Description
The complete audio history of one of the most important debut albums of all time presented across 26 discs (20CD/4Blu-Ray/1DVD/1DVD-A).

Featuring a 2020 Dolby Atmos mix by Steven Wilson, David Singleton stereo mixes of session material (on Blu-Ray, DVD and across 6CDs), and a further disc of newly compiled studio material, the box also includes the original In The Court studio album, every alternate take known to exist, every mix known to exist, all live recordings from this incarnation of the band known to exist and a selection of pre-King Crimson 1968 recordings from Giles, Giles & Fripp.

This eighth King Crimson boxed set, as with the previous boxed seven sets in the series, is packaged in a vinyl sized box containing a booklet featuring previously unseen photos from the recordings sessions, an intro by Robert Fripp, sleeve-notes by King Crimson biographer Sid Smith, notes about the tapes from David Singleton, additional memorabilia and an additional protective outer sleeve.

“…an uncanny masterpiece.” – Pete Townshend, 1969

Contents:
• Ultimate Boxed Set Edition of one of rock music’s seminal debut albums.
• Blu-Ray features 2020 Dolby Atmos mix by Steven Wilson.
• Complete, fully mixed stereo recording sessions feature on Blu-Ray, DVD and across 6 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 &more.
• "Let's Make a Hit Waxing" - single CD 'in the studio with the band' mixed and compiled by David Singleton - also features in 24/96 hi-res on Blu-Ray.
• 13 further CDs present all known live recordings of the band, BBC sessions, a pre-King Crimson CD compilation of Giles, Giles & Fripp and all studio recordings, alt versions etc of the main album.
• Presented in an album sized box with outer slipcase, containing booklet including previously unseen photos from the recording session, an intro by Robert Fripp, sleeve-notes by King Crimson biographer Sid Smith, notes about the tapes by David Singleton, and memorabilia.

[tracklisting]Discs 1 - 18, 25, 26 CD
Disc 19 DVD, Disc 20 DVD-A,
Discs 21 - 24 Blu-Ray

Disc 1
Live at Hyde Park

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

Disc 2
Live at the Marquee

1 21st Century Schizoid Man
2 Drop In
3 Announcement (Incomplete)
4 I Talk To The Wind
5 Epitaph (Incomplete)
6 Travel Weary Capricorn
7 Improv (inc Nola and Etude No. 7)
8 Mars

Disc 3
Live at Plumpton Festival

1 21st Century Schizoid Man
2 Get Thy Bearings
3 Announcement
4 The Court Of The Crimson King
5 Mantra
6 Travel Weary Capricorn
7 Improv
8 Mars

Disc 4
Live at Chesterfield Jazz Club

1 21st Century Schizoid Man
2 Drop In
3 Announcement
4 Epitaph
5 Get Thy Bearings
6 Announcement
7 I Talk To The Wind

Disc 5
Live at Chesterfield Jazz Club

1 Announcement
2 The Court Of The Crimson King
3 Mantra
4 Travel Weary Capricorn
5 Improv
6 Mars

Disc 6
Live at the Fillmore East

1 The Court Of The Crimson King (Incomplete)
2 Announcement
3 A Man, A City
4 Announcement
5 Epitaph
6 Announcement
7 21st Century Schizoid Man
8 The Court Of The Crimson King (Incomplete)
9 Announcement
10 A Man, A City
11 Announcement
12 Epitaph
13 Announcement
14 21st Century Schizoid Man

Disc 7
Live at the Fillmore West

1 Mantra
2 Travel Weary Capricorn
3 Improv Travel Bleary Capricorn
4 Mars
5 The Court of the Crimson King
6 Announcement
7 Drop In
8 A Man, A City
9 Announcement
10 Epitaph
11 Announcement
12 21st Century Schizoid Man
13 Announcement
14 Mars

Disc 8
Album - Original Master Edtion - expanded

1 21st Century Schizoid Man
2 I Talk to the Wind
3 Epitaph
4 Moonchild
5 The Court of the Crimson King
6 21st Century Schizoid Man
7 I Talk to the Wind
8 Epitaph
9 The Court of the Crimson King (Single A Side)
10 The Court of the Crimson King (Single B Side)

Disc 9
Alternate album - expanded

1 Wind Session
2 21st Century Schizoid Man (Morgan Studio Version with Overdubs)
3 I Talk To The Wind (Alt 2019 Mix)
4 I Talk To The Wind (Duo Version 2019 Mix)
5 Epitaph (Isolated Vocal 2019 Mix)
6 Epitaph (Alt Take 2019 Mix)
7 Moonchild (Take One 2019 Mix)
8 The Court of the Crimson King (Take 3 2019 Mix)
9 21st Century Schizoid Man (Trio Version 2019 Mix)

Disc 10
2009 Album Mixes - expanded

1 21st Century Schizoid Man
2 I Talk to the Wind
3 Epitaph
4 Moonchild
5 The Court of the Crimson King
6 Moonchild [Full Version]
7 I Talk to the Wind [Duo Version]
8 I Talk to the Wind [Alternate Mix]
9 Epitaph [Backing Track]
10 Wind Session [21st Century Schizoid Man Intro]

Disc 11
2019 Album Mixes & Instrumental Mixes

1 21st Century Schizoid Man
2 I Talk to the Wind
3 Epitaph
4 Moonchild
5 The Court of the Crimson King
6 21st Century Schizoid Man
7 I Talk to the Wind
8 Epitaph
9 Moonchild (Edit)
10 The Court of the Crimson King

