Blu-ray: King Crimson On and Off The Road Sealed 19 Disc Sealed Box Set CD Blu Ray DVD-A

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10 CDs of studio & live material from 1981/4, 3 DVD-A discs & 3 BR discs of studio material + video material in hi-res stereo & 5.1 surround + 12” box with booklet & memorabilia +

2 bonus audio CDs

The complete 1980s King Crimson boxed set

10 CDs:

3CDs feature Steven Wilson & Robert Fripp new stereo mixes of Discipline (2011), Beat (2016) & Three of a Perfect Pair (2016)

4CDs feature the final concert from each of the band’s tours: Japan 1981 – new to CD, Germany 1982 – new mixes for this edition, Canada [Absent Lovers] 1984 – remastered for this edition

2CDs feature additional studio recordings: a CD newly edited & expanded from sessions for the ‘abandoned’ third album & a “making of…” CD featuring studio snippets & outtakes from across the studio recordings

3 DVD-A discs (hybrid discs compatible with all dvd players & rom-drives, region free, ntsc) feature the three original studio albums in high-resolution stereo (new & original mixes), 5.1 Surround Sound mixes with additional audio & videos on all three discs

3 Blu-Ray discs containing material as on DVD-A discs plus extensive additional video material including: Frejus live (Discipline), Alabama-Halle (Beat) – footage unseen since original 1982 broadcast), Japan 1984 (Three of a Perfect Pair) & additional hi-res audio options

TOAPP blu-ray also features previously unseen footage from the final run of 1984 Japanese concerts + 2 sets of “single camera footage” recordings with shots focusing on each of the individual musicians

Absent Lovers concert is also included in a new Surround Sound mix on TOAPP BD.

12” box with booklet, memorabilia, new sleevenotes & eyewitness accounts of KC live

Advertising booked includes Record Collector & Prog Magazine

Adrian Belew: guitar, lead vocal Robert Fripp:¬ guitar & devices

Tony Levin: stick, bass, support vocal Bill Bruford: Acoustic & electronic percussion

When Robert Fripp declared in 1974 that King Crimson had ‘ceased to exist’ nobody could have foreseen that the band would return in 1981 with a radically different line-up & sound, elements of which had, perhaps, more in common with the then current post-punk new wave than the band’s notional progressive rock past.

Returning initially under the name Discipline for low-key gigs & then as King Crimson proper with an album called ‘Discipline’ & as different from the 1970s King Crimson, as the 1970s line-ups had been from the 1960s band, the new quartet of Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford, Adrian Belew (Zappa, Bowie, Talking Heads) and Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel/Paul Simon), rapidly established itself as a force on the live circuit. The longer songs of the 1960s & early 1970s & the extended improvisations of the live performances from the earlier touring bands were replaced with a series of short taut songs & instrumentals imbued with a minimalist aesthetic that featured complex interwoven guitar lines from Fripp & Belew, (coined ‘rock gamelan’), Adrian’s distinctive vocals & sharply apt lyrics, Bruford’s new armoury of electronic percussion & Levin’s fluid bass & Chapman Stick lines.

With ‘Discipline’ charting in a number of countries including the UK & USA, the clamour for the band’s tours was further enhanced, often to a greater extent than could actually be fulfilled – not for the first or last time with a King Crimson line-up – due to the other time demands made on the individual musicians. Despite such pressures a further album ‘Beat’ appeared & charted in 1982 & when ‘Three of a Perfect Pair’ hit the UK Top 30 upon release in 1984, it was clear that King Crimson had managed not just to retain a large percentage of its original fanbase but had successfully reached a completely fresh audience also. However, three albums and a number of tours in as many years, for a quartet all of whom had substantial non-KC musical commitments, strained the line-up beyond its natural limit & King Crimson was again retired from active service, not to return until the mid-1990s.

On (and off) The Road presents a complete overview of this enduringly popular line-up. All three studio albums are presented in remixed stereo editions on CD (Discipline in its 2011 mix), as are the final concerts from each year of touring. Two further CDs present newly edited & extended takes from the ‘Champaign-Urbana’ sessions for the band’s proposed third album & a ‘making of’ CD which provides a fascinating audio insight into the studio recordings. New Stereo, 5.1 Surround, original stereo editions & videos appear on the DVD-A discs. The Blu-Ray discs bring full 24/96 stereo & 5.1 Surround sound plus extended video/concert footage including the Frejus concert, the Alabamahalle concert (unseen since its 1982 broadcast) an array of previously unreleased additional concert footage from the band’s 1984 Japanese concerts, along with audio only options for some of the footage. Two bonus CDs present the band’s first gig as Discipline, from an audio restored bootleg at Moles Club Bath & the unreleased live album that was prepared from the Frejus tapes, with the additional recordings from that concert also included, complete the audio & visual features.

With a wealth of previously unheard audio and/or upgraded audio – from the band’s first to final performances, newly issued stereo & 5.1 editions of two of the band’s studio albums – Beat & TOAPP, the classic Discipline album in stereo & 5.1, audio and video recordings of some of the best live shows the line-up played plus substantial new concert footage, all presented to the high standards that have been a staple of King Crimson boxed sets of recent years, this is an essential edition for the many fans of this era of King Crimson.

