Larks‘ Tongues In Aspic, from 1973, is widely regarded as one of the truly great King Crimson albums.
With its raw tone, inspired improvisations and hard hitting odd-metered rhythms, the album marked a radical departure for this most forward thinking of groups and was the first to include Bill Bruford and John Wetton as band members.
This new 40th anniversary box set is the ultimate edition of the classic album.
* Mixed for 5.1 Surround Sound from the original studio masters by Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) & fully approved by Crimson founder Robert Fripp.
* CDs 1 – 9 feature 8 CDs of live material from audio restored bootlegs + a CD of live performance in a film studio.
* CDs 9 – 13 also feature 4 CDs of studio including a new stereo album mix, an album’s worth of alt takes/mixes, the original 30th anniversary master + audio extras & an audio documentary CD drawn from the original session multi-tracks featuring the first take of every piece on the album.
* The DVD-A contains a 5.1 DTS Mix and High Resolution Stereo mixes (24bit/48khz).
DVD-A players and some Blu-Ray players can additionally access a 5.1 Advanced Resolution (Lossless audio) mix.
The DVD-A features the original album mix, the new album mix, an album’s worth of alternate mixes by Steven Wilson (in High Resolution stereo) and over 30 minutes of rare, previously unseen footage of the band – something of a holy grail for King Crimson fans & collectors.
* The Blu-Ray features full DVD-A content + many additional audio features in full lossless 24/96.
* Limited to initial orders with a once only maximum pressing run of 7,000 units worldwide
* 12″ box with booklet (with copious sleeve notes and rare images), memorabilia, album print and concert download.
TrackList:
CD 1:
1. Larks‘ Tongues in Aspic, Part One
2. Book of Saturday
3. Exiles
4. Easy Money
5. The Talking Drum
6. Larks‘ Tongues in Aspic, Part Two + 3 extra tracks
DVD-A:
5.1, original stereo and new stereo mixes of the Larks‘ Tongues In Aspic album, plus alt. mixes of album tracks.
Video feature:
1. Improv: The Rich Tapestry of Life 2. Exiles 3. Larks‘ Tongues In Aspic, Part One
Blu-Ray:
5.1, original stereo and new stereo mixes of the Larks‘ Tongues In Aspic album, plus alt. mixes of album tracks.
Video feature:
1. Improv: The Rich Tapestry of Life 2. Exiles 3. Larks‘ Tongues In Aspic, Part One
Additional audio features in full lossless 24/96.
Plus…..
8 CDs of live material from the German & UK Autumn 1972 tour,
1CD live in the studio, 3 more CDs based around the album recording.
CD 1 & 2: October 13th 1972 Live at the Zoom Club, Frankfurt (audio restored bootleg) Previously only available as KCCC20
CD 3: October 17th 1972 Live in the studio, Bremen (mono) Previously only available as KCCC3
CD 4 & 5: November 10th 1972 Live at the Technical College, Hull (audio restored bootleg) Previously only available as a download from DGMLive
CD 6: November 13th 1972 Live at the Civic Hall, Guildford (audio restored soundboard) Previously only available as KCCC24
CD 7: November 25th 1972 Live at New Theatre, Oxford (audio restored bootleg) Previously only available as a download from DGMLive
CD 8: December 1st 1972 Live at Green’s Playhouse, Glasgow, (audio restored bootleg) Previously unreleased
CD 9: December 15th 1972 Live at the Guildhall, Portsmouth (audio restored bootleg) Previously unreleased
CD 10: January 1973: “Keep That One, Nick” – The Larks’ Tongues In Aspic Recording Session Reels: Taking the form of an audio documentary & placing the listener in Command studios in early 1973 as the quintet maps out the material destined for the album produced by David Singleton. Featuring first takes of every piece recorded for the album interspersed with studio talk between band members & engineer
CD 11: January/February 1973: The original album mix 30th Anniversary Edition, The US Promo EP (transferred from vinyl) and the US radio advert
CD 12: January/February 1973: Alt Mixes: Steven Wilson’s alternative Larks’ Tongues In Aspic plus David Singleton’s Session Reel Essentials
CD 13: January/February 1973: Larks’ Tongues In Aspic, new stereo mix, mixed by Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp
Disc 14: DVD-A: Complete album in 5.1 MLP Lossless & DTS Surround Sound album mix.
38 minutes film performance of the band never previously been released or screened, Original album 30th anniversary mix, 2012 alternate takes & mixes in 24/48 hi-res stereo, 2012 stereo mix in 24/48 & 24/96 hi-res stereo
Disc 15: Blu-Ray: Content as per DVD-A with all stereo gtracks in 24/96 hi-res plus hi-res stereo of “Keep That One Nick”, hi-res mono tracks “Live in the studio”, 24/96 transfer of original vinyl pressing, film footage of band performing “Larks’ Tongues In Aspic Part I” as originally broadcast on Beat Club TV programme
Quelle: SPIN Records
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