King Crimson - Red - 50th Anniversary / 2024 Mixes

King Crimson - Red - 50th Anniversary / 2024 Mixes

Released: October 11th 2024

50th anniversary edition of the King Crimson classic album Red. In the decades since its release, Red has gone from being an album that was, upon release, under-promoted – as the band had already split up, to being one of the most lauded albums of its era and (after In The Court of the Crimson King), King Crimson’s biggest selling album. By the time King Crimson entered the studio in July 74, the band had spent the best part of two years on the road, recorded two albums along the way (Larks’ Tongues In Aspic and Starless and Bible Black) and shed two band members en route; percussionist Jamie Muir having quit early 1973, and violin/mellotron player David Cross at the end of the US tour just a week prior to the recording of Red. Crimson had built a reputation as one of the tightest, most powerful bands on the rock circuit. Recording as a trio in Olympic studios in London, with one improv piece (Providence) drawn from that final US tour and with contributions from former members and friends.