When you hear this amazing 1972 set at the Orpheum in Boston, keep this in mind: this was an opening set, and another band had to follow this. That band happened to be Yes, so they probably held... more
Trey Gunn, who played this show with Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew and Pat Mastelotto, recalled the welcoming warmth of the Polish audience. Leading up to the rousing finale, "Heroes," are "The... more
John Wetton (heard here with David Cross, Robert Fripp and Bill Bruford) points out that Crimson were the only band at that time who were a fully improvisational unit engaged in rock music without... more
This collection of 1983 recordings gives us a fly-on-the-wall vantage point as Fripp, Belew, Levin and Bruford experiment with ideas that either "came together or fell apart." This is the band... more
Drummer Ian Wallace (who played at this show, the band’s second in the U.S.) has gushed not only about Crimson’s performance that night, but also the sound quality of this recording. Dig it: "Mars,"... more
Fripp and Collins are joined by bassist Boz Burrell and drummer Ian Wallace (both of whom sing, too) for a journey through the Pharaoh Sanders spiritual epic "The Creator Has a Master Plan" plus... more
This discovery in the vault made waves in the Crimson community: a previously unheard set from the band’s August 1971 stint at the Marquee. Leading up to "21st Century Schizoid Man" are "Pictures of... more
These 2 CDs take us to Toad’s Place in New Haven for a transfixing set by Fripp, Belew, Gunn and Mastelotto. The fans that night knew they were seeing something special, and the Crimson community... more
This concert featuring Fripp, Gunn and Mastelotto captures Crimson during their highly experimental ProjeKcts period. You’ll hear one-of-a-kind explorations of "Masques 2, 3, 8 & 11," "Hindu Fizz,"... more
Attention, Crimson fans: here’s recently discovered soundboard recording of the "Larks’ Tongues in Aspic" lineup of the band, recorded live shortly before they went into the studio to record that... more
This collection of concert recordings from 2000—as well as live improvisations recorded during the tour for the album "The ConstruKction of Light"—came out via a limited-edition three-disc set that... more
First officially released in 1998, this 2-CD set is the most complete version available of King Crimson’s 1973 concert at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw. Some of these highly prized performances appear on... more
Teatro Metropolitan in Mexico City hosted these prog-rock icons for five nights in July 2017, yielding this four-disc set fans are gonna need: 3 CDs plus a Blu-Ray with over two hours of HD footage... more
Here’s the complete 2016 Vienna concert by these prog-rock giants, mixed from the multi-track tapes and presented in sequence including encores. Their 2016 Copenhagen performance of "Fracture" and a... more
Earthbound, originally released in 1972, was one of the earliest (if not the first) official bootleg released by a major rock band, consisting of a series of deliberately lo-fi live recordings of... more
For Mel Collins, Robert Fripp, Tony Levin and the rest of this 2017 lineup, several of these pieces were played live for the first time at this Chicago show—and a few of these had never been played... more
More recordings from King Crimson’s 2016 European tour are on the way; first, though, comes this EP featuring the title Bowie classic (on which, of course, Fripp and his guitar played a crucial... more
King Crimson’s final album of the ’80s, this 1984 LP cemented the band’s reputation as one of the most intriguing, inventive bands of the decade. These shift from stark minimalism to electrifying... more
Fripp, Belew, Levin and Bruford continued their new-wave journey on this 1982 LP. The songs take us from the beauty of love to the creeping neurosis of the city, and the bass, guitar and drum... more
Here’s the most fully realized audio-visual statement yet from the modern incarnation of King Crimson: three themed CDs plus a Blu-Ray disc with video as well as an audio-only option in lossless... more
Poorly recorded bootlegs of the current King Crimson lineup have been circulating. Here’s the first official full concert release by today’s King Crimson: classics, new material and percussion pieces... more
The undulating re-invention of King Crimson over the decades truly culminated in their bizarre "double trio" lineup of the mid-’90s. Captured here in breathtaking detail across a 16-disc... more
Critics were dazzled and fans came out en masse when these prog-rock pioneers embarked on their sold-out 2014 U.S. tour. Here, on CD (which also includes a 24/96 hi-res stereo mix on a DVD-Audio... more
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