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Format: CD
Buy.com Sku: 63945576
UPC: 633367050120
UPC 14: 00633367050120
Release Date: 2/22/2005
Buy.com Sales Rank: 10647
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Song Listing

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Disc 1
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1. 21st Century Schizoid Man / Mirrors ~ King Crimson
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2. I Talk to the Wind ~ King Crimson
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3. Epitaph / March For No Reason / Tomorrow And Tomorrow ~ King Crimson
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4. Moonchild / The Dream / The Illusion ~ King Crimson
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5. In The Court of the Crimson King / The Return Of The Fire Witch / The Dance Of The Puppets ~ King Crimson
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Album Notes and Credits


Notes & Personnel Info
Muze PNote Initial pressings featured a limited edition, cardboard-stock gatefold sleeve and unpublished archive photos.
Muze PNote King Crimson: Greg Lake (vocals, bass); Robert Fripp (guitar); Ian McDonald (flute, clarinet, saxophones, keyboards, background vocals); Michael Giles (drums); Peter Sinfield.
Muze PNote Personnel: Ian McDonald (vocals, reeds, woodwinds, Mellotron, keyboards, vibraphone); Greg Lake (vocals, electric bass); Michael Giles (vocals, drums, percussion); Peter Sinfield (spoken vocals); Robert Fripp (guitars).
Muze PNote The group's definitive album, and one of the most daring debut albums ever recorded by anybody. At the time, it blew all of the progressive/psychedelic competition (the Moody Blues, the Nice, etc.) out of the running, although it was almost too good for the band's own good -- it took King Crimson nearly four years to come up with a record as strong or concise. Ian McDonald's Mellotron is the dominant instrument, along with his saxes and Fripp's guitar, making this a somewhat different-sounding record from everything else they ever did. And even though that Mellotron sound is muted and toned down compared to their concert work of the era (e.g., Epitaph), it is still fierce and overpowering, on an album highlighted by strong songwriting (most of it filled with dark and doom-laden visions), the strongest singing of Greg Lake's entire career, and Fripp's guitar playing that strangely mixed elegant classical, Hendrix-like rock explosions, and jazz noodling. Lineup changes commenced immediately upon the album's release, and Fripp would ultimately be the only survivor on later King Crimson records. ~ Bruce Eder

Producer: King Crimson

Engineer: Robin Thompson

Associated Artists and Works

A A Scarcity Of Miracles [Slipcase] ~ Jakszyk, Jakko
A A Scarcity Of Miracles ~ Jakszyk, Jakko

Technical Info

Music Release Date Release Date : 02/22/2005
Music Original Release Date Original Release Date : 1969
Music CatalogId Catalog ID : 0501
Music Label Name Label : Discipline Global Mobile
Music Number of Discs Number of Discs : 1
Music Studio or Live Studio/Live : Studio
Music Mono or Stereo Mono/Stereo : Stereo
Music SPAR code SPAR Code : n/a
Music UPC UPC : 00633367050120

Professional Reviews

Q (12/99, p.162)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...this 1969 album's manic energy and compressed imagery captures the violent downside of the hippy years...better than almost any other recording from the time..."

Q (Magazine)
(p.121)
- "From baroque ballads to avant-garde heavy metal, Crimson's debut sounded unlike anything else before or since."

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