TWENTY SIX discs of early King Crimson material?
No! I'm out! It's bad enough we've been milked dry for years.
But for the masochistic, there you go. Live stuff! Alternate mixes that aren't as good as the finished product. AND alternate takes...that aren't as good as the end results.
King Crimson In The Court Of The Crimson King! Tagline: They saw you coming.

And if I had that sort of money, well force me off the forum with pitchforks, but I'd rather spend that cash on charities that y'know FEED the starving. Help the impoverished.
Your conscience may vary.

Please dig deep, as Fripp's Heroes lawsuit hasn't come cheap.
And what is an arse if not something you can pay through?

https://www.loudersound.com/news/king-crimson-to-release-massive-26-disc-1969-recordings-box-set

This is probably more KC than anyone really needs but I'm guessing most of it hasn't been heard before and you're not being forced to buy it so you don't have to.

Edited by chopper - September 01 2020 at 07:42

Not for me. How many remastered, alternate takes, unreleased songs, or Wilson remixes does one need? Will it continue when Bob's gone?

It's not something I would ever buy. On the one hand, it does seem like Fripp's milking the King Crimson name to squeeze everything he can get out of it. On the other hand, it's like a historical archive of everything Fripp ever thought was worth saving from 1969. I remember reading that Prince recorded everything he did in his home studio and had amassed hundreds (maybe more??) tapes. Musicians either with an "archives" gene or a "hoarding" gene...

AZF wrote: And if I had that sort of money, well force me off the forum with pitchforks, but I'd rather spend that cash on charities that y'know FEED the starving. Help the impoverished. Your conscience may vary.

I have the original album and the first Epitaph live one, and I think that's more than enough from this line-up, great as it is. For what I could see, it's just more of the same. Now, if there was an early version of the In the Wake of Poseidon song with this line-up (which I believe wasn't ever recorded so, I guess it didn't even exist in paper) then I would be all for having it, but that's all. Now, perhaps what I do should get is the Giles, Giles and Fripp album, or an alternate or BBC or something... I believe there was a nice version of I Talk to the Wind with some female singer around.

Cat food, cat food , again...... yawn 

I'm not sure why that came out bold. 

That "some female singer" is Judy Dyble, who just passed away. 

Mascodagama wrote: AZF wrote: No! I'm out! It's bad enough we've been milked dry for years. Too right. I particularly hated that bit where Robert Fripp came to my house with a gun and made me order all those huge box sets even though I didn't want them. It was a lot of money, but otherwise he was going to shoot my cat.