Frame By Frame (The Essential King Crimson)

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1969-71
1-1	21st Century Schizoid Man	7:20
1-2	I Talk To The Wind	6:05
1-3	Epitaph	8:44
1-4	Moonchild	2:26
1-5	In The Court Of The Crimson King	9:25
1-6	Peace - A Theme	1:16
1-7	Cat Food	2:45
1-8	Groon	3:31
1-9	Cadence And Cascade (Re-mix) Engineer [Remix Engineer] – David Singleton, Tony ArnoldVocals [Remixed With Vocal] – Adrian Belew	4:10
1-10	The Sailor's Tale (Abridged)	7:27
1-11	Ladies Of The Road	5:31
1-12a	Bolero (Re-mix) Bass [Remixed With Bass] – Tony LevinEngineer [Remix Engineer] – David Singleton, Tony Arnold	6:45
1-12b	Coda	1:36
1972-74
2-1	Larks' Tongues In Aspic: Part One (Abridged)	10:53
2-2	Book Of Saturday	2:53
2-3	Easy Money	7:55
2-4	Larks' Tongues In Aspic: Part Two	7:09
2-5	The Night Watch	4:40
2-6	The Great Deceiver	4:03
2-7	Fracture (Abridged)	6:57
2-8	Starless (Abridged)	4:38
2-9	Red	6:17
2-10	Fallen Angel	5:59
2-11	One More Red Nightmare	7:09
1981-84
3-1	Elephant Talk	4:42
3-2	Frame By Frame	5:08
3-3	Matte Kudasai	3:48
3-4	Thela Hun Ginjeet	6:26
3-5	Heartbeat	3:54
3-6	Waiting Man	4:22
3-7	Neurotica	4:48
3-8	Requiem	6:36
3-9	Three Of A Perfect Pair	4:11
3-10	Sleepless	5:22
3-11	Discipline	5:05
3-12	The Sheltering Sky	8:16
3-13	The King Crimson Barber Shop Engineer – Brad DavisTenor Vocals, Bass Vocals, Baritone Vocals, Lead Vocals – Tony Levin	1:31
Live 1969-84
4-1	Get Thy Bearings	9:33
4-2	Travel Weary Capricorn	4:30
4-3	Mars	8:42
4-4	The Talking Drum	8:29
4-5	21st Century Schizoid Man	9:20
4-6	Asbury Park Mixed By [Re-mixed] – David Singleton, Robert Fripp, Tony Arnold	6:50
4-7	Larks' Tongues In Aspic: Part Three (Excerpt)	2:42
4-8	Sartori In Tangiers	4:13
4-9	Indiscipline	7:02

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Pressed By – Sonopress
• Copyright (c) – Virgin EG Records Ltd.
• Published By – E.G. Music Ltd.
• Marketed By – Caroline Records, Inc.
• Distributed By – Caroline Records, Inc.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Ian McDonald (tracks: 2-8 to 2-11)
• Art Direction – Bill Smith
• Backing Vocals – Mel Collins (tracks: 1-10, 1-11)
• Bass Guitar – Greg Lake (tracks: 4-1 to 4-3), John Wetton (tracks: 4-6), Peter Giles (tracks: 1-6 to 1-9), Tony Levin (tracks: 4-7)
• Bass Guitar, Chapman Stick, Vocals – Tony Levin (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12)
• Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals – Boz Burrell (tracks: 1-10, 1-11), Greg Lake (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5)
• Bass Guitar, Vocals – John Wetton (tracks: 2-1 to 2-11, 4-4, 4-5)
• Chapman Stick – Tony Levin (tracks: 4-8, 4-9)
• Cor Anglais – Robin Miller (tracks: 1-12)
• Cornet – Mark Charig* (tracks: 1-12, 2-8 to 2-11)
• Drums – Adrian Belew (tracks: 4-8), Bill Bruford (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4, 4-4 to 4-6), Michael Giles (tracks: 1-6 to 1-9, 4-1 to 4-3)
• Drums [Electric, Acoustic] – Bill Bruford (tracks: 4-7 to 4-9)
• Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Ian Wallace (tracks: 1-10, 1-11)
• Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Michael Giles (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5)
• Electronics [Devices] – Robert Fripp (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12)
• Engineer – Andy Hendrikson* (tracks: 1-10, 1-11), David Singleton, George Chkiantz (tracks: 2-5 to 2-11), Nick Ryan (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4), Robin Thompson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-12)
• Engineer [Sound Reconstruction] – David Singleton (tracks: 4-1 to 4-3), Robert Fripp (tracks: 4-1 to 4-3), Tony Arnold (tracks: 4-1 to 4-3)
• Flute – Mel Collins (tracks: 1-6 to 1-9)
• Flute, Saxophone, Mellotron – Ian McDonald (tracks: 4-1 to 4-3)
• Guitar – Adrian Belew (tracks: 4-7), Robert Fripp (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11, 2-1 to 2-11, 3-1 to 3-12, 4-1 to 4-9)
• Guitar, Lead Vocals – Adrian Belew (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12, 4-9)
• Keyboards – Robert Fripp (tracks: 2-5 to 2-11)
• Mastered By, Engineer, Technician [Technical Advisor] – Tony Arnold
• Mastered By, Executive Producer – Robert Fripp
• Mellotron – Robert Fripp (tracks: 1-10 to 1-12, 2-1 to 2-4, 4-4, 4-5)
• Mixed By – David Singleton (tracks: 3-13, 4-8, 4-9), Robert Fripp (tracks: 3-13, 4-8, 4-9), Tony Arnold (tracks: 3-13, 4-8, 4-9)
• Mixed By [Live Mixing] – Peter Sinfield (tracks: 4-1, 4-2)
• Oboe – Robin Miller (tracks: 1-12, 2-8 to 2-11)
• Other [King Crimson Family Tree] – Hideyo Itoh
• Percussion [Percussives] – Bill Bruford (tracks: 2-5 to 2-11)
• Percussion, Instruments [Allsorts] – Jamie Muir (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4)
• Photography By – The Douglas Brothers
• Piano – Keith Tippett (tracks: 1-6 to 1-9, 1-12)
• Producer – King Crimson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-10, 1-11, 2-1 to 2-11, 3-1 to 3-4, 3-9 to 3-12), Peter Sinfield (tracks: 1-6 to 1-9, 1-12), Robert Fripp (tracks: 1-6 to 1-9, 1-12)
• Producer, Engineer – Rhett Davies (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12)
• Saxophone – Mel Collins (tracks: 1-10 to 1-12)
• Snare [Snare Drum] – Andy McCullough (tracks: 1-12)
• Trombone – Nick Evans (tracks: 1-12)
• Violin, Keyboards – David Cross (tracks: 4-4 to 4-6)
• Violin, Viola, Keyboards – David Cross (tracks: 2-5 to 2-7)
• Violin, Viola, Mellotron – David Cross (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4)
• Vocals – Greg Lake (tracks: 1-7, 4-1), Michael Giles (tracks: 4-2)
• Woodwind, Keyboards, Mellotron, Vocals – Ian McDonald (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5)
• Words By, Other [Illumination] – Peter Sinfield (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5)
• Words By, Other [Sounds & Visions] – Peter Sinfield (tracks: 1-10, 1-11)

