Epitaph_(King_Crimson_album)
Epitaph (King Crimson album)
1997 live album by King Crimson
Epitaph is a live 4-CD set of concert performances and radio sessions from 1969 by the band King Crimson, released in 1997. Volumes 1 and 2 (Discs 1 and 2) were available in retail shops, and the set included a flyer with instructions on how to obtain Volumes 3 and 4 (Discs 3 and 4) via mail-order. In 2006, volumes 3 and 4 were released independently as a 2-disc set via DGM.
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| Released | March 1997[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1969; actual dates vary with each disc | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 234:05 | |||
| Label | Discipline Global Mobile | |||
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More information Review scores, Source ...
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Rolling Stone | [3] |
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All tracks written by Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald and Peter Sinfield, unless otherwise indicated.
More information No., Title ...
| No. | Title | Recording date and venue | Length |
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| 1. | "21st Century Schizoid Man" | 6 May 1969 at Maida Vale Studios for BBC Radio | 7:06 |
| 2. | "The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield) | 6 May 1969 at Maida Vale Studios for BBC Radio | 6:27 |
| 3. | "Get Thy Bearings" (Donovan, arr. by Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald) | 19 August 1969 at Maida Vale Studios for BBC Radio | 5:59 |
| 4. | "Epitaph" (Includes introduction to track 5 at the end) | 19 August 1969 at Maida Vale Studios for BBC Radio | 7:08 |
| 5. | "A Man, a City" | 21 November 1969 at the Fillmore East | 11:41 |
| 6. | "Epitaph" | 21 November 1969 at the Fillmore East | 7:42 |
| 7. | "21st Century Schizoid Man" | 21 November 1969 at the Fillmore East | 7:16 |
| 8. | "Mantra" | 13 December 1969 at the Fillmore West | 3:47 |
| 9. | "Travel Weary Capricorn" | 13 December 1969 at the Fillmore West | 3:15 |
| 10. | "Improv - Travel Bleary Capricorn" | 13 December 1969 at the Fillmore West | 2:23 |
| 11. | "Mars" (Gustav Holst, arr. Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald) | 13 December 1969 at the Fillmore West | 8:53 |
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| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield) | 7:13 |
| 2. | "Drop In" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald) | 5:14 |
| 3. | "A Man, a City" | 11:19 |
| 4. | "Epitaph" | 7:31 |
| 5. | "21st Century Schizoid Man" | 7:37 |
| 6. | "Mars" (Holst) | 9:42 |
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More information No., Title ...
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "21st Century Schizoid Man" | 7:14 |
| 2. | "Get Thy Bearings" (Donovan, arr. Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald) | 10:32 |
| 3. | "The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield) | 6:43 |
| 4. | "Mantra" | 8:46 |
| 5. | "Travel Weary Capricorn" | 3:57 |
| 6. | "Improv" (including "By the Sleeping Lagoon" (Eric Coates)) | 8:54 |
| 7. | "Mars" (Holst) | 7:23 |
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More information No., Title ...
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "21st Century Schizoid Man" | 7:57 |
| 2. | "Drop In" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald) | 6:20 |
| 3. | "Epitaph" | 7:22 |
| 4. | "Get Thy Bearings" (Donovan, arr. Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald) | 18:10 |
| 5. | "Mantra" | 5:29 |
| 6. | "Travel Weary Capricorn" | 4:54 |
| 7. | "Improv" | 4:34 |
| 8. | "Mars" (Holst, arr. by Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald) | 5:37 |
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- Robert Fripp – guitar
- Greg Lake – bass guitar, vocals
- Ian McDonald – woodwinds, keyboards, mellotron, backing vocals
- Michael Giles – drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Travel Weary Capricorn"
- Planer, Lindsay. "Epitaph, Vols. 1–2 – King Crimson | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- "Rolling Stone". Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.