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1969-71
1-1	21st Century Schizoid Man	7:20
1-2	I Talk To The Wind	6:05
1-3	Epitaph	8:44
1-4	Moonchild	2:26
1-5	In The Court Of The Crimson King	9:25
1-6	Peace - A Theme	1:16
1-7	Cat Food	2:45
1-8	Groon	3:31
1-9	Cadence And Cascade (Re-mix) Engineer [Remix Engineer] – David Singleton, Tony ArnoldVocals [Remixed With Vocal] – Adrian Belew	4:10
1-10	The Sailor's Tale (Abridged)	7:27
1-11	Ladies Of The Road	5:31
1-12a	Bolero (Re-mix) Bass [Remixed With Bass] – Tony LevinEngineer [Remix Engineer] – David Singleton, Tony Arnold	6:45
1-12b	Coda	1:36
1972-74
2-1	Larks' Tongues In Aspic: Part One (Abridged)	10:53
2-2	Book Of Saturday	2:53
2-3	Easy Money	7:55
2-4	Larks' Tongues In Aspic: Part Two	7:09
2-5	The Night Watch	4:40
2-6	The Great Deceiver	4:03
2-7	Fracture (Abridged)	6:57
2-8	Starless (Abridged)	4:38
2-9	Red	6:17
2-10	Fallen Angel	5:59
2-11	One More Red Nightmare	7:09
1981-84
3-1	Elephant Talk	4:42
3-2	Frame By Frame	5:08
3-3	Matte Kudasai	3:48
3-4	Thela Hun Ginjeet	6:26
3-5	Heartbeat	3:54
3-6	Waiting Man	4:22
3-7	Neurotica	4:48
3-8	Requiem	6:36
3-9	Three Of A Perfect Pair	4:11
3-10	Sleepless	5:22
3-11	Discipline	5:05
3-12	The Sheltering Sky	8:16
3-13	The King Crimson Barber Shop Engineer – Brad DavisTenor Vocals, Bass Vocals, Baritone Vocals, Lead Vocals – Tony Levin	1:31
Live 1969-84
4-1	Get Thy Bearings	9:33
4-2	Travel Weary Capricorn	4:30
4-3	Mars	8:42
4-4	The Talking Drum	8:29
4-5	21st Century Schizoid Man	9:20
4-6	Asbury Park Mixed By [Re-mixed] – David Singleton, Robert Fripp, Tony Arnold	6:50
4-7	Larks' Tongues In Aspic: Part Three (Excerpt)	2:42
4-8	Sartori In Tangiers	4:13
4-9	Indiscipline	7:02

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Ian McDonald (tracks: 2-8 to 2-11)
• Art Direction – Bill Smith
• Backing Vocals – Mel Collins (tracks: 1-10, 1-11)
• Bass Guitar – Greg Lake (tracks: 4-1 to 4-3), John Wetton (tracks: 4-6), Peter Giles (tracks: 1-6 to 1-9), Tony Levin (tracks: 4-7)
• Bass Guitar, Chapman Stick, Vocals – Tony Levin (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12)
• Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals – Boz Burrell (tracks: 1-10, 1-11), Greg Lake (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5)
• Bass Guitar, Vocals – John Wetton (tracks: 2-1 to 2-11, 4-4, 4-5)
• Chapman Stick – Tony Levin (tracks: 4-8, 4-9)
• Cor Anglais – Robin Miller (tracks: 1-12)
• Cornet – Mark Charig* (tracks: 1-12, 2-8 to 2-11)
• Drums – Adrian Belew (tracks: 4-8), Bill Bruford (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4, 4-4 to 4-6), Michael Giles (tracks: 1-6 to 1-9, 4-1 to 4-3)
• Drums [Electric, Acoustic] – Bill Bruford (tracks: 4-7 to 4-9)
• Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Ian Wallace (tracks: 1-10, 1-11)
• Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Michael Giles (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5)
• Electronics [Devices] – Robert Fripp (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12)
• Engineer – Andy Hendrikson* (tracks: 1-10, 1-11), David Singleton, George Chkiantz (tracks: 2-5 to 2-11), Nick Ryan (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4), Robin Thompson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-12)
• Engineer [Sound Reconstruction] – David Singleton (tracks: 4-1 to 4-3), Robert Fripp (tracks: 4-1 to 4-3), Tony Arnold (tracks: 4-1 to 4-3)
• Flute – Mel Collins (tracks: 1-6 to 1-9)
• Flute, Saxophone, Mellotron – Ian McDonald (tracks: 4-1 to 4-3)
• Guitar – Adrian Belew (tracks: 4-7), Robert Fripp (tracks: 1-1 to 1-11, 2-1 to 2-11, 3-1 to 3-12, 4-1 to 4-9)
• Guitar, Lead Vocals – Adrian Belew (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12, 4-9)
• Keyboards – Robert Fripp (tracks: 2-5 to 2-11)
• Mastered By, Engineer, Technician [Technical Advisor] – Tony Arnold
• Mastered By, Executive Producer – Robert Fripp
• Mellotron – Robert Fripp (tracks: 1-10 to 1-12, 2-1 to 2-4, 4-4, 4-5)
• Mixed By – David Singleton (tracks: 3-13, 4-8, 4-9), Robert Fripp (tracks: 3-13, 4-8, 4-9), Tony Arnold (tracks: 3-13, 4-8, 4-9)
• Mixed By [Live Mixing] – Peter Sinfield (tracks: 4-1, 4-2)
• Oboe – Robin Miller (tracks: 1-12, 2-8 to 2-11)
• Other [King Crimson Family Tree] – Hideyo Itoh
• Percussion [Percussives] – Bill Bruford (tracks: 2-5 to 2-11)
• Percussion, Instruments [Allsorts] – Jamie Muir (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4)
• Photography – Douglas Brothers, The
• Piano – Keith Tippett (tracks: 1-6 to 1-9, 1-12)
• Producer – King Crimson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-10, 1-11, 2-1 to 2-11, 3-1 to 3-4, 3-9 to 3-12), Peter Sinfield (tracks: 1-6 to 1-9, 1-12), Robert Fripp (tracks: 1-6 to 1-9, 1-12)
• Producer, Engineer – Rhett Davies (tracks: 3-1 to 3-12)
• Saxophone – Mel Collins (tracks: 1-10 to 1-12)
• Snare [Snare Drum] – Andy McCullough (tracks: 1-12)
• Trombone – Nick Evans (tracks: 1-12)
• Violin, Keyboards – David Cross (tracks: 4-4 to 4-6)
• Violin, Viola, Keyboards – David Cross (tracks: 2-5 to 2-7)
• Violin, Viola, Mellotron – David Cross (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4)
• Vocals – Greg Lake (tracks: 1-7, 4-1), Michael Giles (tracks: 4-2)
• Woodwind, Keyboards, Mellotron, Vocals – Ian McDonald (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5)
• Words By, Other [Illumination] – Peter Sinfield (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5)
• Words By, Other [Sounds & Visions] – Peter Sinfield (tracks: 1-10, 1-11)

