King Crimson – In The Wake Of Poseidon
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Island Records – ILPS-9127 |
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UK |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Prog Rock |
Tracklist
| A1 | Peace - A Beginning | |
| A2 | Pictures Of A City (Including 42nd At Treill) | |
| A3 | Cadence And Cascade | |
| A4 | In The Wake Of Poseidon (Including Libra's Theme) | |
| B1 | Cat Food | |
| B2 | The Devil's Triangle | |
| B3 | Merday Morn | |
| B4 | Hand Of Sceiron | |
| B5 | Garden Of Worm | |
| B6 | Peace - An End |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Island Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – E.G. Music Ltd.
- Published By – E.G. Music Ltd.
- Produced For – E.G. Records Ltd.
- Recorded At – Wessex Sound Studios
- Lacquer Cut At – Phonodisc Ltd.
- Pressed By – Phonodisc Ltd.
- Printed By – E.J. Day Group
- Made By – E.J. Day Group
Credits
- Bass – Peter Giles
- Design [Sleeve], Painting [Inside] – Peter Sinfield
- Drums – Michael Giles
- Engineer – Robin Thompson
- Engineer [Assistant Engineers] – Tony*
- Guitar, Mellotron, Effects [Devices] – Robert Fripp
- Painting [Cover] – Tammo De Jong*
- Piano – Keith Tippet*
- Producer, Directed By – Robert Fripp
- Saxophone [Saxes], Flute – Mel Collins
- Typography – Virginia (10)
- Vocals – Greg Lake (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B6)
- Words By – Peter Sinfield
Notes
Released on the Pink i labels, in a textured gatefold cover.
℗ 1970
Tracklist (above), wrong and incomplete, but resulting from inner cover layout text, text form (tracks titles in capitals) and, unequivocally, from Side Two label, can be considered of historical significance for early UK issues, as Side Two apparently begins with an untitled 'hidden track'.
Below an updated Side B tracklist, showing the real content on disc:
B1 Peace - A Theme (Fripp)
B2 Cat Food (Fripp, McDonald, Sinfield)
B3 The Devil's Triangle - including:
B3a Merday Morn (Fripp, McDonald)
B3b Hand of Sceiron (Fripp)
B3c Garden of Worm (Fripp)
B4 Peace-An End (Fripp, Sinfield)
B1 'Peace-A Theme' was absent as a title on all UK early issues (no mention of it on cover and label), but it appeared (on cover and label) as track '1' on some first issues outside UK (e.g.US Atlantic King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon ) and on many more reissues.
B1 position was taken here by ‘Cat Food’ instead.
Actual B3 ‘The Devil's Triangle’ did not appear on record cover and label as a main title including subtitles (a,b,c), but as an indipendent track ('2' on label); the 3 subtitles (also looking like indipendent instrumentals) were numbered '3'.,'4'.,'5'. on label.
‘Peace-An End’ was '6' on label, but it should have been track '4'.
Only German Stateside 1970 release Gordon Haskell appears by courtesy of C.B.S. Records
(There are two similar Pink i labels UK releases: [Invalid Release] also pressed by Phonodisc Ltd. and King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon with textured labels, pressed by Orlake Records).
The first UK pressing of this A1/B1 matrix contains withdrawn version of 'In The Wake Of Poseidon (Including Libra's Theme)', which is longer than that of later pressings (8'26" vs. 7'56").
This longer version was reissued for the first time in CD as a part of 40th Anniversary Set from UK, US, and Japan in 2010.
Runouts are stamped.
℗ 1970
Tracklist (above), wrong and incomplete, but resulting from inner cover layout text, text form (tracks titles in capitals) and, unequivocally, from Side Two label, can be considered of historical significance for early UK issues, as Side Two apparently begins with an untitled 'hidden track'.
Below an updated Side B tracklist, showing the real content on disc:
B1 Peace - A Theme (Fripp)
B2 Cat Food (Fripp, McDonald, Sinfield)
B3 The Devil's Triangle - including:
B3a Merday Morn (Fripp, McDonald)
B3b Hand of Sceiron (Fripp)
B3c Garden of Worm (Fripp)
B4 Peace-An End (Fripp, Sinfield)
B1 'Peace-A Theme' was absent as a title on all UK early issues (no mention of it on cover and label), but it appeared (on cover and label) as track '1' on some first issues outside UK (e.g.US Atlantic King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon ) and on many more reissues.
B1 position was taken here by ‘Cat Food’ instead.
