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In The Court Of - 1st - A2/B2 - EX

KING CRIMSON In The Court Of The Crimson King (Incredibly rare 1969 UK Island 5-track stereo vinyl LP with third design pink with white 'i' 'rough' textured labels with A2/B2 matrices, gatefold picture sleeve ILPS-9111)
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Release Year 1969 - 55 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Island
Complete Stock List Go to King Crimson
Product Catalogue No ILPS-9111
Music Genre 70s Rock, 70s Artists, Progressive
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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Tracklisting & More Information

Details about this pressing are shrouded in mystery and even Robert Fripp hasn't been too forthcoming on the subject ...

Apparently A1 / B1 matrices do not (officially) exist, rumoured to have been destroyed for one reason or another, but at least one copy has surfaced so obviously not all were.

The A1 / B1 Version apparently has a different track banding to later pressings.

This is the A2 / B2 Version - Supposedly the REAL first pressing.

This has the textured Island labels indicating that it was pressed at a Polydor plant. By 1970 Island had switched most of their pressing to EMI who used a smooth label.

Normally the issues that are found are smooth label with A2 / B4 matrices - i.e. EMI pressed from late 1969 to 1970. This, in fact, covers the vast majority of the pink Island label issues of this album.

This copy is one of the extremely rare Polydor pressed albums.

This is so rare to find that it is even omitted from Yuri Grishin's exhaustive book about the label !

There are known differences between the mixes but unfortunately exact details are not known - If Mr Fripp can enlighten us, it would be very handy !!

The biggest clue is that the end of 'I Talk To The Wind' almost totally fades out before the opening of 'Epitaph' rather than segueing into it. Other than that any differences are unknown without an extensive 'back to back' with a later press.

It would seem that (excepting the A1/B1 anomaly) all the pink label A sides have the A2 matrix, but the B sides had B4, B3 (Smooth Label) or B2 (Rough Label).

Condition :-

The sleeve displays only light wear.

The labels are very clean with a few light spindle marks to show it has been played, however has barely any signs of play aside from a couple of very faint scuffs. The pressing quality & clarity is as good as can be on the heavy sixties vinyl.

All in all a very nice copy indeed of this extremely rare original pressing.

Tracklisting :-

1. 21st Century Schizoid Man
2. I Talk To The Wind
3. Epitaph
4. Moonchild
5. The Court Of The Crimson King


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Recording Artist King Crimson
Product Title In The Court Of - 1st - A2/B2 - EX
Product Information King Crimson In The Court Of - 1st - A2/B2 - EX UK vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
Artists Related To 21st Century Schizoid Band, Adrian Belew, Al Et Al, Andy Summers & Robert Fripp, 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, The Roches, Tony Levin, Toyah & Fripp, Trendsetters Limited, Trey Gunn, U.K.
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