KING CRIMSON - SLEEPLESS: THE CONCISE KING CRIMSON

Pais: U.K.

Año: 1993

Line-up / Musicians

- Robert Fripp / guitar

- Adrian Belew / guitar, lead vocal

- Tony Levin / bass guitar, Chapman stick, support vocal

- Bill Bruford / percussion, electric and acoustic drums

- Ian McDonald / woodwind, keyboards, mellotron

- Greg Lake / bass guitar, lead vocal

- Michael Giles / drums, percussion

- Peter Sinfield / words & illumination

- Keith Tippet / piano

- Mel Collins / saxophone, backing vocal

- Boz / bass guitar, lead vocal

- Ian Wallace / drums, percussion, backing vocals

- John Wetton / bass guitar, vocal

- Marc Charig / cornet

- Robin Miller / oboe

1. 21st century schizoid man (7:20)

2. Epitaph (8:45)

3. In the court of the Crimson King (7:19)

4. Cat food (edit) (2:45)

5. Ladies of the road (5:30)

6. Starless (abridged) (4:36)

7. Red (6:16)

8. Fallen angel (6:00)

9. Elephant talk (4:41)

10. Frame by frame (5:07)

11. Matte Kudasai (3:45)

12. Heartbeat (3:53)

13. Three of a perfect pair (4:11)

14. Slepless (remixed) (5:22)

Total Time: 75:30

Quiza no sea la recopilacion mas exigente que se haya hecho, sin embargo tiene a su favor que hace un reorrido por sus canciones mas digeribles (aunque no estan todas) y esto hace que este disco sea referencia obligatoria para aquel que nunca escucho King Crimson o que lo escucho y le parecio dificil de asimilar o quiza hasta incomprensile, es un buen inicio y un punto de reconciliacion musical con este monstruo que si no se le conoce te puede llegar a devorar u oprimir tanto el cerebo que, o te vuelves un fantico como yo, o simplemente lo entierras y no lo vuelves a escuchar. Discazo.............

KING CRIMSON - THE POWER TO BELIEVE

Pais:U.K.
Año:2003
Line-up / Musicians
- Adrian Belew / guitar, vocals & electronic percussion
- Robert Fripp / guitar
- Trey Gunn / Warr guitar, rubber bass
- Pat Mastelotto / drumming

1. The Power to Believe I: A Cappella (0:44)
2. Level Five (7:17)
3. Eyes Wide Open (4:08)
4. Elektrik (7:59)
5. Facts of Life: Intro (1:38)
6. Facts of Life (5:05)
7. The Power to Believe II (7:43)
8. Dangerous Curves (6:42)
9. Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With (3:17)
10. The Power to Believe III (4:09)
11. The Power to Believe IV: Coda (2:29)

Total Time: 51:11

KING CRIMSON - HEAVEN AND EARTH (PROJEKCT X)

Pais: U.K.
Año: 2000
Line-up / Musicians
- Adrian Belew / guitar, additional "V Drumming" on Side Window
- Robert Fripp / guitar, soundscapes
- Trey Gunn / bass touch guitar, baritone guitar
- Pat Mastelotto / traps and buttons

1. The Business of Pleasure (2:44)
2. Hat in The Middle (3:43)
3. Side Window (3:08)
4. Maximızer (6:29)
5. Strange Ears (Aging Rapidly) (9:36)
6. Overhead Floor Mats Under Toe (5:46)
7. Six O'Clock (4:09)
8. Superbottomfeeder (8:08)
9. One E and (3:07)
10. Two Awkward Moments (1:10)
11. Demolition (7:04)
12. Conversation Pit (2:11)
13. Cin Alayı (1:57)
14. Heaven and Earth (8:13)
15. Belew Jay Way (5:03)

Total Time 72:21

KING CRIMSON - THE CONSTRUKCTION OF LIGHT

Pais: U.K.
Año: 2000
Line-up / Musicians
- Adrian Belew / guitar, vocals
- Robert Fripp / guitar
- Trey Gunn / bass touch guitar, baritone guitar
- Pat Mastelotto / drumming

1. ProzaKc Blues (5:29)
2. The ConstruKction of Light (Part One) (5:49)
3. The ConstruKction of Light (Part Two) (2:50)
4. Into the Frying Pan (6:54)
5. FraKctured (9:06)
6. The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum (6:22)
7. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part IV (Part One) (3:41)
8. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part IV (Part Two) (2:50)
9. Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part IV (Part Three) (2:36)
10. Coda: I Have a Dream (3:56)
11. Heaven and Earth (performed by ProjeKct X) (7:46)

