Record Details
| Artist: | King Crimson |
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| Title: | The Essential King Crimson - Frame By Frame |
| Format: | CD |
| Label: | Virgin |
| Cat No: | KC BOX 1 |
| Released: | 1991 |
| Genres: | Art RockAvantgardeProg Rock |
| Status | Have |
| Added To List | 12th February 2013 |
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Disc 1 | CD
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Disc 2 | CD
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Disc 3 | CD
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Disc 4 | CD
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Additional Information
| Comments | CD1: 1969-71 • 1-1 to 1-5 taken from “In The Court Of The Crimson King” (1969). Produced at Wessex Sound Studios, London. • 1-6 to 1-9 taken from “In The Wake Of Poseidon” (1970). 1-9 remixed with vocal by Adrian Belew, at the Courthouse, Cranborne, Dorset (1991). 1-7 and 1-8 were released as a single. An alternative mix of 1-7 appears on the album. • 1-10, 1-11 taken from “Islands” (1971). Recorded at Command Studios, Piccadilly, London. • 1-12a taken from “Lizard” (1970). Recorded at Wessex Studios. Remixed with bass by Tony Levin at the Courthouse, Cranborne, Dorset (June 1991). • 1-12b is a hidden track; it was omitted from The Definitive Edition re-mastering of “Islands” (the CD was released in Japan and the US in 1989) through an engineer’s error. CD2: 1972-74 • 2-1 to 2-4 taken from “Larks’ Tongues In Aspic” (1973). Recorded in January and February at Command Studios, London. • 2-5 to 2-7 taken from “Starless And Bible Black” (1974). Half of the album, including 2-7 and parts of 2-5 was recorded live at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw on November 23rd, 1973. • 2-8 to 2-11 taken from “Red” (1974). Recorded at Olympic Sound Studios, London. CD3: 1981-84 • 3-1 to 3-4, 3-11, 3-12 taken from “Discipline” (1981). Recorded at Island Studios, Basing Street, London. • 3-5 to 3-8 taken from “Beat” (1982). • 3-9, 3-10 taken from “Three Of A Perfect Pair” (1983). • 3-13 was recorded in 1983 and mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991 (previously unreleased). CD4: Live 1969-84 • 4-1, 4-2 recorded live at Plumpton Festival, England (August 9th, 1969). Sound reconstruction at the Courthouse, July 1991. • 4-3 recorded live at Fillmore West, San Francisco (December 10th, 1969). Sound reconstruction at the Courthouse, July 1991. • 4-4, 4-5 recorded live at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw on November 23rd, 1973. Mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991. • 4-6 recorded at The Casino, Asbury Park on June 28th, 1974 by The Record Plant, NYC. Originally released in “USA” (1975). Re-mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991. • 4-7 recorded live at Le Spectrum, Montreal on July 11th, 1984 and the Tokyo Kani Hoken Hall, April 28th, 1984. • 4-8 recorded live at the second show, Le Spectrum, Montreal on July 11th, 1984. Mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991. • 4-9 recorded live at The Arena, Frejus on August 27th, 1982. Mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991. All tracks are Definitive Edition re-masters (1989) by Robert Fripp & Tony Arnold, or Definitive Edition Enhanced (1991) by Robert Fripp & Tony Arnold with David Singleton, engineer. Square 12” box with 4 CDs on individual jewel-cases. Included are “In The Wake Of King Crimson" (a complete King Crimson family tree researched and drawn by Hideyo Itoh, December 1989), and a full-colour 64-page booklet. Track times for CD4 are listed erroneously on the booklet. Correct times are shown. |
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