A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson
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| A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson | ||||
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| Released | February 1976[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1969–1974 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 74:12 | |||
| Label | Island (UK) Atlantic Records (Canada) Polydor Records (UK) E.G. Records Virgin Records Discipline Global Mobile | |||
| Producer | King Crimson | |||
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| Singles from A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson is a 2-LP compilation album by English progressive rock band King Crimson, released in 1976. At the time of release, the band had been disbanded for nearly two years. Guitarist Robert Fripp selected the tracks for inclusion.
Its name is most likely derived either from the famous orchestral work The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra by composer Benjamin Britten or the 1960s television series Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, created by conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein.
The gatefold sleeve featured artwork by Scottish artist Fergus Hall, with the front cover being The Landscape Player and the back cover being Earth. Included as part of the package was a booklet, replete with photographs, and detailing gig history and notable events; this was compiled by Robert Fripp from his own archive. The only studio album not represented is Lizard (1970).
To date, its sole CD release has been in Japan, in 1990. This 2-CD set, which faithfully duplicated the vinyl running order, included a reproduction of the booklet, scaled-down. Playing times are approximately 40 minutes long for CD1 and 35 minutes for CD2.
Side one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "Epitaph" (including "March for No Reason" and "Tomorrow and Tomorrow") | Robert Fripp, Ian McDonald, Greg Lake, Michael Giles, Peter Sinfield | In the Court of the Crimson King | 8:52 |
| 2. | "Cadence and Cascade" (Abridged version) | Fripp, Sinfield | In the Wake of Poseidon | 3:36 |
| 3. | "Ladies of the Road" | Fripp, Sinfield | Islands | 5:27 |
| 4. | "I Talk to the Wind" | McDonald, Sinfield | Early version[nb 1] | 3:15 |
Side two
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "Red" | Fripp | Red | 6:18 |
| 2. | "Starless" | David Cross, Fripp, John Wetton, Bill Bruford, Richard Palmer-James | Red | 12:17 |
Side three
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "The Night Watch" | Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton | Starless and Bible Black | 4:38 |
| 2. | "Book of Saturday" | Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James | Larks' Tongues in Aspic | 2:52 |
| 3. | "Peace: A Theme" | Fripp | In the Wake of Poseidon | 1:14 |
| 4. | "Cat Food" (Abridged version) | Fripp, McDonald, Sinfield | "Cat Food/Groon" single [nb 2] | 2:43 |
| 5. | "Groon" | Fripp | "Cat Food/Groon" single | 3:30 |
| 6. | "Coda from Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part I)" | Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Jamie Muir | Larks' Tongues in Aspic | 2:09 |
Side four
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "Moonchild" (Abridged version) | Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield | In the Court of the Crimson King | 2:24 |
| 2. | "Trio" | Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford | Starless and Bible Black | 5:36 |
| 3. | "The Court of the Crimson King" (including "The Return of the Fire Witch" and "The Dance of the Puppets") | McDonald, Sinfield | In the Court of the Crimson King | 9:21 |
