King Crimson - Lark's Tongues In Aspic: limited edition 15 disc box set (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed)
SKU
23-KCCBX 5
Yes, it's overkill, but it's kind of magnificent overkill, as it includes every recording there is by this band and much more. Read below to see what is included in this insanely deluxe set. The live performance DVD is beyond revelatory, as is the Session Reels and Alternate Takes discs. Now out of print and no more are to be made.
Larks' Tongues in Aspic - The Complete Recordings
Disc 1 - CD:
The Zoom Club, Frankfurt
October 13, 1972
Disc 2 - CD:
The Zoom Club, Frankfurt
October 13, 1972
Disc 3 - CD:
Live in the studio, Bremen
October 17, 1972
Disc 4 - CD:
Hull Technical College
November 10, 1972
Disc 5 - CD:
Hull Technical College
November 10, 1972
Disc 6 - CD:
Guildford Civic Hall
November 13, 1972
Disc 7 - CD:
Oxford New Theatre
November 25, 1972
Disc 8 - CD:
Glasgow Green's Playhouse
Disc 9 - CD:
Portsmouth Guildhall
December 15, 1972
Disc 10 - CD:
Larks Tongues in Aspic
Session Reels
1) "Keep That One, Nick"
(Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Muir)
Taking the form of an audio documentary and placing the listener in Command studios in early 1973 as the quintet maps out the material destined for the album. Featuring first takes of every piece recorded for the album interspersed with studio talk between band members and engineer.
Edited, compiled, assembled and produced by David Singleton, assisted by Alex R. Mundy – July 2012.
Disc 11 - CD:
Original 1973 Stereo Mix
30th Anniversary Remaster
Disc 12 - DVD-A
Audio Content:
MLP Lossless 5.1 Surround (DVD-A players and some Blu-Ray players)
DTS 5.1 Digital Surround (DVD/Blu-Ray players and DVD-Rom/Blu-Ray drives)
The 2012 Surround Sound mix by Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp
MLP Lossless Stereo (24/96) (DVD-A players and some Blu-Ray players)
PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/48) (DVD/Blu-Ray players and DVD-Rom/Blu-Ray drives)
The 2012 stereo album mix by Robert Fripp and Steven Wilson
PCM Stereo 2.0 (24/48)
Original 1973 Stereo Mix
30th Anniversary Remaster
Alternate takes and mixes
(as broadcast on Beat Club)
Disc 13 - CD
Alternate takes and mixes
An album’s worth of alternate takes and mixes by Steven Wilson presented in album order plus an edit of Easy Money by David Singleton & Alex R. Mundy taken from the session reels.
Disc 14 - CD:
The 2012 stereo album mix
Mixed by Robert Fripp and Steven Wilson.
Disc 15 - CD:
BLU-RAY DISC
Audio Content
DTS-HD Master Surround 5.1
LPCM 5.1 Surround
The 2012 Surround mix by Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp
LPCM Stereo (24/96)
The 2012 stereo album mix by Robert Fripp and Steven Wilson
LPCM Stereo (24/96)
Original 1973 Stereo Mix
30th Anniversary Remaster
Alternate takes and mixes
LPCM Dual Mono (24/96)
Live in the studio
LPCM Stereo (24/96)
Original UK vinyl transfer
Original US vinyl transfer
Video Content
Audio LPCM Dual Mono (24/96)
Also includes:
36 page booklet with photos, timeline/expanded diary, timeline, transcript of extensive Robert Fripp interview conducted by David Singleton (July 2012), new essays by King Crimson historian Sid Smith and set compiler Declan Colgan.
Print of original album sleeve, individual band member postcards, reproduction of UK tour handbill and reproduction of Rainbow Theatre London concert ticket stub.
Downloadable Content
See back of reproduction of Rainbow Theatre London concert ticket to obtain the concert from that venue as an exclusive download – listener beware – audio for this show is of such poor quality as to be beyond meaningful restoration and is included solely for historic purposes.
- LabelInner Knot
- UPC633367197320