King Crimson fans check in

[IronLionZion]

I just discovered this awesome band. Consider my mind blown. :hippie: :crazy: :wow: :headbang:

[Emops]

1. Cool!

Get Starless & Bible Black next.

"Fracture" will make your head explode.

[IronLionZion]

4. listening to it right now

and yeah it is blowing my mind!

I'm not worthy

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

6. ANY Wetton-Bruford material.

1). Larks Tongues In Aspic
2). Starless and Bible Black
3). Red
4). USA

...plus the following "archive" releases which followed the demise of that band:

5). The Great Deceiver box set (4 CDs, all live...Providence RI is one deadly mo-fo)
6). The Night Watch (2 CDs, the complete live concert from which the live "Starless and Bible Black" tracks were drawn from)



:toast:

[no name no slogan]

13. DEFINATELY don't forget RED

IMHO it has been sadly overlooked by the Crimso cognizetti. Some of Wetton's best vocals, and some of Fripp's best guitar work.

And DEFINATELY check out "The Night Watch", too!. Even though it's a live recording, a couple of the tracks appeared on the "studio" album "Starless..." with only minimal overdubs.

If you can find it, also spring for the "Frame By Frame" box set, or any of the other major career retrospectives. The liner notes are worth the price alone.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Reporting in!

[Floogeldy]

3. Welcome aboard, Lion

I talk to the wind. Seriously.

[bbernardini]

5. Checking in!

[EC]

7. Love it

worked in a movie theater in 1968 and we used to play this album while everyone was seating before movie....

[DBoon]

8. Get "Larks Tongue in Aspic" next!

eom

[Emops]

9. I cannot find that album *anywhere*

Even Amazon is out.

[IronLionZion]

11. there are some linked on froogle

and ebay

[DBoon]

12. I guess I'm the lucky one

I bought it on vinyl oh sometime in 1976....

[no name no slogan]

15. Most of my Crimso stuff is on vinyl

I was listening to their old stuff ('69-'74)in the mid-80s, and everybody thought I was slightly insane, as I was only 14 years old. It's good to see them get the recognition they deserve these days.

[Osamasux]

16. I just checked their own site for it

Both Fripp's digital remaster and the import are currently sold out.

http://www.disciplineglobalmobile.com/index.htm

[IronLionZion]

10. I have Starless and Bible Black, Construkction of light,

court of the Crimson King, Wake of Poseidon, Cirkus, and Absent Lovers

listening to starless and bible black right now and this is wicked awesome! :headbang:

[Osamasux]

14. Fripp rules !

I have been listening to them since Court / Poseiden. Each lineup and era had its moments. I agree that the Wetton / Bruford stuff is the most powerful, but the Belew stuff is the most musical and Robert really seems to love playing off of him. The Guitar Trio stuff gets interesting, so does BLUE (Bruford Levin Upper Extremities). Exposure is a great solo album.

[Osamasux]

17. I see there's a new digital remaster of Earthbound.

The live album with the Fripp, Mel Collins, Boz Burrell (later of Bad Company) and Ian Wallace. Good version of Schizoid Man. I have to get it. I lent my vinyl copy out about 25 years ago and never saw it again.

[no name no slogan]

18. Yeah, "Earthbound" was very hard to find

I remember looking for it everywhere back in the 80s. Although the quality was poor and Fripp hated it, I heard that it was still a good record of the Fripp/Boz/Collins/Wallace conflagration. I may have to pick up the reissue, just for the sake of completeness.

[Osamasux]

19. Definitely catch them live.

They are just incredible musicians. They try different arrangements, but they can also play any of their material precisely any time they want to. It's staggering.