Notes

CD1: 1969-71
• 1-1 to 1-5 taken from “In The Court Of The Crimson King” . Produced at Wessex Sound Studios, London.
• 1-6 to 1-9 taken from “In The Wake Of Poseidon” . 1-9 remixed with vocal by Adrian Belew, at the Courthouse, Cranborne, Dorset . 1-7 and 1-8 were released as a single. An alternative mix of 1-7 appears on the album.
• 1-10, 1-11 taken from “Islands” . Recorded at Command Studios, Piccadilly, London.
• 1-12a taken from “Lizard” . Recorded at Wessex Studios. Remixed with bass by Tony Levin at the Courthouse, Cranborne, Dorset (June 1991).
• 1-12b is a hidden track; it was omitted from The Definitive Edition re-mastering of “Islands” (the CD was released in Japan and the US in 1989) through an engineer’s error.

CD2: 1972-74
• 2-1 to 2-4 taken from “Larks’ Tongues In Aspic” . Recorded in January and February at Command Studios, London.
• 2-5 to 2-7 taken from “Starless And Bible Black” . Half of the album, including 2-7 and parts of 2-5 was recorded live at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw on November 23rd, 1973.
• 2-8 to 2-11 taken from “Red” . Recorded at Olympic Sound Studios, London.

CD3: 1981-84
• 3-1 to 3-4, 3-11, 3-12 taken from “Discipline” . Recorded at Island Studios, Basing Street, London.
• 3-5 to 3-8 taken from “Beat” .
• 3-9, 3-10 taken from “Three Of A Perfect Pair” .
• 3-13 was recorded in 1983 and mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991 (previously unreleased).

CD4: Live 1969-84
• 4-1, 4-2 recorded live at Plumpton Festival, England (August 9th, 1969). Sound reconstruction at the Courthouse, July 1991.
• 4-3 recorded live at Fillmore West, San Francisco (December 10th, 1969). Sound reconstruction at the Courthouse, July 1991.
• 4-4, 4-5 recorded live at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw on November 23rd, 1973. Mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991.
• 4-6 recorded at The Casino, Asbury Park on June 28th, 1974 by The Record Plant, NYC. Originally released in “USA” . Re-mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991.
• 4-7 recorded live at Le Spectrum, Montreal on July 11th, 1984 and the Tokyo Kani Hoken Hall, April 28th, 1984.
• 4-8 recorded live at the second show, Le Spectrum, Montreal on July 11th, 1984. Mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991.
• 4-9 recorded live at The Arena, Frejus on August 27th, 1982. Mixed at the Courthouse, July 1991.

All tracks are Definitive Edition re-masters by Robert Fripp & Tony Arnold, or Definitive Edition Enhanced by Robert Fripp & Tony Arnold with David Singleton, engineer.

Square 12” box with 4 CDs on individual jewel-cases. Included are “In The Wake Of King Crimson" (a complete King Crimson family tree researched and drawn by Hideyo Itoh, December 1989), and a full-colour 64-page booklet.

Track times for CD4 are listed erroneously on the booklet. Correct times are shown.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
KC BOX 1	King Crimson	Frame By Frame (The Essential King Crimson) ‎(Box, Comp + 3xCD, Comp + CD, Album)	Virgin	KC BOX 1	UK, Europe & US	1991

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