Disc 1: 1969-1971

1. "21st Century Schizoid Man
   21st Century Schizoid Man
   "21st Century Schizoid Man" is a song by progressive rock band King Crimson from their debut album In the Court of the Crimson King.-Personnel:* Greg Lake – Vocals, bass guitar* Ian McDonald – saxophone* Robert Fripp – guitars* Michael Giles – drums...
   
   " (Robert Fripp
   Robert Fripp
   Robert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...
   
   , Michael Giles
   Michael Giles
   Michael Giles is an English drummer, best known as a co-founder of King Crimson in 1969...
   
   , Greg Lake
   Greg Lake
   Gregory Stuart "Greg" Lake is an English musician, songwriter and producer, best known as a vocalist and bassist of King Crimson, and the bassist, guitarist, vocalist, and lyricist of Emerson, Lake & Palmer.-1960s: King Crimson:...
   
   , Ian McDonald
   Ian McDonald (musician)
   Ian McDonald is an English multi-instrumental musician, best known as a founding member of progressive rock group King Crimson, formed in 1969, and of the hard rock band Foreigner in 1976. He is well-known as a rock session musician, predominantly as a saxophonist...
   
   , Peter Sinfield
   Peter Sinfield
   Peter John Sinfield is an English poet, lyricist and artist, most famously known as the lyricist and co-founding member of early incarnations of King Crimson, whose debut album In the Court of the Crimson King has been regarded as one of the most influential progressive rock albums ever...
   
   ) - 7:20
2. "I Talk to the Wind
   I Talk to the Wind
   "I Talk to the Wind" is the second track from the British progressive rock band King Crimson's debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King....
   
   " (McDonald, Sinfield) - 6:05
3. "Epitaph
   Epitaph (song)
   "Epitaph" is the third track from the British progressive rock band King Crimson's debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King....
   
   " (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 8:44
4. "Moonchild
   Moonchild (King Crimson song)
   "Moonchild" is the fourth track from the British progressive rock band King Crimson's debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King.The first section, "The Dream", is a mellotron-driven ballad, but after two and a half minutes it changes to a completely free-form instrumental improvisation by the...
   
   " (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 2:26

   Abridged version

5. "The Court of the Crimson King
   The Court of the Crimson King
   "The Court of the Crimson King" is the fifth and final track from the British progressive rock band King Crimson's debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King. It was also released as a single. It reached #80 on the US charts, and is the band's only charting single in the United...
   
   " (McDonald, Sinfield) - 9:25
6. "Peace: A Theme" (Fripp) - 1:16
7. "Cat Food" (Fripp, McDonald, Sinfield) - 2:45

   This version from the single Cat Food/Groon

   Cat Food/Groon

   Cat Food/Groon is a single by the band King Crimson, released in 1970.*Track 1, "Cat Food", is from the album In the Wake of Poseidon ....

   
   (1970)

8. "Groon" (Fripp) - 3:31

   From the single Cat Food/Groon

   Cat Food/Groon

   Cat Food/Groon is a single by the band King Crimson, released in 1970.*Track 1, "Cat Food", is from the album In the Wake of Poseidon ....

   
   (1970)

   Previously featured on the compilation (2LP set) A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson

   A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson

   A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson is a compilation by the band King Crimson, released in 1976. Its name is most likely derived either from the famous orchestral work The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra from composer Benjamin Britten or the 1960s television series Young Person's Guide to...

   
   (1976)

9. "Cadence and Cascade" (Fripp, Sinfield) - 4:10

   This version replaces Gordon Haskell

   Gordon Haskell

   Gordon Haskell is a Pop, Rock & Blues music vocalist, songwriter, and bassist. He first gained recognition as a member of the British band Les Fleur de Lys. He sang on one of the songs of King Crimson's second album, then played bass and sang on their third album...

   
   's original vocals with vocals performed by Adrian Belew

   Adrian Belew

   Adrian Belew is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer...

   
    July 1991

10. "Sailor's Tale" (Fripp) - 7:27

    Abridged version - The CD case lists this as abridged. But it is six seconds longer than the version on Islands, and seems to be missing nothing.

11. "Ladies of the Road" (Fripp, Sinfield) - 5:31
12. "Bolero" (Fripp, Sinfield) - 6:45

    This version replaces Gordon Haskell's original bass guitar

    Bass guitar

    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    
     with bass guitar performed by Tony Levin

    Tony Levin

    Tony Levin is an American progressive rock musician, specializing in bass guitar, Chapman stick and upright bass ....

