KING CRIMSON – “The Complete 1969 Recordings”

Il 6 novembre 2020 vedrà la luce l'audio-storia completa di uno degli album di debutto più importanti di tutti i tempi - In The Court Of The Crimson King - presentata in un box con 26 dischi: 20 CD, 4 Blu-Ray, 1 DVD e 1 DVD-A

Con il mix Dolby Atmos 2020 di Steven Wilson, il mix stereo di David Singleton del materiale delle sessioni (su Blu-Ray, DVD e su 6 CD) e un ulteriore disco di materiale di studio appena compilato, la confezione include anche l’album in studio originale In The Court Of The Crimson King, ogni versione alternativa di cui si conosce l’esistenza, ogni mix di cui si abbia notizia, tutte le registrazioni dal vivo di questa incarnazione della band e una selezione di registrazioni pre-King Crimson del 1968 di Giles, Giles & Fripp

Questo ottavo cofanetto dei King Crimson, come i precedenti sette della serie, è confezionato in un box delle dimensioni di un vinile contenente un opuscolo con foto inedite delle sessioni di registrazione, un’introduzione di Robert Fripp, note di copertina del biografo dei King Crimson Sid Smith, note sui nastri di David Singleton, cimeli aggiuntivi e una custodia esterna protettiva.

THE COMPLETE 1969 RECORDINGS è disponibile in pre ordine su Burning Shed.

I contenuti in pillole

  • Ultimate Boxed Set Edition di uno degli album di debutto fondamentali della musica rock.
  • Il Blu-Ray presenta il mix Dolby Atmos 2020 di Steven Wilson.
  • Sessioni di registrazione stereo complete e interamente mixate su Blu-Ray, DVD e su 6 CD.
  • I Blu-Ray presentano anche l’edizione master originale del mix dell’album del 1969 in stereo 24/96, i mix stereo e 5.1 del 2019, i mix stereo del 2009 e 5.1 un album alternativo completo che comprende i mix del 2019 e altro.
  • “Let’s Make a Hit Waxing” – CD singolo “in studio con la band” mixato e compilato da David Singleton – è disponibile anche in alta risoluzione 24/96 su Blu-Ray.
  • Altri 13 CD presentano tutte le registrazioni live conosciute della band, le sessioni della BBC, un CD con la compilation pre-King Crimson di Giles, Giles & Fripp e tutte le registrazioni in studio, versioni alternative e altro dell’album principale.
  • Presentato in un box delle dimensioni di un LP con cofanetto esterno, contenente libretto con foto inedite della sessione di registrazione, un’introduzione di Robert Fripp, note di copertina del biografo dei King Crimson Sid Smith, note sui nastri di David Singleton e vari cimeli.

La tracklist di ogni singolo disco

Discs 1 – 18, 25, 26 CD
Disc 19 DVD, Disc 20 DVD-A,
Discs 21 – 24 Blu-Ray

Disc 1
Live at Hyde Park

1 21st Century Schizoid Man
2 The Court of the Crimson King
3 Get Thy Bearings
4 Announcement (Incomplete)
5 Epitaph
6 Mantra
7 Travel Weary Capricorn
8 Mars
9 Band Reunion Meeting

Disc 2
Live at the Marquee

1 21st Century Schizoid Man
2 Drop In
3 Announcement (Incomplete)
4 I Talk To The Wind
5 Epitaph (Incomplete)
6 Travel Weary Capricorn
7 Improv (inc Nola and Etude No. 7)
8 Mars

Disc 3
Live at Plumpton Festival

1 21st Century Schizoid Man
2 Get Thy Bearings
3 Announcement
4 The Court Of The Crimson King
5 Mantra
6 Travel Weary Capricorn
7 Improv
8 Mars

Disc 4
Live at Chesterfield Jazz Club

1 21st Century Schizoid Man
2 Drop In
3 Announcement
4 Epitaph
5 Get Thy Bearings
6 Announcement
7 I Talk To The Wind

Disc 5
Live at Chesterfield Jazz Club

1 Announcement
2 The Court Of The Crimson King
3 Mantra
4 Travel Weary Capricorn
5 Improv
6 Mars

Disc 6
Live at the Fillmore East

1 The Court Of The Crimson King (Incomplete)
2 Announcement
3 A Man, A City
4 Announcement
5 Epitaph
6 Announcement
7 21st Century Schizoid Man
8 The Court Of The Crimson King (Incomplete)
9 Announcement
10 A Man, A City
11 Announcement
12 Epitaph
13 Announcement
14 21st Century Schizoid Man

Disc 7
Live at the Fillmore West

1 Mantra
2 Travel Weary Capricorn
3 Improv Travel Bleary Capricorn
4 Mars
5 The Court of the Crimson King
6 Announcement
7 Drop In
8 A Man, A City
9 Announcement
10 Epitaph
11 Announcement
12 21st Century Schizoid Man
13 Announcement
14 Mars

Disc 8
Album – Original Master Edtion – expanded

1 21st Century Schizoid Man
2 I Talk to the Wind
3 Epitaph
4 Moonchild
5 The Court of the Crimson King
6 21st Century Schizoid Man
7 I Talk to the Wind
8 Epitaph
9 The Court of the Crimson King (Single A Side)
10 The Court of the Crimson King (Single B Side)

