In the Court of the Crimson King (50th anniversary)

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Tracklist

1CD: 2019 Stereo Mixes & Instrumental Mixes
2CD: Alternate Album, Expanded Edition
3CD: Original Master Edition, Expanded
4Blu-ray
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121st Century Schizoid Man (2019 5.1 mix)
recording of:
21st Century Schizoid Man (full suite, including Mirrors)
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
7:22
2I Talk to the Wind (2019 5.1 mix)
recording of:
I Talk to the Wind
lyricist:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner) and Peter Sinfield
composer:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
5:59
3Epitaph (2019 5.1 mix)
recording of:
Epitaph
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
8:51
4Moonchild (2019 5.1 mix)
recording of:
Moonchild (suite)
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
12:11
5The Court of the Crimson King (2019 5.1 mix)
recording of:
The Court of the Crimson King (suite)
miscellaneous support:
Peter Sinfield
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
9:22
121st Century Schizoid Man (2019 stereo mix)
mixer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
recording of:
21st Century Schizoid Man (full suite, including Mirrors)
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
7:22
2I Talk to the Wind (2019 stereo mix)
mixer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
recording of:
I Talk to the Wind
lyricist:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner) and Peter Sinfield
composer:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
5:59
3Epitaph (2019 stereo mix)
mixer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
recording of:
Epitaph
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
8:51
4Moonchild (2019 stereo mix)
mixer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
recording of:
Moonchild (suite)
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
12:11
5The Court of the Crimson King (2019 stereo mix)
mixer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
recording of:
The Court of the Crimson King (suite)
miscellaneous support:
Peter Sinfield
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
9:22
621st Century Schizoid Man (2019 instrumental mix)
mixer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
instrumental recording of:
21st Century Schizoid Man (full suite, including Mirrors)
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
7:22
7I Talk to the Wind (2019 instrumental mix)
mixer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
instrumental recording of:
I Talk to the Wind
lyricist:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner) and Peter Sinfield
composer:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
6:07
8Epitaph (2019 instrumental mix)
mixer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
instrumental recording of:
Epitaph
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
8:56
9Moonchild (2019 instrumental mix)
instrumental recording of:
Moonchild (suite)
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
12:15
10The Court of the Crimson King (2019 instrumental mix)
mixer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
instrumental recording of:
The Court of the Crimson King (suite)
miscellaneous support:
Peter Sinfield
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
9:23
1621st Century Schizoid Man
7:23
17I Talk to the Wind
6:05
18Epitaph
assistant engineer:
Tony Page (engineer at Wessex Sound Studios)
engineer:
Robin Thompson (UK engineer)
producer:
King Crimson
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Greg Lake
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Michael Giles
guitar:
Robert Fripp
keyboard [keyboards], mellotron, reeds, vibraphone [vibes] and woodwind:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
background vocals:
Michael Giles and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
recorded at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1969-07-21 until 1969-08-21)
recording of:
Epitaph
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
4.058:47
19Moonchild
assistant engineer:
Tony Page (engineer at Wessex Sound Studios)
engineer:
Robin Thompson (UK engineer)
producer:
King Crimson
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Greg Lake
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Michael Giles
guitar:
Robert Fripp
keyboard, mellotron, reeds, vibraphone [vibes] and woodwind:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
vocals:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
recording of:
Moonchild (suite)
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
recording of:
Moonchild (section)
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
part of:
Moonchild (suite)
3.612:12
20The Court of the Crimson King
assistant engineer:
Tony Page (engineer at Wessex Sound Studios)
engineer:
Robin Thompson (UK engineer)
producer:
King Crimson
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Greg Lake
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Michael Giles
guitar:
Robert Fripp
keyboard, mellotron, reeds, vibraphone [vibes] and woodwind:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
background vocals:
Michael Giles and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
recorded at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1969-07-21 until 1969-08-21)
recording of:
The Court of the Crimson King (suite)
miscellaneous support:
Peter Sinfield
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
recording of:
The Court of the Crimson King (section)
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
part of:
The Court of the Crimson King (suite)
4.659:24
2121st Century Schizoid Man (Morgan Studios, June 1969 take, with Greg Lake vocal overdubs from Wessex Studios August 1969 & Jakko Jakszyk/Mel Collins overdubs, August 2019)
producer:
King Crimson
mixer:
David Singleton
instruments:
Mel Collins (in 2019-08) and Jakko Jakszyk (English musician, currently with King Crimson) (in 2019-08)
vocals:
Greg Lake (in 1969-08)