Total Time: 58:18

KING CRIMSON - SPACE GROOVE (PROJEKCT TWO)

Pais:U.K.
Año: 1998
Line-up / Musicians
- Robert Fripp / guitar
- Adrian Belew / V-drums
- Trey Gunn / touch guitar, guitar synth

CD1: Space Groove (38:58)
1. Space Groove II (19:03)
2. Space Groove III (2:40)
3. Space Groove I (17:13)

CD2: Vector Patrol (51:36)
1. Happy Hour On Planet Zarg (4:56)
2. Is There Life On Zarg? (2:25)
3. Low Life In Sector Q-3 (1:32)
4. Sector Shift (0:46)
5. Laura In Space (3:17)
6. Sector Drift (0:54)
7. Sector Patrol (3:41)
8. In Space There Is No North, In Space There Is No South, In Space There Is No East, In Space There Is No West (2:52)
9. Vector Patrol (3:41)
10. Deserts Of Arcadia (North) (8:57)
11. Deserts Of Arcadia (South (4:11)
12. Snake Drummers Of Sector Q-3 (0:26)
13. Escape From Sagittarius A (10:53)
14. Return To Station B (3:03)

Total Time: 90:34

KING CRIMSON - THRAK

Pais: U.K.
Año: 1995
Line-up / Musicians
- Adrian Belew / guitar, voice, vocal
- Bill Bruford / acoustic & electronic percussion
- Robert Fripp / guitar, Mellotron, soundscapes
- Trey Gunn / Stick, backing vocals
- Tony Levin / basses, backing vocals
- Pat Mastelotto / acoustic & electronic percussion

1. VROOOM (4:37)
2. Coda: Marine 475 (2:41)
3. Dinosaur (6:35)
4. Walking On Air (4:34)
5. B'Boom (4:11)
6. THRAK (3:58)
7. Inner Garden 1 (1:47)
8. People (5:53)
9. Radio 1 (0:43)
10. One Time (5:21)
11. Radio 2 (1:02)
12. Inner Garden 2 (1:15)
13. Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream (4:48)
14. VROOOM VROOOM (5:37)
15. VROOOM VROOOM: Coda (3:00)

Total Time: 56:02

KING CRIMSON - THREE OF A PERFECT PAIR

Pais: U.K.
Año: 1984
Line-up / Musicians
- Adrian Belew / lead vocals, fretted and fretless guitars
- Bill Bruford / acoustic and electronic drums
- Robert Fripp / guitar
- Tony Levin / Stick, bass, synths, backing vocals

1. Three Of A Perfect Pair (4:11)
2. Model Man (3:56)
3. Sleepless (5:20)
4. Man With An Open Heart (3:00)
5. Nuages (That Which Passes, Passes Like Clouds) (4:42)
6. Industry (7:22)
7. Dig Me (2:59)
8. No Warning (3:28)
9. Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part III (6:01)

Total Time: 40:59

KING CRIMSON - BEAT

Pais. U.K.
Año: 1982
Line-up / Musicians
- Adrian Belew / guitar, vocals
- Bill Bruford / drums
- Robert Fripp / guitar, organ, Frippertronics
- Tony Levin / Stick, bass, backing vocals

1. Neal And Jack And Me (4:21)
2. Heartbeat (3:54)
3. Sartori In Tangier (4:22)
4. Waiting Man (4:22)
5. Neurotica (4:47)
6. Two Hands (3:22)
7. The Howler (4:10)
8. Requiem (6:30)

Total Time: 35:48

KING CRIMSON - DISCIPLINE

Pais: U.K.

Año: 1981

Line-up / Musicians

- Adrian Belew / guitar, vocals

- Bill Bruford / drums

- Robert Fripp / guitar, devices

- Tony Levin / Stick, basses, backing vocals

1. Elephant Talk (4:41)

2. Frame By Frame (5:08)

3. Matte Kudasai (3:45)

4. Indiscipline (4:32)

5. Thela Hun Ginjeet (6:25)

6. The Sheltering Sky (8:22)

7. Discipline (5:02)

Total Time: 37:55

Despues de una para de 7 años, King Crimson regresa con una de sus mejores formaciones de todos los tiempos, el resultado?, un disco espectacular y que definiria el nuevo rumbo musical de la banda, mas experimental y mas virtuosos que nunca....

