Toyah & Robert Fripp – VE Day Heroes

Toyah & Robert Fripp Vs King Crimson
Celebrating VE Day Heroes for #VEDay75
Premieres 07:00 BST Friday 8 May 2020

• The two VE Day Heroes being celebrated within the Fripp and Willcox families:
  • Uncle Bill, aka RAF Flight Sergeant Alfie Fripp, who helped in planning The Great Escape
  • Beric Willcox of the Royal Navy, based in Alexandria, who guarded convoys in the Mediterranean
• Backing track: King Crimson Live in Berlin on 12 September 2016
• Personnel: Gavin Harrison, Jeremy Stacey, Pat Mastelotto,
  Mel Collins, Tony Levin, Jakko Jakszyk  & Robert Fripp
• Fairy dustings provided by Bill Rieflin
• Recorded and mixed by Chris Porter
• Produced by Chris Porter with Robert Fripp & David Singleton
• Used by permission
• Vocal track & video: Toyah Willcox, at home in the kitchen, Middle England;
  5 May 2020 on iPhone
• Vocal & backing track mix: Jakko Jakszyk
• The guitar used in the video is Robert Fripp’s Les Paul serial no. 9-1986; used on all KC albums 1969-74;
  and on the Heroes session in Berlin with David Bowie, Tony Visconti & Brian Eno at the Hansa Studios, July 1977.