The Complete 1969 Recordings (CD) – King Crimson

Limited 26 disc box set. Ultimate Boxed Set Edition of one of rock music’s seminal debut albums. Blu-ray 4 features all-new, 2020, Dolby Atmos mix by Steven Wilson. Complete, fully mixed stereo recording sessions feature on Blu-ray, DVD and across six CDs. Blu-Rays also feature the original master edition of the 1969 album mix in 24/96 stereo, the 2019 stereo and 5.1 mixes, the 2009 stereo and 5.1 mixes, a complete alternate album comprising 2019 mixes and more. “Let’s Make a Hit Waxing” – single CD ‘in the studio with the band’ mixed and compiled by David Singleton – also features in 24/48 on DVD and 24/96 hi-res on Blu-ray. 13 further CDs present all known live recordings of the band, BBC sessions, a CD compilation of Giles, Giles & Fripp material (1968) and all studio recordings and alt takes of the main album. Presented in an album sized box with outer slipcase, containing a 12″ booklet featuring an intro from Robert Fripp, notes about the source tapes by David Singleton, sleeve-notes by King Crimson biographer Sid Smith and previously unseen photos from the recording sessions plus memorabilia. Artwork derived from 2019 scans of the original paintings, meticulously restored. The eighth boxed set in the series documenting King Crimson’s studio and live recordings from 1969 onwards.

