The original version of the band included Robert Fripp, Record also includes the best tracks from the band's five other studio In my opinion, the band recorded two classicĪlbums: "In the Court of Crimson King" (1969) and "Red" (1974). This is a great collection and contains most of the band's best music. Muir and his battery of instruments on stage with the band dressed in The 71-72 line-up at Hyde Park, and some really neat pictures of Jamie Incarnation on stage and in transit during tours, some capturing theīrief 1970 incarnation with Haskell, Tippett and McCulloch, many from The insert contains a list of every gig KC performed fromġ969-1974 with the omission of the surprise Wolverhampton gig of 1971,Īnd a ton of pictures, many of which haven't seen the light of dayĪnywhere else since then. They alone are worth the hiked up price at most used record The inclusion of a rare and rough (although sprightly) Gilesĭyble Giles Fripp version of I Talk to the Wind from 1968 AND theĪccompanying scrap-booklet, however, are the best features of this Man and any representation of the Lizard album are missing, at least That it was compiled by Fripp himself in 1976 and, yes, both Schizoid "A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson is a very good compilation,Ĭontaining a wide variety of tracks from 1968-1974. "best-ofs" the band has endured, A Young Person's Guide remains the definitive study of the original King Crimson. It's a sign of just how wellĬonceived this collection was that, no matter how many more so-called "Ladies of the Road." A vast booklet of facts and figures, againĬompiled by Fripp and drawing from his own squirrel-like horde of King Crimson Just how powerful In the Court of the Crimson King was on release, while more recent highlights included both "Red" and "Starless" from the band's final album ( Red), Starless and Bible Black'sĮternally atmospheric "The Night Watch," and, as if to prove that theīand's sense of humor was never far from the surface, the ribald saga of
Poles of "21st Century Schizoid Man" and "Epitaph," and served to remind The other tracks, three-fifths of the debut album included the anthemic Sole previous appearance, as the B-side of 1970's "Cat Food" single. The presence of "Groon" took the heat off anyone who missed out on its Unimpeachable classics to unimaginable rarities - the pre- Crimsonĭemo of "I Talk to the Wind" was a collector's dream at the time, while
Of the group's seven years together, its contents ranging from the
Originally released in 1976 following theīand's apparently irrevocable split of the year before, this Robert Fripp-compiledĭouble album rounded up an excellent, if somewhat idiosyncratic, survey Was the only worthwhile retrospective the band had ever had - or Playing times are approximately 40 minutes long for CD1, and 35 minutesįor almost two decades before King Crimson's catalog became a minefield of odd retrospectives, live oddities, and archival treasure troves, A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson Running-order, included a reproduction of the booklet, scaled-down. This 2-CD set, which faithfully duplicated the vinyl To date, its sole CD release has been in Japan, Photographs, and detailing gig history and notable events: this wasĬompiled by Robert Fripp from his own archive. Included as part of the package was a booklet, replete with The gatefold-sleeve featured, as the front and back cover, artwork by Scottish artist Fergus Hall.
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Its name is most likely derived either from the famous orchestral work The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra from composer Benjamin Britten or the 1960s television series Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, created by conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein. A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson is a 2-LP compilation album by the band King Crimson, released in 1976.
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