King Crimson: 26 Discs Of The Same Old Craaap!!
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Topic: King Crimson: 26 Discs Of The Same Old Craaap!!
Posted By: AZF
Subject: King Crimson: 26 Discs Of The Same Old Craaap!!
Date Posted: September 01 2020 at 07:17
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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 |
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Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: September 01 2020 at 07:25
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AZF wrote:Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 01 2020 at 07:40
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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. I have a feeling this might the sort of thing you'd listen to once but if you are a KC obsessive (and I know someone who has most of these box sets) then it's probably heaven.
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: September 01 2020 at 07:53
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If there's enough people out there who want to buy it what has it got to do with you? I won't buy it but I think it's fantastic that he's making all this available for those that want it. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: September 01 2020 at 08:33
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Not for me. How many remastered, alternate takes, unreleased songs, or Wilson remixes does one need? Will it continue when Bob's gone? |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: September 01 2020 at 09:45
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It should be titled "Cringe Crimson" for the overkill. But hey, if you're stupid enough to buy it that's you're issue. Caveat emptor. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: September 01 2020 at 10:38
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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... Still it's a neat collection, just for a very narrow market methinks. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 01 2020 at 10:40
| may I ask what would be the price of such a release? |
Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: September 01 2020 at 10:49
Not my cuppa tea but if this is what people want to spend their money on, why do you give a f**k? And take your holier than thou judgments and stuff it. ------------- We all dwell in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain. My face IS a maserati |
Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: September 01 2020 at 12:20
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Hasn't he been releasing more and more KC stuff on streaming platforms? Time to compensate I guess, give back some of that sweet exclusivity to the hardcore fans. ------------- 
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: September 01 2020 at 13:16
| 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. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: September 01 2020 at 13:31
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Just looked it up. The set is running between $195 - $198 USD. Humorously enough, I don't think I paid that much for the 15 or so separate King Crimson studio albums I bought on CD the first go round. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: September 02 2020 at 18:13
Cat food, cat food , again...... yawn  ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: September 02 2020 at 20:13
I can get behind the live stuff. That band was pretty on fire.
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: September 02 2020 at 20:14
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I'm not sure why that came out bold. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 08:31
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If it weren't so expensive, I would buy it just to gain insight into how the seminal prog album ITCOTCK arose from nothingness into the historical classic that it is. That's what the whole box set is about, after all. It's a documentary -- not a collection of greatest hits. Maybe I'll ask for it for Xmas. |
Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: September 05 2020 at 15:23
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That "some female singer" is Judy Dyble, who just passed away. ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: September 05 2020 at 15:25
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Too much of too similar for me. However, if there are significant differences in the various live performances this could be interesting. I seriously doubt that is the case. A buddy of mine was complaining of the incessant KC live releases and that he would like to hear something new. I concur. But Fripp is not the only elder of Prog to repackage, release and re-release old material. I find this marginally better than last year's mass release of EPs. Personally, I have little interest in remixes (remasters are okay if there is significant improvement in the sound), but I can see how some would enjoy that. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: September 08 2020 at 07:51
Bob does that a lot. Gun in hand. What a monster!!! ------------- The Prog Corner |