KING CRIMSON IN THE COURT OF LP UK ORIG PINK RARE PROG

	£		323
	$		428

Item :

KING CRIMSON ~ IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING LP

Original 1969 U.K. stereo pressing released on the pink Island label ILPS 9111. 

Description :

Very rare and hard to find legendary prog psych classic.

The first King Crimson album, In the Court of the Crimson King, was released in October on Island Records, described by guitarist Robert Fripp as "an instant smash" and "New York's acid album of 1970" notwithstanding that Fripp and drummer Michael Giles claim that the band never used psychedelic drugs. The album received public compliments from Pete Townshend, The Who's guitarist, calling the album "an uncanny masterpiece."

King Crimson’s music drew on a wide range of influences provided by all five group members, including Jimi Hendrix, romantic and modernist era classical music, folk, jazz, military music (partially inspired by Ian McDonald’s stint as an army musician), ambient improvisation, Victoriana and British pop. All of this was executed with a precision and complexity previously unheard of in rock music, with Pete Sinfield’s dense and melodramatic lyrics (heavily loaded with dense imagery, allusion and self-conscious poeticisms) completing the package. The sound of the album has been described as setting the "aural antecedent" for alternative rock and grunge, whilst the softer tracks are described as having an "ethereal" and "almost sacred" feel.

It was definitely a break from the blues-based hard rock of the contemporary British and American scenes, presenting a more Europeanised approach which blended antiquity and modernity. Music reviewer Annie Gaffney has written that King Crimson were credited with starting the entire progressive rock movement that was popular in the early 1970s.

Condition ~ Vinyl :

The vinyl is in super clean NEAR MINT condition with only the odd barely visible faint paper hairline under a very bright light.

Stunning !!!

The whole record plays absolutely superbly throughout with no surface noise. Clear and crisp even on the notoriously quiet "Moonchild" at the beginning of side two. 

Gorgeous !!!

Condition ~ Sleeve :

The amazing gatefold E.J. Day sleeve is in NEAR MINT shape with just very faint overall wear but no splits, tears or writing. 

Condition ~ Labels :

Both labels show only light spindle wear and are nice and clean. No writing. 

Matrix Numbers :

Side one : ILPS 9111 A2

Side two : ILPS 9111 B3

Miscellaneous :

Low starting price and no reserve so get bidding !!!

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I have been trading in new and used vinyl for over twenty five years beginning in the early eighties with record fairs all over the United Kingdom, Europe, Canada and the States. Since 1995 I have been the proprietor of Rooster Records which is a retail store currently located in Exeter, Devon in the south-west of England. We sell all kinds of vinyl, CDs and DVDs. I have always treated customers honestly and fairly and like to think that I get it right when grading a record. What you see is what you get !

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