40th Anniversary King Crimson albums

OK, no one yell at me, but aside from The Power To Believe, I've never bought a hard copy of any King Crimson albums.

**deflects vegetables**

KC is one of those bands I got into during a time when I didn't buy a lot of albums, either because of lack of funds, or other reasons. By the time I got into buying albums more regularly, I knew the KC discography, and never felt like picking any of the albums up.

Well, these new 40th Anniversary reissues that Steven Wilson did have kept me intrigued, and I'm now looking into getting some of them. But I haven't completely followed the news surrounding their release.

1st question is: Which one is the best one?
2nd question is: Are all 13 studio albums reissued?
3rd question is: Are the reissues significantly different that the older versions? If so, how dramatic are the differences? Will I miss the old versions if I get the new ones?


Edited by darkshade - June 20 2013 at 12:55

Thanks for the info! 2 discs?? Awesome. Do they have the old versions of the albums on there too?

They haven't done Starless and Bible Black or Red yet I guess? Or the 80s albums, right?

I've actually gone for the 30th anniversary editions as they are much cheaper and sound great to my ears. No intention of upgrading. Its just all too much money for likely to be little extra benefit (imo)

Beat, ToaPP and THRAK are in process, according to Robert Fripp's Diary. Haven't heard or read anything about TCoL or TPtB being remastered, so they probably won't be.

The Bearded Bard wrote: They've done everything up to and including Discipline.

That is correct.


Boy. How good it is to listen to Starless in 5.1 ! Awe. Sublime man!

progbethyname wrote: richardh wrote: I've actually gone for the 30th anniversary editions as they are much cheaper and sound great to my ears. No intention of upgrading. Its just all too much money for likely to be little extra benefit (imo) However I would also ask a question - are these SW remasters on a par with the Genesis remasters that came out a few years or so ago? Those are exceptional. Well I think the Genesis remastered editions are slightly better. Nick Davis is a better audio engineer than Steven Wilson. Just my opinion. Both are so good though. I love listening to a trick of the tail remastered in 5.1. Not much better than that for me.

I've only tried out Starless and Bible Black but I like it.   BTW I have my 30th A of Starless for sale now at half.com...

When are they releasing the 40th Ani of Power to Believe? A remaster of that would be amazing!

DUH!

darkshade wrote: OK, no one yell at me, but aside from The Power To Believe, I've never bought a hard copy of any King Crimson albums. **deflects vegetables** KC is one of those bands I got into during a time when I didn't buy a lot of albums, either because of lack of funds, or other reasons. By the time I got into buying albums more regularly, I knew the KC discography, and never felt like picking any of the albums up. Well, these new 40th Anniversary reissues that Steven Wilson did have kept me intrigued, and I'm now looking into getting some of them. But I haven't completely followed the news surrounding their release. 1st question is: Which one is the best one? 2nd question is: Are all 13 studio albums reissued? 3rd question is: Are the reissues significantly different that the older versions? If so, how dramatic are the differences? Will I miss the old versions if I get the new ones?