King Crimson
Sailors' Tales (1970-1972) Limited Edition Box Set
LabelPanegyricGenrePsychedelia & Kraut
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With a wealth of previously unheard studio recordings from band rehearsals to full alternate mixes and a vast array of live material, much of it on CD/Blu-Ray for the first time and including four recently found, never before released concerts, Sailors' Tales is a 27-disc (21 CDs, 4 blu-ray discs and 2 DVDs) boxed set presents the complete King Crimson recorded history of the period in the best quality audio possible.
Recorded between the dazzling impact of In The Court Of The Crimson in 1969 and the startling reinvention of the band in 1973’s Larks’ Tongues In Aspic, this boxed set documents a crucial period in King Crimson’s history and shows it to be brimming with innovation, experimentation, and boundary-pushing energy. With much of the material from In The Wake Of Poseidon, Lizard and Islands now being performed by the current King Crimson line-up, it is only in recent years that the wider world has begun to realise what fans have always known: this era’s recordings are as vital as any other segment of the King Crimson catalogue.
Album cover prints, posters, concert programme, press releases, concert ticket, promo photos and other memorabilia. 40-page album-sized booklet with previously unpublished photos, and sleevenotes written by Sid Smith, Jakko Jakszyk and David Singleton. And MP3 download code for a bonus concert from Hyde Park in 1971.
Format
* 3CDs feature Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp stereo mixes of In The
Wake Of Poseidon, Lizard and Islands plus additional tracks.
* 6CDs feature the Islands line-ups early concerts from Germany (new to CD) and the UK (1971).
* 9CDs feature live recordings (several new to CD and/or previously
unreleased in any format) from the 1972 US tour, including a new stereo
mix of Summit Studios and an expanded Earthbound.
* 3CDs feature auditions for the Islands band and two further, as yet,
unidentified concerts from 1972 (all previously unreleased).
* 3 blu-ray discs contain the main studio albums in 5.1 Surround Sound,
recent stereo editions mixed by Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp, 30th
anniversary masters of the original stereo albums mixes (all in 24/96
hi-res), plus extensive additional material with each disc also
featuring a complete alternate album and a further selection of
additional, related studio/live material in hi-res.
* The Lizard blu-ray also contains the audition material from CDs19/20.
* The Islands blu-ray also contains the following concerts in stereo
Zoom Club (4 shows), Marquee Club, Plymouth, Glasgow, Detroit all from
1971.
* The Earthbound Tour blu-ray features an expanded version of the
original album, Summit Studios gig in Stereo and Quadraphonic (newly
mixed), the Schizoid Men sequence from the Ladies of the Road album, 2
newly discovered concerts in hi-res stereo and every existing soundboard
concert recording from the 1972 US tour: Wilmington, NYC (2 shows),
Chicago (2 tracks only), Detroit, Jacksonville, Orlando, Pittsburgh,
Milwaukee, Peoria, Indianapolis & Denver (2 shows). T
* 2 DVDs feature the expanded Earthbound, Summit Studios, Schizoid Men,
New York 1972 and the recently discovered live concerts.
