KING CRIMSON In The CourtOT Crimson King 69 1st P UK EX
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Description
ARTIST: KING CRIMSON
TITLE: IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING
LABEL + YEAR: Island ILPS 9111, pink label with white ‘i’ logo; 1969 UK 1st Press
CONDITION VINYL: Excellent despite having a fine hairline on Side 1, and a couple of very small marks on Side 2, this palys Excellent throughout, these marks do not affect playing, this is a really nice 1st Press copy
CONDITION SLEEVE: Excellent, Gatefold, showing slight edge wear consistent with this being un-laminated; 1st Press sleeve: ‘E.J. Day, London’ credit to inner Gatefold
DESCRIPTION:
Side One:
21st CENTURY SCHIZOID MAN, including MIRRORS; I TALK TO THE WIND; EPITAPH, including MARCH FOR NO REASON and TOMORROW AND TOMORROW
Side Two:
MOONCHILD, including THE DREAM AND THE ILLUSION; THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING, including THE RETURN OF THE FIRE WITCH and THE DANCE OF THE PUPPETS
In the Court of the Crimson King (an observation by King Crimson) is the 1969 debut album by the British progressive rock group King Crimson. The album reached #3 on the British charts. The album is certified gold in the United States.
The album is generally viewed as one of the strongest of the progressive rock genre, where King Crimson largely stripped away the blues-based foundations of rock music and mixed together with jazz and European symphonic elements. In his 1997 book Rocking the Classics, critic and musicologist Edward Macan notes that In the Court of the Crimson King "may be the most influential progressive rock album ever released". The Who's Pete Townshend was quoted as calling the album "an uncanny masterpiece". In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog. Rock, the album came #4 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums".
Barry Godber (1946–1970), an artist and computer programmer, painted the album cover. Godber died in February 1970 of a heart attack, shortly after the album's release. It would be his only painting, and is now owned by Robert Fripp. Fripp had this to say about Godber:
"Peter brought this painting in and the band loved it. I recently recovered the original from EG's offices because they kept it exposed to bright light, at the risk of ruining it, so I ended up removing it. The face on the outside is the Schizoid Man, and on the inside it's the Crimson King. If you cover the smiling face, the eyes reveal an incredible sadness. What can one add? It reflects the music."
On 10-Feb-10 at 11:07:21 GMT, seller added the following information:
Matrix details are:
Side 1:
ILPS 111 .A//3 191
Side 2:
ILPS 9111 B//4 11 11
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