King Crimson - The Complete 1969 Recordings

20 CDs + 4 Blu-rays + DVD + DVD Audio + book!

New Dolby Atmos mix by Steven Wilson!

Packaged in 12" box set with 40-page book with new photos from the recording sessions and new sleeve notes, plus memorabilia

The complete audio history of one of the most important debut albums of all time is presented across 26 discs in this box set. Featuring a new Dolby Atmos mix by Steven Wilson, 6 CDs' worth of session material on CD & Blu-Ray for the first time (fully mixed by David Singleton), a further disc of newly compiled studio material, the box also includes the original studio album, every alternate take known to exist, every mix known to exist, all live recordings known to exist & a selection of pre/Crimson 1968 recordings.

The set — as with the previous boxed seven sets in the series — is housed in a vinyl sized box complete with a booklet featuring an introduction by Robert Fripp, notes about the source tapes from David Singleton, sleeve-notes by King Crimson biographer Sid Smith, previously unseen photos from the recordings sessions, additional memorabilia and a protective outer sleeve.

Having done 5.1 Surround Sound mixes for both the 40th & 50th-anniversary editions of the album, Steven Wilson was able to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by Atmos mixing, allowing for far greater movement within the mix itself. As he put it: "I've definitely had a bit more fun with the Atmos mix, watch out for solos and mellotrons circling overhead!" While the improv section of 'Moonchild' is a particular beneficiary of this approach, the mix is very active, with plenty of ear-catching moments to offer to listeners.

Likewise, significant work on the multi-track tapes was undertaken by David Singleton — who mixed all of the existing multi-track sessions recordings to stereo as well as running the single track CD length 'Let's Make a Hit Waxing' — from those same tapes. "Listening to the original recording sessions was astonishing. Time collapses and you are suddenly there in the studio with a young band, just starting out, as they experiment with recording their first album. It is not so much listening to a slick product, more witnessing a process. You are present at the birth."

 

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

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

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 Edition – 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

 

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

Atmos 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

 

 

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