Album

In The Court Of The Crimson King (King Crimson At 50 A Film By Toby Amies)

King Crimson

2022 · Rock

Rare pressing on Gatefold

Start your shelf →Open in app
In The Court Of The Crimson King (King Crimson At 50 A Film By Toby Amies) by King Crimson

In The Court Of The Crimson King (King Crimson At 50 A Film By Toby Amies) is a Rock album by King Crimson, originally released in 2022. On Gatefold: 3 pressings tracked.

About

Often credited with anointing prog rock as a genre, King Crimson’s debut album remains an almost overwhelming statement of ambition and invention. Released just a year after the band’s 1968 formation in London, <i>In the Court of the Crimson King</i> closes out that most psychedelic decade by amplifying the heady intensity of everything that came before it—and throwing open the doors for everything that would come after. There could be no more fitting introduction than “21st Century Schizoid Man,” one of the wildest tracks of the ’60. Everything vital about early King Crimson is on full display: Robert Fripp’s nightmarishly cool guitar contours; Michael Giles’ intricate drumming; bassist/singer Greg Lake’s instant vocal swagger; lyricist Peter Sinfield’s poetic portent; and multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald’s surprise integration of jazz and classical tactic. Pack all of that into nearly eight minutes of buzzing tone, stubborn momentum, and roller-coaster dynamic shift, and you’ve got a rock band that’s ready to play in the same hothouse arena as free jazz—right down to McDonald’s tightly wound alto sax. Given that song’s bracing impact, it’s all the more fascinating to hear it immediately followed by the peaceable psych-folk ramble “I Talk to the Wind.” McDonald swaps out his piercing sax for breezy flute, and Lake’s vocal approach switches from eye-rolling menace to sleepy serenity, while the track’s medieval quality continues into the Mellotron-ripened “Epitaph.” As mellow as those two songs are by comparison to “Schizoid Man,” they still very much honor the album’s penchant for elaborate, suite-like structure. That’s just as pronounced on the 12-minute “Moonchild,” a ballad of eerie elegance that draws upon some of Sinfield’s most mind-bending imagery before almost disappearing into the ether during its ghostly noodling and offbeat percussive tic. As the Mellotron swoops back in for the closing title track, King Crimson has no trouble at all justifying the theatrical grandeur of the album’s long-winded name. .

via Apple Music

The Clerk says

The Clerk knows this whole record — the pressing quirks, the credits, the take.

Start your shelf to read the full take →

Every pressing, with live pricesUnlock the pressing explorer + marketplace prices with Mosh Pit.→

Tracklist

Side BD

  1. BD1-1In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson At 5086:15
  2. BD1-2Excerpts From CosmiKc F*Kc24:02
  3. BD1-3Starless - The Final Performance14:21
  4. BD1-4Schizophonia1:04
  5. BD1-5Widows1:38
  6. BD1-6Raindance1:48
  7. BD1-7Official Trailer1:38
  8. BD2-1Radical Action Suite19:15
  9. BD2-2The Letters6:01
  10. BD2-3Sailor's Tale6:07
  11. BD2-4Cadence And Cascade4:27
  12. BD2-5Fracture11:13
  13. BD2-6Starless12:24
  14. BD2-7Discipline6:21
  15. BD2-8Drumzilla6:44
  16. BD2-9Neurotica4:48
  17. BD2-10Red6:10
  18. BD2-11The Court Of The Crimson King9:53
  19. BD2-12Indiscipline9:42
  20. BD2-13Epitaph8:54
  21. BD2-1421st Century Schizoid Man13:05
  22. BD2-15Gentlemen Of The Road38:14

Side DVD

  1. DVD1-1In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson At 5086:15
  2. DVD1-2Excerpts From CosmiKc F*Kc24:03
  3. DVD1-3Starless - The Final Performance14:21
  4. DVD1-4Schizophonia1:04
  5. DVD1-5Widows1:38
  6. DVD1-6Raindance4:56
  7. DVD1-7Official Trailer1:38
  8. DVD2-1Radical Action Suite19:15
  9. DVD2-2The Letters6:01
  10. DVD2-3Sailor's Tale6:07
  11. DVD2-4Cadence And Cascade4:27
  12. DVD2-5Fracture11:13
  13. DVD2-6Starless12:24
  14. DVD2-7Discipline6:21
  15. DVD2-8Drumzilla6:44
  16. DVD2-9Neurotica4:48
  17. DVD2-10Red6:10
  18. DVD2-11The Court Of The Crimson King9:53
  19. DVD2-12Indiscipline9:42
  20. DVD2-13Epitaph8:54
  21. DVD2-1421st Century Schizoid Man13:05
  22. DVD2-15Gentlemen Of The Road38:13

Side CD

  1. CD1-1Introductory Bellscape (Live 2018)4:06
  2. CD1-221st Century Schizoid Man (Edit) (Steven Wilson Mix)6:54
  3. CD1-3Moonchild (Including Cadenzas) (Live 2019)7:28
  4. CD1-4Cat Food (Alt. Mix)5:04
  5. CD1-6The Letters (Tring 2018)5:59
  6. CD1-7Sailor's Tale (Tring 2018)6:09
  7. CD1-8Easy Money (Live 2019)8:23
  8. CD1-9Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part Two (Alt. Mix)6:57
  9. CD2-1Fracture (Tring 2018)11:06
  10. CD2-2Fallen Angel (2009 Remaster)6:03
  11. CD2-3Discipline (Tring 2018)5:12
  12. CD2-4Cadence And Cascade (Tring 2018)4:27
  13. CD2-5The ConstruKction Of Light (Live 2019)6:04
  14. CD2-6Peace (Live 2016)1:58
  15. CD2-7Matte Kudasai (Alt. Intro)3:33
  16. CD2-8The Mincer (Live 1973)4:07
  17. CD2-9A Scarcity Of Miracles (Live 2015)6:52
  18. CD2-11Peace: A Theme (Steven Wilson Mix)1:16
  19. CD3-1Drumzilla (Live 2021)5:00
  20. CD3-2Waiting Man (Live 1982)8:33
  21. CD3-3Seizure (Live 1998)13:29
  22. CD3-4The Talking Drum (Alt. Mix)6:55
  23. CD3-5Indiscipline (Live 2021)8:47
  24. CD3-6Exposure (Steven Wilson Mix)4:24
  25. CD3-7VROOOM (Live 2015)4:56
  26. CD3-8Coda: Marine 475 (Live 1996)2:42
  27. CD3-9Darts (2022 Remaster)2:15
  28. CD3-10Requiem (Extended Version)12:16
  29. CD4-1Walk On: Rio (Live 2019)1:49
  30. CD4-2Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part One (Live 2019)10:07
  31. CD4-3Breathless (Live 2018)4:53
  32. CD4-4One More Red Nightmare (Live 2021)5:57
  33. CD4-5Epitaph (Live 2019)8:28
  34. CD4-6Frame By Frame (Live 2019)6:10
  35. CD4-7Pictures Of A City (Live 2021)8:31
  36. CD4-8Red (Live 2021)6:16
  37. CD4-9The Court Of The Crimson King (Live 2019)9:34
  38. CD4-10Starless (Live 2021)12:27

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Prog Rock
  • dense
  • brooding
  • theatrical

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

Production & Engineering

Rare pressing on Gatefold · 3 pressings tracked on Gatefold

View this release on Discogs →

Start your shelf.

Track your pressings of In The Court Of The Crimson King (King Crimson At 50 A Film By Toby Amies), get the Clerk's take, and see what the record is worth — free.

Start your shelf →

Free forever. Works with 10 records or 10,000.