Epitaph (King Crimson album)

Epitaph
Live album by King Crimson
Released	1997 (1997)
Recorded	1969; actual dates vary with each disc
Genre	Progressive rock
Label	Discipline Global Mobile
King Crimson chronology
Thrakattak (1996) Epitaph (1997) The Night Watch (1997)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Epitaph is a live 4-CD set of concert performances and radio sessions from 1969 by the band King Crimson, released in 1997. Volumes 1 and 2 (Discs 1 and 2) were available in retail shops, and the set included a flyer with instructions on how to obtain Volumes 3 and 4 (Discs 3 and 4) via mail-order. In 2006, volumes 3 and 4 were released independently as a 2-disc set via DGM.

Track listing

All tracks written by Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald and Peter Sinfield, unless otherwise indicated.

Disc one (72:53)

Tracks 1-2 recorded 6 May 1969 at Maida Vale Studios, London, England, United Kingdom for BBC Radio
Tracks 3-4 recorded 19 August 1969 at Maida Vale Studios, London, England, UK for BBC Radio [Track 4 includes the introduction to track 5 at the end]
Tracks 5-7 recorded 21 November 1969 at the Fillmore East, New York City, New York, United States
Tracks 8-11 recorded 14 December 1969 at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, United States

1. "21st Century Schizoid Man" – 7:06
2. "The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield) – 6:27
3. "Get Thy Bearings" (Donovan Leitch, arr. by Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald) – 5:59
4. "Epitaph" – 7:08
5. "A Man, a City" – 11:41
6. "Epitaph" – 7:42
7. "21st Century Schizoid Man" – 7:16
8. "Mantra" – 3:47
9. "Travel Weary Capricorn" – 3:15
10. "Improv - Travel Bleary Capricorn" – 2:23
11. "Mars" (Gustav Holst, arr. Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald) – 8:53

Disc two (50:29)

Recorded 15 December 1969 at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, United States

1. "The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield) – 7:13
2. "Drop In" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald) – 5:14
3. "A Man, a City" – 11:19
4. "Epitaph" – 7:31
5. "21st Century Schizoid Man" – 7:37
6. "Mars" (Holst) – 9:42

Disc three (55:27)

Recorded 9 August 1969 at Plumpton Racetrack (at the Ninth National Jazz and Blues Festival), Streat, East Sussex, England

1. "21st Century Schizoid Man" – 7:14
2. "Get Thy Bearings" (Leitch, arr. Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald) – 10:32
3. "The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield) – 6:43
4. "Mantra" – 8:46
5. "Travel Weary Capricorn" – 3:57
6. "Improv" – 8:54

   including "By the Sleeping Lagoon" (Eric Coates)

7. "Mars" (Holst) – 7:23

Disc four (62:47)

Recorded 7 September 1969 at the Chesterfield Jazz Club, Chesterfield, United Kingdom

1. "21st Century Schizoid Man" – 7:57
2. "Drop In" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald) – 6:20
3. "Epitaph" – 7:22
4. "Get Thy Bearings" (Leitch, arr. Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald) – 18:10
5. "Mantra" – 5:29
6. "Travel Weary Capricorn" – 4:54
7. "Improv" – 4:34
8. "Mars" (Holst, arr. by Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald) – 5:37

Personnel

• Robert Fripp - guitar
• Greg Lake - bass guitar, vocals
• Ian McDonald - woodwinds, keyboards, mellotron
• Michael Giles - drums, percussion

References