KING CRIMSON “Court of the Crimson King” UK Island M-

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KING CRIMSON “In the Court of the Crimson King” UK Island Pink Rim M-

1969/UK/Island ILPS 9111…… here’s a clean original UK 2nd pressing with the Pink Rim Island label. The gatefold cover is in strong Excellent condition with slight corner wear, very slight shelf wear, otherwise clean with next to no wear, no delete, splits or other issues! The vinyl is in shiny excellent to M- condition with only a couple of short light inaudible hairlines away from looking new. The record plays clean with excellent fidelity but there is some light occasional low level noise during “Mooncild”, otherwise there is next to no noise, no groove wear, skips, or other damage. The labels are clean with a couple of light spindle marks, the label on side 2 is slightly off center. Overall a very solid copy that will satisfy most. Includes the original blue Island inner sleeve. Grab this one! Please check my auctions for other rock, blues and psych lp’s. Good Luck and Thanks for looking!

Track listing

1. "21st Century Schizoid Man" (Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield)
   • including "Mirrors"
2. "I Talk to the Wind" (McDonald, Sinfield)
3. "Epitaph" (Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield)
   • including "March for No Reason" and "Tomorrow and Tomorrow"

1. "Moonchild" (Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield)
   • including "The Dream" and "The Illusion"
2. "The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield)
   • including "The Return of the Fire Witch" and "The Dance of the Puppets"

Personnel

• Robert Fripp – guitar
• Ian McDonald – flute, clarinet, saxophone, vibes, keyboards, mellotron, vocals
• Greg Lake – bass guitar, lead vocals
• Michael Giles – drums, percussion, vocals
• Peter Sinfield – lyrics, illumination

In the Court of the Crimson King 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 jazz and Classical 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". The album was named as one of Classic Rock magazine's "50 Albums That Built Prog Rock".

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MINT: as stated with no defects

M- OR NEAR MINT: as stated near Mint!, or Mint Minus, same thing, very clean with no defect to sound or visual appearance, one scuff or mark may be permitted but it will be mentioned in the description, a near Mint record looks and plays very clean

EXCELLENT: not much below near Mint, may have a delete hole and/or a minor defect or two not visually detracting from the cover, the vinyl will appear shiny and in clean condition with very minor defects not affecting the sound, still very clean and very collectable!

VG++ still a very nice copy with minimal cover wear and/or delete/splits, still visually appealing, the vinyl will retain it's original gloss and can have some minor scuffs/scratches that don't affect play very much

VG+ a little more cover/ring wear and delete, splits etc., the vinyl will still retain much original gloss with a bit more scuffs and/or scratches I may list a very rare or desirable item with a lower grade, I will try to list all defects, both cover and vinyl no matter the condition, I also play grade the records on high end equipment and will give an honest play grade as well as visual grade, considering the number of records I buy on line my grading is very conservative and fair.

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