King Crimson-Frame By Frame (The Essential King Crimson) (1991)


 

Artist: King Crimson

Title: Frame By Frame: The Essential King Crimson

1969 - 71
1-121st Century Schizoid Man7:20
1-2I Talk To The Wind6:05
1-3Epitaph8:44
1-4Moonchild2:26
1-5In The Court Of The Crimson King9:25
1-6Peace - A Theme1:16
1-7Cat Food2:45
1-8Groon3:31
1-9Cadence And Cascade (Re-mix)
Engineer [Remix Engineer] – David Singleton, Tony Arnold
Vocals [Remixed With Vocal] – Adrian Belew
4:10
1-10The Sailor's Tale (Abridged)7:27
1-11Ladies Of The Road5:31
1-12aBolero (Re-mix)
Bass [Remixed With Bass] – Tony Levin
Engineer [Remix Engineer] – David Singleton, Tony Arnold
6:45
1-12bCoda1:36
1972 - 4
2-1Larks' Tongues In Aspic: Part One (Abridged)10:53
2-2Book Of Saturday2:53
2-3Easy Money7:55
2-4Larks' Tongues In Aspic: Part Two7:09
2-5The Night Watch4:40
2-6The Great Deceiver4:03
2-7Fracture (Abridged)6:57
2-8Starless (Abridged)4:38
2-9Red6:17
2-10Fallen Angel5:59
2-11One More Red Nightmare7:09
1981 - 4
3-1Elephant Talk4:42
3-2Frame By Frame5:08
3-3Matte Kudasai3:48
3-4Thela Hun Ginjeet6:26
3-5Heartbeat3:54
3-6Waiting Man4:22
3-7Neurotica4:48
3-8Requiem6:36
3-9Three Of A Perfect Pair4:11
3-10Sleepless5:22
3-11Discipline5:05
3-12The Sheltering Sky8:16
3-13The King Crimson Barber Shop
Engineer – Brad Davis
Tenor Vocals, Bass Vocals, Baritone Vocals, Lead Vocals – Tony Levin
1:31
Live 1969 - 84
4-1Get Thy Bearings9:33
4-2Travel Weary Capricorn4:30
4-3Mars8:42
4-4The Talking Drum8:29
4-521st Century Schizoid Man9:20
4-6Asbury Park
Mixed By [Re-mixed] – David Singleton, Robert Fripp, Tony Arnold
6:50
4-7Larks' Tongues In Aspic: Part Three (Excerpt)2:42
4-8Sartori In Tangiers4:13
4-9Indiscipline7:02

Label: Virgin

Format: 4CD Box

Cat #: Virgin 354 338

Year of Release: 1991

Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1991

Listed Condition: VG+/VG+

Sell Date: 10/21/21

Sell Price: $34.99

Discogs Last Sold: 8/29/21 $33,72

Low: $20.00

Median: $29.99

Average: $31.06

High: $46.51

Current low price:$24.66

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 45

Have/Want: 838/67

Where Sold: Brooklyn, NY

Time it took to sell: 5 years

Where and When Bought: web order in the aughts

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A

Sad To See It Go: No

"We don't do 21st Century Schizoid Man. But We're The King Crimson Band" ends the 3rd disc Barber Shop Quartet goof from the 80's Three Of A Perfect Pair era.  They took a live break from the song from 1974-1996.  This career retrospective takes us from the hit making late 60's, the "cooler" 70's and the fusion 80's.  The 4th disc is a live chronological compilation of the 3 eras.  Disc one opens up with the trademark commercial hit and another version recorded 1973 in Amsterdam.

The most recent tour that I caught at the Beacon Theatre in NYC last month reconciled the song to be the grand finale stand alone encore, much the same way Fripp reconciled his hatred of cell phone photographers during the show by banning them but making exception at the end for mutual scrapbooking.  Somewhere to the left of Dylan, and as much as I like to get a 30 second clip now and again, this compromise motivated me to respect the spirit of the request.  With ticket prices consistently over $100 nowadays you don't really want to roll the dice with a gung ho bouncer anyway.

So in recent years Red has been emphasized by both band and me as the King Crimson album that comes out for bedroom play.  But the earworm of the box was from Starless and Bible Black.  The opener "The Great Deceiver" was the song I've been humming the last few days after doing a start to finish listen of this box before it went out the door.

Maybe  the beat up  album I had gotten in Jr. High in the dollar bin, In The Court of the Crimson King is "the best"--I've had purchased most of their discography throughout the 90's and aughts as remasters came and went.  The drummer in my band was shocked that Red would be featured above Discipline.  I had a Larks Tongue in Aspic roommate in my college years and some other friends have other favorites.  I went on a date with a girl that swore by Thrak about 20 years ago.  

Different phases for different personalities.



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