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2011 Stereo Mix
1	The Great Deceiver Written-By – Wetton*, Palmer-James*, Fripp*	4:02
2	Lament Written-By – Wetton*, Palmer-James*, Fripp*	4:04
3	We'll Let You Know Written-By – Bruford*, Cross*, Wetton*, Fripp*	3:40
4	The Night Watch Written-By – Wetton*, Palmer-James*, Fripp*	4:40
5	Trio Written-By – Bruford*, Cross*, Wetton*, Fripp*	5:40
6	The Mincer Written-By – Bruford*, Cross*, Wetton*, Palmer-James*, Fripp*	4:09
7	Starless And Bible Black Written-By – Bruford*, Cross*, Wetton*, Fripp*	9:10
8	Fracture Written-By – Fripp*	11:19
Bonus Tracks
9	The Law Of Maximum Distress: Part 1	6:41
10	Improv: The Mincer	4:22
11	The Law Of Maximum Distress: Part 2	2:28
12	Dr. Diamond (Live, June 23rd 1973, Richards Club, Atlanta, Georgia)	4:00
13	Guts On My Side (Live, March 19th 1974, Palazzo Dello Sport, Udine, Italy)	4:30

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Robert Fripp
• Copyright (c) – Robert Fripp

Credits

• Bass, Voice – John Wetton
• Coordinator [Acoustic] – George Chkiantz
• Design [Cover] – Tom Phillips
• Engineer [Assistant] – Peter Henderson
• Guitar, Mellotron, Electronics [Devices] – Robert Fripp
• Mastered By – Robert Fripp, Simon Heyworth
• Mastered By [Assisted By] – Andy Miles
• Mixed By – David Singleton (tracks: 9, 11), Robert Fripp (tracks: 1-4, 7, 8, 9, 11), Steven Wilson (tracks: 1-4, 7, 8), Tony Arnold (tracks: 9, 11)
• Percussion [Percussives] – William Bruford*
• Producer – King Crimson, Robert Fripp (tracks: 9, 11)
• Recorded By – Alex R. Mundy (tracks: 10, 12, 13), David Singleton (tracks: 10, 12, 13)
• Violin, Viola, Keyboards – David Cross

Notes

Issued in a gatefold cardboard sleeve with 12-page folded poster with annotation in Japanese, 16-page full colour booklet in English, CD-sized replica of the inner sleeve for LP, 2-page advertising insert of Official King Crimson shop, OBI-strip, High Quality CD with 2011 K2HD Mastering.
This release is a part of the series "KING CRIMSON PAPER SLEEVE COLLECTION K2HD HQCD" with catalogue numbers from IECP-40001 to IECP-40009.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 582213 917284
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L159
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 4456
• Matrix / Runout: IEZP-47-2 MT 962
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ILPS 9275	King Crimson	Starless And Bible Black ‎(LP, Album)	Island Records	ILPS 9275	UK	1974
87 751 IT	King Crimson	Starless And Bible Black ‎(LP, Album, RP, Gat)	Island Records	87 751 IT	Germany	Unknown
EGCD 12	King Crimson	Starless And Bible Black ‎(CD, Album)	EG	EGCD 12	US	Unknown
87 751 IT, ILPS 9275	King Crimson	Starless And Bible Black ‎(LP, Album)	Island Records, Island Records	87 751 IT, ILPS 9275	Netherlands	1974
UICE-9057	King Crimson	Starless And Bible Black ‎(HDCD, Album, RE, RM)	Universal, Discipline Global Mobile	UICE-9057	Japan	2004

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