Artist	Song
Foreigner	Cold As Ice
from Foreigner (1977) 3:21
Tony Levin	The King Crimson Barber Shop
from Three Of A Perfect Pair (2001 remaster) (1984) 1:37
Adrian Belew	Ampersand
from Side One (2005) 4:26
David Bowie	"Heroes"
from "Heroes" (1977) Single version. 3:38
Emerson, Lake and Palmer	From The Beginning
from Trilogy (1972) 4:17
Bill Bruford's Earthworks	Eyes On The Horizon
from A Part, And Yet Apart (1999) 5:07
Asia	Wildest Dreams
from Asia (1982) Crossfades into the next track. 5:03
Trey Gunn Band	Dziban
from Live Encounter (2001) Live. 6:11
Bob Dylan	Baby Stop Crying
from Street Legal (1978) Crossfades into the next track. 5:16
21st Century Schizoid Band	Catelys Ashes
from Pictures Of A City (2004) Live, crossfades into the next track. 8:30
Robert Fripp feat. Peter Hammill	Disengage
from Exposure (1979) Crossfades into the next track. 2:41
California Guitar Trio with Tony Levin & Pat Mastelotto	Blockhead
from CP3+2 (2002) 3:31
McDonald & Giles	Birdman Flies!
from McDonald And Giles (1971) 6:21
BPM&M	elloH gHost
from XtraKcts & ArtifaKcts (2001) 2:14
Adrian Belew	I Remember How To Forget
from Belew Prints (1998) Acoustic. 3:38
Jamie Muir & Derek Bailey	I Soon Learned To Know This Flower Better
from Dart Drug (1981) 7:21
King Crimson	"Heroes"
from Heavy ConstruKction (2000) Live. 6:00

Comment:

... The old thing has life in it yet!

Here we have a long-planned mix inspired by the compilations assembled by Mr. Fripp himself, Sometimes God Hides and Sometimes God Smiles -- label samplers, but he did manage to include a fair fraction of the King Crimson family in them. I tried to also rope in players from the early days of the band whose current careers have little to do with that of the Crimson master (and many of whom managed to glean large commercial followings after departing from KC). Not all of these are rock/pop (Eyes On The Horizon is probably better classed as jazz, and the free-improv I Soon Learned To Know This Flower Better might be one of the least pop things you have ever heard), but I would say this mix still lives in a rock-based world.

The following are the King Crimson members/alums who have contributed to this mix:

Adrian Belew (tracks 3, 15, 17): vocals, guitar and drums, 1981-present
Bill Bruford (track 6): drums and percussion, 1972-1997
Mel Collins (track 10): flute and sax 1970-1972, 1974
Robert Fripp (tracks 4, 11, 14, 17): guitar, Mellotron and philosophy, 1969-present
Michael Giles (track 13): drums and backing vocals, 1969-1970
Peter Giles (track 10): bass, 1970
Trey Gunn (tracks 8, 17): touch guitar and Chapman Stick, 1994-2003
Greg Lake (track 5): vocals and bass, 1969-1970
Tony Levin (tracks 2, 12, 14, plus track 11, although he had not yet been in King Crimson!): bass, Chapman Stick and backing vocals, 1981-1999, 2003-present
Pat Mastelotto (tracks 12, 14, 17): drums, 1994-present
Ian McDonald (tracks 1, 10, 13): sax, flute, Mellotron, multi-instruments, backing vocals, 1969, 1974
Jamie Muir (track 16): percussion, 1972-1973
Ian Wallace (tracks 9, 10): drums, 1971-1972
John Wetton (track 7): bass and vocals, 1972-1974

Enjoy!

... Um: you are not going to see mp3s of this mix posted any time soon, because I rather disbelieve in such things, but, could anyone maybe tell me a site where I could actually upload the full lossless files? Then i think i could finally in good faith start offering these mixes for download. Thanks!

~~~abangaku the ever-returning:::

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