Islands

Islands

CD (reissue)

Islands

Album by King Crimson

Released 3 December 1971

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Tracklist

1
Formentera Lady
5:21
2
Sailor’s Tale
12:29
3
The Letters
4:33
2.0 ★
4
Ladies of the Road
5:35
3.0 ★
5
Prelude: Song of the Gulls
4:14
4.0 ★
6
Islands
11:55
3.0 ★

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Discipline 1981

Beat

Larks’ Tongues in Aspic

Larks’ Tongues in Aspic

Larks’ Tongues in Aspic 1973

Earthbound

Earthbound 1972

Release credits

Andy Hendriksen
engineer [3-6], recording [3-6], sound [3-6]
Boz Burrell
bass guitar [3-6], lead vocals [3-4, 6]
Harry Miller
double bass [6]
Ian Wallace
background vocals [3-4, 6], drums (drum set) [4], membranophone [3-6], percussion [3-6], vocal [4]
Keith Tippett
piano [3-6]
King Crimson
arranger [3-6], producer [3-6]
Marc Charig
cornet [3-6]
Mel Collins
background vocals [3-4, 6], bass flute [6], flute [3-5], saxophone [3-6], vocal [4]
Robert Fripp
guitar [3-6], harmonium [6], mellotron [3-6], mix [6], producer [6]
Steven Wilson
mix [6], producer [6]
Wilfred Gibson
violin [5]
[unknown]
strings [5-6]

Issues

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(Combined release view)
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Islands
12" Vinyl
3 December 1971
I
Islands
12" Vinyl
1972
I
Islands
12" Vinyl
1979
I
Islands
CD
1987
I
Islands
CD
1987
I
Islands
CD
21 June 1988
I
Islands
CD
1989
I
Islands
CD (reissue)
1989
I
Islands
CD (30th anniversary edition)
1 March 2000
I
Islands
HDCD (30th anniversary edition)
May 2000
I
Islands
HDCD (30th anniversary edition; EMI Uden)
2000
I
Islands
HDCD (30th anniversary edition)
2000
I
Islands
HDCD (30th anniversary edition)
2004
I
Islands
HDCD
2004
I
Islands
CD, DVD-Audio (40th anniversary series)
4 October 2010
I
Islands
CD, 9x DVD-Audio
3 November 2010
I
Islands
12" Vinyl
2014
I
Islands
Digital Media
14 April 2015
I
Islands
12" Vinyl
I
Islands
CD (1990s European repress EMI Swindon / STEMRA)