King Crimson - The Great Deceiver: Live 1973-1975

enough said. classic fripp/wetton/cross/brufford lineup. check out this wiki article for more information.

CD1: Things Are Not As They Seem

CD2: Sleight Of Hand (Or Now You Don`t See It Again)

CD3: ...Acts Of Deception (The Magic Circus, Or Weasels Stole Our Fruit)

CD4: ...But Neither Are They Otherwise

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King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

The debut album of the incredible band that changed the lives of rock musicians and rock fans everywhere around the world. This album doesn't need and introduction.

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Robert Fripp & The League Of Crafty Guitarists - Show Of Hands

After Fripp disbanded King Crimson he went in a 1o month hiatus and entered the American Society for Continuous Education where he took many classes that challenged his intellect and gave him a new sense of discipline. Fast forward ten months and he was offered a place in the board of directors of this society. He later went on develop a method he called Guitar Craft. Consequently, in 1985 Guitar Craft seminars started to take place world wide by the same time he was offered a teaching position in the ASCE. As a result of the seminars came this league of musicians that went by the name Crafty Guitarists wich recorded albums that include a live one. This is a true show of hands.

Crafty Guitarists.

Crimson Jazz Trio - King Crimson Songbook Vol. 1 (2005)

«A jazz piano-bass-drums trio performing the songs of the rock group King Crimson? That's what the Crimson Jazz Trio accomplished on this intriguing CD, King Crimson Songbook, Vol. 1. By re-harmonizing the music a bit, adding vamps, and digging into the grooves, the Crimson Jazz Trio transforms the pieces from rock anthems into viable devices for jazz improvisations. Electric bassist Tim Landers has nearly as much solo space as pianist Jody Nardone; the trio (which also includes drummer Ian Wallace) works together very closely and they not only create new versions of unexpected material, but show that they have developed their own group sound. Recommended, particularly to listeners who are familiar with King Crimson's recordings.

The band were working on a second album, The King Crimson Songbook, Volume Two, with assistance from Jakko Jakszyk and Mel Collins (Wallace's colleagues in 21st Century Schizoid Band; Collins is also a King Crimson alumnus) when Wallace died on February 22, 2007.» (AMG & Wikipedia)

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King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon

Another overlooked album that`s full of sonic possibilities. New peaceful beginnings for Robert Fripp but still with his true dark musical nature in full blast. Crazy keyboards roam throughout the whole album and jam sessions galore. Fripp decided to pick up the acoustic guitar for a couple of tunes in this album.

Peace - A New Beggining

King Crimson - Islands

A sadly overlooked KC that's one of my personal faves. In this one Boz Burrell plays bass (taught by Fripp) and sings, and with Pete Sinfield's lyrics at their most baroque. Free jazzers Keith Tippett, Harry Miller and Mark Charig all contribute. A little gem.

The Letter

King Crimson - Red (1974)

Is this another King Crimson masterpiece?! You bet your motherfucking sack it is mah boi!

This is a true masterpiece and one of King Crimson's best. Without a doubt, "Starless" might be one of my favorite songs ever. Here's some great info on this masterpiece.

(Review from progreviews.com, vintageprog.com, wikipedia)

With David Cross' exit from the band, King Crimson forged ahead as a trio, and produced this, the last album Crimson would make in the 70s. Red is often cited as the strongest of the three Larks'-era albums, and sometimes of King Crimson's entire discography. Generally, here the band is consistently heavier in force and tighter in focus than ever before, with the departure of any remaining possibility for the violin line of abandon from Cross.

The first side is a juggernaut of solid musicianship and probably represents the most accessible and distilled album side for this era of the band. The title-track opens the album, and is as typical for this version of Crimson as it can get, consisting of a simple but yet powerful and heavy riff that carries the track all the way through. "Fallen Angel" is a strong vocal-track with the mellotron mixed very far back in the sound on the verse, while the chorus is a far heavier and more electric thing. "One More Red Nightmare" is another prime example of how Fripp could use a very simple riff to create a really powerful and enjoyable progressive rock track.

The masterpiece of Red, however, is doubtlessly the album's closer "Starless". It's hard to find a more emotional, down-to-earth moment in Crimson's repertoire than Wetton's weary voice clutching for a ray of hope as it enters past the melancholic, mellotron-drenched opening: "Sundown, dazzling day..." The thunderous climax (in 13/8) and sweepingly powerful ending of the song closes the chapter on 70s Crimson like an unstoppable (and unforgettable) deluge.

Robert Fripp, increasingly disillusioned with the music business, was turning his attention to the writings of the mystic George Gurdjieff, and did not want to tour as he felt that the "world was coming to an end". The Red line-up never toured, and two months before the album's release Fripp announced that King Crimson had "ceased to exist" and was "completely over for ever and ever" and the group officially disbanded on late September 1974.

Red