The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson - Volume One - 1969-1974

Infobox Album
Name = The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson: Volume One - 1969-1974
Type = Box set
Artist = King Crimson


Released = 2004
Recorded = 1969-1975
Genre = Progressive rock
Length =
Label = Discipline Global Mobile
Producer = Robert Fripp
Reviews =
Last album = (1993)
This album = "The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson - Volume One - 1969-1974" (2004)
Next album = The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson - Vol. 2 - 1981-2003 (2005)

Track listing

Disc One: In the Studio: 1969-1971

# 21st Century Schizoid Man
# I Talk to the Wind
# Epitaph
# Moonchild
# The Court of the Crimson King
# Peace - A Theme
# Cat Food
# Groon
# Cadence and Cascade
# In the Wake of Poseidon (instrumental edit)
# Ladies of the Road
# The Sailor's Tale (abridged)
# Islands (instrumental edit)
# Tuning Up
# Bolero

* 1-5 from 'In the Court of the Crimson King'. 6,7,9,10 from 'In the Wake of Poseidon'. 8 B side of 'Cat Food' single. 11-14 from 'Islands'. 15 from 'Lizard'.

Disc Two: Live: 1969-1972

# The Court of the Crimson King (Fillmore West 14 Dec. 1969)
# A Man, A City (alt. version of Pictures of A City) (Fillmore East 21 Nov. 1969)
# 21st Century Schizoid Man (Fillmore East 21 Nov. 1969)
# Get Thy Bearings (Chesterfield Jazz Club 7 Sept. 1969)
# Mars (Fillmore West 14 Dec. 1969)
# Pictures of a City (Summit Studios, Denver 15 Dec. 1972)
# The Letters (Plymouth Guildhall 11 May 1971)
# A Sailor's Tale (Jacksonville 26 Feb. 1972)
# Groon (Wilmington 11 Feb. 1972)
# 21st Century Schizoid Man (instrumental edit) (Wilmington 11 Feb. 1972)

* 1-5 from 'Epitaph'. 6,7, from 'Ladies of the Road'. 8-10 from 'Earthbound'.

Disc Three: In the Studio: 1972-1974

#Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part I (abridged)
#Book of Saturday
# Easy Money
# Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part II
#The Night Watch
# The Great Deceiver
# Fracture
# Starless (abridged)
# Red
# Fallen Angel
# One More Red Nightmare

* 1-4 from 'Larks' Tongues In Aspic'. 5-7 from 'Starless and Bible Black'. 8-11 from 'Red'.

Disc Four: Live: 1973-1974

# Asbury Park (Asbury Park, NJ 28 June 1974)
# The Talking Drum (Pittsburgh, PA 29 April 1974)
# Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part II (Asbury Park, NJ 28 June 1974)
# Lament (Asbury Park, NJ 28 June 1974)
# We'll Let You Know (Glasgow 23 Oct 1973)
# Improv: Augsburg (Augsburg 27 March 1974)
# Exiles (abridged) (Asbury Park, NJ 28 June 1974)
# Easy Money (Asbury Park, NJ 28 June 1974 / Providence, RI 30 June 1974)
# Providence (Providence, RI 30 June 1974)
# Starless and Bible Black (Amsterdam 23 November 1973)
# 21st Century Schizoid Man (Providence, RI 30 June 1974)
# Trio (Amsterdam 23 November 1973)

* "Improv: Augsburg" is listed as a separate track in the collection's artwork, but was concatenated with "We'll Let You Know" when Disc Four was mastered.
* 1,3,4,7,8,11, from 'USA'. 2,9, from 'The Great Deceiver'. 5, from 'Starless and Bible Black'. 10,12, from 'The Night Watch'. 6, previously unreleased.

Lineup

*Robert Fripp (guitar, mellotron, devices)
*Ian McDonald (reeds, woodwind, vibes, keyboards, mellotron, vocals)
*Greg Lake (bass guitar, lead vocals)
*Michael Giles (drums, percussion, vocals)
*Peter Sinfield (words, illumination, sound and vision)
*Peter Giles (bass)
*Keith Tippett (piano)
*Mel Collins (saxes, flute, mellotron)
*Gordon Haskell (bass, vocal)
*Andy McCullough (drums)
*Robin Miller (oboe, cor anglais)
*Mark Charig (cornet)
*Nick Evans (trombone)
*Boz Burrell (bass, vocal)
*Ian Wallace (drums)
*Harry Miller (string bass)
*David Cross (violin, viola, mellotron)
*John Wetton (bass, keyboards, vocals)
*Jamie Muir (percussion and allsorts)
*Bill Bruford (drums, percussion)