Notes

Square 12” box with 4 CDs on individual jewel-cases with 4 page booklet each. Included are “In The Wake Of King Crimson" (a complete King Crimson family tree researched and drawn by Hideyo Itoh, December 1989), and a full-colour 64-page booklet.

UK: KC BOX 1
EUROPE: 354 338
US: CAROL 1595-2

All tracks are Definitive Edition re-masters by Robert Fripp & Tony Arnold, or Definitive Edition Enhanced by Robert Fripp & Tony Arnold with David Singleton, engineer.

CD1: 1969-71
• 1-1 to 1-5 taken from “In The Court Of The Crimson King” . Produced at Wessex Sound Studios, London.
• 1-6 to 1-9 taken from “In The Wake Of Poseidon” . 1-9 remixed with vocal by Adrian Belew, at the Courthouse, Cranborne, Dorset . 1-7 and 1-8 were released as a single. An alternative mix of 1-7 appears on the album.
• 1-10, 1-11 taken from “Islands” . Recorded at Command Studios, Piccadilly, London.
• 1-12a taken from “Lizard” . Recorded at Wessex Studios. Remixed with bass by Tony Levin at the Courthouse, Cranborne, Dorset (June 1991).
• 1-12b is a hidden track; it was omitted from The Definitive Edition re-mastering of “Islands” (the CD was released in Japan and the US in 1989) through an engineer’s error.

CD2: 1972-74
• 2-1 to 2-4 taken from “Larks’ Tongues In Aspic” . Recorded in January and February at Command Studios, London.
• 2-5 to 2-7 taken from “Starless And Bible Black” . Half of the album, including 2-7 and parts of 2-5 was recorded live at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw on November 23rd, 1973.
• 2-8 to 2-11 taken from “Red” . Recorded at Olympic Sound Studios, London.

CD3: 1981-84
• 3-1 to 3-4, 3-11, 3-12 taken from “Discipline” . Recorded at Island Studios, Basing Street, London.
• 3-5 to 3-8 taken from “Beat” .
• 3-9, 3-10 taken from “Three Of A Perfect Pair” .
• 3-13 was recorded in 1983 and mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991 (previously unreleased).

CD4: Live 1969-84
• 4-1, 4-2 recorded live at Plumpton Festival, England (August 9th, 1969). Sound reconstruction at the Courthouse, July 1991.
• 4-3 recorded live at Fillmore West, San Francisco (December 10th, 1969). Sound reconstruction at the Courthouse, July 1991.
• 4-4, 4-5 recorded live at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw on November 23rd, 1973. Mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991.
• 4-6 recorded at The Casino, Asbury Park on June 28th, 1974 by The Record Plant, NYC. Originally released in “USA” . Re-mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991.
• 4-7 recorded live at Le Spectrum, Montreal on July 11th, 1984 and the Tokyo Kani Hoken Hall, April 28th, 1984.
• 4-8 recorded live at the second show, Le Spectrum, Montreal on July 11th, 1984. Mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991.
• 4-9 recorded live at The Arena, Frejus on August 27th, 1982. Mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991.

Track times for CD4 are listed erroneously on the booklet. Correct times are shown.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 0 1704-61595-2 4
• Barcode (Scan): 017046159524
• Other (EUROPE Label Code): 354 338
• Other (US Label Code): CAROL 1595-2
• Label Code: LC3098
• Matrix / Runout (CD1): SONOPRESS F-6058 / KCBOX1A A1
• Matrix / Runout (CD2): SONOPRESS F-6059 / KCBOX1B C 2
• Matrix / Runout (CD3): SONOPRESS F-6060 / KCBOX1C B 3
• Matrix / Runout (CD4): SONOPRESS F-6061 / KCBOX1D A1
• Other (CD1 Code): KC BOX 1-A
• Other (CD2 Code): KC BOX 1-B
• Other (CD3 Code): KC BOX 1-C
• Other (CD4 Code): KC BOX 1-D

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
VJCP-36023	King Crimson	Frame By Frame (The Essential King Crimson) ‎(4xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd)	Virgin, Virgin Japan	VJCP-36023	Japan	1991

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