King Crimson-Court of..orig ISLAND LP SUPERB

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	$		138

In the Court of the Crimson King-An Observation By King Crimson highly collectable 1969 Island STEREO LP ILPS 9111

original Pink "I" Island label

Side 1 matrix: ILPS 9111 A 2

Side 2 matrix: ILPS 9111 B//3

Vinyl: EX++ condition

Sleeve: EX+ condition (absolutely no major defects, light edge-wear, no creases, no tears or splits.)

VERY HARD TO FIND IN THIS CONDITION

The record has been little played, and display virtually no wear, with very shiny vinyl and wispy paper-scuff marks only. Few copies come up in this condition. Highly enjoyable! No writing anywhere on the labels (which are SUPERB), or sleeve. The sleeve is in EXCELLENT+ condition, beautifully clean, and with no creases and light wear to spine and edges only, with unfaded, bright, vivid colours. Razor sharp opening edges.  One of the best sleeves I've seen in a long while! Little impression from the heavyweight vinyl, no creases, tears or repairs. A couple of light wrinkles only. QUITE A STUNNER making this, along with beautiful vinyl, a highly collectable copy of a classic album, perhaps the best prog album of all time.

The embodiment of progressive rock, guitar/Mellotron virtuoso Robert Fripp's King Crimson originally grew out of the remnants of an unsuccessful trio called Giles, Giles & Fripp. Michael Giles (drums, vocals), Peter Giles (bass, vocals), and Robert Fripp (guitar) had begun working together in late 1967 after playing in a variety of bands: Fripp's resume included tenures with the League of Gentlemen and the Majestic Dance Orchestra, while the Giles brothers had played with Trendsetters, Ltd. After signing to Deram, the trio recorded their debut single, "One in a Million, " and began cutting a follow-up album, The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp, during the summer of 1968.

Even as the album was in the works, however, the group's line-up was changing: ex-Infinity singers/guitarists Ian McDonald and Peter Sinfield joined late in 1968, and Julie Dyble, who had passed through the first Fairport Convention line-up, signed on briefly as a singer. This line-up recorded demos of "I Talk to the Wind" and "Under the Sky, " but soon dissolved: Peter Giles exited the scene in November of 1968, and Fripp's childhood friend, vocalist/bassist Greg Lake, joined two days later. The new roster of Fripp, Lake, McDonald, and Michael Giles -- with satellite member Sinfield writing their lyrics and later running their light-show, among other functions -- officially became King Crimson on January 13, 1969, deriving the name from Sinfield's lyrics for the song "Court of the Crimson King."

In July of 1969, the group debuted in front of 650,000 people at a free concert in London's Hyde Park on a bill with the Rolling Stones; later that month King Crimson ultimately recorded and produced their first album. In the Court of the Crimson King was one of the most challenging albums of the entire fledgling progressive rock movement, but somehow it caught the public's collective ear at the right moment and hit No. 5 in England in November of 1969 -- four months later, the album climbed to No. 28 on the American charts. Ironically, at the peak of the LP's success the original band broke up: McDonald and Giles were becoming increasingly unhappy with the music's direction, as well as the strain of touring. By November they decided to leave -- Fripp was so shaken that he even offered to exit if they would stay. The original group played its last show in December 1969; Greg Lake, having joined the group last, was uncomfortable with the idea of staying on with two replacement members, and had also been approached by Keith Emerson of the Nice about the possibility of forming a new group. He soon decided to leave Crimson as well, but agreed to stay long enough to record vocals for the next album, and this was to set a trend for some time to come.

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