The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson, Vol. 1: 1969-1974 [Box set]

Disc: 1
1. 21st Century Schizoid Man
2. I Talk to the Wind
3. Epitaph
4. Moonchild
5. Court of the Crimson King
See all 15 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Court of the Crimson King [Live]
2. Man, a City [Live]
3. 21st Century Schizoid Man [Live]
4. Get Thy Bearings [Live]
5. Mars [Live]
See all 10 tracks on this disc
Disc: 3
1. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 1 [Abridged][Edit]
2. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 1 [Edit]
3. Easy Money
4. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2
5. Night Watch
See all 11 tracks on this disc
Disc: 4
1. Asbury Park [Live]
2. Talking Drum [Live]
3. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2 [Live]
4. Lament [Live]
5. We'll Let You Know [Live]
See all 12 tracks on this disc

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The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson, Vol. 1: 1969-1974 [Box set]

Average customer rating: Best box yet Unsatisfactory Compilation A GOOD PLACE TO START SOUNDCHASER The Court convenes...

The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson, Vol. 1: 1969-1974 King Crimson Manufacturer: Discipline Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson, Vol. 2: 1981-2003 Vrooom Vrooom Night Watch Exposure The Collectable King Crimson, Vol. 1 ASIN: B0002Y9TGA Release Date: 2004-11-09

Tracks:

1. 21st Century Schizoid Man
2. I Talk to the Wind
3. Epitaph
4. Moonchild
5. Court of the Crimson King
6. Peace - A Theme
7. Cat Food
8. Groon
9. Cadence and Cascade
10. In the Wake of Poseidon [Instrumental Edit]
11. Ladies of the Road
12. Sailor's Tale [Abridged]
13. Islands [Instrumental Edit]
14. Tuning Up
15. Bolero

Tracks:

1. Court of the Crimson King [Live]
2. Man, a City [Live]
3. 21st Century Schizoid Man [Live]
4. Get Thy Bearings [Live]
5. Mars [Live]
6. Pictures of a City [Live]
7. Letters [Live]
8. Sailor's Tale [Live]
9. Groon [Live]
10. 21st Century Schizoid Man [Instrumental Edit][Live]

Tracks:

1. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 1 [Abridged][Edit]
2. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 1 [Edit]
3. Easy Money
4. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2
5. Night Watch
6. Great Deceiver
7. Fracture
8. Starless [Abridged]
9. Red
10. Fallen Angel
11. One More Red Nightmare

Tracks:

1. Asbury Park [Live]
2. Talking Drum [Live]
3. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2 [Live]
4. Lament [Live]
5. We'll Let You Know [Live]
6. Improv: Augsburg [Live]
7. Exiles [Abridged][Live]
8. Easy Money [Live]
9. Providence [Live]
10. Starless and Bible Black [Live]
11. 21st Century Schizoid Man [Live]
12. Trio [Live]

Customer Reviews:

Best box yet .......2006-04-10

This one seems to be aimed at people like me, who've heard and/or owned all the albums at various times and found them spotty. We're fans, but we don't need everything, and we appreciate the concision of a good set like this ... the best studio material in chronological order, with two live discs to showcase their improv skills. Good choices, good sequencing, excellent sound. Less is definitely more when it's done right. This time Fripp got it right.

Unsatisfactory Compilation.......2006-02-06

To abridge "Starless" is a real mistake, the piece is perfect in its long form ... really, the original albums in question here are so good that you should seek those out instead of spending money on a 4-CD "sampler". After appreciating those, you won't have any use for this.

I recommend buying 3 of the original albums/CDs instead of this. I'd buy the albums in this order of greatness/preference :

In the Court of the Crimson King
Starless and Bible Black
Lizard
Larks Tongue in Aspic
Red
Islands
In the Wake of Poseidon
Asbury Park, NJ concert without overdubs (available from Crimson web site)instead of "USA"

A GOOD PLACE TO START.......2005-06-11

As a fan of KING CRIMSON this is a good place to start if you have heard of them but haven't heard them.It covers a wide range of the many releases during this period.I bought it more for the "LIVE" tracks as during the days of vinyl they were non-existant.It would have gotten more stars from me if they wouldn't have [edit] the studio tracks e.i. LARKS TONGUES IN ASPIC part 1 along with others.The violin solo made that track.However,a good set overall especially the live tracks.If you are a CRIMSON-HEAD buy the studio CDs so you won't be disappointed with the [edits]

SOUNDCHASER.......2005-03-14

It seems legitimate enough to ask why this box set exists, with yet another on the way. Everything here is already available elsewhere. Between the original re-releases, the remastered re-releases, the anniversary re-releases, the 24-bit remasters, the multiple mini-lp versions, the HDCD editions and the Collector's Club releases, things are pretty well covered, covered again and then covered once more.

Not to imply that the music isn't worth it. And if you are new to King Crimson, starting with a box set such as this may be a decent enough way to get acquainted. For my money, the albums are still the best road to the King. Because the records were always very carefully put together, hearing the pieces out of sequence, surrounded by strangers, so to speak, never seemed quite the right thing to do. But this volume does a good job, even when you consider the dismembering that is an intrinsic part of building a box. There is of course a booklet which accompanies these generations of KC which is generally informative and provides the newcomer with a sense of the time and events around the band, its personnel and the critical response to the recordings and performances. If you're a collector, you will have seen parts of this as well, in "The Great Deceiver" box set and in the mini-booklets which accompanied the various anniversary and mini-lp editions.