Track List

1. 21st Century Schizoid Man
2. The Court of the Crimson King
3. Get Thy Bearings
4. Announcement (Incomplete)
5. Epitaph
6. Mantra
7. Travel Weary Capricorn
8. Mars
9. Band Reunion Meeting
10. 21st Century Schizoid Man
11. Drop in
12. Announcement (Incomplete)
13. I Talk to the Wind
14. Epitaph (Incomplete)
15. Travel Weary Capricorn
16. Improv (Inc Nola and Etude No. 7)
17. Mars
18. 21st Century Schizoid Man
19. Get Thy Bearings
20. Announcement
21. The Court of the Crimson King
22. Mantra
23. Travel Weary Capricorn
24. Improv
25. Mars
26. 21st Century Schizoid Man
27. Drop in
28. Announcement
29. Epitaph
30. Get Thy Bearings
31. Announcement
32. I Talk to the Wind
33. Announcement
34. The Court of the Crimson King
35. Mantra
36. Travel Weary Capricorn
37. Improv
38. Mars
39. The Court of the Crimson King (Incomplete)
40. Announcement
41. A Man a City
42. Announcement
43. Epitaph
44. Announcement
45. 21st Century Schizoid Man
46. The Court of the Crimson King (Incomplete)
47. Announcement
48. A Man a City
49. Announcement
50. Epitaph
51. Announcement
52. 21st Century Schizoid Man
53. Mantra
54. Travel Weary Capricorn
55. Improv Travel Bleary Capricorn
56. Mars
57. The Court of the Crimson King
58. Announcement
59. Drop in
60. A Man a City
61. Announcement
62. Epitaph
63. Announcement
64. 21st Century Schizoid Man
65. Announcement
66. Mars
67. 21st Century Schizoid Man
68. I Talk to the Wind
69. Epitaph
70. Moonchild
71. The Court of the Crimson King
72. 21st Century Schizoid Man
73. I Talk to the Wind
74. Epitaph
75. The Court of the Crimson King (Single a Side)
76. The Court of the Crimson King (Single B Side)
77. Wind Session
78. 21st Century Schizoid Man (Morgan Studio Version with Overdubs)
79. I Talk to the Wind (Alt 2019 Mix)
80. I Talk to the Wind (Duo Version 2019 Mix)
81. Epitaph (Isolated Vocal 2019 Mix)
82. Epitaph (Alt Take 2019 Mix)
83. Moonchild (Take One 2019 Mix)
84. The Court of the Crimson King (Take 3 2019 Mix)
85. 21st Century Schizoid Man (Trio Version 2019 Mix)
86. 21st Century Schizoid Man
87. I Talk to the Wind
88. Epitaph
89. Moonchild
90. The Court of the Crimson King
91. Moonchild [Full Version]
92. I Talk to the Wind [Duo Version]
93. I Talk to the Wind [Alternate Mix]
94. Epitaph [Backing Track]
95. Wind Session [21st Century Schizoid Man Intro]
96. 21st Century Schizoid Man
97. I Talk to the Wind
98. Epitaph
99. Moonchild
100. The Court of the Crimson King
101. 21st Century Schizoid Man
102. I Talk to the Wind
103. Epitaph
104. Moonchild (Edit)
105. The Court of the Crimson King
106. Let’s Make a Hit Waxing
107. 21st Century Schizoid Man (Morgan Studio Instrumental)
108. Epitaph Takes 1 to 3
109. Epitaph Takes 4 to 8
110. I Talk to the Wind Takes 1 to 4
111. I Talk to the Wind Takes 5 to 8
112. I Talk to the Wind Takes 9 to 12
113. The Court of the Crimson King Stereo Takes
114. The Court of the Crimson King Take 6
115. The Court of the Crimson King Take 1 and 2
116. The Court of the Crimson King Takes 3 to 7
117. The Court of the Crimson King Takes 8 to 10
118. The Court of the Crimson King Trailer Take 1
119. The Court of the Crimson King (Stormy Mix)
120. I Talk to the Wind Takes 3 to 6
121. I Talk to the Wind Takes 7 to 9
122. I Talk to the Wind Early Take
123. Drum Check
124. 21st Century Schizoid Man Sax Sound Check
125. Ahh (Stormy Mix)
126. I Talk to the Wind (Stormy Mix)
127. Epitaph Takes 1 to 3
128. Epitaph Takes 5 – 11
129. Epitaph Take 2 (Stormy Mix)
130. Moonchild Takes 1 to 8
131. Moonchild Take 9 (Complete)
132. Trailer Take and Take Overdubbed
133. Pipe Organ Takes
134. Wind Noise Takes
135. The Court of the Crimson King Takes
136. DVD – 24/48 Complete Studio Sessions
137. DVD – 24/48 Let’s Make a Hit Waxing
138. DVD – 16/48 Stormy Selections
139. Dvd-A – 24/48 Original Master Edition
140. Dvd-A – 24/48 2019 Album Mixes in Hi-Res Stereo and 5.1 Surround
141. Dvd-A – Hyde Park Film Snippet
142. Blu-ray – 24/192 Giles Giles and Fripp – As Per CD 25
143. Blu-ray – 24/96 Complete Studio Sessions
144. Blu-ray – 24/192 Live at Chesterfield Jazz Club
146. Blu-ray – 24/96 2009 Hi-Res Stereo and 5.1 Surround Mixes
147. Blu-ray – 24/96 Additional Audio and Alternate Album from the 2009 Mixes
148. Blu-ray – 24/48 Original 1969 Vinyl Needledrops of UK Stereo ; Us Mono Promo LPS
149. Blu-ray – 24/48 Original 1969 Mono UK Single a and B Sides and Us Promo Single a Side
150. Blu-ray – 24/96 2019 Mixes in Stereo 5.1 Surround and Instrumental Mixes
151. Blu-ray – 24/96 Original Master Edition
152. Blu-ray – 24/96 2019 Alternate Album and Additional Material Mixes
153. Blu-ray – Hyde Park Film Snippet (Audio Mono)
154. Blu-ray – Atmos 2020 Dolby Atmos Mix
155. Blu-ray – 24/96 I Talk to the Wind (Duo Version) 5.1 Surround *
156. Blu-ray – 24/96 Let’s Make a Hit Waxing
157. Tremelo Study in a Major (Spanish Suite)
158. Suite No. 1
159. Scrivens
160. Why Don’t You Just Drop in (I)
161. I Talk to the Wind (I)
162. Plastic Pennies
163. Passages of Time
164. Under the Sky (II)
165. I Talk to the Wind (II)
166. Erudite Eyes
167. Make It Today (II)
168. Wonderland
169. Why Don’t You Just Drop in (II)
170. She Is Loaded
171. 21st Century Schizoid Man
172. Epitaph
173. The Court of the Crimson King
174. I Talk to the Wind
175. Get Thy Bearings
176. Trees