King Crimson 40th Anniversary

King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic (1973) {40th Anniversary Series 13CD+DVD+Blu-ray DGM KCCBX5 rel 2012}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (image)+CUE+LOG -> 3.87 Gb | MP3 @320 -> 1.64 Gb
DVD9 -> 7.31 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 16:9 | LPCM 24/96 / DTS 5.1 / MLP 5.1 | ISO Image
BLU-RAY -> 29.1 Gb | 1080p | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 / LPCM 2.0 / 5.1 | 24-96 | ISO Image
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 354 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1973, 2012 Panegyric / Discipline Global Mobile | KCCBX5
Rock / Art Rock / Prog-Rock / Avant-Prog

'Larks' Tongues In Aspic', from 1973, is widely regarded as one of the truly great King Crimson albums. With its raw tone, inspired improvisations and hard hitting odd-metered rhythms, the album marked a radical departure for this most forward thinking of groups and was the first to include Bill Bruford and John Wetton as band members. This 40th Anniversary edition features new mixes by Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) and Robert Fripp.

Released in December 1970, King Crimson's third studio album, Lizard, is often viewed as an outlier in the pioneering British prog outfit's nearly half-century discography. It's not easily grouped with 1969's stunning In the Court of the Crimson King debut and 1970 follow-up In the Wake of Poseidon, and along with 1971's Islands it's considered a transitional release on the band's path toward the relative stability of the Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973), Starless and Bible Black (1974), and Red (1974) trilogy. Plus, the Lizard sessions were difficult and the core group lineup acrimoniously collapsed immediately afterward, as bandleader/guitarist Robert Fripp, with lyricist Peter Sinfield, continued brave efforts to save King Crimson from disintegrating as the group's lengthy history was just getting underway…

King Crimson - Lizard (1970) [CD + DVD-A] {40th Anniversary Series, 2009} [CD + DVD-A]
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (image)+CUE+LOG -> 352 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 84 Mb
DVD-A | ISO | Audio: MLP: 5.1 / 2.0 (24/96) | DTS: 5.1 (24/48) | LPCM: 2.0 (24/48) | 5.17 GB
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 106 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2009 DGM / Robert Fripp | KCSP3
Rock / Art Rock / Prog Rock

Lizard, King Crimson's third studio album and second release of 1970, was, like its predecessor In the Wake of Poseidon, the product of a studio band. It was also the first Crimson album for which Robert Fripp provided all of the music. Remarkably self-contained & sounding somewhat atypical for a King Crimson album, even by the standards of a band that rarely sounded similar from album to album, Lizard is an often overlooked and under-appreciated gem from the band's early years. Certainly at the time of release, anyone expecting an extension of the soundscapes introduced & explored on the band's earlier two albums was in for a surprise.

The 19-disc limited edition box set 'On (and Off) The Road' presents a complete overview of the enduringly popular 1980's incarnation of King Crimson…

King Crimson - Red (1974) {40th Anniversary Series, 2009} [CD + DVD-A]
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (image)+CUE+LOG -> 424 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 144 Mb
DVD-A | ISO | Audio: MLP: 5.1 / 2.0 (24/96) | DTS: 5.1 (24/48) | LPCM: 2.0 (24/48) | 7.32 GB
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 92 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2009 DGM / Robert Fripp | KCSP7
Rock / Art Rock / Prog Rock

The release of King Crimson’s seminal 1974 album Red continues the overhaul of the progressive rock band’s catalog that also — so far anyway — includes their debut album In The Court Of The Crimson King and Lizard. As was the case with those two albums, the remastering of this album was overseen by Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson, along with founding member Robert Fripp. Wilson was a great choice for this task for a couple of reasons. He’s a longtime fan, and with Porcupine Tree and his other many projects, he also definitely has the necessary prog-rock credentials.

King Crimson - THRAK (1995) {2xBlu-ray only 40th Anniversary Series DGM KCCBX13 rel 2015}
2xBLU-RAY -> 75.7 Gb | 1080p | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 / LPCM 2.0 / 5.1 | 24-96 | ISO Images
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 1.13 Gb | 5% repair rar
© 1995, 2015 Panegyric / Discipline Global Mobile | KCCBX13
Rock / Art Rock / Prog-Rock / Avant-Prog

The 1994 return of King Crimson was timed perfectly, matching, in no particular order, one of the peak periods for CD sales, a time of great variety of radio formats in the USA, the growth of a number of bands who pointed eagerly to the influence of King Crimson - especially of the 1972-74 band - a more positive critical reception for the band, following the remasters of the catalogue, Frame by Frame and Great Deceiver boxed sets supervised by Robert Fripp. Such timing not only benefited from the release of the various musicians from their other musical commitments, but in Robert Fripp's case, the ultimately successful battle to regain control of King Crimson's catalogue.

“Beat” was released in June 1982 just eight months after the 80s Crimson lineup debut album “Discipline”. It marked the first occasion where a King Crimson line-up had remained intact for a two album stretch and was also the first album by the band to employ a separate producer – Rhett Davies. As with other albums in the King Crimson CD/DVD-A series, the stereo CD features a new stereo mix by Robert Fripp and Steven Wilson, while the DVD-A features 5.1 mixes of the album by Steven Wilson, high resolution stereo mixes of the original and new stereo mixes. Additionally, the original album is presented in rough mix form along with additional audio extras, video performance footage of two songs from The Alabamahalle, Germany and the original promo film for Heartbeat.

As Robert Fripp had done with King Crimson's first live LP, Earthbound (1972), USA (1974) is a single-disc concert package documenting the quartet during its most concurrent swing through North America. As with its predecessor, USA was also issued as a sonic cenotaph of the concurrently defunct Krim…

“Beat” was released in June 1982 just eight months after the 80s Crimson lineup debut album “Discipline”. It marked the first occasion where a King Crimson line-up had remained intact for a two album stretch and was also the first album by the band to employ a separate producer – Rhett Davies. As with other albums in the King Crimson CD/DVD-A series, the stereo CD features a new stereo mix by Robert Fripp and Steven Wilson, while the DVD-A features 5.1 mixes of the album by Steven Wilson, high resolution stereo mixes of the original and new stereo mixes. Additionally, the original album is presented in rough mix form along with additional audio extras, video performance footage of two songs from The Alabamahalle, Germany and the original promo film for Heartbeat.

King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic (1973) [CD+DVD-A] {2012, 40th Anniversary Series}
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 375 MB | Scans PNG - 96 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.98) - 156 MB
DVD-A | ISO+MDS - 7,39 GB | Audio: MLP: 5.1 / 2.0 (24/96) | DTS: 5.1 (24/48) | LPCM: 2.0 (24/48)
Genre: rock | RAR 5% Rec. | Label: DGM / Panegyric | CAT # KCSP5 | 2012

Two-disc CD/DVD-A package. Remixed for 5.1 Surround Sound from the original studio masters by Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) and fully approved by Crimson founder Robert Fripp. CD features a completely new 2012 stereo album mix by Robert Fripp & Steven Wilson, as well as three extra, previously unreleased, alt takes/mixes by Steven Wilson. DVD A (compatible will all DVD players and DVD Rom players) features a 5.1 DTS Mix and High Resolution Stereo mix (24bit/48khz). DVD A players, and some Blu Ray players can, additionally access a 5.1 Advanced Resolution (Lossless Audio) mix. DVD A features both the original album mix, new album mix and an album's worth of alternate mixes by Steven Wilson in High Resolution stereo.