1969 KING CRIMSON COURT CRIMSON KING ROBERT FRIPP GREG LAKE ELP USA ATLANTIC LP

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1969 - KING CRIMSON - - MICHAEL GILES - PETER SINFIELD } - IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING AN OBSERVATION BY KING CRIMSON - U.S.A. PRESSING - 12" VINYL RECORD LP - INCLUDES THE VERY HEAVY CARDBOARD GATEFOLD ALBUM COVER - PURCHASED NEW BY ME - NO CUT OUTS, DRILL HOLES OR NOTCHES - NO MISSING CUT CORNERS - ATLANTIC RECORDS LABEL - SD 19155 - SEE THE PHOTOS THAT CAN BE ENLARGED -

I'VE OWNED THIS RECORD SINCE THE MID 70'S AND HAD PLAYED IT A FEW TIMES BUT ALWAYS ON A TOP GRADE TURNTABLE WITH A HIGH QUALITY STYLUS. I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY THE YEAR THAT I PURCHASED IT BUT IT WAS IN THE MID 70'S AND I DO KNOW THAT THIS ALBUM WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN THE U.S.A. ON THE ATLANTIC RECORDS LABEL AND THE GATEFOLD COVER IS HEAVY CARDBOARD. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE ORIGINAL FIRST U.S.A. PRESSING OR NOT BUT IF IT IS IT'S WORTH A LOT MORE THAN I'M ASKING SINCE MANY PEOPLE CONSIDER THIS FIRST KING CRIMSON ALBUM TO BE THEIR BEST. 

SIDE ONE CONTAINS: 21ST CENTURY SCHIZOID MAN - I TALK TO THE WIND - EPITAPH.  

SIDE TWO CONTAINS: MOONCHILD INCLUDING THE DREAM AND THE ILLUSION - THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING INCLUDING THE RETURN OF THE FIRE WITCH AND THE DANCE OF THE PUPPETS.

ORIGINAL HEAVY CARDBOARD GATEFOLD ALBUM COVER. I'VE TAKEN CARE OF THIS ALBUM OVER THE YEARS BY PUTTING A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE OVER THE COVER AND UPGRADING IT EVERY 10 OR 15 YEARS. IN ANY CASE THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO RING WEAR. MAYBE A VERY LIGHT RECORD INDENTATION ON THE BACK COVER, BUT THAT HASN'T CREATED ANY WEAR. NO SEAM SPLITS. NO TAPE. NO WRITING. SEE PHOTOS. 

BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD PLAY NICE. IN FACT I JUST PLAYED IT BEFORE LISTING ON MY DENON TURNTABLE WITH A DENON MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE HOOKED UP TO A HEAD AMP . I HEAR OF COURSE A FEW SECONDS OF SURFACE NOISE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST SONG ON SIDE ONE. ALSO THERE'S SOME STATIC TYPE OF NOISE IN THE SONG "MOONCHILD" ON SIDE TWO WHICH IS A VERY QUIET SONG HOWEVER THERE'S NO SCRATCHES OR SURFACE MARKS THERE AND ACTUALLY NOTHING BUT SMUDGES ON SIDE TWO THAT I MOSTLY WIPED UP BEFORE PLAYING WITH MY DISCWASHER WAND. ALSO I MOVED BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD AROUND UNDER A PAIR OF 100 WATT LIGHT BULBS AND THERE WERE NO SCRATCHES AT ALL ON SIDE TWO, JUST A FEW VERY SMALL LIGHT SCUFFS THAT I FOUND ON SIDE ONE WHERE THERE'S VIRTUALLY NO SURFACE NOISE AT ALL. GO FIGURE? I THINK THAT THE LIGHT STATIC NOISE IN "MOONCHILD" IS JUST THAT, STATIC, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE ANTI-STATIC DEVICES TO REMOVE IT. I HAVE A REGULAR CLOTH MAT ON MY TURNTABLE SO MAYBE I SHOULD TRY TO FIND AN ANTI-STATIC MAT. THE RECORD COMES WITH A HIGH QUALITY INNER SLEEVE AND A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

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