DESCRIPTION THE FEATURE FILM. THE LIVE & STUDIO PERFORMANCES. THE ORIGINAL SOUNTRACK AND MORE.....

8 discs packaged in 4 miniature gatefold sleeves, with a 48-page booklet housed in a rigid outer slipcase.
Booklet includes notes from director Toby Amies, David Singleton & Robert Fripp.

• Described by Variety magazine as "really about as good as rock documentaries get", the long-awaited, official King Crimson documentary by Toby Amies will be released in Limited edition form as an 8 Disc boxed set containing 2 Blu-Rays, 2 DVDs and 4 CDs.
• The set includes the full film, an early edited version of the film, live and studio performances from the 50th anniversary tour plus a plethora of additional footage.
• Also includes the music from the original soundtrack and more over 4 CDs - many tracks previously unreleased and/or new to CD.
• Film appears in DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround on Blu-Ray 1 and in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround on DVD 1.
• The film and other material on Blu-Ray 1/DVD 1 - the final performance of 'Starless from December 2021, an early edit of sections of the film and a set of trailers/shorts, appear in LPCM 24/48 Stereo on both formats
• Blu-Ray 2/DVD 2 feature: - Tring: A one hour plus 'Live in the Studio' setting with King Crimson performing in the round.
Presented in DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround & LPCM 24/48 Stereo with an audio only option on Blu-Ray & in Dolby Digital Surround 5.1 on the DVD
- Rock in Rio: Complete performance from the 2019 festival presented in 5.1 DTS-HD MA Surround on Blu-Ray & Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound on DVD
- Gentlemen of the Road: 38 minutes of footage backstage with the band & crew drawn from footage not included in the main film.
In addition to the Surround Sound options for the Tring/Rio performances, the features play in LPCM 24/48 Stereo on both formats, (Rio 24/96 Stereo on Blu-Ray)
• Housed in a rigid slipcase, the 8 discs are beautifully packaged in mini-gatefold sleeves along with a 48-page booklet with notes from the director Toby Amies, King Crimson manager, music & film producer David Singleton, a statement from Robert Fripp and tour photos by Tony Levin and David Singleton plus still images from the film.

"In the Court of the Crimson King is really about as good as rock documentaries get" - VARIETY
"This elegant, intimate, funny and surprisingly moving film covers every aspect of the group - from its thorny interpersonal history to the almost religious loyalty it inspires in fans - and lays out exactly what makes Crimson such a singular and enduring musical force." ROLLING STONE

King Crimson has been described as popular but never populist. Just as King Crimson has been, for more than half a century, an atypical rock band, this film is a refreshingly atypical music documentary.

Toby Amies' film about one of rock music's most enduring, but simultaneously elusive, bands, 'In The Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson at 50' provides a unique insight into the working process of a complex touring band, interspersed with contributions from previous band members to provide a contextual backdrop to the band's past, as the most recent (2014-2021) line-up tours the world just before and during its 50th anniversary.
As King Crimson producer and band manager, David Singleton observed of the film: "All of life is here, not just music, and certainly not just rock. It has rightly been described as going beyond King Crimson into a 'universal, inspirational study of what it is to work or dream to work as an artist'."

While director Toby Amies writes of the experience: "In the Court of the Crimson King is not a film that wants to tell the audience what to think, rather it presents several different points of view about the creative process and what it means to be in this most unusual band; leaving the audience with a sense of both how complicated it all is, but also just how incredibly rewarding the King Crimson experience is both for the musicians and its fans."

Robert Fripp announced that King Crimson had "moved from sound to silence" on social media after their final date in Japan in December 2021, making this release all the more poignant as a unique record of the band's longest lasting line-up with tantalising glimpses of the band's history.

