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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #105 on: December 25, 2010, 09:54:40 AM »
Got the ITCOTCK boxset this morning. Haven't listened yet, but the presentation is beautiful. I'll probably upload some pics later for those interested. :)

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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #106 on: December 25, 2010, 10:58:02 AM »
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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #107 on: December 25, 2010, 12:04:37 PM »
Right click, view image for higher quality.

Heres the box itself


The two books (12x12 each, the cover for each book is the album cover)


Here are the CD cases themselves... pretty cool!


Closer look at the booklets



Two little pins


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Its two high quality prints of the band!



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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #108 on: December 25, 2010, 12:08:18 PM »
Damn that's beautiful. How much do those run for?

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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #109 on: December 25, 2010, 12:09:17 PM »
Wow, that looks really nice.  :tup

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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #110 on: December 25, 2010, 12:11:02 PM »
Wow I was expecting it to be upwards of a hundred! That's not too bad. I wanna get more King Crimson and the 40th Anniversary Remasters are very appealing.

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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #111 on: December 25, 2010, 12:12:32 PM »
Totally awesome dude, glad you like it!
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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #112 on: December 25, 2010, 12:13:15 PM »
Wow I was expecting it to be upwards of a hundred! That's not too bad. I wanna get more King Crimson and the 40th Anniversary Remasters are very appealing.
They're great so far. If only they'd 'em a little faster...

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« Reply #113 on: December 25, 2010, 12:16:18 PM »
Is there a version with just the remastered CD and DVD? I'm not too interested in all the alternate mixes/instrumentals/bonus tracks (unless it's material not featured on the album, like previously unreleased songs).

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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #114 on: December 25, 2010, 12:51:08 PM »
Damn that's beautiful. How much do those run for?

I got mine for $55. Looks like they bumped up the price to about 63 on amazon now though. Still a pretty good deal, about 10 bucks a disc.

I'm not the hugest King Crimson fan, but I just couldn't pass up on this.  :tup

And yeah, there is one with just the remastered CD/5.1 mix.
https://www.amazon.com/Court-Crimson-King-Deluxe/dp/B002M3GPOS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1293306619&sr=8-2

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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #115 on: December 25, 2010, 12:55:16 PM »
That'll probably be the one I get. I love the packaging for the version that you got but honestly I'm not interested in eighty-five percent of the bonus material. Do they have box sets for all the 40th Anniversary Remasters??

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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #116 on: December 25, 2010, 01:01:33 PM »
That'll probably be the one I get. I love the packaging for the version that you got but honestly I'm not interested in eighty-five percent of the bonus material. Do they have box sets for all the 40th Anniversary Remasters??

Yeah, to be honest I don't care too much for the bonus material either.  :lol Should be cool, but I don't think its something I'll listen to more than once or twice (except for the live stuff).

And nope, this is the only box set they have that I know about. The rest are just CD/5.1 DVD releases.

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« Reply #117 on: December 25, 2010, 01:18:42 PM »
All of the 5.1 remasters haven't been released yet, so who knows if they'll put out a box set once it all finished.
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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #118 on: December 25, 2010, 01:22:30 PM »
All of the 5.1 remasters haven't been released yet, so who knows if they'll put out a box set once it all finished.

Probably, but at that point I'll have most of them and won't care.  :lol

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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #119 on: December 25, 2010, 01:33:13 PM »
That's why I'm holding off on buying any Crimson. If they do release a box set I can pick their discography in one go. :)
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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #120 on: December 25, 2010, 05:45:21 PM »
So I've listened to ITCOTKC a few times in the last few days. I've now heard every album up to Red. Yes, this was the last I heard.

At the moment, I wouldn't say this is their best album at all. The first three tracks are great, but I don't think the others are anywhere near the same quality. I can understand why people might say it's their "most important" album, since it was such an early prog release and there are some insanely strong tracks on there, but they have far stronger overall albums than this.
Really? Wow, Red clicked with me immediately and "Starless" is one of their best songs, IMO. Very soft and emotional and then is just goes crazy near the end.
I mean the first album, not Red.


Having said that, my favourite KC album is probably Islands, so...
Different strokes and all, but I've listened to Islands a few times and, aside from a few parts of some songs, nothing ever stood out much to me.
Formentera Lady, The Letters, and Island are all incredible, and the three other tracks are very good. To me, KC albums are really bad for having very strong tracks, but also fairly weak ones (with the exception of Larks' Tongues, although Red comes close). Islands is the only exception to that for me. Sure, they have some much stronger songs, but Islands is the best album front to back.

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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #121 on: December 26, 2010, 03:02:29 AM »
That's why I'm holding off on buying any Crimson. If they do release a box set I can pick their discography in one go. :)
I'd love that to happen, it sounds awesome.  ;D

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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #122 on: December 26, 2010, 02:58:00 PM »
That's why I'm holding off on buying any Crimson. If they do release a box set I can pick their discography in one go. :)
I'd love that to happen, it sounds awesome.  ;D
Well you have at least a decade to save your money. :lol

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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #123 on: December 26, 2010, 03:03:10 PM »
i listened to all the 70s albums, and then listened to USA, Live in Mainz, and Live in Asbury Park. all phenomenal records. I then listened to Discipline on Xmas Eve, however, i think ive gotten my fill. I was going to continue on to Beat and ToAPP, but i dont know if im in the mood right now. Either way, it was a good run, and it jacked up my Crimson play count on last.fm  :loser:

i will probably do it eventually, it's just im not a big fan of Thrak or Construktion of Light, so we'll see.