recorded at:
Morgan Studios (Morgan Sound Studios) in Willesden, Brent (London Borough of Brent), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1969-06) and Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1969-08)
instrumental recording of:
21st Century Schizoid Man (full suite, including Mirrors) (on 1969-06-12)
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
recording of:
21st Century Schizoid Man (full suite, including Mirrors) (from 1969-06 until 2019-08)
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
instrumental recording of:
21st Century Schizoid Man (full suite, including Mirrors) (in 1969)
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
6:44
22I Talk to the Wind (alternate 2019 mix)
mixer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
recording of:
I Talk to the Wind
lyricist:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner) and Peter Sinfield
composer:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
6:34
23I Talk to the Wind (duo version, full length master, 2019 mix)
mixer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
recording of:
I Talk to the Wind
lyricist:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner) and Peter Sinfield
composer:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
7:18
24Epitaph (isolated vocal, 2019 mix)
mixer:
David Singleton
recording of:
Epitaph
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
5:42
25Epitaph (alternate take, 2019 mix)
mixer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
recording of:
Epitaph
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
9:29
26Moonchild (take 1, 2019 mix)
mixer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
recording of:
Moonchild (section)
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
part of:
Moonchild (suite)
2:21
27The Court of the Crimson King (June 1969 take, 2019 mix)
mixer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
recording of:
The Court of the Crimson King (suite) (in 1969-06)
miscellaneous support:
Peter Sinfield
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
recording of:
The Court of the Crimson King (suite) (on 1969-07-16)
miscellaneous support:
Peter Sinfield
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
7:09
28Wind Session (2019 stereo mix)
mixer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
4:28
2921st Century Schizoid Man (trio version, 2019 mix)
mixer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
recording of:
21st Century Schizoid Man (full suite, including Mirrors)
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
7:05
30I Talk to the Wind (studio run through, 2019 mix)
mixer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
recording of:
I Talk to the Wind
lyricist:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner) and Peter Sinfield
composer:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
4:15
31Epitaph (backing track, 2019 mix)
mixer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
instrumental recording of:
Epitaph
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
9:04
32Moonchild (album edit, 2009 mix)
assistant engineer:
Tony Page (engineer at Wessex Sound Studios)
engineer:
Robin Thompson (UK engineer)
producer and mixer:
Robert Fripp and Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Greg Lake
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Michael Giles
guitar:
Robert Fripp
keyboard, mellotron, reeds and woodwind:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
background vocals:
Michael Giles and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
recorded at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1969-07-21 until 1969-08-21)
recording of:
Moonchild (suite)
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
39:03
33The Court of the Crimson King (take 3, 2009 mix)
assistant engineer:
Tony Page (engineer at Wessex Sound Studios)
engineer:
Robin Thompson (UK engineer)
executive producer:
Robert Fripp
producer and mixer:
Steven Wilson (founder of Porcupine Tree)
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Greg Lake
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Michael Giles
guitar:
Robert Fripp
keyboard, mellotron, reeds and woodwind:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
background vocals:
Michael Giles and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
recorded at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1969-07-21 until 1969-08-21)
recording of:
The Court of the Crimson King (suite)
miscellaneous support:
Peter Sinfield
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
7:13
3421st Century Schizoid Man (Morgan Studios instrumental take, 1969)
producer:
King Crimson
mixer:
David Singleton
instruments:
Mel Collins (in 2019-08) and Jakko Jakszyk (English musician, currently with King Crimson) (in 2019-08)
vocals:
Greg Lake (in 1969-08)
recorded at:
Morgan Studios (Morgan Sound Studios) in Willesden, Brent (London Borough of Brent), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1969-06) and Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1969-08)
instrumental recording of:
21st Century Schizoid Man (full suite, including Mirrors) (on 1969-06-12)
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
recording of:
21st Century Schizoid Man (full suite, including Mirrors) (from 1969-06 until 2019-08)
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
instrumental recording of:
21st Century Schizoid Man (full suite, including Mirrors) (in 1969)
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
6:45
35The Court of the Crimson King, part 1 (mono single)
producer:
King Crimson
partial recording of:
The Court of the Crimson King (suite)
miscellaneous support:
Peter Sinfield
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
3:23
36The Court of the Crimson King, part 2 (mono single)
producer:
King Crimson
partial recording of:
The Court of the Crimson King (suite)
miscellaneous support:
Peter Sinfield
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
4:31

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