CD: Starless by King Crimson 40th Anniversary Box Set, 23 CDs + 2 DVDs + 2 Blu-Ray

Full box set. See pictures for details.

9 CDs of live performance material. 7 CDs taken from multi-track tape including 4 CDs of material from the Glasgow & Zurich shows, freshly assembled & mastered in Hi-Res from the original Great Deceiver mixes by David Singleton at DGM Soundworld in 2014, the Amsterdam show the Nightwatch mixed by Steven Wilson & a previously unheard preparatory of material from the same show prepared by George Chkiantz (engineer of all live KC shows of the era & the Red album). 11 CDs drawn from high quality stereo reel to reel soundboard tapes. 8 making their first appearance on CD with the remaining three re-mastered or drawn from new tape sources. 1 CD presenting the performance from the ORTF Paris TV broadcast. CD 20 features the 2011 stereo mix of Starless & Bible Black by Steven Wilson & Robert Fripp. DVD-A 1 features the Starless & Bible Black album in 5. 1 Surround, with new & original stereo album mixes in High Resolution Stereo plus bonus audio material. DVD-A 2 features material from Mainz (mixed by David Singleton), Amsterdam (mixed by Steven Wilson) & a later show from Pittsburgh (mixed by George Chkiantz) in quadraphonic audio & High-Resolution Stereo. Both DVD-A discs are region 0 playable in all areas & compatible with all DVD players & DVD Rom players. ' Blu-ray Disc 1 features full lossless audio 24/192 transfers of material from the Glasgow & Zurich shows, freshly assembled & mastered from the original Great Deceiver mixes by David Singleton at DGM Soundworld in 2014 in LPCM stereo. Blu-ray Disc 1 also features the Amsterdam show the Nightwatch, mixed by Steven Wilson & the George Chkiantz preparatory mix stereo in 24/96 High-resolution stereo & a 24/96 transfer of the original David Singleton/Robert Fripp mix of the Nightwatch. Blu-ray Disc 2 features Starless & Bible Black in 5. 1 Surround (DTS-HD MAS & LPCM 24/96) alongside new & original stereo masters of the album, a needledrop of an original vinyl pressing + audio extras. Blu-ray Disc 2 also features the Quad mixes of material from the Mainz, Amsterdam & Pittsburgh concerts. Blu-ray Disc 2 also features the ORTF Paris TV footage in a new hi-res transfer from the original source files. Discs packaged in 8 individual 3 disc digi-packs within an album sized box3 additional bonus CDs of audio restored soundboard/bootlegs & audio curios are also included. 1 further concert (bootleg quality audio) is also available via included download ticket. Album sized booklet with rare/unseen photos, new sleeve notes by Sid Smith, technical notes on the recordings by David Singleton, eye-witness accounts from fans who attended the gigs + memorabilia including an album print, poster, replica concert ticket, press release with folder, photos & more besides. Limited to a single pressing run.

'Starless completes the story of Crimson's until-now most heralded incarnation, bridging the gap between Larks' Tongues in Aspic and The Road to Red with the performances that led up to and then followed the release of Starless and Bible Black on March 29, 1974. For those interested in this King Crimson incarnation, it's an essential piece of the puzzle that is all the better for it by also sporting the most consistently excellent sound of any live Crimson box to date...' -Allaboutjazz.com

Disc: 1

1 Improv: Sharks' Lungs in Lemsip

2 Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part I)

3 RF Announcement

4 Easy Money

5 Improv: We'll Let You Know

6 Night Watch

7 Fracture

8 Lament

Disc: 2

1 Book of Saturday

2 Improv: Tight Scrummy

3 Exiles

4 Improv: Loose Scrummy

5 Talking Drum

6 Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)

7 Peace - a Theme

8 Cat Food

Disc: 3

1 Walk on: No Pussyfooting

2 Improv: Some Pussyfooting

3 Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part I)

4 RF Announcement

5 Lament

6 Peace: A Theme

7 Cat Food

8 Night Watch

9 Fracture

Disc: 4

1 Law of Maximum Distress: Part I

2 Improv: The Mincer

3 Law of Maximum Distress: Part II

4 Easy Money

5 Exiles

6 Improv: Some More Pussyfooting

7 Talking Drum

8 Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)

9 21st Century Schizoid Man

Disc: 5

1 Easy Money

2 Lament

3 Book of Saturday

4 RF Announcement

5 Fracture

6 Night Watch

7 Improv: Starless and Bible Black

Disc: 6

1 Improv: Trio *

2 Exiles

3 Improv: The Fright Watch

4 Talking Drum

5 Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)