On (and off) The Road

King Crimson: studio, live, audio & audio-visual 1981 - 1984

Following a seven years’ absence, King Crimson returned in 1981 with a radically different line-up & sound. This ‘new’ King Crimson was as different from the 1970s King Crimson, as the 1970s line-ups had been from the 1960s band. Taut songs were balanced with lengthier instrumentals, driven by complex interwoven guitar lines from Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford’s new armoury of electronic percussion & Tony Levin’s fluid bass and Chapman Stick lines. Three studio albums and tours between 1981/84, built a considerable musical legacy which still resonates. This boxed set extensively covers the line-up’s live and studio work, including much unreleased and upgraded audio and video material.

Disc 1:

Discipline

Mixed and produced from the original multi-track tapes by Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp (2011). Mastered by

Simon Heyworth and Robert Fripp (4)

Disc 2:

Live in Japan

Taken from an audience cassette recording at Kokusai Hall, Tokyo on December 18th, the final concert in 1981. Audio restored & newly mastered at DGM by David Singleton and Alex R Mundy 2016. (1)

Disc 3:

Beat

Mixed and produced from the original

multi-track tapes by Steven Wilson and

Robert Fripp (2016). Mastered by

Simon Heyworth and Robert Fripp (4)

Disc 4:

Live at Alabamahalle

Recorded September 29 in Munich, the

final concert in 1982. Remastered and

recompiled 2016 by David Singleton

and Alex R Mundy with six tracks

from new audio sources. (2)

Disc 5:

Fragmented

Mostly recorded January 17-30, 1983

at C.V. Lloyd Music, Champaign, IL

Recording Engineer: Gary Platt,

Produced by Robert Fripp and David

Singleton. Two new bonus tracks 2016. (3)

Disc 6:

Three of a Perfect Pair

Mixed and produced from the original multi-track tapes by Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp (2016). Mastered by

Simon Heyworth and Robert Fripp (4)

Discs 7 & 8:

Absent Lovers

Live at The Spectrum, Montreal, July 11th, the final concert of 1984. Mixed by David

Singleton & Robert Fripp from the original multi-track tapes for the DGM release

"Absent Lovers" (1998). As newly recompiled in high-resolution for inclusion on Disc 15

Disc 9:

Are You Recording Gary?

An insight into the inner working of the band, and the familiar heard in an unfamiliar way.

Edited & assembled by David Singleton from original album session tapes, with additional downmixes by Alex R. Mundy

Disc 10:

DVD-A

Discipline

Audio content: 5.1 surround mix; original mix; 2011 mix & additional tracks in 24/96 and Album rough mixes in 24/48

Video content: Old Grey Whistle Test (4)

Disc 11:

DVD-A

Beat

Audio content: 5.1 surround mix; original mix; 2016 mix & Alternate Album in 24/48

Video content: Heartbeat promo; two tracks live in Munich (4)

Disc 12:

DVD-A

Three of a Perfect Pair

Audio content: 5.1 surround mix;

original mix; 2016 mix in 24/48

Video content: Sleepless promo (4)

Disc 13:

BLU-RAY DISC TM­­­­

Discipline

Contents as Disc 10 (audio 24/96) plus:

Video content:

Moles Club French TV interview

Live in Frejus 2016 audio & video transfers

Disc 14:

BLU-RAY DISC TM

Beat

Contents as Disc 11 (audio 24/96) plus:

Video content:

Complete Alabamahalle TV broadcast (widescreen format).

Disc 15:

BLU-RAY DISC TM

Three of a Perfect Pair

Contents as Disc 12 (audio 24/96) plus:

Video content: Three of a Perfect Pair - Live in Japan (Widescreen format).

Japan April 29th 1984 Part Show;

Japan April 29th 1984 (single camera);

Japan April 30th 1984 (single camera).

Audio content: Absent Lovers

High resolution and surround sound

Bonus Disc 16:

Live at Moles Club

Taken from an audience cassette recording of April 30, 1981, the very first performance by Belew, Fripp, Bruford & Levin, while still called "Discipline". Remastered and

recompiled 2016. (2)

Bonus Disc 17:

Europe 1982

A newly discovered unreleased live album. Mixed by Brad Davis & Robert Fripp in 1983. Taken from the concert in The Arena, Frejus, August 27th 1982. Plus four bonus tracks from the remainder of the concert

Bonus Disc 18:

DVD

More Neal and Jack and Me

Video content: The Noise - Live in Frejus as previously released on the DGM DVD Neal and Jack and Me (2002). Plus Three of a

Perfect Pair - Live in Japan - re-assembled from newly discovered master reels with

previously unseen footage. Both in their

original 4:3 standard definition format.

Bonus Disc 19:

DVD

The Town and the City

Audio content: Live in Philadelphia, Asbury Park, Cap D'Agde, Frejus 24/48 high-resolution stereo, Europe1982, previously unreleased

live album 24/96 high-resolution stereo

Video content:

Alabamahalle TV broadcast in its original

4:3 standard definition format.

Also includes:

40-page album-sized booklet with

previously unpublished photos by Tony Levin, and sleevenotes incorporating Robert Fripp’s diaries, new interview material with all band members written by Sid Smith and David Singleton

2 concert posters, concert

programme, setlist, concert

tickets, press releases,

promo photo and other

memorabilia