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In The Court Of The Crimson Compilation
| Artist | Song | |
| Giles, Giles & Fripp | One in a Million | |
| Giles, Giles & Fripp | She Is Loaded | |
| Giles, Giles & Fripp (w/ McDonald) | Why Don't You Just Drop In | |
| Giles, Giles & Fripp (w/ McDonald) | I Talk To The Wind | |
| King Crimson | 21st Century Schizoid Man | |
| King Crimson | Epitaph | |
| King Crimson | In The Court Of The Crimson King | |
| King Crimson | Pictures Of A City | |
| King Crimson | Cadence & Cascade | |
| King Crimson | Cat Food | |
| McDonald & Giles | Suite In C | |
| McDonald & Giles | Tomorrow's People | |
| King Crimson | Indoor Games | |
| King Crimson | Cirkus | |
| King Crimson | Formentera Lady | |
| King Crimson | Ladies Of The Road | |
| King Crimson | Book of Saturday | |
| King Crimson | Easy Money | |
| King Crimson | The Talking Drum | |
| King Crimson | Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part Two | |
| King Crimson | The Great Deceiver | |
| King Crimson | Lament | |
| King Crimson | Fracture | |
| King Crimson | Fallen Angel | |
| King Crimson | One More Red Nightmare | |
Comment:
Hot on the heels (sort of) of Rob Conroy's King Crimson mix, here's my own admission of one of the few lingering guilty pleasures from my prog days. I still remember walking into a used record store about 20 years ago and picking up a used copy of the first album, and being blown away. (This was shortly after Gabriel-era Genesis introduced me to the genre, and shortly before I started listening to the Clash and locked all those silly prog albums away for many years). I've expanded this to a 2-cd set, allowing room for some of the pre-Crimson incarnations and other sidelines; but, like Rob, I ended up deciding to take this only through 1974. I love the 80's era Belew albums (well, at least Discipline), but it really is the work of a completely different band.
Feedback:
Great comp! I agree on the changing nature/composition/evolutions of the band (& various offshoots ,Projekt II, etc). Their last 3 albums have sounded very similar to my ears...very "THRAKKIE"
what? no thela hun ginget? no mate kudasai?
Len -- see my Comments above. I stuck with the "original" period of the band (1968-1974) (recognizing that, throughout this period, Fripp was the only constant member). I love the Discipline album, but it really is a dramatic break from their past and I opted to save that period for another mix.
Nice, Marc. I, too, have no real problem with the Belew-Levin edition of the band, but I: 1) do think of it as a completely different band; and 2) just personally prefer the late 60's/early 70's stuff.
I enjoy Crimson and my favorite album by them is Red, I do revist the bands cataloge quite often it seems. The trio of Belew/Levin albums (Discipline, Beat, and Three of A Perfect Pair) I also enjoyed. Thrak was the last "new" Crimson record I actually picked up. I preferred the side-projects more.
Marc - the only KC music I have ever owned/heard is their first album, the cover of which is very nicely mutated by you. Is the other stuff on the mix essential listening I have missed all these years? Sometime I'd like to pick this up.
Good KC selections, to be sure. Don't know the others - do they measure up?
Great stuff.
Steve/Sean: The first album is the only one I truly find indispensable. The second, Wake Of Poseidon, is pretty good (and very similar to the first); Larks Tongues in Aspic is the only other one from the early era I find compelling. The McDonald & Giles side project is actually kinda fun, silly Traffic/Crimson jazzy prog, much lighter and more whimsical than most Crimson. The GG&F stuff is amusing, sort of like Small Faces' Ogdens Nut album with some Barrett/Zappa weirdness, but hardly indispensible. I actually listen much more to the live stuff (Night Watch, Great Deceiver box) than to most of the studio stuff.