6 21st Century Schizoid Man

Disc: 7

1 Exiles

2 Fracture

3 Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)

Disc: 8

1 Improv I

2 Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part I)

3 Doctor Diamond

4 Easy Money

5 Lament

6 Night Watch

7 Improv II

8 Starless

9 Exiles [Incomplete]

Disc: 9

1 Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)

2 Improv

3 Night Watch

4 Lament

5 Starless

Disc: 10

1 Walk on: No Pussyfooting

2 Doctor Diamond

3 Lament

4 Fracture

5 Night Watch

6 Great Deceiver

7 Starless

8 Exiles

9 Talking Drum

10 Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II) [Incomplete]

Disc: 11

1 Doctor Diamond [Incomplete]

2 Lament

3 Fracture

4 Night Watch

5 Great Deceiver

6 Improv I

7 Starless

8 Exiles

9 Improv II

Disc: 12

1 Walk on: No Pussyfooting

2 Doctor Diamond

3 Lament

4 Easy Money

5 Fracture

6 Night Watch

7 Great Deceiver

8 Starless

9 Improv: Augsburg

10 Exiles

11 Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II) [Incomplete]

Disc: 13

1 Doctor Diamond

2 RF Announcement

3 Lament

4 Night Watch

5 Fracture

6 Improv I

7 Exiles

8 Great Deceiver

9 Improv II

10 Starless [Incomplete]

Disc: 14

1 Walk on: No Pussyfooting

2 Improv I

3 Doctor Diamond

4 RF Announcement

5 Improv II

6 Exiles

7 Improv III

8 Starless

9 Night Watch

10 Lament

11 Easy Money

12 Fracture [Incomplete]

Disc: 15

1 Walk on: No Pussyfooting

2 Improv: The Savage

3 Doctor Diamond

4 Improv: Arabica

5 Exiles

6 Improv: Atria

7 Night Watch

8 Starless

9 Lament

10 Improv: Trio

11 Easy Money

Disc: 16

1 Great Deceiver

2 Improv I

3 Doctor Diamond

4 Improv II

5 Exiles

6 Night Watch

7 Lament

8 Starless

9 Easy Money

10 Fracture [Incomplete]

Disc: 17

1 Great Deceiver [Incomplete]

2 Improv I

3 Doctor Diamond

4 Improv II

5 Exiles

6 Night Watch

7 Lament

8 Starless

9 Improv III

10 Easy Money

11 Fracture [Incomplete]

Disc: 18

1 Great Deceiver [Incopmplete]

2 Doctor Diamond

3 Exiles

4 Fracture

5 RF Announcement

6 Lament

7 Starless

8 Improv I

9 Night Watch

Disc: 19

1 Easy Money

2 Lament

3 Book of Saturday

4 Exiles

5 Improv: The Fright Watch

6 Talking Drum

7 Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)

8 21st Century Schizoid Man

Disc: 20

1 Great Deceiver

2 Lament

3 We'll Let You Know

4 Night Watch

5 Trio

6 Mincer

7 Starless and Bible Black

8 Fracture

Disc: 21

1 [DVD-A 1]

Disc: 22

1 [DVD-A 2]

Disc: 23

1 [Blu-ray 1]

Disc: 24

1 [Blu-ray 2]

Disc: 25

1 Walk on

2 Improv I

3 Larks' Tongues in Aspic: Part I

4 RF Announcement

5 Easy Money

6 Night Watch

7 Fracture

8 Book of Saturday

9 Lament

10 Improv II

11 Exiles

Disc: 26

1 Talking Drum [University of Texas, Arlington, TX, October 6, 1973]

2 Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II) [University of Texas, Arlington, TX

3 21st Century Schizoid Man [University of Texas, Arlington, TX, October

4 Doctor Diamond [Richards Club, Atlanta, Georgia, June 23, 1973]

5 Law of Maximum Distress: Part I [Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzerland, Novemb

6 Improv: The Mincer [Incomplete] [Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzerland, Novemb

7 Law of Maximum Distress: Part II [Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzerland, Novem

8 Easy Money [Elzer Hof, Mainz, Germany, October 6, 1973]

9 Fracture [Elzer Hof, Mainz, Germany, October 6, 1973]

10 Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II) [Elzer Hof, Mainz, Germany, October 6

Disc: 27

1 Walk on: No Pussyfooting

2 Improv: Some Pussyfooting

3 Larks' Tongues in Aspic: Part I

4 Lament

5 Doctor Diamond

6 Night Watch

7 Great Deceiver

8 Guts on My Side

9 Improv II

10 Starless

11 Book of Saturday

12 Exiles

13 Fracture

Original Release Date: 2014

Label: Dgm