King Crimson
10 vinyl records found
King Crimson shaped progressive rock from 1968 onward, blending classical, jazz, folk, and experimental music into compositions of exceptional complexity. Robert Fripp's restless vision kept the band evolving across shifting line-ups and long hiatuses, making them essential listening for collectors tracking the genre's deepest reaches.
About King Crimson
King Crimson emerged from London in 1968 with Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald and Peter Sinfield. Their debut, In the Court of the Crimson King (1969), remains their most commercially successful work and set the template for everything that followed. The early 1970s output - In the Wake of Poseidon (1970), Lizard (1970), Islands (1971), Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973), Starless and Bible Black (1974), and Red (1974) - established them as architects of progressive rock's most demanding strain, influencing Yes and Genesis while drawing from free improvisation and modernist classical composition.
After disbanding in 1974, Fripp reformed King Crimson in 1981 with Bill Bruford, Adrian Belew and Tony Levin, incorporating African music and post-punk elements into Discipline (1981), Beat (1982) and Three of a Perfect Pair (1984). Subsequent decades brought further restructurings: the 1990s double trio recorded Vrooom (1994) and Thrak (1995); the 2000s double duo produced The Construkction of Light (2000) and The Power to Believe (2003). A final active phase ran from 2014 to 2021 as a septet with three drummers and vocalist Jakko Jakszyk, ending what Fripp described as the band's movement from sound to silence.
The Groove Hunter currently tracks 11 editions across King Crimson's catalog, including In The Court Of The Crimson King, In The Wake Of Poseidon, Red, Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Islands - Elemental Mixes, and Steven Wilson remasters like Wake Remixed By Steven Wilson & Robert Fripp Ltd 200gm from 2014, plus recent 200-gram pressings of live recordings.
