KING CRIMSON Earthbound (50th Anniversary 2022
UK/EU limited edition 5-track LP pressed on 200-gram
Super Heavyweight Vinyl, Earthbound is the final
remaining release of the original King Crimson vinyl albums
series. One of the grittiest, most powerful live documents of
its time, Earthbound features KC's Islands line-up - Boz
Burrell, Mel Collins, Robert Fripp and Ian Wallace - pushing at
the limits of its music in a manner which few of their
contemporaries ever managed. Newly cut from masters
approved by Robert Fripp by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering.
Picture sleeve with hype sticker, factory sealed.
Recommended).
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King Crimson Earthbound - 200 Gram Super Heavyweight Vinyl - Sealed UK vinyl LP album (LP record)
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| Tracklisting / Additional Info: |
Consisting of a series of deliberately lo-fi live recordings of King Crimson’s Islands era line-up on tour in the USA, originally released in 1972, Earthbound was one of the earliest (if not the first) “official bootlegs” issued by a major rock band.
On its release, due to its mid-price, it was excluded from the main album charts in the UK but topped the mid-price charts rubbing shoulders with Jim Reeves and Mantovani. Atlantic in the USA didn’t even bother to release it. By then, the band had broken up and the label had already been alerted to the likelihood of a new King Crimson line-up promised for later in the year. Like the later live album, USA, Earthbound remained deleted on vinyl and unreleased on CD until both were finally released in 2002 on CD. An expanded CD/DVD edition appeared in 2017 alongside the Sailors’ Tales boxed set. Ironically this non-availability in the peak CD era served to enhance interest in the album while DGM’s live releases made fans aware that there was a larger story to be told of this line-up’s history. When Robert Fripp was asked to guest on the second Grinderman project, Nick Cave noted: “I wanted to work with Robert Fripp because he has done some of the most uniquely unsettling guitar work I have ever heard along with some of the most delicate and finessed” explained Cave. “I grew up listening to a lot of the King Crimson stuff. The vinyl copy of the phenomenal live album Earthbound, is one of my most treasured possessions.”
With Robert Fripp and Mel Collins having both appeared in the 2014/2021 line-ups and the Islands era material a regular feature of those live shows, interest in Earthbound and that era of King Crimson music is probably higher now, 50 years on from the original release, than it was at the time.
Side One
1. 21st Century Schizoid Man
2. Peoria
3. The Sailor’s Tale
Side Two
1. Earthbound
2. Gro
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| Condition : |
Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
In Stock - Buy Now for shipping on Friday 22nd November
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| Year of Release: |
2022 |
| Artist: |
King Crimson (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Earthbound (click here for more of the same title) |
| Price: |
£ 24.99, US$ 31.74
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| Format: |
vinyl LP album (LP record) |
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| Record Label: |
Panegyric |
| Catalogue No: |
KCLP11 |
| Country of Origin: |
UK
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Date of Release: |
02 December 2022
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
KNCLPEA803002 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Barcode : |
633367910110 |
| Genres: |
70s Rock, 70s Artists, Progressive
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| Related Artists: |
21st Century Schizoid Band, Adrian Belew, Al Et Al, Boz Burrell, CJ3: Crimson Jazz Trio, David Cross, Eddie Jobson, Freeway, Giles, Giles & Fripp, Gordon Haskell, Ian McDonald, Ian Wallace (Crim), Jack-Knife, John Wetton, McDonald & Giles, Michael Giles, Mogul Thrash, Pete Sinfield, Qango, Robert Fripp, Robert Fripp & Brian Eno, Ten Seconds, The California Guitar Trio, The Grid / Fripp, Toyah & Fripp, Trendsetters Limited, Trey Gunn, U.K. |
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King Crimson |
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| Alternative Names: |
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