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Epitaph, Volumes One & Two
Epitaph is a live set drawn from concert performances and radio sessions that King Crimson recorded in 1969, the year their debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King, arrived. It was issued as four discs, and only the first two reached ordinary retail shops. A flyer inside explained how to order the remaining pair by mail.
Released on 21 March 1997, it looks back to the band's earliest days, long before the sound of Discipline in 1981 or the return of THRAK in 1995. For anyone who loves that first record, it offers a chance to hear the music of that year on stage and in the radio studio. The third and fourth discs later appeared as a separate two-disc set from DGM in 2006.
Epitaph, Volumes One & Two: tracklist, credits and charts
17 tracks · 2:03:29Tracklist
- Disc 1
- 121st Century Schizoid Man (BBC radio session)Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield7:08
- 2The Court of the Crimson King (BBC radio session)Ian McDonald and Peter Sinfield6:28
- 3Get Thy Bearings (BBC radio session)Donovan6:00
- 4Epitaph (BBC radio session)Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield7:29
- 5A Man, a City (Filmore East, New York, 21 November 1969)Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield11:43
- 6Epitaph (Filmore East, New York, 21 November 1969)Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield8:03
- 721st Century Schizoid Man (Filmore East, New York, 21 November 1969)Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield7:45
- 8Mantra (Filmore West, San Francisco, 14 December 1969)Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield3:45
- 9Travel Weary Capricorn (Filmore West, San Francisco, 14 December 1969)Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield3:17
- 10Improv: Travel Bleary Capricorn (Filmore West, San Francisco, 14 December 1969)Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield2:23
- 11Mars (Filmore West, San Francisco, 14 December 1969)Gustav Holst8:55
- Disc 2
- 1The Court of the Crimson King (Filmore West, San Francisco, 14 December 1969)Ian McDonald and Peter Sinfield7:24
- 2Drop In (Filmore West, San Francisco, 14 December 1969)Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald5:15
- 3A Man, a City (Filmore West, San Francisco, 14 December 1969)Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield11:44
- 4Epitaph (Filmore West, San Francisco, 14 December 1969)Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield8:21
- 521st Century Schizoid Man (Filmore West, San Francisco, 14 December 1969)Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield8:03
- 6Mars (Filmore West, San Francisco, 14 December 1969)Gustav Holst9:44
- Produced by
- Robert Fripp and David Singleton, Robert Fripp, David Singleton
- Recorded at
- Maida Vale Studios, Fillmore East, Fillmore West
- Recorded
- 1969; actual dates vary with each disc
- Engineered by
- Tony Wilson
- Label
- Discipline Global Mobile
- Length
- 2:03:29
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 1997 | 42 |
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| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 21 March 1997 | |
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| Wikidata | 1997 | |
| US release | 1997 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 1997 | earliest UK or European date |
6 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | XW | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367882226 | other |
| 1997 | US | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367960726 | other |
| 1997 | GB | Discipline Global Mobile | 5028676900252 | other |
| 21 March 1997 | JP | Discipline Global Mobile | 4988013662339 | original |
| 2006 | XE | Discipline Global Mobile | 633367960726 | other |
| 23 February 2009 | GB | Panegyric | 633367607126 | other |
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