Unlike previous meet-the-music collections there does not seem to be an accompanying controversy about the pieces selected, who selected them and why. Some, like the snippet at the end of "Islands", aren't all that interesting. Others, like "Moonchild", here restricted to the lyric opening with subsequent doodling left off, reveals itself to be a charming song when heard absent of the always annoying I-do-this-then-you-count-two-and-do-that-improv (or was it a jam?) that set the low point for their debut album. Treating it this way seems to me to be a cake and eat it too outcome for Fripp: the worst piece on what some think to be their best album is somehow redeemed by presenting only Part the First.

But this box set is really about improvements in sound. Back in the day, King Crimson records were awaited not only for the great music, but for great recording and production. Still, improving the clarity of "rock" records is always a dicey affair: sometimes the only thing that holds together rock n' roll is the fact that you can not always hear precisely what's going on. Where the musicians may fail, where the music may fail, your brain obliges by filling in the gaps. If those gaps are made more obvious, your brain might not want to play along.

For example, the great staccato passage in "Lark's Tongues" now has a strikingly different feel to it. Where once the interaction of the bass and drums seemed to overlap slightly, the new mix reveals all the gaps making the exchanges between Wetton and Bruford sound more like a crisp, almost automated Q&A than an all-out on the edge but still in control thrash.

In some cases, such as the LTA balloon freak-out and Fripp's buzzing-insect effects, the sound is under greater control and comes across as more purposeful. The dynamic range is much better as well: quiet passages that were comprised of some distant pizzacato and bird song must have been absolute nightmares to accomplish on tape. Here, they come at you with a better than llife, noise-free delicacy. Much of the music from "In the Court of the Crimson King" also comes across as fuller, in this case clearly benefiting from the digital re-examination. Is this an improvement? While the sound is objectively "better" -- you'll notice better defined and rounded bass, a clearer sense of soundstage and more precise imaging throughout these remasters -- I'm not certain that the music itself always benefits from the change. But then, as technologically-driven as recording can be, there will always be compromises. Resolving what the recording of a piece of music should or should not be is best left to those who create it. After all, you can learn quite about about the artist by paying attention to these sorts of technical choices, as well as the artisitc choices remastering demands.

This box set then, shows us two things. First, leaving the music open to such continuous evaluation and interpretation can be a worthwhile though not foolproof exercise (see Jacob Bronowski's essays on resolution) and, second, that after more than thirty years the work reflected here is still highly relevant, no matter how it's mastered. The only question that remains is asking how much longer a Crimson-starved world can manage to hang on until SACD versions are in stock...

The Court convenes..........2004-12-01

Meant as an update and a reconsideration of the Court of the Crimson King once covered by FRAME BY FRAME, this 4 CD set recasts essential turning points in the catalogue of Crimson with insight and inspiration. Two CDs of studio based recordings and 2 CDs of live tracks document what a powerful, and remarkably cohesive process King Crimson has been. Having subscribed to the Collectors' Club from its inception I wasn't sure how much more revelatory another packaging would be, but the sources of these tracks and their sequencing shows how deeply committed the band members have been to the graeter Crim.
Most amazingly to me is the constant revolution in my own regard for the Crim composed of Fripp, Collins, Wallace and Burrell, arguably one of the more maligned line-uos. Here in the live tracks they are every bit the measure of Wetton and Bruford, no mean feat.
If you have an avocation for the King and his Prime Minister, you'll know the tracks well enough. If you are new to KC, well, this as fundamental a grounding in the course of their trajectory as you'll ever compress into 150+ minutes. There are some surprises included as well! For the enthusiast, the appetite is well wetted for the next epoch!
A great holiday gift, an important document for anyone who loves this very odd Musicking, so a hearty thanks to all at DGM. Now, how about a DVD Audio release or a DVD box set to go with this?

Average customer rating:

The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson, Vol. 1: 1969-1974 King Crimson Manufacturer: Jvc Victor ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000M7FQ5K Release Date: 2007-02-26

Tracks:

1. 21st Century Schizoid Man
2. I Talk to the Wind
3. Epitaph
4. Moonchild
5. Court of the Crimson King
6. Peace - A Theme
7. Cat Food
8. Groon
9. Cadence and Cascade
10. In the Wake of Poseidon [Instrumental Edit]
11. Ladies of the Road
12. Sailor's Tale [Abridged]
13. Islands [Instrumental Edit]
14. Tuning Up
15. Bolero

Tracks:

1. Court of the Crimson King [Live]
2. Man, a City [Live]
3. 21st Century Schizoid Man [Live]
4. Get Thy Bearings [Live]
5. Mars [Live]
6. Pictures of a City [Live]
7. Letters [Live]
8. Sailor's Tale [Live]
9. Groon [Live]
10. 21st Century Schizoid Man [Instrumental Edit][Live]

Tracks:

1. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 1 [Abridged][Edit]
2. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 1 [Edit]
3. Easy Money
4. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2
5. Night Watch
6. Great Deceiver
7. Fracture
8. Starless [Abridged]
9. Red
10. Fallen Angel
11. One More Red Nightmare

Tracks:

1. Asbury Park [Live]
2. Talking Drum [Live]
3. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2 [Live]
4. Lament [Live]
5. We'll Let You Know [Live]
6. Improv: Augsburg [Live]
7. Exiles [Abridged][Live]
8. Easy Money [Live]
9. Providence [Live]
10. Starless and Bible Black [Live]
11. 21st Century Schizoid Man [Live]
12. Trio [Live]

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