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King Crimson
Frame By Frame (The Essential King Crimson)

Compil. GB 1991 on Virgin label
Rock (Art Rock, Avant-garde, Prog Rock)

Square 12” box with 4 CDs on individual jewel-cases with 4 page booklet each. Included are “In The Wake Of King Crimson" (a complete King Crimson family tree researched and drawn by Hideyo Itoh, December 1989), and a full-colour 64-page booklet. Cat# information on back side of box: UK: KC BOX 1 EUROPE: 354 338 US: CAROL 1595-2 Back side of box and booklet back sides: This compilation Ⓟ & Ⓒ 1991 Virgin E'G Records Ltd. All tracks are Definitive Edition re-masters (1989) by Robert Fripp & Tony Arnold, or Definitive Edition Enhanced (1991) by Robert Fripp & Tony Arnold with David Singleton, engineer. CD1: 1969-71 • 1-1 to 1-5 taken from “In The Court Of The Crimson King” (1969). Produced at Wessex Sound Studios, London. • 1-6 to 1-9 taken from “In The Wake Of Poseidon” (1970). 1-9 remixed with vocal by Adrian Belew, at the Courthouse, Cranborne, Dorset (1991). 1-7 and 1-8 were released as a single. An alternative mix of 1-7 appears on the album. • 1-10, 1-11 taken from “Islands” (1971). Recorded at Command Studios, Piccadilly, London. • 1-12a taken from “Lizard” (1970). Recorded at Wessex Studios. Remixed with bass by Tony Levin at the Courthouse, Cranborne, Dorset (June 1991). • 1-12b is a hidden track; it was omitted from The Definitive Edition re-mastering of “Islands” (the CD was released in Japan and the US in 1989) through an engineer’s error. CD2: 1972-74 • 2-1 to 2-4 taken from “Larks’ Tongues In Aspic” (1973). Recorded in January and February at Command Studios, London. • 2-5 to 2-7 taken from “Starless And Bible Black” (1974). Half of the album, including 2-7 and parts of 2-5 was recorded live at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw on November 23rd, 1973. • 2-8 to 2-11 taken from “Red” (1974). Recorded at Olympic Sound Studios, London. CD3: 1981-84 • 3-1 to 3-4, 3-11, 3-12 taken from “Discipline” (1981). Recorded at Island Studios, Basing Street, London. • 3-5 to 3-8 taken from “Beat” (1982). • 3-9, 3-10 taken from “Three Of A Perfect Pair” (1983). • 3-13 was recorded in 1983 and mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991 (previously unreleased). CD4: Live 1969-84 • 4-1, 4-2 recorded live at Plumpton Festival, England (August 9th, 1969). Sound reconstruction at the Courthouse, July 1991. • 4-3 recorded live at Fillmore West, San Francisco (December 10th, 1969). Sound reconstruction at the Courthouse, July 1991. • 4-4, 4-5 recorded live at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw on November 23rd, 1973. Mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991. • 4-6 recorded at The Casino, Asbury Park on June 28th, 1974 by The Record Plant, NYC. Originally released in “USA” (1975). Re-mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991. • 4-7 recorded live at Le Spectrum, Montreal on July 11th, 1984 and the Tokyo Kani Hoken Hall, April 28th, 1984. • 4-8 recorded live at the second show, Le Spectrum, Montreal on July 11th, 1984. Mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991. • 4-9 recorded live at The Arena, Frejus on August 27th, 1982. Mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991. Track times for CD4 are listed erroneously on the booklet. Correct times are shown.

Musicians

	King Crimson , *1968 GB album by
	Ian McDonald voc, key, *1946 GB alto saxophone, flute, saxophone, mellotron, woodwind, keyboards, mellotron, vocals
	Mel Collins fl, sax, *1947 GB backing vocals, flute, saxophone
	Greg Lake voc, b, 1947-2016 GB bass guitar, bass guitar, lead vocals, vocals
	John Wetton voc, b, *1949 GB bass guitar, bass guitar, vocals
	Peter Giles eb, *1944 GB bass guitar
	Tony Levin b, bvoc, *1946 US bass guitar, bass guitar, chapman stick, vocals, chapman stick, bass, remixed with bass, tenor vocals, bass vocals, baritone vocals, lead vocals
	Boz Burrell voc, b, eb, 1946-2006 GB bass guitar, lead vocals
	Robin Miller voc, ob, GB cor anglais, oboe
	Marc Charig cor, *1944 DE cornet
	Adrian Belew voc, g, *1949 US drums, guitar, guitar, lead vocals, vocals, remixed with vocal
	Bill Bruford dr, perc, *1949 GB drums, drums, electric, acoustic, percussion, percussives
	Michael Giles dr, voc, perc, *1942 GB drums, drums, percussion, vocals, vocals
	Ian Wallace dr, 1946-2007 GB drums, percussion, backing vocals
	Robert Fripp g, *1946 GB electronics, devices, engineer, sound reconstruction, guitar, keyboards, mastered by, executive producer, mellotron, mixed by, producer
	David Singleton , engineer, engineer, sound reconstruction, mixed by
	Tony Arnold stg, g, GB engineer, sound reconstruction, mastered by, engineer, technician, technical advisor, mixed by
	Peter Sinfield acg, syn, voc, *1943 GB mixed by, live mixing, producer, words by, other, illumination, words by, other, sounds & visions
	Hideyo Itoh , JP other, king crimson family tree
	Jamie Muir perc, GB percussion, instruments, allsorts
	Keith Tippett p, *1947 GB piano
	Andy McCullough , snare, snare drum
	Nick Evans tb, *1947 GB trombone
	David Cross vn, vl, *1949 GB violin, keyboards, violin, viola, keyboards, violin, viola, mellotron

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