The Complete 1969 Recordings is the ninth major box set by rock band King Crimson. It features 26 discs worth of material spanning their first studio album, In the Court of the Crimson King.
The box set's new session material was remixed to stereo by David Singleton. It also features a new Dolby Atmos remix of the original album by Steven Wilson.
The box set includes 20 CDs worth of material with another 2 DVDs and 4 Blu-Ray Discs. The album also features a booklet of unseen photos from the recording sessions as well as memorabilia[1][2]
Reception
Writing for All About Jazz, John Kelmon loved the album especially highlighting the sound quality. He added in conclusion: "For those who wanted to understand just how remarkable King Crimson Mark I's many achievements were, and in such a short period of time, The Complete 1969 Recordings now comes as the absolutely best document."[3]
Track listing
CD 1 - Live At Hyde Park, July 5, 1969
No.
Title
Length
1.
"21st Century Schizoid Man"
6:37
2.
"The Court Of The Crimson King"
6:31
3.
"Get Thy Bearings"
8:59
4.
"Announcement (Incomplete)"
0:43
5.
"Epitaph"
4:20
6.
"Mantra"
3:12
7.
"Travel Weary Capricorn"
5:38
8.
"Mars"
3:34
9.
"Band Reunion Meeting"
14:52
CD 2 - Live At The Marquee, July 6, 1969
No.
Title
Length
1.
"21st Century Schizoid Man"
6:21
2.
"Drop In"
5:42
3.
"Announcement (Incomplete)"
0:43
4.
"I Talk To The Wind"
4:34
5.
"Epitaph (Incomplete)"
3:21
6.
"Travel Weary Capricorn"
11:07
7.
"Improv (Inc Nola And Etude No. 7)"
12:29
8.
"Mars"
8:22
CD 3 - Live At Plumpton Festival, August 9, 1969
No.
Title
Length
1.
"21st Century Schizoid Man"
7:36
2.
"Get Thy Bearings"
10:49
3.
"Announcement"
0:17
4.
"The Court Of The Crimson King"
7:02
5.
"Mantra"
8:49
6.
"Travel Weary Capricorn"
3:58
7.
"Improv (Including By The Sleeping Lagoon)"
8:53
8.
"Mars"
8:05
CD 4 - Live In Chesterfield, September 6, 1969
No.
Title
Length
1.
"21st Century Schizoid Man"
8:19
2.
"Drop In"
6:36
3.
"Announcement"
0:47
4.
"Epitaph"
8:13
5.
"Get Thy Bearings"
18:36
6.
"Announcement"
1:23
7.
"I Talk To The Wind"
5:11
CD 5 - Live In Chesterfield, September 6, 1969
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Announcement"
0:50
2.
"The Court Of The Crimson King"
7:09
3.
"Mantra"
5:56
4.
"Travel Weary Capricorn"
8:01
5.
"Improv"
8:40
6.
"Mars"
8:22
CD 6 - Live At The Fillmore East, November 21 & 22, 1969
No.
Title
Length
1.
"The Court Of The Crimson King (Incomplete)"
2:16
2.
"Announcement"
0:20
3.
"A Man, A City"
11:44
4.
"Announcement"
0:37
5.
"Epitaph"
7:43
6.
"Announcement"
0:21
7.
"21st Century Schizoid Man"
8:05
8.
"The Court Of The Crimson King (Incomplete)"
2:01
9.
"Announcement"
0:16
10.
"A Man, A City"
11:51
11.
"Announcement"
0:29
12.
"Epitaph"
7:40
13.
"Announcement"
0:52
14.
"21st Century Schizoid Man"
7:56
CD 7 - Live At The Fillmore West, December 13 & 14, 1969
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Mantra"
3:46
2.
"Travel Weary Capricorn"
3:17
3.
"Improv Travel Bleary Capricorn"
2:23
4.
"Mars"
8:57
5.
"The Court Of The Crimson King"
7:00
6.
"Announcement"
0:23
7.
"Drop In"
5:15
8.
"A Man, A City"
11:20
9.
"Announcement"
0:24
10.
"Epitaph"
7:31
11.
"Announcement"
0:50
12.
"21st Century Schizoid Man"
7:37
13.
"Announcement"
0:25
14.
"Mars"
9:44
CD 8 - In The Court Of The Crimson King, Original Master Edition, Expanded
No.
Title
Length
1.
"21st Century Schizoid Man"
7:22
2.
"I Talk To The Wind"
6:05
3.
"Epitaph"
8:48
4.
"Moonchild"
12:13
5.
"The Court Of The Crimson King"
9:28
6.
"21st Century Schizoid Man"
6:46
7.
"I Talk To The Wind"
4:15
8.
"Epitaph"
9:06
9.