    
     June 1991

Tracks 1-5 from In the Court of the Crimson King

In the Court of the Crimson King

In the Court of the Crimson King is the 1969 debut album by the British progressive rock group King Crimson. The album reached No. 5 on the British charts, and is certified gold in the United States....

(1969)

Tracks 6-9 from In the Wake of Poseidon

In the Wake of Poseidon

In the Wake of Poseidon is the second album by the progressive rock group King Crimson. By the time this album was released, the band had already undergone their first change in line-up, however they still maintained much of the style of their first album, In the Court of the Crimson King.Greg Lake...

(1970)

Tracks 10-11 from Islands

Islands (King Crimson album)

Islands is the fourth album by the British band King Crimson, released in 1971.The last King Crimson studio album before the group's trilogy of Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black and Red, it is also the last to feature the lyrics of Peter Sinfield and the last to feature the band's...

(1971)

Track 12 from Lizard

Lizard (album)

Lizard is the third album by the British band King Crimson, released in 1970. It was the second recorded by a transitional line-up of the group that never had the opportunity to perform live, following In the Wake of Poseidon...

(1970)

Disc 2: 1972-1974

1. "Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part I)
   Larks' Tongues in Aspic (song)
   "Larks' Tongues in Aspic" is a multi-part epic progressive rock song by King Crimson released over the course of three albums and 27 years, Larks' Tongues in Aspic in 1973, Three of a Perfect Pair in 1984, and The ConstruKction of Light in 2000...
   
   " (Bill Bruford
   Bill Bruford
   William Scott "Bill" Bruford is an English drummer, percussionist, composer, producer, and record label owner. He was the original drummer for the progressive rock group Yes, from 1968-1972. Bruford has performed for numerous popular acts since the early 1970s, including a stint as touring...
   
   , David Cross
   David Cross (musician)
   David Cross is an electric violinist born in Turnchapel near Plymouth, England, best known for playing with progressive rock band King Crimson during the 1970s...
   
   , Fripp, Jamie Muir
   Jamie Muir
   Jamie Muir is a UK painter and former percussionist, best known for his work in King Crimson.-Biography:Muir attended Edinburgh College of Art during the 1960s and began playing jazz on trombone before settling on percussion....
   
   , John Wetton
   John Wetton
   John Kenneth Wetton is an English bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, singer and songwriter. He was born in Willington, Derbyshire, and grew up in Bournemouth. He has been a professional musician since the late 1960s...
   
   ) - 10:53

   Abridged version

2. "Book of Saturday" (Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton) - 2:53
3. "Easy Money" (Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton) - 7:55
4. "Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)
   Larks' Tongues in Aspic (song)
   "Larks' Tongues in Aspic" is a multi-part epic progressive rock song by King Crimson released over the course of three albums and 27 years, Larks' Tongues in Aspic in 1973, Three of a Perfect Pair in 1984, and The ConstruKction of Light in 2000...
   
   " (Fripp) - 7:09
5. "The Night Watch" (Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton) - 4:40
6. "The Great Deceiver" (Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton) - 4:03
7. "Fracture" (Fripp) - 6:57

   Abridged version

8. "Starless
   Starless
   "Starless" is a piece by British progressive rock band King Crimson. It was featured on the Red album in 1974.The lyrics and melody for "Starless" were written by John Wetton. He originally intended the song to be the title track of the group's previous album Starless and Bible Black...
   
   " (Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton) - 4:38

   Abridged version

9. "Red" (Fripp) - 6:17
10. "Fallen Angel" (Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton) - 5:59
11. "One More Red Nightmare
    One More Red Nightmare
    "One More Red Nightmare" is a song by progressive rock band King Crimson, the third track on their 1974 album Red. It is probably the only '70s King Crimson song with lyrics to have been written solely by instrument-playing band members...
    
    " (Fripp, Wetton) - 7:09

Tracks 1-4 from the album Larks' Tongues in Aspic

Larks' Tongues in Aspic

Larks' Tongues in Aspic is the fifth studio album by the English progressive rock group King Crimson, originally released in 1973. This album is the debut of King Crimson's third incarnation - arguably their most forward-thinking thinking version yet, featuring original member and guitarist Robert...

(1973)

Tracks 5-7 from the album Starless and Bible Black

Starless and Bible Black

Starless and Bible Black is an album released by the British progressive rock band King Crimson in 1974. Most of the vocal pieces on the album are satires and commentaries on the sleaziness and materialism of society...

