KING CRIMSON A Young Person's Guide...1976 UK ISLAND, BOOKLET, 1976 NME REVIEW
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KING CRIMSON A Young Person's Guide...1976 UK ISLAND, BOOKLET, 1976 NME REVIEW

KING CRIMSON
A Young Person's Guide To King Crimson

UK ISLAND (ISLD 7) FIRST PRESSING (March 1976)
EXCELLENT ORIGINAL COPY, COMPLETE AND BARELY PLAYED

Includes two rare tracks; "I Talk To The Wind' in a rough July 1968 demo version recorded on a second hand revox with Judy Dyble vocals and "Groon" previously only available as the b-side to the 1970 7" single "Cat Food"
The set also includes a large stapled 20 page black & white booklet containing band photos and masses of extensive Robert Fripp diary notes from June 1st 1968 through to November 15th 1975 and a list of all their gigs from April 1969 to April 1974 - all of which is fascinatingly detailed
PLUS a contemporary full page NME review of the album from March 20, 1976

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE ISLAND BLUE RIM LABELS
Matrix Record One: ISLD 7 - 1A-1 / ISLD 7 - 1B-1
Matrix Record Two: ISLD 7 - 2A-1 / ISLD 7 - 2B-1
THE RECORDS ARE HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE “Printed in England by Robor Limited.”
COMPLETE WITH THE TWO ORIGINAL BLACK, POLY LINED ISLAND INNER SLEEVES WITH PINK ISLAND LOGO

 For almost two decades before King Crimson's catalogue became a minefield of odd retrospectives, live oddities, and archival treasure troves, A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson was the only worthwhile retrospective the band had ever had -- or seemed likely to receive.
Originally released in 1976 following the band's apparently irrevocable split of the year before, this Robert Fripp-compiled double album rounded up an excellent, if somewhat idiosyncratic, survey of the group's seven years together, its contents ranging from the unimpeachable classics to unimaginable rarities -- the pre-Crimson demo of "I Talk to the Wind" was a collector's dream at the time, while the presence of "Groon" took the heat off anyone who missed out on its sole previous appearance, as the B-side of 1970's "Cat Food" single.
Of the other tracks, three-fifths of the debut album included the anthemic poles of "21st Century Schizoid Man" and "Epitaph," and served to remind just how powerful In the Court of the Crimson King was on release, while more recent highlights included both "Red" and "Starless" from the band's final album (Red), Starless and Bible Black's eternally atmospheric "The Night Watch," and, as if to prove that the band's sense of humour was never far from the surface, the ribald saga of "Ladies of the Road."
A vast booklet of facts and figures, again compiled by Fripp and drawing from his own squirrel-like horde of King Crimson memorabilia, rounded off the package.
It's a sign of just how well conceived this collection was that, no matter how many more so-called "best-ofs" the band has endured, A Young Person's Guide remains the definitive study of the original King Crimson.

Side 1:
Epitaph
Cadence & Cascade
Ladies Of The Road
I Talk To The Wind (previously unreleased 1968 demo version)
Side 2:
Red
Starless
Side 3:
The Night Watch
Book Of Saturday
Peace - A Theme
Cat Food
Groon (B side of 'Cat Food' 7" released March 1970)
Coda From Larks' Tongues In Aspic
Side 4:
Moonchild (edit)
Trio
In The Court Of The Crimson King

LABELS: NEAR MINT
All four labels are fresh with just one or two spindle traces per side
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT
All four surfaces are clean with nothing but some harmless light marks on Record One
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT
The whole set plays beautifully with little to fault.
No scratches, loud clicks or pops and generally very clean.
A little surface/ticks noted on some of the quietest sections (Cadence & Cascade, Starless) but nothing major, continuous or anything I found intrusive.
Great compilation assembled and produced by Fripp and one very highly recommended indeed
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
The gatefold is clean and unmarked with little wear to the edges or spine where all text is clear and bold.
A little rub to the outer surfaces but very minor and overall a very strong EX
BOOKLET: NEAR MINT
Barely touched with just a little light surface creasing to the outer pages otherwise pristine

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