Vinyl Album - King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King - An Observation By King Crimson - Island

Vinyl Album

Artist:	King Crimson
Title:	In The Court Of The Crimson King - An Observation By King Crimson
Label:	Island
Country:	UK
Catalogue:	ILPS 9111
Date:	10 Oct 1969
Format:	LP
Genre:	Progressive, Rock
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	53 Own, 4 Want
Price Guide:	$755
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PRICE GUIDE

$755

Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	King Crimson	21st Century Schizoid Man (Including "Mirrors")	Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield	9.3 Rate
A2	King Crimson	I Talk To The Wind	McDonald, Sinfield	8.3 Rate
A3	King Crimson	Epitaph (Including "March For No Reason" And "Tomorrow And Tomorrow")	Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield	9.2 Rate
B1	King Crimson	Moonchild (Including "The Dream" And "The Illusion")	Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield	6.8 Rate
B2	King Crimson	The Court Of The Crimson King (Including "The Return Of The Fire Witch" And "The Dance Of The Puppets")	McDonald, Sinfield	9.4 Rate

Notes

UK Chart Entry: 1 Nov 1969
Highest Position: 5
Total Weeks on Chart: 18
Gatefold Sleeve

First Pressing on Pink 'i' label

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Comments and Reviews


Break-In Master 10th Oct 2024		55 years old tomorrow.



kab2112 SUBS 8th Sep 2020		Just got hold of the 2022 RRPG and looked up this item. I have two copies of this: One I bought new when it was first released and the other I picked up somewhere for a few pennies in a job lot at a Car Boot sale. Both have the matrices for first issues ILPS 9111 A ▼ 2 and ILPS 9111 B // 4 and "Printed and made by E.J. Day, London" on the inside of the gatefolds. The one I bought in the job lot is not in as good condition as my original. I would rate mine as VG+ and Good+. for the other. My original has been played a lot but there are no visual signs on the surfaces. Who would have bought this in 1969 and not played it ????



Hawkmarty SUBS 17th Jun 2020		Added first pink rim pressing labels. Rough finish and noticeable in not having the date.



ppint. ● 22nd Aug 2019		when i listened to (bits of) this in the arcade music shop before making it that month's lp purchase, in north finchley the saturday morning after it came out, the shop owner warned me that all copies had a quiet background hum running throughout - it wasn't a pressing fault, so the shop wouldn't be accepting returns back as "faulty" because of the hum. did island - or, as it was an outside production by them, e.g. productions - ever remove the hum ?



Fokeman ● 4th Jul 2018		I have a copy on the pink rim A - 4U B - 4U



deepinder cheema 15th May 2015		One of my copies of this has inner bag date code as June 1971. It is A (inverted triangle) 2, B//3 ( A/2 - B/3)



deepinder cheema 23rd Apr 2015		Is there any research done about the difference in the matrix and what it all means, Has Fripp said anything about the production aspect of this LP? The A1/B1 price hike has been with us for a few years now. The observation about the beginning of 21st Schizoid man as a banded track is something I was not aware of. I do know that the reason why there were sub sections of songs was a naive belief by Fripp or his managers that they could get more royalties from publishing.



Hawkmarty SUBS 24th Oct 2014		I found an Excel file with a bit of Island research I did in 2005. The copies I have spotted of this have the following variations. I have simplified the matrices to just the last letter and number. In reality they look something like ILPS 9111 A ▼ 2 and ILPS 9111 B // 4 for example. First press had A1 and B1. This was (I think) unique in having the quiet tootling before the start of Schizoid Man as a banded track. This is the one that makes the big bucks. Later pink label pressings spotted: A2 B2 A2 B3 A3 B3 A2 B4 I suspect there are more.



kab2112 SUBS 4th Sep 2013		Inner cover & label scans now uploaded