Boxset / Compilation · 1991
Tracklist
1969-71
1-1 21st Century Schizoid Man 7:20
1-2 I Talk To The Wind 6:05
1-3 Epitaph 8:44
1-4 Moonchild 2:26
1-5 In The Court Of The Crimson King 9:25
1-6 Peace - A Theme 1:16
1-7 Cat Food 2:45
1-8 Groon 3:31
1-9 Cadence And Cascade (Re-mix) 4:10
1-10 The Sailor's Tale (Abridged) 7:27
1-11 Ladies Of The Road 5:31
1-12a Bolero (Re-mix) 6:45
1-12b Coda 1:36
1972-74
2-1 Larks' Tongues In Aspic: Part One (Abridged) 10:53
2-2 Book Of Saturday 2:53
2-3 Easy Money 7:55
2-4 Larks' Tongues In Aspic: Part Two 7:09
2-5 The Night Watch 4:40
2-6 The Great Deceiver 4:03
2-7 Fracture (Abridged) 6:57
2-8 Starless (Abridged) 4:38
2-9 Red 6:17
2-10 Fallen Angel 5:59
2-11 One More Red Nightmare 7:09
1981-84
3-1 Elephant Talk 4:42
3-2 Frame By Frame 5:08
3-3 Matte Kudasai 3:48
3-4 Thela Hun Ginjeet 6:26
3-5 Heartbeat 3:54
3-6 Waiting Man 4:22
3-7 Neurotica 4:48
3-8 Requiem 6:36
3-9 Three Of A Perfect Pair 4:11
3-10 Sleepless 5:22
3-11 Discipline 5:05
3-12 The Sheltering Sky 8:16
3-13 The King Crimson Barber Shop 1:31
Live 1969-84
4-1 Get Thy Bearings 9:33
4-2 Travel Weary Capricorn 4:30
4-3 Mars 8:42
4-4 The Talking Drum 8:29
4-5 21st Century Schizoid Man 9:20
4-6 Asbury Park 6:50
4-7 Larks' Tongues In Aspic: Part Three (Excerpt) 2:42
4-8 Sartori In Tangiers 4:13
4-9 Indiscipline 7:02
Line-up/Musicians
Vocals [Remixed With Vocal] – Adrian Belew (1-9)
Bass [Remixed With Bass] – Tony Levin (1-12a)
Tenor Vocals, Bass Vocals, Baritone Vocals, Lead Vocals – Tony Levin (3-13)
Alto Saxophone – Ian McDonald (tracks: 2-8 to 2-11)
Backing Vocals – Mel Collins (tracks: 1-10, 1-11)
Bass Guitar – Greg Lake (tracks: 4-1 to 4-3), John Wetton (tracks: 4-6), Peter Giles (tracks: 1-6 to 1-9), Tony Levin (tracks: 4-7)
Bass Guitar, Chapman Stick, Vocals – Tony Levin (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12)
Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals – Boz Burrell (tracks: 1-10, 1-11), Greg Lake (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5)
Bass Guitar, Vocals – John Wetton (tracks: 2-1 to 2-11, 4-4, 4-5)
Chapman Stick – Tony Levin (tracks: 4-8, 4-9)
Cor Anglais – Robin Miller (tracks: 1-12)
Cornet – Mark Charig (tracks: 1-12, 2-8 to 2-11)
Drums – Adrian Belew (tracks: 4-8), Bill Bruford (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4, 4-4 to 4-6), Michael Giles (tracks: 1-6 to 1-9, 4-1 to 4-3)
Drums [Electric, Acoustic] – Bill Bruford (tracks: 4-7 to 4-9)
Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Ian Wallace (tracks: 1-10, 1-11)
Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Michael Giles (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5)
Electronics [Devices] – Robert Fripp (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12)
Flute – Mel Collins (tracks: 1-6 to 1-9)
Flute, Saxophone, Mellotron – Ian McDonald (tracks: 4-1 to 4-3)
Guitar – Adrian Belew (tracks: 4-7), Robert Fripp (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11, 2-1 to 2-11, 3-1 to 3-12, 4-1 to 4-9)
Guitar, Lead Vocals – Adrian Belew (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12, 4-9)
Keyboards – Robert Fripp (tracks: 2-5 to 2-11)
Mellotron – Robert Fripp (tracks: 1-10 to 1-12, 2-1 to 2-4, 4-4, 4-5)
Oboe – Robin Miller (tracks: 1-12, 2-8 to 2-11)
Other [King Crimson Family Tree] – Hideyo Itoh
