Sold Date: May 21, 2021
Start Date: May 16, 2021
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KING CRIMSON
Earthbound (LP, 1972) Island  Help 6 UK Import. Rarely Played. Pink Island Logo. GORGEOUS Cover. On My Shelf For Nearly 50 Years.
A barely played copy of KC's Earthbound. It's been on my shelf for nearly a half century in an old JAM Import plastic bag that has done it's job incredibly (before I discarded it). The cover is gorgeous. There's a barely nubbed corner in the bottom right (BARELY) and only the beginnings of a vinyl dent at the very top. No rings or issues (see the picture where I hit it with a bright light to see how dark and rich it is). As for the vinyl, like I said, it was barely ever played (I opted for the studio albums), but I did notice a couple of minor marks, one a very light scuff, that can't be felt, that shouldn't effect playback whatsoever. The rest is clean and shiny.
Side A 21st Century Schizoid Man (11:45) Peoria (7:30) The Sailor's Tale (4:45)
Side B Earthbound (7:08) Groon (15:30)
Electric Guitar – Robert Fripp Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Mellotron – Mel Collins Bass Guitar, Vocals – Boz Drums – Ian Wallace
Producer – Robert Fripp
'Schizoid Man' and 'Groon' were recorded at Wilmington, Delaware on 11 February 1972; 'Peoria' at Peoria on 10 March 1972; 'The Sailors Tale' at Jacksonville, Florida 26 February 1972; 'Earthbound' at Orlando, Florida 27 February 1972.
ALL MUSIC GUIDE REVIEW When originally issued in the summer of 1972, Earthbound was the first authorized live recording from this no longer extant incarnation of the band. This album documents King Crimson's stateside performances earlier in that year. However, what is lacked in fidelity is more than compensated for with raw, unrelenting energy and magnetic musicianship. At the time of their then-most-recent studio effort, Islands (1971), King Crimson comprised Robert Fripp (guitar), Mel Collins (sax/Mellotron), Boz Burrell (bass/vocals), and Ian Wallace (drums). The quartet's strength as improvisational members of a cohesive central unit are amply displayed throughout every sonic twist and turn. The collection likewise demonstrates their intuitive instrumental prowess on familiar album tracks such as the blistering reading of "21st Century Schizoid Man" as well as an extended "The Sailor's Tale." Equally as impressive are King Crimson's pervading free-form avant-garde jazz leanings, which inform the exceedingly extemporaneous and rhythmically entrancing "Peoria," which also features some ad-libbed scat lyrical contributions from Burrell. The track "Groon" - which Fripp once described as occupying the space between a groove and a groan - may well be familiar to enthusiasts as the significantly more succinct B-side to the 45 rpm "Cat Food" (1970).



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