KING CRIMSON - IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING - LIMITED EDITION - 200 GRAM - VINYL LP

50th Anniversary Edition On 200g Double LP!Includes New & Alternate Mixes by Steven Wilson & David Singleton!''... an uncanny masterpiece'' - Pete Townshend, 1969It's a quote that's forever associated with the album. It was used in advertising at the time of release. Unlike many claims made in advertising it has, like the album it heralded, stood the test of time. It's easy to forget how quickly things moved for the first incarnation of King Crimson: Formed January 13th 1969; by April they were regulars on stage at the likes of The Marquee and The Speakeasy clubs & performed with Tyrannosaurus Rex at The Lyceum, by May recorded the first of two BBC sessions, initial (abandoned) album recording sessions in June & then, in early July - the big breakthrough - played to 650,000 people in Hyde Park supporting The Rolling Stones, the album recorded in August, signed to Island Records (& Atlantic in the USA) Atlantic, missed the Isle of Wight festival due to illness/exhaus