KING CRIMSON - RED

Pais: U.K.

Año: 1974

Line-up / Musicians

- Bill Bruford / drums

- Robert Fripp / guitars

- John Wetton / bass, vocals

WITH:

- Mark Charig / cornet

- Mel Collins / soprano saxophone

- David Cross / violin

- Ian McDonald / alto saxophone

- Robin Miller / oboe

1. Red (6:20)

2. Fallen Angel (6:00)

3. One More Red Nightmare (7:04)

4. Providence (8:08)

5. Starless (12:18)

Total Time: 39:50

KING CRIMSON - STARLESS AND BIBBLE BLACK

Pais: U.K.

Año: 1974

Line-up / Musicians

- Bill Bruford / drums

- David Cross / violin, viola, kbds

- Robert Fripp / guitars

- John Wetton / bass, vocals

1. The Great Deceiver (4:02)

2. Lament (4:00)

3. We'll Let You Know (3:46)

4. The Night Watch (4:37)

5. Trio (5:41)

6. The Mincer (4:10)

7. Starless And Bible Black (9:11)

8. Fracture (11:14)

Total Time: 46:41

KING CRIMSON - LARKS' TONGUES IN ASPIC

Pais: U.K.

Año: 1973

Line-up / Musicians

- Bill Bruford / drums

- David Cross / violin, viola, Mellotron

- Robert Fripp / guitar, Mellotron, devices

- Jamie Muir / percussion

- John Wetton / bass, vocals

1. Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part One (13:36)

2. Book Of Saturdays (2:49)

3. Exiles (7:40)

4. Easy Money (7:54)

5. The Talking Drum (7:26)

6. Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part Two (7:12)

Total Time: 46:37

KING CRIMSON - ISLANDS

Pais: U.K.

Año: 1971

Line-up / Musicians

- Robert Fripp / guitar, mellotron, Peter's Pedal Harmonium and sundry implements

- Mel Collins / flute, bass flute, saxes and vocals

- Boz / bass guitar, lead vocals and choreography

- Ian Wallace / drums, percussion and vocals

- Peter Sinfield / words, sounds and visions

WITH:

- Keith Tippet / piano

- Paulina Lucas / soprano

- Robin Miller / oboe

- Mark Charig / cornet

- Harry Miller / string bass

1. Formentera Lady (10:14)

2. Sailor's Tale (7:21)

3. The Letters (4:26)

4. Ladies Of The Road (5:28)

5. Prelude: Song Of The Gulls (4:14)

6. Islands (11:51)

Total Time: 43:34

KING CRIMSON - LIZARD

Pais: U.K.

Año: 1970

Line-up / Musicians

- Robert Fripp / guitar, mellotron, electric keyboards & devices

- Mel Collins / flute & saxes

- Gordon Haskell / bass guitar & vocals

- Andy McCulloch / drums

- Peter Sinfield / words & pictures

WITH:

- Robin Miller / oboe & cor anglais

- Mark Charig / cornet

- Nick Evans / trombone

- Keith Tippet / piano & electric piano

- Jon Anderson of YES / vocals on "Prince Rupert Awakes"

1. Cirkus(including Entry Of The Chameleons) (6:28)

2. Indoor Games (5:41)

3. Happy Family (4:16)

4. Lady Of The Dancing Water (2:44)

5. Lizard:

- a. Prince Rupert Awakes (4:36)

- b. Bolero - The Peacock's Tale (6:39)

- c. The Battle Of The Glass Tears (10:58) - i) Dawn Song - ii) Last Skirmish - iii) Prince Rupert's Lament

- d. Big Top (1:13)

Total Time: 42:35

KING CRIMSON - IN THE WAKE OF POSEIDON

Pais: U.K.

Año: 1970

Line-up / Musicians

- Robert Fripp / guitar, mellotron, devices

- Greg Lake / vocals

- Michael Giles / drums

- Peter Giles / bass

- Keith Tippett / piano

- Mel Collins / saxes, flute

- Gordon Haskell / vocals on 'Cadence And Cascade'

