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    Posted: March 08 2011 at 17:19
As I was around when King Crimson released the albums...
ITCOTCK was a gatefold, as was ITWOP and LIZARD.
ISLANDS was as descibed - a non-gatefold. When it was re-released by EG (Crimson's management company), it became a gatefold, as illustrated in previous posts.
EARTHBOUND was non-gatefold, as was LARKS' TONGUES IN ASPIC.
STARLESS AND BIBLE BLACK was gatefold
RED and USA were non-gatefold.
It's a safe bet that A YOUNG PERSONS GUIDE was gatefold, as it was a double 12" album.
I cannot comment on LP's from DISCIPLINE onwards, as I never saw them or bought them.
 
A side note - only ISLANDS and RED had images of the band members.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2011 at 16:31
Originally posted by topographicbroadways topographicbroadways wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

Islands is not available in gatefold to my knowledge - just in this format
 
 
Earthbound is not either
 
 
Oh ye of little faith - 
 
Originally posted by wiki wiki wrote:

Album cover

The original United Kingdom and European cover depicts the Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius and displays neither the name of the band nor the title. The original United States and Canadian album cover (as released by Atlantic Records) was a Peter Sinfield painting of off-white with coloured "islands". This was used as an internal gatefold sleeve in the UK. When the King Crimson catalogue was re-issued by EG, they standardised on the "Trifid Nebula" cover world-wide.

outside:
 
Inside:
 
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ShockedShocked If one of those ever shows up on Ebay there's going to be a serious bidding war 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2011 at 08:57
I don't know about Islands UK, but Islands USA was gatefold, with the weird coloured islands on the cover.  All first four albums Gatefold.  Earthbound/Larks - no
Starless - gatefold
Red - not gatefold ever in USA and I doubt in UK.  MiniLP was made gatefold, but the new editions of Mini LP sleeves correct this flaw and return it to the single sleeve...

Discipline/Beat/Three were also gatefolds in the first japanese mini LP run but never gatefold on LP
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2011 at 08:02
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

Islands is not available in gatefold to my knowledge - just in this format
 
 
Earthbound is not either
 
 
Oh ye of little faith - 
 
Originally posted by wiki wiki wrote:

Album cover

The original United Kingdom and European cover depicts the Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius and displays neither the name of the band nor the title. The original United States and Canadian album cover (as released by Atlantic Records) was a Peter Sinfield painting of off-white with coloured "islands". This was used as an internal gatefold sleeve in the UK. When the King Crimson catalogue was re-issued by EG, they standardised on the "Trifid Nebula" cover world-wide.

outside:
 
Inside:
 
Tongue

ShockedShocked If one of those ever shows up on Ebay there's going to be a serious bidding war 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2011 at 08:00
Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

Islands is not available in gatefold to my knowledge - just in this format
 
 
Earthbound is not either
 
 
Oh ye of little faith - 
 
Originally posted by wiki wiki wrote:

Album cover

The original United Kingdom and European cover depicts the Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius and displays neither the name of the band nor the title. The original United States and Canadian album cover (as released by Atlantic Records) was a Peter Sinfield painting of off-white with coloured "islands". This was used as an internal gatefold sleeve in the UK. When the King Crimson catalogue was re-issued by EG, they standardised on the "Trifid Nebula" cover world-wide.

outside:
 
Inside:
 
Tongue
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2011 at 07:04
Go for ebay, amazon or even this site, wax.fm.
 
they all sell KC vinyl
 
 
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2011 at 05:26
^ In the Wake Of Poseidon is the most available one so that is probably what i'll end up getting as my first Crimson venture, of course i'll have to wait till i get paid first. Not for another 4-6 weeksAngry
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2011 at 03:09
OK I just found this! And if anyone has it I am jealous!!!!
 
 
 
You can get it here inJapan print but the price counts me out!!!
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2011 at 03:06
Islands is not available in gatefold to my knowledge - just in this format
 
 
Earthbound is not either
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2011 at 03:00
I have this on vinyl and its gatefold
 
In the wake of Poseidon
 
 
 


Edited by AtomicCrimsonRush - March 08 2011 at 03:02
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2011 at 14:25
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

I thought In The Court was the only 40th Anniversary reissue to make it vinyl so far...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2011 at 14:21
My Canadian Lizard opens out. But the quality of Canadian vinyl was crap which is the reason vinyl imprts were so popular here in the seventies. And we had to pay forthem. Even second hand copies were marked up. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2011 at 14:01
I thought In The Court was the only 40th Anniversary reissue to make it vinyl so far...
What?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2011 at 13:52
How about the 40 anniversary reissues? I saw one but it was wrapped in plastic so I couldn't see if it's gatefold. But that's what I would expect. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2011 at 13:47
The Japanese mini album CD replica of Red is a gatefold. They are usually very good reproductions of their 12" counterparts, so I assume that Red was also a gatefold (but can find no solid proof of that).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2011 at 13:43
Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by topographicbroadways topographicbroadways wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

And Starless and Islands.

good to know they exist i doubt i'll find one thoughCry
 
It takes some time to scour thru web pages of online vinyl record sellers, sometimes you have to email the seller and ask them for additional pics of what they are trying to sell, just to make sure you are both on the same 'gatefold page' Wink.
 
It may cost you a pretty penny if you find one.

I don't usually go for the rare ones so it hasn't been a problem so far, but however long it takes i definitely want Islands, and yes it does look like it comes pricey these days
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2011 at 13:41
Originally posted by topographicbroadways topographicbroadways wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

And Starless and Islands.

good to know they exist i doubt i'll find one thoughCry
 
It takes some time to scour thru web pages of online vinyl record sellers, sometimes you have to email the seller and ask them for additional pics of what they are trying to sell, just to make sure you are both on the same 'gatefold page' Wink.
 
It may cost you a pretty penny if you find one.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2011 at 07:47
Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

I don' think "Earthbound" ever had a gatefold. It was originally released by Island as part of the budget label "HELP" series. That said, "ELP's "Pictures.." was also one of those releases, and it did have a gatefold cover.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2011 at 02:52
I don' think "Earthbound" ever had a gatefold. It was originally released by Island as part of the budget label "HELP" series. That said, "ELP's "Pictures.." was also one of those releases, and it did have a gatefold cover.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 06 2011 at 15:47
Their debut which is, Starless and Bible Black is, Discipline isn't... Those are the only ones I have.
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