KING CRIMSON 2014 NYC (2026 UK/EU 16-track double album 2-LP set, cut by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering, pressed on 200-gram Super-Heavyweight Vinyl. New York was never just another tour stop for King Crimson. The city runs through the band's history from the 1969 Fillmore East breakthrough through their early-'70s returns, the Larks'-era farewell at Central Park in 1974, and six nights at the Savoy in 1981 that Robert Fripp later named among the band's high points. That thread continues through the Double Trio and Double Duo line-ups and a 2008 quintet at the Nokia Theatre, arriving in 2014 at the same Manhattan venue, by then renamed the Best Buy Theatre, for a full reset of the band. 2014 NYC> opens a new live compilation series drawn from King Crimson's 2014-2021 line-up, beginning with this set taken from live multi-track recordings of the band's four-night run at that venue between 18-21 September 2014. That incarnation of the band was unlike anything else touring at the time, built around three drummers, Gavin Harrison, Bill Rieflin and Pat Mastelotto, stationed across the front of the stage, an arrangement Fripp described as turning rhythm into a moving, interlocked engine. Rather than replaying the catalogue note-for-note, the septet rebuilt older material as living, evolving pieces, restaging moments such as "Starless" with a deliberate nod back to the 1974 Central Park shows. This special edition release is housed in a gatefold picture sleeve with new liner notes from King Crimson biographer Sid Smith. Hype sticker & factory sealed. Recommended).