
THRAK (Album) (5 versions)   Discipline Global Mobile ... 1995
Genesis Revisited (Album) (2 versions) Watcher Of The Skies, ... Reef Recordings (2) ... 1996
Schizoid Man (CD, Maxi, Comp)   Virgin, Virgin 1996
THRaKaTTaK (CD, Album)   Discipline Global Mobile 1996
Schizoid Dimension - A Tribute To King Crimson (CD, Comp) Talking Drum, Neil And... Purple Pyramid 1997
Absent Lovers - Live In Montreal 1984 (2 versions)   Discipline Global Mobile 1998
Exiles (CD, Album) Exiles Pony Canyon Inc. 1998
Metazoon (CD) Talking Drum Metamorphos 1998
Sometimes God Smiles: The Young Persons' Guide To Discipline Volume II (CD, Comp, Smplr, Promo) Original Sin Discipline Global Mobile 1998
The X-Files: A 20 Year Retrospective (2xCD, Album, Comp) Here I Am Now Musea 1998
The X-files (2xCD)   Outer Music 1998
Cirkus: The Young Persons' Guide To King Crimson Live (Comp) (3 versions)   Virgin ... 1999
King Crimson - The Deception Of The Thrush: A Beginner's Guide To ProjeKcts (CD)   Discipline Global Mobile 1999
King Crimson - The ProjeKcts (CD, Enh, Album + 3xCD, Album + Box) Live At The Jazz Ca... Discipline Global Mobile 1999
Live At Cap D'Agde, 1982 (CD)   Discipline Global Mobile 1999
On Broadway (2xCD)   Discipline Global Mobile 1999
The Beat Club - Bremen - 1972 (CD)   Discipline Global Mobile 1999
The Best Of Controlled Bleeding - Rest In Peace (2xCD) The Talking Drum Cleopatra 1999
The Collectors' King Crimson, Volume One (3xCD, Comp, Mono + Box)   Pony Canyon Inc., Discipline Global Mobile 1999
The Life And Crimes Of Alice Cooper (4xCD, Comp) I'm Flash Rhino Entertainment Company 1999
The VROOOM Sessions 1994 (CD)   Discipline Global Mobile 1999
World Of Bright Futures (CD, Album + CD, EP) Two Hands Hidden Art, Hidden Art 1999
Archive #2 1976 - 1992 (2 versions) Entangled (Live) Virgin ... 2000
Live At Moles Club, Bath, April 30, 1981 (CD)   Discipline Global Mobile 2000
Live In Central Park, NYC, 07-01-74 (CD, Album)   Discipline Global Mobile 2000
Live In Mainz, March 30, 1974 (CD, Album) Improv: The Savage, Dr... Discipline Global Mobile 2001
VROOOM VROOOM (2xCD)   Discipline Global Mobile 2001
As If To Nothing (Album) (3 versions) Starless II Melankolic ... 2002
CG3+2 (CD) Heart Of The Sunrise Inside Out Music America 2002
Champaign-Urbana Sessions, January 17-30, 1983 (CD)   Discipline Global Mobile 2002
Double Espresso (Album) (2 versions) Sleepless, Elephant Talk Narada Productions ... 2002
Keys To Ascension 2 (2xCD, Album)   Purple Pyramid 2002
Live At The Zoom Club, October 13, 1972 (2xCD)   Discipline Global Mobile 2002
Emergent (CD)   Sensory 2003
Jazz Cafe Suite : December 1-4, 1997 (CD, Album)   Discipline Global Mobile 2003
Live In Guildford, November 13, 1972 (CD, Album) Larks' Tongues In Aspi... Discipline Global Mobile 2003
The Collectors' King Crimson, Volume Seven (4xCD, Comp + Box)   Universal International 2003
Live In Philadelphia, PA, July 30, 1982 (CD)   Discipline Global Mobile 2004
My Mama Never Taught Me How To Cook... (The Aura Years 1978 -1982) (CD, Comp)   Sanctuary Records 2004
Neal And Jack And Me (DVD)   Discipline Global Mobile 2004
The 21st Century Guide To King Crimson, Volume One, 1969-1974 (4xCD + Box)   Discipline Global Mobile 2004
The Letters - An Unconventional Italian Guide To King Crimson (3xCD) Frame By Frame, Doctor... Mellow Records 2004
August 29, 1982 - Arena, Reggio Nell Emilia, Italy (File, MP3)   DGMLive.com 2005
December 04, 1997 - London, Jazz Café, England (File, MP3)   DGMLive.com 2005