Disc 12
Let's Make a Hit Waxing

1 Let's Make a Hit Waxing

Disc 13
Sessions Disc 1

1 21st Century Schizoid Man (Morgan Studio Instrumental)
2 Epitaph Takes 1 to 3
3 Epitaph Takes 4 to 8
4 I Talk to the Wind Takes 1 to 4

Disc 14
Sessions Disc 2

1 I Talk to the Wind Takes 5 to 8
2 I Talk to the Wind Takes 9 to 12
3 The Court of the Crimson King Stereo Takes

Disc 15
Sessions Disc 3

1 The Court of the Crimson King Take 6
2 The Court of the Crimson King Take 1 and 2
3 The Court of the Crimson King Takes 3 to 7
4 The Court of the Crimson King Takes 8 to 10
5 The Court of the Crimson King Trailer Take 1

Disc 16
Sessions Disc 4

1 The Court of the Crimson King (Stormy Mix)
2 I Talk to the Wind Takes 3 to 6
3 I Talk to the Wind Takes 7 to 9
4 I Talk to the Wind Early Take
5 Drum Check
6 21st Century Schizoid Man Sax Sound Check
7 Ahh (Stormy Mix)
8 I Talk to the Wind (Stormy Mix)

Disc 17
Sessions Disc 5

1 Epitaph Takes 1 to 3
2 Epitaph Takes 5 - 11
3 Epitaph Take 2 (Stormy Mix)

Disc 18
Sessions Disc 6

1 Moonchild Takes 1 to 8
2 Moonchild Take 9 (complete)
3 Trailer Take and Take Overdubbed
4 Pipe Organ Takes
5 Wind Noise Takes
6 The Court of the Crimson King Takes

Disc 19
DVD
24/48 Complete Studio Sessions
24/48 Let's Make a Hit Waxing
16/48 Stormy Selections

Disc 20
DVD-A
24/48 Original Master Edition
24/48 2019 album mixes in hi-res stereo and 5.1 Surround

Hyde Park Film Snippet

Disc 21
Blu-Ray
24/192 Giles, Giles and Fripp - as per CD 25
24/96 Complete Studio Sessions
24/192 Live at Chesterfield Jazz Club

Disc 22
Blu-Ray
24/96 2009 Hi-Res Stereo and 5.1 Surround Mixes
24/96 Additional audio and Alternate album from the 2009 mixes
24/48 Original 1969 vinyl needledrops of UK stereo & US Mono Promo LPs
24/48 Original 1969 Mono UK Single A and B Sides and US Promo Single A Side

Disc 23
Blu-Ray
24/96 2019 Mixes in Stereo, 5.1 Surround and Instrumental Mixes
24/96 Original Master Edition
24/96 2019 Alternate Album and Additional Material Mixes

Hyde Park Film Snippet (audio mono)

Disc 24
Blu-Ray
2020 Dolby Atmos Mix
24/96 I Talk to the Wind (duo version) 5.1 Surround *
* audio through four channels only
24/96 Let's Make a Hit Waxing

Disc 25
Selected Recordings 1968

Giles, Giles and Fripp

1 Tremelo Study in A Major (Spanish Suite)
2 Suite No. 1
3 Scrivens
4 Why Don't You Just Drop In (i)
5 I Talk to the Wind (i)
6 Plastic Pennies
7 Passages of Time
8 Under the Sky (ii)
9 I Talk to the Wind (ii)
10 Erudite Eyes
11 Make it Today (ii)
12 Wonderland
13 Why Don't You Just Drop In (ii)
14 She is Loaded

Disc 26
BBC Sessions and Trees

1 21st Century Schizoid Man
2 Epitaph
3 The Court of the Crimson King
4 I Talk to the Wind
5 Get Thy Bearings

Live at Fairfield Hall, Croydon

6 Trees[/tracklisting]

Amazon USA
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Amazon Canada
Available for pre-order soon:
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08GV8ZTN4/?tag=imwanca-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08GV8ZTN4/?tag=imwan-21

Santa has been informed.

My Santa told me about it yesterday.
I knew it would be announced because three weeks ago I finally caved in and bought last year's 3 disc teaser.

Some sellers in the USA are not shipping internationally because of the weight of the item, shipping costs are astronomical. I am going with schizoid shop, they have the best shipping rates at present, for USA Burning Shed might be competitive as VAT comes off automatically. A math degree will be handy for this set.

What are they charging to ship to you in Canada? When I checked it was $28. Converted to Canadian dollars, that would be $292.09. And you might get hit with customs.
If you order from the Schizoid Shop, you get this beautiful mask:


I am waiting for Amazon. I am sure it will be cheaper.

Yes, they'll undoubtedly end up cheaper than DGM. They always do.

This beautiful box set will be a general release, so I've removed the links in the first post, anticipating Amazon links "soon".

Still $28. My main concern is proper protection in shipping, I had to return one of the Crimson boxes due to damage because of sketchy packaging by the Canadian site. I held off for now, none of the others disappeared quickly.

I've ordered six of them through Amazon Canada, and they've been pretty well packed. A couple came in the box in which they were shipped to Amazon, which was then placed in a bigger box. I wish they always did that, even though it's overkill.

Good to know, I was 0 for 1 with Canada but if their price is substantially better I will give them a second chance.

Okay, Amazon is starting to list this box set. The USA pre-order link is active; Canada should be working shortly; the UK link is also active, but currently not shipping to North America.

Box opening video: