Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson

Compilation by King Crimson

Released 1991

rock art rock avant-garde

Tracklist

CD 1: 1969–71
1
21st Century Schizoid Man
7:20
4.2 ★
2
I Talk to the Wind
6:05
3.8 ★
3
Epitaph
8:43
4.1 ★
4
Moonchild
2:27
5
In the Court of the Crimson King
9:26
4.6 ★
6
Peace – A Theme
1:15
3.5 ★
7
Cat Food
2:45
8
Groon
3:32
9
Cadence and Cascade (remix)
4:10
10
The Sailor’s Tale (abridged)
7:26
11
Ladies of the Road
5:37
3.0 ★
12
Bolero (remix)
8:52
CD 2: 1972–4
1
Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Part One (abridged)
10:47
2
Book of Saturday
2:55
3
Easy Money
8:01
4
Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Part Two
7:11
5
The Night Watch
4:41
6
The Great Deceiver
4:02
4.0 ★
7
Fracture (abridged)
7:05
8
Starless (abridged)
4:36
9
Red
6:16
4.6 ★
10
Fallen Angel
6:04
5.0 ★
11
One More Red Nightmare
7:09
5.0 ★
CD 3: 1981–4
1
Elephant Talk
4:43
4.0 ★
2
Frame by Frame
5:08
3.6 ★
3
Matte Kudesai
3:46
3.4 ★
4
Thela Hun Gingeet
6:26
3.8 ★
5
Heartbeat
3:54
4.0 ★
6
Waiting Man
4:22
3.5 ★
7
Neurotica
4:44
8
Requiem
6:32
9
Three of a Perfect Pair
4:11
5.0 ★
10
Sleepless
5:23
11
Discipline
5:02
3.6 ★
12
The Sheltering Sky
8:30
13
The King Crimson Barber Shop
1:31
CD 4: Live 1969-84
1
Get Thy Bearings
9:33
2
Travel Weary Capricorn
4:30
3
Mars
8:42
4
The Talking Drum
8:29
5
21st Century Schizoid Man
9:20
6
Asbury Park
6:50
7
Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Part Three (excerpt)
2:42
8
Sartori in Tangiers
4:13
9
Indiscipline
7:02

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Release credits

Adrian Belew
additional [6], drums (drum set) [6], guitar [1-6, 9, 11], lead vocals [1-6, 9], remixer [9], spoken vocals [4]
Andy Hendriksen
engineer [2.2, 1.10-11], recording [11], sound [11]
Bill Bruford
drums (drum set) [3.1-3, 3.3-6, 3.9, 3.11, 2.6, 2.9-11], electronic drum set [1-5, 9, 11], percussion [3.3, 3.9, 2.8-11], slit drum [11]
Boz Burrell
bass guitar [11], lead vocals [11]
Brad Davis
engineer [9-10, 13]
David Cross
keyboard [6], viola [6], violin [2, 6]
David Singleton
engineer, audio [1-3], engineer [12], mix [4.4-5, 4.8-9, 3.13], remixer [6]
George Chkiantz
engineer [5-11], recording [9-11]
Greg Lake
bass guitar [1-5], lead vocals [1-3, 5, 7], vocal [4, 7]
Ian McDonald
background vocals [1-3, 5], keyboard [1-3, 5], mellotron [1-5], percussion [4], reeds [1-3, 5], vibraphone [1-3, 5], woodwind [1-3, 5]
Ian Wallace
background vocals [11], drums (drum set) [11], membranophone [11], percussion [11], vocal [11]
John Wetton
bass [6], bass guitar [2, 8-11], vocal [2, 6, 8-11]
Keith Tippett
piano [7, 11]
King Crimson
arranger [1.11, 2.9-11], producer [3.1-4, 3.9-12, 1.1-5, 1.7, 1.10-11, 2.1-11]
Marc Charig
cello [9], cornet [2.10, 1.11]
Mel Collins
background vocals [11], flute [11], saxophone [11], soprano saxophone [8], vocal [11]
Michael Giles
background vocals [1-3, 5], drums (drum set) [1-5, 7], percussion [1-5]
Nick James
assistant [9]
Nick Ryan
engineer [1-4]
Nigel Mills
assistant [1-4, 11]
Peter Giles
bass guitar [7]
Peter Hefter
assistant [9]
Peter Sinfield
producer [6-9, 12]
Ray Niznik
assistant [9]
Rhett Davies
engineer [1-8, 11-12], producer [1-12]
Robert Fripp
re, re, acoustic guitar [6], audio [1-3], effects [5-6], guitar [1.1-5, 1.7, 1.11, 2.2, 2.6, 2.8-11, 3.1-6, 3.9, 3.11], guitar synthesizer [1-4, 11], keyboard [8], mellotron [1.11, 2.6, 2.9-11], mix [3.13, 4.4-5, 4.8-9, 1.2], organ [6], producer [2, 6-9, 12], remixer [6]
Robin Miller
oboe [10]
Robin Thompson
engineer [1-7, 12]
Rod Thear
assistant [9-11], recording [9-11]
Steven Wilson
mix [2], producer [2]
Tony Arnold
re, re, audio [1-3], engineer [12], mix [4.4-5, 4.8-9, 3.13], remixer [6]
Tony Levin
Chapman stick [1-3, 5-6, 9, 11], background vocals [2-6], bass [6], bass guitar [3, 3-5, 9], remixer [12], vocal [9]
Tony Page
assistant [1-3, 5-7], engineer [6]

Issues

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Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson
4x CD
1991