Percussion [Percussives] – Bill Bruford (tracks: 2-5 to 2-11)
Percussion, Instruments [Allsorts] – Jamie Muir (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4)
Piano – Keith Tippett (tracks: 1-6 to 1-9, 1-12)
Saxophone – Mel Collins (tracks: 1-10 to 1-12)
Snare [Snare Drum] – Andy McCullough (tracks: 1-12)
Trombone – Nick Evans (tracks: 1-12)
Violin, Keyboards – David Cross (tracks: 4-4 to 4-6)
Violin, Viola, Keyboards – David Cross (tracks: 2-5 to 2-7)
Violin, Viola, Mellotron – David Cross (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4)
Vocals – Greg Lake (tracks: 1-7, 4-1), Michael Giles (tracks: 4-2)
Woodwind, Keyboards, Mellotron, Vocals – Ian McDonald (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5)
About this release
Virgin – KC BOX 1 (UK)
CD1: 1969-71
• 1-1 to 1-5 taken from “In The Court Of The Crimson King” (1969). Produced at Wessex Sound Studios, London.
• 1-6 to 1-9 taken from “In The Wake Of Poseidon” (1970). 1-9 remixed with vocal by Adrian Belew, at the Courthouse, Cranborne, Dorset (1991). 1-7 and 1-8 were released as a single. An alternative mix of 1-7 appears on the album.
• 1-10, 1-11 taken from “Islands” (1971). Recorded at Command Studios, Piccadilly, London.
• 1-12a taken from “Lizard” (1970). Recorded at Wessex Studios. Remixed with bass by Tony Levin at the Courthouse, Cranborne, Dorset (June 1991).
• 1-12b is a hidden track; it was omitted from The Definitive Edition re-mastering of “Islands” (the CD was released in Japan and the US in 1989) through an engineer’s error.
CD2: 1972-74
• 2-1 to 2-4 taken from “Larks’ Tongues In Aspic” (1973). Recorded in January and February at Command Studios, London.
• 2-5 to 2-7 taken from “Starless And Bible Black” (1974). Half of the album, including 2-7 and parts of 2-5 was recorded live at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw on November 23rd, 1973.
• 2-8 to 2-11 taken from “Red” (1974). Recorded at Olympic Sound Studios, London.
CD3: 1981-84
• 3-1 to 3-4, 3-11, 3-12 taken from “Discipline” (1981). Recorded at Island Studios, Basing Street, London.
• 3-5 to 3-8 taken from “Beat” (1982).
• 3-9, 3-10 taken from “Three Of A Perfect Pair” (1983).
• 3-13 was recorded in 1983 and mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991 (previously unreleased).
CD4: Live 1969-84
• 4-1, 4-2 recorded live at Plumpton Festival, England (August 9th, 1969). Sound reconstruction at the Courthouse, July 1991.
• 4-3 recorded live at Fillmore West, San Francisco (December 10th, 1969). Sound reconstruction at the Courthouse, July 1991.
• 4-4, 4-5 recorded live at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw on November 23rd, 1973. Mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991.
• 4-6 recorded at The Casino, Asbury Park on June 28th, 1974 by The Record Plant, NYC. Originally released in “USA” (1975). Re-mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991.
• 4-7 recorded live at Le Spectrum, Montreal on July 11th, 1984 and the Tokyo Kani Hoken Hall, April 28th, 1984.
• 4-8 recorded live at the second show, Le Spectrum, Montreal on July 11th, 1984. Mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991.
• 4-9 recorded live at The Arena, Frejus on August 27th, 1982. Mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991.
Thanks to snobb for the addition