Live At The Wiltern - July 1, 1995 (2xCD)   Discipline Global Mobile 2005
Live In Heidelberg, March 29, 1974 (CD)   Discipline Global Mobile 2005
March 20, 1974 - Palazzo Dello Sport (Palasport), Brescia, Italy (File, MP3)   DGMLive.com 2005
March 31, 1974 - Jahnhalle, Pforzheim, Germany (File, MP3)   DGMLive.com 2005
September 29, 1994 - Prix D'Ami, Buenos Aires, Argentina (File, MP3)   DGMLive.com 2005
The 21st Century Guide To King Crimson: Volume Two, 1981-2003 (4xCD + Box)   Discipline Global Mobile 2005
The Collectors' King Crimson, Volume Nine (3xCD + Box) Live In Philadelphi... Universal Music (Japan) 2005
The Word Is Live (3xCD, Comp, Dig) Then (BBC 1970), For E... Rhino Entertainment Company, Elektra 2005
August 05, 1982 - Place De Nations, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (File, MP3)   DGMLive.com 2006
August 13, 1982 - The Greek Theatre Univ. Cal., Berkeley, California (File, MP3)   DGMLive.com 2006
June 27, 1974 - Kennedy Centre, Washington D.C. (File, MP3)   DGMLive.com 2006
Live In Munich, September 29, 1982 (CD, Album)   Discipline Global Mobile 2006
October 06, 1973 - University Of Texas, Arlington, Texas (File, MP3)   DGMLive.com 2006
October 14, 1981 - StadtHalle, Cologne, Germany (File, MP3)   DGMLive.com 2006
October 8, 1994 - Broadway Theatre, Buenos Aires, Argentina (File, MP3)   DGMLive.com 2006
Pictures Of A City - Live In New York (2xCD) Starless Iceni 2006
The Collectable King Crimson Volume 1 (2xCD, Album)   Discipline Global Mobile 2006
The Collectors' King Crimson, Volume Ten (6xCD + Box) Live In Heidelberg,... WHD Entertainment, Inc. 2006
The Condensed 21st Century Guide To King Crimson 1969 - 2003 (2xCD) Larks' Tongues In Aspi... Discipline Global Mobile 2006
Live In Boston (CD, Album, Pap)   Isol Discus Organization 2007
Live In Japan 1995 (DVD-V, NTSC)   Woodstock Tapes 2007
The Collectable King Crimson Volume 2 (2xCD, Album)   Discipline Global Mobile 2007
The Great Deceiver: Part One (2xCD, Album) Larks' Tongues In Aspi... Discipline Global Mobile 2007
The Great Deceiver: Part Two (2xCD, Album)   Discipline Global Mobile 2007
Live In Moscow 1990 (2xCD) Starless, Book Of Satu... The Store For Music Ltd., 2008
Omaggio Al Progressive Rock (CD, Album) Matte Kudasai Not On Label 2008
The Collectable King Crimson - Live At The Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 1996 (2xCD)   WHD Entertainment, Inc. 2008
Memories Dreams Reflections (2xCD, Album) Starless Disco Gecko 2009
Night After Night (CD, Album, RE)   E'G Records  
Peter Und Der Wolf (CD, Album) Hunters Seagull  
Tracks Appear On:
Angels In The Architecture (2 versions) Split Seconds Editions EG 1987
Affirmative: The Yes Solo Family Album (CD, Comp) Feels Good To Me Connoisseur Collection 1993
Sometimes God Smiles: The Young Persons' Guide To Discipline Volume II (CD, Comp, Smplr, Promo) Original Sin, Amethyst... Discipline Global Mobile 1998
The Voiceprint DualDisc Sampler (Hybrid, DualDisc, Smplr, Promo) Beelzebub, Two Left Shoes Voiceprint 2006
Unofficial Releases:
"Doctor D" Atlanta 6/23/73 (LP)   Not On Label (King Crimson) 1983
A Weird Person's Guide To ... Vol. 2 (CD) Trio** Invasion Unlimited 1994
A Weird Person's Guide To King Crimson (CD)   Invasion Unlimited 1994
Exiles (CD, Album) Exiles Oldis 1998
1976 (DVD-V, NTSC)   BBC Films + DVD 2008
Real Discipline (CD)   Not On Label (King Crimson)  
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