Disc 9
Alternate album – expanded

1 Wind Session
2 21st Century Schizoid Man (Morgan Studio Version with Overdubs)
3 I Talk To The Wind (Alt 2019 Mix)
4 I Talk To The Wind (Duo Version 2019 Mix)
5 Epitaph (Isolated Vocal 2019 Mix)
6 Epitaph (Alt Take 2019 Mix)
7 Moonchild (Take One 2019 Mix)
8 The Court of the Crimson King (Take 3 2019 Mix)
9 21st Century Schizoid Man (Trio Version 2019 Mix)

Disc 10
2009 Album Mixes – expanded

1 21st Century Schizoid Man
2 I Talk to the Wind
3 Epitaph
4 Moonchild
5 The Court of the Crimson King
6 Moonchild [Full Version]
7 I Talk to the Wind [Duo Version]
8 I Talk to the Wind [Alternate Mix]
9 Epitaph [Backing Track]
10 Wind Session [21st Century Schizoid Man Intro]

Disc 11
2019 Album Mixes & Instrumental Mixes

1 21st Century Schizoid Man
2 I Talk to the Wind
3 Epitaph
4 Moonchild
5 The Court of the Crimson King
6 21st Century Schizoid Man
7 I Talk to the Wind
8 Epitaph
9 Moonchild (Edit)
10 The Court of the Crimson King

Disc 12
Let’s Make a Hit Waxing

1 Let’s Make a Hit Waxing

Disc 13
Sessions Disc 1

1 21st Century Schizoid Man (Morgan Studio Instrumental)
2 Epitaph Takes 1 to 3
3 Epitaph Takes 4 to 8
4 I Talk to the Wind Takes 1 to 4

Disc 14
Sessions Disc 2

1 I Talk to the Wind Takes 5 to 8
2 I Talk to the Wind Takes 9 to 12
3 The Court of the Crimson King Stereo Takes

Disc 15
Sessions Disc 3

1 The Court of the Crimson King Take 6
2 The Court of the Crimson King Take 1 and 2
3 The Court of the Crimson King Takes 3 to 7
4 The Court of the Crimson King Takes 8 to 10
5 The Court of the Crimson King Trailer Take 1

Disc 16
Sessions Disc 4

1 The Court of the Crimson King (Stormy Mix)
2 I Talk to the Wind Takes 3 to 6
3 I Talk to the Wind Takes 7 to 9
4 I Talk to the Wind Early Take
5 Drum Check
6 21st Century Schizoid Man Sax Sound Check
7 Ahh (Stormy Mix)
8 I Talk to the Wind (Stormy Mix)

Disc 17
Sessions Disc 5

1 Epitaph Takes 1 to 3
2 Epitaph Takes 5 – 11
3 Epitaph Take 2 (Stormy Mix)

Disc 18
Sessions Disc 6

1 Moonchild Takes 1 to 8
2 Moonchild Take 9 (complete)
3 Trailer Take and Take Overdubbed
4 Pipe Organ Takes
5 Wind Noise Takes
6 The Court of the Crimson King Takes

Disc 19
DVD
24/48 Complete Studio Sessions
24/48 Let’s Make a Hit Waxing
16/48 Stormy Selections

Disc 20
DVD-A

24/48 Original Master Edition
24/48 2019 album mixes in hi-res stereo and 5.1 Surround
Hyde Park Film Snippet

Disc 21
Blu-Ray
24/192 Giles, Giles and Fripp – as per CD 25
24/96 Complete Studio Sessions
24/192 Live at Chesterfield Jazz Club

Disc 22
Blu-Ray

24/96 2009 Hi-Res Stereo and 5.1 Surround Mixes
24/96 Additional audio and Alternate album from the 2009 mixes
24/48 Original 1969 vinyl needledrops of UK stereo & US Mono Promo LPs
24/48 Original 1969 Mono UK Single A and B Sides and US Promo Single A Side

Disc 23
Blu-Ray

24/96 2019 Mixes in Stereo, 5.1 Surround and Instrumental Mixes
24/96 Original Master Edition
24/96 2019 Alternate Album and Additional Material Mixes
Hyde Park Film Snippet (audio mono)

Disc 24
Blu-Ray

2020 Dolby Atmos Mix
24/96 I Talk to the Wind (duo version) 5.1 Surround *

  • audio through four channels only
    24/96 Let’s Make a Hit Waxing

Disc 25
Selected Recordings 1968

Giles, Giles and Fripp

1 Tremelo Study in A Major (Spanish Suite)
2 Suite No. 1
3 Scrivens
4 Why Don’t You Just Drop In (i)
5 I Talk to the Wind (i)
6 Plastic Pennies
7 Passages of Time
8 Under the Sky (ii)
9 I Talk to the Wind (ii)
10 Erudite Eyes
11 Make it Today (ii)
12 Wonderland
13 Why Don’t You Just Drop In (ii)
14 She is Loaded

Disc 26
BBC Sessions and Trees

1 21st Century Schizoid Man
2 Epitaph
3 The Court of the Crimson King
4 I Talk to the Wind
5 Get Thy Bearings
Live at Fairfield Hall, Croydon
6 Trees