【IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING】
1969 ROBERT FRIPP - guitar IAN McDONALD - reeds,woodwind,vibes,keyboards,mellotron,vocals GREG LAKE - bass guitar,lead vocals MICHAEL GILES - drums,percussion,vocals PETER SINFIELD - words and illumination
produced by KING CRIMSON
1.21st CENTURY SCHIZOID MAN including MIRRORS 2.I TALK TO THE WIND 3.EPITAPH including MARCH FOR NO REASON and TOMMOROW AND TOMMOROW 4.MOONCHILD including THE DREAM and THE ILLUSION 5.THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING including THE RETURN OF THE FIRE WITCH and THE DANCE OF THE PUPPETS
【IN THE WAKE OF POSEIDON】
1970 ROBERT FRIPP - Guitar,Mellotron & Devices GREG LAKE - Vocals MICHAEL GILES - Drums PETER GILES - Bass KEITH TIPPET - Piano MEL COLLINS - Saxes & Flute GORDON HASKELL - Vocal(on CADENCE AND CASCADE) PETER SINFIELD - Words
produced by ROBERT FRIPP & PETER SINFIELD
1.PEACE - A BEGINNING 2.PICTURES OF A CITY including 42nd atTreadmill 3.CADENCE AND CASCADE 4.IN THE WAKE OF POSEIDON including Libra’s Theme 5.PEACE - A THEME 6.CAT FOOD 7.THE DEVIL’S TRIANGLE ⅰMERDAY MORN ⅱHAND OF SCEIRON ⅲGARDEN OF WORM 8.PEACE - AN END
【LIZARD】
1970 ROBERT FRIPP - gutar,mellotron,electric keyboard & divices MEL COLLINS - flute & saxes GORDON HASKELL - bass & vocals ANDY McCULLOCH - drums PETER SINFIELD - words & pictures with ROBIN MILLER - oboe & cor anglais MARK CHARIG - cornet NICK EVANS - trombone KEITH TIPPET - piano & electric piano JON ANDERSON of YES - vocal on ’PRINCE RUPERT AWAKES’
produced by ROBERT FRIPP & PETER SINFIELD
1.CIRKUS including Entry of the Chameleons 2.INDOOR GAMES 3.HAPPY FAMILY 4.LADY OF THE DANCING WATER 5.LIZARD (a)Prince Rupert Awakes (b)Bolero - the Peacock’s Tale (c)The Battle of Glass Tears including: (ⅰ)Dawn Song (ⅱ)Last Skirmish (ⅲ)Prince Rupert’s Lament (d)Big Top
【ISLANDS】
1971 ROBERT FRIPP - guitar,mellotron,Peter’s Pedal Harmonium & sundry implements. MEL COLLINS - flute,bass flute,saxes & vocals BOZ BARRELL - bass guitar,lead vocals & choreography IAN WALLACE - drums,percussion & vocals PETER SINFIELD - words,sounds & visions featured players KEITH TIPPET - piano PAULINA LUCAS - soprano ROBIN MILLER - oboe MARK CHARIG - cornet HARRY MILLER - string bass
produced by KING CRIMSON
1.FORMENTERA LADY 2.SAILOR’S TALE 3.THE LETTERS 4.LADIES OF THE ROAD 5.PRELUDE : SONG OF THE GULLS 6.ISLANDS
【STARLESS AND BIBLE BLACK】
1974 DAVID CROSS - violin,viola,keyboards ROBERT FRIPP - guitar,mellotron,devices JOHN WETTON - bass & voice WILLIAM BRUFORD - percussives
produced by KING CRIMSON
1.THE GREAT DECEIVER 2.LAMENT 3.WE’LL LET YOU KNOW 4.THE NIGHT WATCH 5.TRIO 6.THE MINCER 7.STARLESS AND BIBLE BLACK 8.FRACTURE
【RED】
1974 ROBERT FRIPP - guitar & mellotron JOHN WETTON - bass & voice WILLIAM BRUFORD - percussives with thanks to: DAVID CROSS - violin MEL COLLINS - soprano saxophone IAN McDONALD - alto saxophone ROBIN MILLER - oboe MARC CHARIG - cornet
produced by KING CRIMSON
1.RED 2.FALLEN ANGEL 3.ONE MORE RED NIGHTMARE 4.PROVIDENCE 5.STARLESS
"そして3人が残った” 正式メンバーは3人だけであるが、ゲスト参加のミュージシャンの顔ぶれを見ると、ここまでの6年間のベストメンバーによる作品のようにも思える。 IAN McDONALDは第1期のオリジナルメンバーでFRIPPとともにCRIMSONを形作ったと言っても過言ではない。DAVID CROSSは健康上の理由から脱退したが、回復しての参加となったようである。MEL COLLINS,ROBIN MILLER,MARC CHARIGの3人はIANとともに欠かせないホーンセクションである。 そんな中、集大成とも言える文字通り【ラストアルバム】にふさわしい顔ぶれではなかろうか。録音レベルもレッドゾーンぎりぎりのこれまでのアルバムよりも明らかに高めで録音されている。1曲目からいきなりのフルレンジである。しかしアルバムタイトルの【RED】はそういった意味ではなく、例によって呪術的、魔術的観点から錬金術の「黒を純粋な色、白に変えることの究極過程における”赤”」によるものだと言う。