Islands- King Crimson (LP) Editions E.G./'80's Reissue
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This is an extremely hard-to-find and long out-of-print mid '80's LP reissue of King Crimson's landmark fourth album originally released in 1971 on Atlantic Records, "Islands". The album jacket and LP are in excellent condition with the LP having been played once since I first purchased it in the mid-'80's. U.S. shipping is $4.00 and International shipping is $10.00. I will ship to most International locations (including Canada, International rate). Good luck!
Islands (King Crimson album)
Islands Studio album by King Crimson Released December, 1971 Recorded October 1971 Genre Progressive rock, Jazz fusion Length 43:34 Label Island RecordsAtlantic Records
Polydor Records
E.G. Records
Virgin Records Producer Robert Fripp, Peter Sinfield Professional reviews
- Allmusic link
- Robert Christgau (C) link
- Piero Scaruffi link
- Rolling Stone (mixed) link
(1970) Islands
(1971) Earthbound
(1972)
Islands is the fourth album by the British band King Crimson, released in 1971.
The last King Crimson studio album before the group's trilogy of Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black and Red, it is also the last to feature the lyrics of Peter Sinfield and the last to feature the band's 'traditional' progressive sound.
The album received mixed reviews. There are four tracks with lyrics on this album, and three of them concern women. One of them, "Ladies of the Road", has been criticised for perceived misogyny.
The original United Kingdom and European cover depicts the Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius. The original United States and Canadian album cover (as released by Atlantic Records) was a Peter Sinfield painting of off-white with coloured "islands". This was used as an internal gatefold sleeve in the UK. When the King Crimson catalogue was re-issued by EG, they standardised on the "Trifid Nebula" cover world-wide.
- Robert Fripp taught Boz Burrell how to play bass so that he could perform the instrument as well as sing on the album. Burrell later became the bassist for the band Bad Company.
- The original LP cover displayed neither the name of the band nor the title.
- "Islands" was covered by Japanese artist Ai Aso on the She's So Heavy split 7". The song was also covered on Alice's Viaggio In Italia.
- The harmonic basis for the tune "The Letters" is derived from the Giles, Giles and Fripp song "Why Don't You Just Drop In," available on The Brondesbury Tapes compilation.
- The original vinyl release of the album features a hidden track. At the end of side two there is a recording of studio chatter followed by a voice, possibly Fripp's, saying "All right, let's try it twice more, once with the oboe, once without it.". This was not included on the initial CD release but was restored on all subsequent reissues.
Track listing
Side one
- "Formentera Lady" (Robert Fripp, Peter Sinfield) – 10:14
- "Sailor's Tale" (Fripp) – 7:21
- "The Letters" (Fripp, Sinfield) – 4:26
Side two
- "Ladies of the Road" (Fripp, Sinfield) – 5:28
- "Prelude: Song of the Gulls" (Fripp) – 4:14
- "Islands" (Fripp, Sinfield) – 11:51
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