(1974)

Tracks 8-11 from the album Red

Red (King Crimson album)

Red is a 1974 album by progressive rock group King Crimson.It was their last studio recording of the 1970s and the last before the lead member Robert Fripp temporarily disbanded the group....

(1974)

Disc 3: 1981-1984

1. "Elephant Talk" - 4:42
2. "Frame by Frame
   Frame by Frame
   Frame by Frame is a song performed by the progressive rock band King Crimson. The song appears on the 1981 album Discipline as the second track. It is 5:09 in length. The time signature in the chorus is 7/4 and the guitar/drum rhythms can also be considered polyrhythmic to each other. At 4:21 Belew...
   
   " - 5:08
3. "Matte Kudasai
   Matte Kudasai
   Matte Kudasai is a single by the progressive rock band King Crimson, released in 1981. Its tracks are from the album Discipline ....
   
   " - 3:48
4. "Thela Hun Ginjeet
   Thela Hun Ginjeet
   Thela Hun Ginjeet is a single by the band King Crimson, released in 1981. Its tracks are from the album Discipline . The song name is an anagram of "heat in the jungle", which is a reference to crime in the city...
   
   " - 6:26
5. "Heartbeat" - 3:54
6. "Waiting Man" - 4:22
7. "Neurotica" - 4:48
8. "Requiem" - 6:36
9. "Three of a Perfect Pair" - 4:11
10. "Sleepless" - 5:22
11. "Discipline
    Discipline (King Crimson song)
    "Discipline" is a 1981 instrumental song by the progressive rock band King Crimson. It is the title track on Discipline, their return album after a seven year hiatus. The song is 5:13 in length and serves as the album's conclusion. it has a faster tempo and more of a new wave pre-techno sound...
    
    " -5:05
12. "The Sheltering Sky
    The Sheltering Sky
    The Sheltering Sky is a 1949 novel by Paul Bowles. The story centers on Port and Kit Moresby, a married couple originally from New York who travel to the North African desert accompanied by their friend Tunner...
    
    " - 8:16
13. "The King Crimson Barber Shop" (Levin) - 1:31

    Also featured on the compilation Heartbeat: The Abbreviated King Crimson

    Heartbeat: The Abbreviated King Crimson

    Heartbeat: The Abbreviated King Crimson is a compilation by the band King Crimson, originally intended for radio stations as a promo vehicle to accompany "The Essential King Crimson: Frame By Frame" 4 CD boxed set. It was released in 1991...

    
    (1991)

    Subsequently featured on the reissued version of the album Three of a Perfect Pair

    Three of a Perfect Pair

    Three of a Perfect Pair is an album by the band King Crimson, released in 1984. The album is the culmination of the band's 80s period and is a balance between the experimental sounds of the "Red" album, Discipline, and the accessibility of the "Blue" album, Beat. Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew took...

    
    (1984)

Tracks 1-4, 11-12 from the album Discipline (1981)

Tracks 5-8 from the album Beat

Beat (King Crimson album)

Beat is an album by the British rock band King Crimson, released in 1982.Of King Crimson's thirteen studio albums, this is the only album that does not have a title track, although its title is included in the name of the song "Heartbeat"....

(1982)

Tracks 9-10 from the album Three of a Perfect Pair

Three of a Perfect Pair

Three of a Perfect Pair is an album by the band King Crimson, released in 1984. The album is the culmination of the band's 80s period and is a balance between the experimental sounds of the "Red" album, Discipline, and the accessibility of the "Blue" album, Beat. Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew took...

(1984)

Disc 4: Live 1969-1984

1. "Get Thy Bearings" (Donovan Leitch
   Donovan
   Donovan Donovan Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch (born 10 May 1946) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. Emerging from the British folk scene, he developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music...
   
   ) - 9:21

   Recorded at Plumpton Racetrack (at the Ninth National Jazz and Blues Festival), Streat

   Streat

   Streat is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is located five miles south east of Burgess Hill and eight miles west of Lewes, on the northern slopes of the South Downs....

   
   , UK

   United Kingdom

   The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

   
   , August 9, 1969

   Subsequently featured on the live album (4CD set) Epitaph

2. "Travel Weary Capricorn" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 4:23

   Recorded at Plumpton Racetrack (at the Ninth National Jazz and Blues Festival), Streat

   Streat

   Streat is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is located five miles south east of Burgess Hill and eight miles west of Lewes, on the northern slopes of the South Downs....

