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King Crimson - Sailors’ Tales (1970 – 1972) - Limited Edition 27
Disc Boxed Set
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With much of the material from In The Wake Of Poseidon, Lizard
and Islands now being performed by the current King Crimson
line-up (2014 - ), it is only in recent years that the wider
world has be to realise what fans have always known: this
era’s s are as vital as any other segment of the King
Crimson catalogue.
Recorded between the dazzling impact of In The Court Of The
Crimson in 1969 and the startling reinvention of the band in
1973’s Larks’ Tongues In Aspic, this boxed set documents a
crucial period in King Crimson’s history and shows it to be
brimming with innovation, experimentation, and boundary-pushing
energy.
With a wealth of previously unheard studio s from band
rehearsals to full alternate mixes and a vast array of live
material, much of it on CD/Blu-Ray for the first time and
including four recently found, never before released concerts,
this set presents the complete King Crimson recorded history of
the period in the best quality audio possible.
FEATURES:
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* The complete 1970-72 King Crimson boxed set:
21CDS/4Blu-Rays/2DVD – all audio.
* 3CDs feature Steven Wilson & Robert Fripp stereo mixes of In
The Wake Of Poseidon (1970), Lizard (1970) & Islands (1971) +
additional tracks.
* 6CDs feature the Islands line-ups early concerts from Germany
(new to CD) & the UK (1971).
* 9CDs feature live s (several new to CD and/or
previously unreleased in any format) from the 1972 US tour,
including a new stereo mix of Summit Studios & an expanded
Earthbound.
* 3CDs feature auditions for the Islands band & two further, as
yet, unidentified concerts from 1972 (all previously unreleased)
* 3 Blu-Ray discs contain the main studio albums in 5.1 Surround
Sound & recent stereo editions mixed by Steven Wilson & Robert
Fripp + 30th anniversary masters of the original stereo albums
mixes (all in 24/96 hi-res), plus extensive additional material
with each disc also featuring a complete alternate album + a
further selection of additional, related studio/live material in
hi-res.
* Lizard Blu-Ray: also contains the audition material from
CDs19/20
* Islands Blu-Ray: also contains the following concerts in stereo
Zoom Club (4 shows), Marquee Club, Plymouth, Glasgow, Detroit all
from 1971.
* Earthbound Tour: Blu-Ray features an expanded version of the
original album, Summit Studios gig in Stereo & Quadraphonic
(newly mixed), the Schizoid Men sequence from the Ladies of the
Road album, 2 newly discovered concerts in hi-res stereo & every
existing soundboard concert from the 1972 US tour:
Wilmington, NYC (2 shows), Chicago (2 tracks only), Detroit,
Jacksonville, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Peoria,
Indianapolis & Denver (2 shows).
* 2 DVDs feature the expanded Earthbound, Summit Studios,
Schizoid Men, New York 1972 & the recently discovered live
concerts.
* 12” box with booklet, memorabilia, a further downloadable
concert, new sleeve-notes by Sid Smith, Jakko Jakszyk & David
Singleton
Sailors’ Tales
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