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Here’s the details on the forthcoming 40th Anniversary Edition of In The Court of the Crimson King.

KCSP1 – King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King,
40th Anniversary CD/CVD-A Edition

CD Content

1 21st Century Schizoid Man
2 I Talk to the Wind
3 Epitaph
4Moonchild
5 The Court of the Crimson King

(1 –5 2009 New Stereo album mix)
The 2009 remix from the original multitrack master tapes
6 Moonchild (full version)
As Robert chose to feature the edit of Moonchild in the album running order,
the full version is included here
7 I Talk to the Wind (Duo version)
An alternate take featuring just Robert & Ian
8 I Talk to the Wind (Alternate mix)
An alternate take featuring different solos
9 Epitaph (Backing track)
10 Wind session
Extracts from the session that produced the distinctive intro to 21st Century Schizoid Man

1 – 6 mixed & produced by Robert Fripp & Steven Wilson,
7 - 10 mixed & produced by Steven Wilson; Executive Producer: Robert Fripp.

Audio mastered by Simon Heyworth, assisted by Joe Gilder at Super Audio Mastering, Devon

DVD-A Content

PART I

21st Century Schizoid Man
I Talk to the Wind
Epitaph
Moonchild
The Court of the Crimson King

5.1 Surround Sound mixes available in DTS 5.1 (playable in all DVD players/
DVD-Rom drives etc. with a compatible speaker setup) & MLP Lossless Audio (DVD-A players only).

All 5.1 tracks mixed & produced by Steven Wilson, Executive producer: Robert Fripp

PART II

24/48 High Resolution Stereo mixes of full CD audio content (playable in all DVD players/DVD-Rom drives etc.) & 24/96 High Resolution Stereo mixes (DVD-A players only).

PART III

The Alternate Album: In the Court of the Crimson King
Alternate takes mixed for the first time from the original studio recordings

21st Century Schizoid Man
(Trio version – instrumental)

I Talk to the Wind
(Studio run through)

Epitaph
(Alternate Version)

Moonchild
(Take 1)

The Court of the Crimson King (Take 3)

Mixed & produced by Steven Wilson; Executive producer: Robert Fripp

24/48 High Resolution Stereo (playable in all DVD players/DVD-Rom drives etc.) & 24/96 High Resolution Stereo (DVD-A players only).

PART IV

Original album mix, 2004 remaster

21st Century Schizoid Man
I Talk to the Wind
Epitaph
Moonchild
The Court of the Crimson King

24/48 High Resolution Stereo (playable in all DVD players/DVD-Rom drives etc.) & 24/96 High Resolution Stereo (DVD-A players only).

PART V

Video Content

21st Century Schizoid Man – edit, film from Hyde Park concert July 5th 1969 available for the first time with original audio from the actual performance.

All material previously unreleased or previously unreleased in these versions except DVD content Part IV, previously released in standard 16 bit resolution as CD DGM0501 – In the Court of the Crimson King

DVD-A mastered & assembled by Neil Wilkes at Opus Productions, London

DGM5009 – King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King,
40th Anniversary 2CD Edition

CD 1

1 21st Century Schizoid Man
2 I Talk to the Wind
3 Epitaph
4 Moonchild
5 The Court of the Crimson King
(1 –5 2009 New Stereo album mix)
The 2009 remix from the original multitrack master tapes
6 Moonchild (full version)
As Robert chose to feature the edit of Moonchild in the album running order,
the full version is included here
7 I Talk to the Wind
(Duo version) An alternate take featuring just Robert & Ian
8 I Talk to the Wind
(Alternate mix) An alternate take featuring different solos
9 Epitaph (Backing track)
10 Wind session
Extracts from the session that produced the distinctive intro to 21st Century Schizoid Man
1 – 6 mixed & produced by Robert Fripp & Steven Wilson,
7 - 10 mixed & produced by Steven Wilson; Executive Producer: Robert Fripp.

CD 2

1 21st Century Schizoid Man
2 I Talk to the Wind
3 Epitaph
4 Moonchild
5 The Court of the Crimson King

1 – 5 Original album mix, 2004 Remaster

6 21st Century Schizoid Man
Morgan studios recording, instrumental

7 I Talk to the Wind
Recently discovered track from the first BBC session, audio restored from bootleg source

8 21st Century Schizoid Man
A BBC transcription disc of this track was found some time after the original release of the Epitaph album providing much-improved sound quality

9 The Court of the Crimson King (Part 1)
10 The Court of the Crimson King (Part 2)
De-clicked vinyl transfer of the original UK Island Records mono single version of the song as split across two sides of 7" vinyl

CD1 & 2 material © 2009 Robert Fripp, except CD2 7 & 8 © BBC Worldwide 2009

KCCBX1 – King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King,
40th Anniversary – Limited Edition 5CD & 1 DVD-A Boxed Set

The Boxed set features all of the material on the 2CD set & all material on the
DVD-A as listed above in a 12” x 12” size box including King Crimson memorabilia, a full size 24 page booklet with expanded sleevenotes & photos + additional CD content as listed below:

CD3

The Alternate Album: In the Court of the Crimson King

1 21st Century Schizoid Man
(Trio version – instrumental)

2 I Talk to the Wind
(Studio run through)

3 Epitaph
(Alternate Version)

4 Moonchild
(Take 1)

5 The Court of the Crimson King
(Take 3)

Alternate takes mixed for the first time from the original studio recordings

6 21st Century Schizoid Man
7 I Talk to the Wind
8 Epitaph
9 Moonchild
10 The Court of the Crimson King

De-clicked vinyl transfer of the original stereo first Island Records issued pink label UK pressing run. Sourced from two vinyl LPs - one of which is Robert Fripp’s personal archive copy.

CD 4

1 21st Century Schizoid Man
2 The Court of the Crimson King,
3 Get Thy Bearings,
4 Epitaph
5 Mantra
6 Travel Weary Capricorn
7 Mars

Tracks 1 - 7 restored bootleg, recorded Live at Hyde Park, London, July 5th 1969

8 The Court of the Crimson King
9 A Man A City
10 Epitaph
11 21st Century Schizoid Man

Tracks 8 - 11 restored bootleg, recorded Live at Fillmore East, New York, November 1969

CD 5
1 21st Century Schizoid Man
2 I Talk to the Wind
3 Epitaph
4 Moonchild
5 The Court of the Crimson King
Mono album mix used for radio promotion only in the USA

6 The Court of the Crimson King
Edited, mono single mix used for radio promotion only in the USA. De-clicked from original vinyl source copies

All material © 2009 Robert Fripp, except where noted

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