Description
40th anniversary edition with cd and dvd in digipak in slipcase
King Crimson opened 1970 scarcely in existence as a band, having lost two key members (Ian McDonald and Michael Giles), with a third (Greg Lake) about to leave. Their second album — largely composed of Robert Fripp’s songwriting and material salvaged from their stage repertory (Pictures Of A City and The Devil’s Triangle) — is actually better produced and better sounding than their first. Surprisingly, Fripp’s guitar is not the dominant instrument here: The Mellotron, taken over by Fripp after McDonald’s departure — and played even better than before — still remains the band’s signature. The record doesn’t tread enough new ground to precisely rival In The Court Of The Crimson King. Fripp, however, has made an impressive show of transmuting material that worked on stage (Mars aka The Devil’s Triangle) into viable studio creations, and Cadence And Cascade may be the prettiest song the group ever cut. The Devil’s Triangle, which is essentially an unauthorized adaptation of Mars, Bringer Of War from Gustav Holst’s The Planets, was later used in an eerie Bermuda Triangle documentary of the same name. This 40th Anniversary Series edition provides two compact discs chockful of remasters, remixes (especially 5.1), and various material that is collected and presented for the hardcore Krimhead, or the a recent dabbler in the prog-rock arts.
Track list:
1. Peace – A Beginning
2. Pictures Of A City (Including 42nd At Treadmill)
3. Cadence And Cascade
4. In The Wake Of Poseidon (Including Libra’s Theme)
5. Peace – A Theme
6. Cat Food
7. The Devils Triangle Part 1: Merday Morn
8. The Devils Triangle Part 2: Hand Of Sceiron
9. The Devils Triangle Part 3: Garden Of Worm
10. Peace – An End
11. Groon-2010 mix
12. Peace – An End-alternate mix
13. Cadence And Cascade-Grek Lake guide vocal
Dvd track list:
1.The original album Lossless 5.1 surround
2. The original album DTS 5.1 digital surround
3. The original album 2010 stereo mix lossless stereo
4. The original album 2010 stereo mix pcm stereo 2.0
5. The original album 1970 stereo mix lossless stereo
6. The original album 1970 stereo mix pcm stereo 2.0
7. Cat Food-single version-lossless stereo
8. Groon-single B-Side-lossless stereo
9. Cat Food-single version-stereo 2.0
10. Groon-single B-Side-stereo 2.0
11. Cadence And Cascade-pcm stereo 2.0
12. Cadence And Cascade-unedited master
13. Cadence And Cascade-Grek Lake guide vocal
14. Cadence And Cascade-instrumental take from Wessex studios
15. Groon-Take 1-PCM stereo 2.0
16. Groon-Take 5-PCM stereo 2.0
17. Groon-Take 15-PCM stereo 2.0
18. The Devils Triangle-rehearsal version
19. Peace – An End-alternate mix