Film Audio: DTS-HD MA 5.1 24/48 (Blu-Ray), Dolby Digital Surround 5.1 24/48 (DVD) Audio for the film and all other selections plays in LPCM Stereo 24/48 on both formats. Tracks: CD1
Introductory Bellscape - Live 06-07/11/18
21st Century Schizoid Man (Edit) - Mixed By Steven Wilson 2019
Moonchild (Including Cadenzas) - Live In Philadelphia, 23/09/19
Cat Food - From Cat Food Ep Alt. Mix By David Singleton
Lizard: Prince Rupert Awakes Recorded At Wessex Studios, 1970, Keith Tippett Piano / Bolero Iii Dawn Song Iv Last Skirmish V Prince Rupert's Lament - Live In Rome 23/07/18 * [exc I, Prev. Rel]
The Letters - Live In The Studio, Tring, 2018
Sailor's Tale - Live In The Studio, Tring, 2018
Easy Money - Live In Oakland 05/09/19
Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part Two (Fripp) - Alt. Mix By Steven Wilson 2012
CD2
Fracture - Live In The Studio, Tring, 2018
Fallen Angel - 2009 Remaster By Robert Fripp & Simon Heyworth
Discipline - Live In The Studio, Tring, 2018
Cadence And Cascade - Live In The Studio, Tring, 2018
The Construkction Of Light - Live In Nijmegen, 22/06/19
Peace - Live In Vienna 01/12/16
Matte Kudasai (Alt. Intro) Recorded At Island Studios, 1981
The Mincer - Live In Zurich, 1973, Completed At Air Studios, 1974
A Scarcity Of Miracles - Live In Japan 2015
Radical Action Suite - Live In The Studio, Tring, 2018 - Radical Action I / Meltdown / Radical Action Ii / Level Five
Peace A Theme - Mixed By Steven Wilson 2022
CD3
Drumzilla - Live In Los Angeles 06/08/21
Waiting Man - Live In Frejus 27/08/82
Seizure - Live In San Francisco, 01/11/98
The Talking Drum - Alt. Mix By Steven Wilson 2012
Indiscipline - Live In Del Ray Beach 23/07/21
Exposure - Mixed By Steven Wilson 2021
Vrooom - Live In Toronto 20/11/15
Coda: Marine 475 -live In London 01/07/96
Darts - 2022 Remaster By Marian Hafenstein At Possible Studios, Berlin
Requiem (Extended Version) - Mixed By Steven Wilson 2013
CD4
Walk On: Rio - Live In Rio De Janeiro 06/10/19
Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part One - Live In Stuttgart 16/06/19
Breathless - Live In Poland 2018
One More Red Nightmare - Live In Sandy 03/08/21
Epitaph - Live In Rio De Janeiro 06/10/20
Frame By Frame - Live In Nashville 27/09/19
Pictures Of A City - Live In Osaka 02/12/21
Red - Live In St. Augustine 24/07/21
The Court Of The Crimson King - Live In Rio De Janeiro 06/10/21
Starless - Live In Tokyo 08/12/21
BLU-RAY1
In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson At 50 (A Film By Toby Amies)
Excerpts From Cosmikc F*kc - A 23 Minutes Edit From The Early Version Of The Film.
Starless - The Final Performance - Live At Bunkamura, Tokyo, December 8, 2021
Trailers And Additional Short Film
BLU-RAY2 - KING CRIMSON - TRING: LIVE IN THE STUDIO / ROCK IN RIO
Radical Action Suite [Tring: Live In The Studio]
The Letters [Tring: Live In The Studio]
Sailor's Tale [Tring: Live In The Studio]
Cadence And Cascade [Tring: Live In The Studio]
Fracture [Tring: Live In The Studio]
Starless [Tring: Live In The Studio]
Discipline [Tring: Live In The Studio]
Drumzilla [Rock In Rio]
Neurotica [Rock In Rio]
Red [Rock In Rio]
The Court Of The Crimson King [Rock In Rio]
Indiscipline [Rock In Rio]
Epitaph [Rock In Rio]
21st Century Schizoid Man [Rock In Rio]
Gentlemen Of The Road - A 38 Minutes Short Film: Backstage With King Crimson
DVD1
In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson At 50 (A Film By Toby Amies)
Excerpts From Cosmikc F*kc - A 23 Minutes Edit From The Early Version Of The Film.
Starless - The Final Performance - Live At Bunkamura, Tokyo, December 8, 2021
Trailers And Additional Short Films
DVD2 - KING CRIMSON - TRING: LIVE IN THE STUDIO / ROCK IN RIO
Radical Action Suite [Tring: Live In The Studio]
The Letters [Tring: Live In The Studio]
Sailor's Tale [Tring: Live In The Studio]
Cadence And Cascade [Tring: Live In The Studio]
Fracture [Tring: Live In The Studio]
Starless [Tring: Live In The Studio]
Discipline [Tring: Live In The Studio]
Drumzilla [Rock In Rio]
Neurotica [Rock In Rio]
Red [Rock In Rio]
The Court Of The Crimson King [Rock In Rio]
Indiscipline [Rock In Rio]
Epitaph [Rock In Rio]
21st Century Schizoid Man [Rock In Rio]
Gentlemen Of The Road - A 38 Minutes Short Film: Backstage With King Crimson

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