   
   , UK

   United Kingdom

   The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

   
   , August 9, 1969

   Subsequently featured on the live album (4CD set) Epitaph

3. "Mars: The Bringer of War" (Gustav Holst
   Gustav Holst
   Gustav Theodore Holst was an English composer. He is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets....
   
   ) - 8:09

   Recorded at Plumpton Racetrack (at the Ninth National Jazz and Blues Festival), Streat

   Streat

   Streat is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is located five miles south east of Burgess Hill and eight miles west of Lewes, on the northern slopes of the South Downs....

   
   , UK

   United Kingdom

   The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

   
   , August 9, 1969

   Subsequently featured on the live album (4CD set) Epitaph

4. "The Talking Drum" (Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Muir, Wetton) - 8:30

   Recorded at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

   Amsterdam

   Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

   
   , Netherlands

   Netherlands

   The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

   
   , November 23, 1973

   Subsequently featured on the live album (2CD set) The Night Watch

   The Night Watch (album)

   The Night Watch is a live album by the English rock band King Crimson, released in 1997.This album contains an important performance in King Crimson's career, being the source of the improvisations "Trio" and "Starless and Bible Black", the Fripp instrumental "Fracture" and the intro to the song...

   
   

5. "21st Century Schizoid Man" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 9:15

   Recorded at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

   Amsterdam

   Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

   
   , Netherlands

   Netherlands

   The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

   
   , November 23, 1973

   Subsequently featured on the live album (2CD set) The Night Watch

   The Night Watch (album)

   The Night Watch is a live album by the English rock band King Crimson, released in 1997.This album contains an important performance in King Crimson's career, being the source of the improvisations "Trio" and "Starless and Bible Black", the Fripp instrumental "Fracture" and the intro to the song...

   
   

6. "Asbury Park" (Bill Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Wetton) - 6:52

   Recorded at the Casino, Asbury Park

   Asbury Park, New Jersey

   Asbury Park is a city in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, located on the Jersey Shore and part of the New York City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 16,116. The city is known for its rich musical history, including its association with...

   
   , June 28, 1974

   Previously featured on the live album USA

   USA (album)

   USA is a live album by the English band King Crimson, released in 1975.*Tracks 1-6 and 8-9 recorded at the Casino, Asbury Park, June 28, 1974*Track 7 recorded at the Palace Theatre, Providence, USA, June 30, 1974...

   
   

7. "Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part III)
   Larks' Tongues in Aspic (song)
   "Larks' Tongues in Aspic" is a multi-part epic progressive rock song by King Crimson released over the course of three albums and 27 years, Larks' Tongues in Aspic in 1973, Three of a Perfect Pair in 1984, and The ConstruKction of Light in 2000...
   
   " (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) - 2:35

   Recorded at Le Spectrum, Montreal, Canada

   Canada

   Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

   
   , July 11, 1984

   Excerpt version. Full version subsequently featured on the live album (2CD set) Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal

   Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal

   Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal is a live album by the band King Crimson, recorded July 11, 1984 and released in 1998. This was taken from the final night of their 1984 tour and would subsequently be King Crimson's last performance until the THRAK warm-up shows in Argentina ten years later.-Track...

   
   (1998)

8. "Sartori in Tangier" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) - 4:08

   Recorded at Le Spectrum, Montreal, Canada

   Canada

   Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

   
   , July 11, 1984

   Subsequently featured on the live album (2CD set) Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal

   Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal

   Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal is a live album by the band King Crimson, recorded July 11, 1984 and released in 1998. This was taken from the final night of their 1984 tour and would subsequently be King Crimson's last performance until the THRAK warm-up shows in Argentina ten years later.-Track...

   
   (1998)

9. "Indiscipline
   Indiscipline
   "Indiscipline" is a song by King Crimson, from the 1981 album Discipline. The song has become a fan favorite over the years and was often played live. On the Beat tour, for example, it closed all of the shows and began with a Bill Bruford drum solo...
   
   " (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) - 5:26

   Recorded at the Arena, Frejus

   Fréjus

   Fréjus is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.It neighbours Saint-Raphaël, effectively forming one town...

   
   , France

   France

   The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

   
   , August 27, 1982

   Subsequently featured on the live album (King Crimson Collectors' Club release) Live at Cap D'Agde

   Live at Cap D'Agde

   Live at Cap D'Agde is a live album by the band King Crimson, released through the King Crimson Collectors' Club in April 1999.*Tracks 1-6 recorded at the Arena, Cap D'Agde, France, August 26, 1982....

   
   (April 1999)