- Peter Sinfield / words

1. Peace - A Beginning (0:49)

2. Pictures Of A City(including 42nd At Treadmill) (8:03)

3. Cadence And Cascade (4:27)

4. In The Wake Of Poseidon (incl. Libra's Theme) (7:56)

5. Peace - A Theme (1:15)

6. Cat Food (4:54)

7. The Devil's Triangle (11:39) - a. Merday Morn - b. Hand Of Sceiron - c. Garden Of Worm

8. Peace - An End (1:53)

Total Time: 40:56

KING CRIMSON - IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING

Pais: U.K

Año: 1969

Line-up / Musicians

- Robert Fripp / guitar

- Greg Lake / bass guitar, lead vocals

- Ian McDonald / reeds, woodwind, vibes, keyboards, mellotron, vocals

- Michael Giles / drums, percussion, vocals

- Peter Sinfield / words and illumination

1. 21st Century Schizoid Man (7:20) including

- a. Mirrors

2. I Talk To The Wind (6:05)

3. Epitaph (8:47) including

- a. March For No Reason

- b. Tomorrow And Tomorrow

4. Moonchild (12:11) including

- a. The Dream

- b. The Illusion

5. The Court Of The Crimson King (9:22) including

- a. The Return Of The Fire Witch

- b. The Dance Of The Puppets

Total Time: 43:45

Hablar de King Crimson es hablar de una de las mas importantes bandas de progresivo de todos los tiempos, si bien su musica esta emmarcada dentro de lo ecleptico, ha recorrido el espectro musical con singular maestria y la improvisacion es sin duda una de sus marcas registradas, en especial en sus presentaciones en vivo. Formado en 1968 por el guitarrista Robert Fripp y el batería Michael Giles. Es uno de los más importantes precursores del movimiento de rock progresivo. El nombre King Crimson (Rey Carmesí) fue idea del letrista Peter Sinfield como un sinónimo de Belcebú, príncipe de los demonios. Según Fripp, Belcebú es un anglicismo de la frase árabe B'il Sabab, la cual significa "hombre que ambiciona".
La historia de King Crimson se ha caracterizado por los constantes cambios de integrantes, Robert Fripp es el único factor común de todos los discos y todas las alineaciones del grupo, aunque él no se considera a sí mismo como líder. Para él, King Crimson es "una manera de hacer cosas" y los constantes cambios de sus miembros sólo reflejan ese punto de vista. Si bien en los ultimos años como que se ha estabilisado un poco, siempre hay lugar para la sorpresa y la adicion en su formacion, por esta genial banda han pasado grandes leyendas de la musica y de este grupo han salido o se han formado muchos genios musicales.

En fin solo agregar que esta es mi banda favorita, en su musica siempre he encontrado todo lo que se busca en en grupo y en un disco, hay locura, alegria, maestria, momentos de calma, en fin....disfrutenlo y logico, recomendadisimos todos sus discos, no hay pierde............

KING CRIMSON - IMPROVATTAKC

Pais: U.K.

Año: 2002

Line-up:

-David Cross / violin, viola, mellotron

-Robert Fripp / guitar,mellotron

-Jonh Wetton / bass

-Jamie Muir / percussion & Allsort

-Bill Bruford / drums

1. Improvattakc #1 (20:06)Including: Daniel Dust / Clueless and Spightly Slack Parts 1&2 / The Golden Walnut

2. Improvattakc #2 (26:20)Including: Some Pussyfooting / Is There Life Out There? / The Law Of Maximum Distress Parts 1&2 / Wilton Carpet

3. Improvattakc #3 (30:27)Including: A Voyage To The Center Of The Cosmos / Providence / SOme More Pussyfooting / Coda

King Crimson es, aparte de er mi banda de progre favorita, una de las bandas emblematicas del progresivo, quien no ha escuchado a Crimson se ha perdido una parte fundamental de la historia del genero. Su lider y unico miembro constante Rober Fripp, misogino, malhumorado, introvertido, etc ha sabido mantener la magia del grupo por mas de 30 años y ha ocasionado multitud de reediciones, remasterizaciones, regrabaciones, y un largo etc. Sin duda que en donde mas espectacular se ha mostrado King Crimson es en sus tocadas en vivo en donde ha hecho gala de una maestria sin igual y un dominio total de las formas musicales y de la improvisacion, llegando a ir muchas veces contra la corriente musical vigente (casi como si estuviera inmerso en el movimiento RIO, en el cual algunos de sus mas connotados miembros han incursionado). El álbum iMPRoVaTTaKc recoje algunas de las mejores improvisaciones en directo jamás hechas por la banda, en este ocasión vienen de la mano del quinteto setentero conformado por Bruford-Cross-Fripp-Muir-Wetton y fue apenas publicado por DGM en el año 2002, como parte de su extenso catálogo de material en vivo de King Crimson. Discazo y una rareza......Recomendadisimo