Actual B3 ‘The Devil's Triangle’ did not appear on record cover and label as a main title including subtitles (a,b,c), but as an indipendent track ('2' on label); the 3 subtitles (also looking like indipendent instrumentals) were numbered '3'.,'4'.,'5'. on label.
‘Peace-An End’ was '6' on label, but it should have been track '4'.
Only German Stateside 1970 release Gordon Haskell appears by courtesy of C.B.S. Records
(There are two similar Pink i labels UK releases: [Invalid Release] also pressed by Phonodisc Ltd. and King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon with textured labels, pressed by Orlake Records).
The first UK pressing of this A1/B1 matrix contains withdrawn version of 'In The Wake Of Poseidon (Including Libra's Theme)', which is longer than that of later pressings (8'26" vs. 7'56").
This longer version was reissued for the first time in CD as a part of 40th Anniversary Set from UK, US, and Japan in 2010.
Runouts are stamped.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): ILPS 9127 A//1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): ILPS 9127 B//1
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): ILPS 9127 A//1 L 3 4
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): ILPS 9127 B//1 L 1 3
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): ILPS 9127 A//1 L 3 3
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): ILPS 9127 B//1 L 3 9 9
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): ILPS 9127 A//1 L 3 2
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): ILPS 9127 B//1 L 2 2
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): ILPS 9127 A//1 L 3 9
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): ILPS 9127 B//1 L 2 1 1
Other Versions (5 of 214)
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In The Wake Of Poseidon (LP, Album, Stereo, PR - Presswell Pressing) | Atlantic | SD 8266 | US | 1970 | ||
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In The Wake Of Poseidon (LP, Album, Gatefold) | Stateside | 1 C 062-91 458 | 1970 | |||
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In The Wake Of Poseidon (LP, Album) | Vertigo | ILPS 9127 | New Zealand | 1970 | ||
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In The Wake Of Poseidon (LP, Album, Gatefold) | Philips | 6406 001 | 1970 | |||
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In The Wake Of Poseidon (LP, Album, Gatefold) | Philips | PDS-352 | Australia | 1970 |
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Reviews
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Can someone explain me the differences between this version and https://discogs.futbolgratis.org/release/14838022?
I got two copies of the album but they have a slightly different variant of the stamp on the Matrix / Runout. One copy even has scrached „FH XXX IN THE WAKE OF POSEIDON KING CRIMSON“ on Side A. -
Incredible sound quality. I heard <In the Court of the Crimson king> A2 B3 UK press, but this sounds better. Tasty and solid sound. -
Edited 4 months agoThe original length of the title track was restored for the 2010 release, but only on the digital remix. The original mix, at the original length, never got reissued - to the best of my knowledge - since the original pressing. They did a very crappy vinyl transfer of the original pressing, but it's rolled off and filtered and not at all the way this record sounds on my setup. This was included on the Bluray for the Sailors Tales boxset, along with an unedited rough mix of the title track that clocks in at 9:14. -
I was just wondering whether this edition came with some sort of generic company inner sleeve or it was released with a plain white with no distinct features? Some sellers refer to inner sleeve, but no Picture or description in the notes about OIS on this release page? -
The band already went through lineup changes, as Ian McDonald left, leaving wind instruments to Mel Collins (previous of the band Circus, the band that recorded for Transatlantic, that is, and later all over the place including Camel, The Alan Parsons Project, Clannad, etc.). Mellotron duty now left up to Robert Fripp. Even Greg Lake didn't want to continue on, he simply laid the vocal tracks and left the bass up to Michael Giles brother Peter. Gordon Haskell was brought in for one vocal track, and Keith Tippett for piano.
Popular opinion is this is a pale rehash of their debut and nothing more. Did they listen to the second half? I mean the quirky "Cat Food", complete with tinkling piano from Keith Tippett would have been out of the question on their debut, and the Mellotron heavy "Devil's Triangle", partially borrowed from Holst's The Planets, which really gets off the deep-end. I ed back in 1991 when I bought this tripping out as a 19 year old, and glad to start hearing Mellotron on something other than a Moody Blues album. I do have to it the first half are more in line of their debut. "Pictures of a City" is a horn-dominated piece not unlike "21st Century Schizoid Man", "Cadence and Cascade" with Gordon Haskell on vocals, is more mellow, on the lines of "I Talk to the Wind", and the title track is a Mellotron-laden epic like "Epitaph". It might not be as strong as their debut, but still a worthy followup.
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