A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson

A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson
A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson
Compilation album by King Crimson
Released	February 1976
Recorded	1969–1974
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	74:12
Label	Island (UK); Atlantic Records (Canada); Polydor Records (UK); E.G. Records; Virgin Records; Discipline Global Mobile
Producer	King Crimson
King Crimson chronology
Singles from A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson
	"Epitaph"; Released: February 1976 (UK);

A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson is a 2-LP compilation album by the band King Crimson, released in 1976. At the time of release, the band had been disbanded. Guitarist Robert Fripp selected the tracks for inclusion.

Professional ratings
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AllMusic	^[2]

Its name is most likely derived either from the famous orchestral work The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra by composer Benjamin Britten or the 1960s television series Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, created by conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein.

The gatefold sleeve featured artwork by Scottish artist Fergus Hall, with the front cover being The Landscape Player and the back cover being Earth. Included as part of the package was a booklet, replete with photographs, and detailing gig history and notable events; this was compiled by Robert Fripp from his own archive.

To date, its sole CD release has been in Japan, in 1990. This 2-CD set, which faithfully duplicated the vinyl running order, included a reproduction of the booklet, scaled-down. Playing times are approximately 40 minutes long for CD1 and 35 minutes for CD2.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Epitaph" (including "March for No Reason" and "Tomorrow and Tomorrow")	Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield	In the Court of the Crimson King	8:52
2.	"Cadence and Cascade" (Abridged version)	Fripp, Sinfield	In the Wake of Poseidon	3:36
3.	"Ladies of the Road"	Fripp, Sinfield	Islands	5:27
4.	"I Talk to the Wind"	McDonald, Sinfield	Early version^{[nb 1]}	3:15

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Red"	Fripp	Red	6:18
2.	"Starless"	Bill Bruford, David Cross, Fripp, Richard Palmer-James, John Wetton	Red	12:17

Side three

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"The Night Watch"	Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton	Starless and Bible Black	4:38
2.	"Book of Saturday"	Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton	Larks' Tongues in Aspic	2:52
3.	"Peace: A Theme"	Fripp	In the Wake of Poseidon	1:14
4.	"Cat Food" (Abridged version)	Fripp, McDonald, Sinfield	"Cat Food/Groon" single ^{[nb 2]}	2:43
5.	"Groon"	Fripp	"Cat Food/Groon" single	3:30
6.	"Coda from Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part I)"	Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Jamie Muir, Wetton	Larks' Tongues in Aspic	2:09

Side four

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Moonchild" (Abridged version)	Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield	In the Court of the Crimson King	2:24
2.	"Trio"	Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Wetton	Starless and Bible Black	5:36
3.	"The Court of the Crimson King" (including "The Return of the Fire Witch" and "The Dance of the Puppets")	McDonald, Sinfield	In the Court of the Crimson King	9:21

Notes

^ Recorded at 93A Brondesbury Road, London, England, UK, July 1968; it differs from the version released on In the Court of the Crimson King. The most notable difference is in the vocals, which are sung by Judy Dyble (Fairport Convention) rather than Greg Lake. This version is also available on The Brondesbury Tapes (1968) under the name of Giles, Giles and Fripp (VP235CD)
^ unedited version available on In the Wake of Poseidon

References

^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 460. ISBN 9780862415419.
^ Thompson, Dave. "A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 September 2024.

[3] Recorded at 93A Brondesbury Road, London, England, UK, July 1968; it differs from the version released on In the Court of the Crimson King. The most notable difference is in the vocals, which are sung by Judy Dyble (Fairport Convention) rather than Greg Lake. This version is also available on The Brondesbury Tapes (1968) under the name of Giles, Giles and Fripp (VP235CD)

[4] unedited version available on In the Wake of Poseidon

[1] Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 460. ISBN 9780862415419.

[2] Thompson, Dave. "A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 September 2024.

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