CD (1990s European repress EMI Swindon / STEMRA)

Islands

Album by King Crimson

Released 3 December 1971

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Tracklist

1
Formentera Lady
10:16
3.5 ★
2
Sailor’s Tale
7:34
4.0 ★
3
The Letters
4:32
2.0 ★
4
Ladies of the Road
5:35
3.0 ★
5
Prelude: Song of the Gulls
4:15
4.0 ★
6
Islands
11:54
3.0 ★

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Release credits

Andy Hendriksen
engineer, recording, sound
Boz Burrell
bass guitar, lead vocals [1, 3-4, 6]
Harry Miller
double bass [1, 6]
Ian Wallace
background vocals [1, 3-4, 6], drums (drum set) [4], membranophone, percussion, vocal [4]
Keith Tippett
piano
King Crimson
arranger, producer
Marc Charig
cornet
Mel Collins
background vocals [1, 3-4, 6], bass flute [6], flute [1-5], saxophone, vocal [4]
Paulina Lucas
soprano vocals [1]
Robert Fripp
guitar, harmonium [6], mellotron, mix [2, 6], producer [2, 6]
Steven Wilson
mix [2, 6], producer [2, 6]
Wilfred Gibson
violin [1, 5]
[unknown]
strings [5-6]

Issues

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(Combined release view)
I
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 (Elemental mixes)
Digital Media
25 September 2026
I
Islands
Blu-ray, CD
October 2026
I
Islands
12" Vinyl
I
Islands
CD (1990s European repress EMI Swindon / STEMRA)