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1991 box set by King Crimson
Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson is a 4-CD
box set by the band
King Crimson , released in 1991.
Track listing
Disc 1: 1969-1971
"
21st Century Schizoid Man " (
Robert Fripp ,
Michael Giles ,
Greg Lake ,
Ian McDonald ,
Peter Sinfield ) - 7:20
"I Talk to the Wind" (McDonald, Sinfield) - 6:05
"
Epitaph " (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 8:44
"
Moonchild " (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 2:26
Abridged version, omitting the improv section of the song
"
The Court of the Crimson King " (McDonald, Sinfield) - 9:25
"Peace: A Theme" (Fripp) - 1:16
"
Cat Food " (Fripp, McDonald, Sinfield) - 2:45
Single version
"Groon" (Fripp) - 3:31
Previously unreleased on CD; also featured on the 2-LP compilation
A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson (1976)
"Cadence and Cascade" (Fripp, Sinfield) - 4:10
New
mix , replacing
Gordon Haskell 's original
vocals with vocals performed by
Adrian Belew , July 1991
"The Sailor's Tale" (Fripp) - 7:27
Abridged version, removing approximately 3.5 seconds' worth of the cymbal introduction
"Ladies of the Road" (Fripp, Sinfield) - 5:31
"Bolero" (Fripp, Sinfield) - 6:45
New mix, replacing Gordon Haskell's original
bass guitar with bass guitar performed by
Tony Levin , June 1991
Tracks 1-5 from
In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
Tracks 6-7 & 9 from
In the Wake of Poseidon (1970)
Tracks 7-8 released as the
single "Cat Food/Groon" in 1970
Track 12 from
Lizard (1970)
Tracks 10-11 from
Islands (1971)
Total Running Time - 67:47
Disc 2: 1972-1974
"
Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part I) " (
Bill Bruford ,
David Cross , Fripp,
Jamie Muir ,
John Wetton ) - 10:53
Abridged version
"Book of Saturday" (Fripp,
Richard Palmer-James , Wetton) - 2:53
"Easy Money" (Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton) - 7:55
"
Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II) " (Fripp) - 7:09
"The Night Watch" (Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton) - 4:40
"The Great Deceiver" (Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton) - 4:03
"Fracture" (Fripp) - 6:57
Abridged version
"
Starless " (Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton) - 4:38
Abridged version
"Red" (Fripp) - 6:17
"
Fallen Angel " (Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton) - 5:59
"
One More Red Nightmare " (Fripp, Wetton) - 7:09
Tracks 1-4 from the album
Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973)
Tracks 5-7 from the album
Starless and Bible Black (1974)
Tracks 8-11 from the album
Red (1974)
Total Running Time - 69:08
Disc 3: 1981-1984
All tracks on disc 3 written by
Adrian Belew , Bruford, Fripp and
Tony Levin , unless otherwise indicated.
"
Elephant Talk " - 4:42
"Frame by Frame" - 5:08
"
Matte Kudasai " - 3:48
"
Thela Hun Ginjeet " - 6:26
"
Heartbeat " - 3:54
"Waiting Man" - 4:22
"Neurotica" - 4:48
"Requiem" - 6:36
"
Three of a Perfect Pair " - 4:11
"
Sleepless " - 5:22
"
Discipline " - 5:05
"
The Sheltering Sky " - 8:16
"The King Crimson Barber Shop" (Levin) - 1:31
Also featured on the compilation
Heartbeat: The Abbreviated King Crimson (1991), subsequently featured on the reissued version of the album
Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
Tracks 1-4 & 11-12 from the album
Discipline (1981)
Tracks 5-8 from the album
Beat (1982)
Tracks 9-10 from the album Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
Total Running Time - 64:08
Disc 4: Live 1969-1984
"
Get Thy Bearings " (
Donovan Leitch ) - 9:21
Recorded at Plumpton Racetrack (at the Ninth National Jazz and Blues Festival),
Streat ,
UK , 9 August 1969
subsequently featured on the live album (4-CD set)
Epitaph
"Travel Weary Capricorn" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 4:23
Recorded at Plumpton Racetrack (at the Ninth National Jazz and Blues Festival), Streat, UK, 9 August 1969
Subsequently featured on the live 4-CD set
Epitaph (1997)
"
Mars " (
Gustav Holst ) - 8:09
Recorded at the
Fillmore West ,
San Francisco ,
California ,
United States , 14 December 1969*
subsequently featured on the live 4-CD set Epitaph
"The Talking Drum" (Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Muir, Wetton) - 8:30
Recorded at the
Concertgebouw ,
Amsterdam , the
Netherlands , 23 November 1973;
subsequently featured on the live 2-CD set
The Night Watch (1997)
"21st Century Schizoid Man" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 9:15
Recorded at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 23 November 1973
subsequently featured on the live 2-CD set The Night Watch
"Asbury Park" (Bill Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Wetton) - 6:52
Recorded at the Casino,
Asbury Park, New Jersey , 28 June 1974; previously featured on the live album
USA (1975)
"
Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part III) " (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) - 2:35
recorded at
Le Spectrum ,
Montreal, Quebec , Canada, 11 July 1984; excerpt version from the afternoon show. A complete performance from the evening show was subsequently featured on the live 2-CD set
Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal (1998)
"Sartori in Tangier" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) - 4:08
recorded at Le Spectrum,
Montreal ,
Quebec , Canada, 11 July 1984
subsequently featured on the live album (2-CD set) Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal
"
Indiscipline " (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) - 5:26
Recorded at the Arena,
Fréjus ,
France , 27 August 1982; subsequently featured on the live album (King Crimson Collectors' Club release)
Live at Cap D'Agde (April 1999)
Total Running Time - 61:20
(*) The Frame by Frame booklet incorrectly lists the date as 10 December 1969.
References
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