KING CRIMSON. IN THE WAKE OF POSEIDON. VINYL
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KING CRIMSON In The Wake Of Poseidon on v i n y l the tracks are Side One Peace A Beginning Pictures Of A City Cadence & Cascade In The Wake Of Poseidon
Side Two Cat Food The Devil's Triangle Merday Morn Hand Of Sceiron Garden Of Worm Peace An End
In the Wake of Poseidon is the second studio album by the progressive rock group King Crimson. The album was recorded during instability in the band, with several personnel changes, but repeats the style of their first album, In the Court of the Crimson King. Also like their first album, the mood of this album often changes from serene to chaotic.
Ian McDonald and Michael Giles left the band following their first American tour in 1969.
Greg Lake was the next member to leave, after being approached by Keith Emerson to join what would become Emerson, Lake & Palmer in early 1970.
This left Robert Fripp as the only remaining musician in the band, taking on part of the keyboard-playing role in addition to guitar.
To compensate, Peter Sinfield increased his own creative role and began developing his interest in synthesisers for use on subsequent records.
Lake agreed to sing on the recordings for In the Wake of Poseidon (negotiating to receive King Crimson's PA equipment as payment).
Eventually, he ended up singing on the band's early 1970 single "Cat Food" b/w "Groon" and on all but one of the album’s vocal tracks.
The exception was "Cadence and Cascade", which was sung by Fripp's old schoolfriend and teenage bandmate Gordon Haskell.
There does exist however, an early mix of the song with Lake singing a guide vocal which was unearthed and featured on the DGM site as a download.
At one point, the band considered hiring the then-unknown Elton John to be the album's singer, but decided against it.
Other former members and associates returned – as session players only – for the Poseidon recordings,
with all bass parts being handled by Peter Giles and Michael Giles drumming.
Mel Collins (formerly of the band Circus) contributed saxophones and flute.
Another key performer was jazz pianist Keith Tippett, who became an integral part of King Crimson's sound for the next few records
(although Fripp offered him full band membership, Tippett preferred to remain as a studio collaborator and only performed live with the band once).
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