In The Court Of The Crimson King (Remixed By Steven Wilson & Robert Fripp)

プログレッシヴ・ロックを代表する名盤のスティーヴン・ウイルソン・ミックスのアナログ盤！

ブリティッシュ・ロック、プログレッシヴ・ロックを代表する鉄板の名盤。1969年の発売以来途絶えることなく売れ続けこれからも記録を更新していくクラシック・ロック最強の1枚！ロバート・フリップ、故グレッグ・レイク、故イアン・マクドナルド、マイケル・ジャイルズ、ピート・シンフィールドからなるオリジナル・キング・クリムゾンの唯1作。時代を超え聴き継がれるクラシック・ロック・トラック「21世紀のスキッツォイド・マン」、「エピタフ(墓碑銘)」、「クリムゾン・キングの宮殿」は本作に収録！

Limited edition vinyl releases of titles previously available in boxed sets only. Original studio albums remixed by Steven Wilson & Robert Fripp. Limited to 2000 copies per title. Pressed on 200 gram vinyl. Originally begun in 2009 by Steven Wilson & Robert Fripp for King Crimson's 40th anniversary, a series of new mixes were prepared in both stereo & 5. 1 formats & issued as CD/DVD-a sets. The CD/DVD-A series also provided the catalyst for the larger scale King Crimson boxed sets as issued from 2012 onwards. The impact of both the CD/DVD-A series & the boxed sets helped to kick start a wider interest in the mainstream market for surround sound & for all-encompassing artist boxed sets which had, previously, been limited mostly to 'direct to fan' and/or specialist online sales & retailers. Consumer demand for the remixes on vinyl led to two boxed sets being issued in late 2018.

The group's definitive album, and one of the most daring debut albums ever recorded by anybody. At the time, it blew all of the progressive/psychedelic competition (the Moody Blues, the Nice, etc.) out of the running, although it was almost too good for the band's own good -- it took King Crimson nearly four years to come up with a record as strong or concise. Ian McDonald's Mellotron is the dominant instrument, along with his saxes and Fripp's guitar, making this a somewhat different-sounding record from everything else they ever did. And even though that Mellotron sound is muted and toned down compared to their concert work of the era (e.g., Epitaph), it is still fierce and overpowering, on an album highlighted by strong songwriting (most of it filled with dark and doom-laden visions), the strongest singing of Greg Lake's entire career, and Fripp's guitar playing that strangely mixed elegant classical, Hendrix-like rock explosions, and jazz noodling. Lineup changes commenced immediately upon the album's release, and Fripp would ultimately be the only survivor on later King Crimson records. ~ Bruce Eder