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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #124 on: December 30, 2010, 10:56:44 AM »
In my top 3. I love this band and I hate living in Argentina sometimes. I just saw the pictures from that boxset and nearly had an orgasm. I know it probably won't come down here and if it does the price will be just impossible. I already have all their cds from the last remaster but seriously, that boxset just kicks ass!
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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #125 on: January 02, 2011, 09:10:35 PM »
Awesome box! I've been lusting over the deluxe box since it came out.

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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #126 on: January 02, 2011, 09:22:44 PM »
RE: KC Boxed Sets-

I'd like to see them release 3-album Boxsets (2-4, 5-7, 8-10, 11-13) of their albums, after all of them get remastered by SW, of course. It would make it easier to get them all in chunks and have to hunt them down.

That being said, I still haven't gotten any of the 5 that are out now. I've just had waaaay too much new/recent music to buy, and others to discover, so the KC Re-issues have been put on the back burner since the first batch came out. And unfortunately, with so much new music coming out this year, I may have to put them on hold again... at least only 5 have been re-issued so far, so maybe I'll get one or two with some post-Christmas money or Birthday money (coming up in March).

Any suggestions which to get first? I was thinking Lizard and Red.

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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #127 on: January 02, 2011, 09:39:08 PM »
I've been listening to this band a lot lately, Larks is one of the best albums I've ever heard.

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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #128 on: March 18, 2011, 04:14:40 AM »
So for whatever reason, I've finally started loving Red in the last few weeks. Had it for a year or two now, and it spontaneously clicked.

Also, as an update on Court of the Crimson King, I still wouldn't call it one of their best. Moonchild is essentially what lets it down. The first three and a half minutes are quite good, the last, what, eight are just sort of there. And barely that. The title track is very good at the end, but doesn't end the album on quite enough of a high note after the dip of Moonchild to get rid of the sour taste in your mouth. The first three tracks are a solid run though, all excellent songs.

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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #129 on: March 18, 2011, 06:41:19 AM »
I need them to announce a United States tour.

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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #130 on: March 18, 2011, 07:50:49 AM »
I need them to announce a United States tour.

You'll need a time machine for that.  Fripp has said that he's done being a touring player, at least in anything other than doing an occasional soundscape.
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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #131 on: March 18, 2011, 02:44:09 PM »
I need them to announce a United States tour.

You'll need a time machine for that.  Fripp has said that he's done being a touring player, at least in anything other than doing an occasional soundscape.
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I missed them by a year on their last tour... they ended it with three nights in a row in New York at a venue I go to every couple months now... but I got into them a year later.

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« Reply #132 on: March 18, 2011, 06:55:53 PM »
So for whatever reason, I've finally started loving Red in the last few weeks. Had it for a year or two now, and it spontaneously clicked.
Awesome!  :tup
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Also, as an update on Court of the Crimson King, I still wouldn't call it one of their best. Moonchild is essentially what lets it down. The first three and a half minutes are quite good, the last, what, eight are just sort of there. And barely that. The title track is very good at the end, but doesn't end the album on quite enough of a high note after the dip of Moonchild to get rid of the sour taste in your mouth. The first three tracks are a solid run though, all excellent songs.
Totally agree.

Also, when the hell are the remastered Starless and Larks going to be announced? At the rate they're releasing them, it'll be the 50th anniversary when they get done.

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« Reply #133 on: March 19, 2011, 09:56:01 AM »

Totally agree.

Also, when the hell are the remastered Starless and Larks going to be announced? At the rate they're releasing them, it'll be the 50th anniversary when they get done.
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They released a remastered version for the 30th anniversary already. I didn't know they were re-mastering things again.
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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #134 on: March 19, 2011, 10:20:45 AM »
Yeah, the 40th Anniversary Editions. ItCotKC, ItWoP, Lizard, Islands, and Red are all done already.  I've heard snippets about Larks and Starless being worked on, but nothing more.

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« Reply #135 on: March 19, 2011, 10:40:14 AM »

Totally agree.

Also, when the hell are the remastered Starless and Larks going to be announced? At the rate they're releasing them, it'll be the 50th anniversary when they get done.

They released a remastered version for the 30th anniversary already. I didn't know they were re-mastering things again.
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They're remasters, but they're also being remixed for 5.1 surround sound.
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« Reply #136 on: March 20, 2011, 07:32:48 AM »

Totally agree.

Also, when the hell are the remastered Starless and Larks going to be announced? At the rate they're releasing them, it'll be the 50th anniversary when they get done.

They released a remastered version for the 30th anniversary already. I didn't know they were re-mastering things again.

They're remasters, but they're also being remixed for 5.1 surround sound.
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With Steven Wilson doing the mixing, no less.
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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #137 on: March 27, 2011, 05:54:00 PM »
Looks like there's a new King Crimson album coming out in May.  Well, sort of I guess.

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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #138 on: March 27, 2011, 06:29:59 PM »
indeed, a new ProjeKct — could be very interesting.

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Re: King Crimson Appreciation Thread
« Reply #139 on: March 28, 2011, 10:35:36 AM »
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I've been waiting for KC to release a new album. I need it!!

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