"The Court of the Crimson King (Single A Side)"
3:23
10.
"The Court Of The Crimson King (Single B Side)"
4:30
CD 9 - In The Court Of The Crimson King, Alternate Album, Expanded
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Wind Session"
4:27
2.
"21st Century Schizoid Man (Morgan Studio Version With Overdubs)"
6:46
3.
"I Talk To The Wind (Alt 2019 Mix)"
6:35
4.
"I Talk To The Wind (Duo Version 2019 Mix)"
7:17
5.
"Epitaph (Isolated Vocal 2019 Mix)"
5:44
6.
"Epitaph (Alt Take 2019 Mix)"
9:30
7.
"Moonchild (Take One 2019 Mix)"
2:21
8.
"The Court Of The Crimson King (Take 3 2019 Mix)"
7:10
9.
"21st Century Schizoid Man (Trio Version 2019 Mix)"
7:05
CD 10 - In The Court Of The Crimson King 2009 Stereo Mix
No.
Title
Length
1.
"21st Century Schizoid Man"
7:23
2.
"I Talk To The Wind"
6:01
3.
"Epitaph"
8:52
4.
"Moonchild"
9:02
5.
"The Court Of The Crimson King"
9:31
6.
"Moonchild [Full Version]"
12:15
7.
"I Talk To The Wind [Duo Version]"
4:56
8.
"I Talk To The Wind [Alternate Mix]"
6:37
9.
"Epitaph [Backing Track]"
9:05
10.
"Wind Session [21st Century Schizoid Man Intro]"
4:31
CD 11 - In The Court Of The Crimson King, 2019 Stereo Mixes & Instrumental Mixes
No.
Title
Length
1.
"21st Century Schizoid Man"
7:22
2.
"I Talk To The Wind"
6:04
3.
"Epitaph"
8:47
4.
"Moonchild"
12:12
5.
"The Court Of The Crimson King"
9:24
6.
"21st Century Schizoid Man"
7:24
7.
"I Talk To The Wind"
6:08
8.
"Epitaph"
8:56
9.
"Moonchild (Edit)"
2:28
10.
"The Court Of The Crimson King"
9:21
CD 12 - Let's Make A Hit Waxing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Let's Make A Hit Waxing"
68:10
CD 13 - Sessions (June 12 - July 9)
No.
Title
Length
1.
"21st Century Schizoid Man (Morgan Studio Instrumental)"
6:46
2.
"Epitaph Takes 1 To 3"
24:31
3.
"Epitaph Takes 4 To 8"
12:04
4.
"I Talk To The Wind Takes 1 To 4"
14:14
CD 14 - Sessions (July 9 - July 10)
No.
Title
Length
1.
"I Talk To The Wind Takes 5 To 8"
27:41
2.
"I Talk To The Wind Takes 9 To 12"
25:37
3.
"The Court of the Crimson King Stereo Takes"
25:43
CD 15 - Sessions (July 10 - July 16)
No.
Title
Length
1.
"The Court Of The Crimson King Take 6"
9:38
2.
"The Court Of The Crimson King Take 1 And 2"
13:52
3.
"The Court Of The Crimson King Takes 3 To 7"
31:10
4.
"The Court Of The Crimson King Takes 8 To 10"
17:11
5.
"The Court Of The Crimson King Trailer Take 1"
2:37
CD 16 - Sessions (July 21)
No.
Title
Length
1.
"The Court Of The Crimson King (Stormy Mix)"
2:04
2.
"I Talk To The Wind Takes 3 To 6"
25:38
3.
"I Talk To The Wind Takes 7 To 9"
22:03
4.
"I Talk To The Wind Early Take"
4:39
5.
"Drum Check"
1:38
6.
"21st Century Schizoid Man Sax Sound Check"
2:55
7.
"Ahh (Stormy Mix)"
1:05
8.
"I Talk to the Wind (Stormy Mix)"
4:16
CD 17 - Sessions (July 30)
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Epitaph Takes 1 To 3"
28:25
2.
"Epitaph Takes 5 To 11"
24:27
3.
"Epitaph Take 2 (Stormy Mix)"
9:54
CD 18 - Sessions (July 31 - August 13)
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Moonchild Takes 1 To 8"
21:14
2.
"Moonchild Take 9 (Complete)"
12:35
3.
"Trailer Take And Take Overdubbed"
3:48
4.
"Pipe Organ Takes"
1:45
5.
"Wind Noise Takes"
17:17
6.
"The Court Of The Crimson King Takes"
19:24
DVD 1
No.
Title
Length
1.
"21st Century Schizoid Man Morgan Studio Instrumental (MLP Lossless Stereo (24/48), LPCM Stereo (24/48)"
