40 years of The Court

[MasterCylinder]

Still running througn my collection of Japanese remasters and currently listening to IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING............hard to believe it has been over 40 years since the original release date in October of 1969.

We all remember without effort, Lake & Fripp...................but MacDonald & Giles really added a lot and played so well on this stuff............good memories.

There was a neighbor that had a storm celler in his back yard...............one wall down there was painted just like the album cover [The Schizoid Man]............and a dang good job it was too............it was a good place to hang out, play a record and share smoke....................good memories.

[3LB]

Any plans to pick up the 5.1 reissues done by Steve Wilson?

[MasterCylinder]

Any plans to pick up the 5.1 reissues done by Steve Wilson?

I've heard Fripp & Wilson did that..................since I have an old DENON unit, I've become acustomed to the 5-channel stereo feature............most times (but not always) it sounds better than the 5.1.

[Hyfi]

I have actually been listening to this as well as other ELP material in prep for the Emerson Lake show I just got tickets to.

I have an import version of the court that is an exact replica of the album but in CD form. The cover is an album sleeve, the cd is in the black LP like sleeve, and all the artwork and words to the songs are just as they were 40 years ago but a little hard for this geezer to read.

Emerson and Lake are doing songs from The Nice, ELP, and Crimson with story telling of it all in between. We were supposed to see the Emerson show last year but he canceled due to a hand injury so getting to see him and Lake together will be great.

[MasterCylinder]

I have actually been listening to this as well as other ELP material in prep for the Emerson Lake show I just got tickets to.

I have an import version of the court that is an exact replica of the album but in CD form. The cover is an album sleeve, the cd is in the black LP like sleeve, and all the artwork and words to the songs are just as they were 40 years ago but a little hard for this geezer to read.

Emerson and Lake are doing songs from The Nice, ELP, and Crimson with story telling of it all in between. We were supposed to see the Emerson show last year but he canceled due to a hand injury so getting to see him and Lake together will be great.

I have one of those exact album replicas but, I don't remember which CD it is..........I want to say it is one of the Jethro Tull releases.

Hyfi............after reading your post, I went to the Greg Lake webpage because I didn't know this tour was going to take place............unfortunately, they will not play anywhere near here............one of my largest regrets in my youth was never going to see Emerson, which IMO, is one of the finest keyboard talents to ever apply his knowledge to our generation of music (as opposed to staying purely with classical studies).

[Hyfi]

I have one of those exact album replicas but, I don't remember which CD it is..........I want to say it is one of the Jethro Tull releases.

Hyfi............after reading your post, I went to the Greg Lake webpage because I didn't know this tour was going to take place............unfortunately, they will not play anywhere near here............one of my largest regrets in my youth was never going to see Emerson, which IMO, is one of the finest keyboard talents to ever apply his knowledge to our generation of music (as opposed to staying purely with classical studies).

I saw ELP in the late 70s on a whim at the Tower and was completely blown away.

[Swish]

I saw ELP in the late 70s on a whim at the Tower and was completely blown away.

I actually saw the twice there, but the second time they used 'quadraphonic sound' and had PA speakers set up in all four corners of the arena. I know it was a novelty, but it sounded pretty cool back then and was the precursor to the current 'surround sound' systems. I know that Pink Floyd was the first to utilize it back in 1967, but it was short-lived, both on the live stage and home audio.

[Auricauricle]

I was just listening to that album the other day....Good times, good times.

Interesting note: About a week ago, the National Public Radio program, Echoes, interviewed the director, Diana Dilworth, who has recently released her film celebrating the Mellotron: Mellodrama. For those of you in the know, the Mellotron, is and was, an indespensible voice in the prog-rock scene. All those wondrously serene and spooky strings and other effects were probably voiced by it, and groups like The Moody Blues, The Beatles, Tangerine Dream, Pink Floyd, and of course, King Crimson made full use of it.

For those of you who love Prog, and just can't resist the Mellotron, this sounds like a must see!

http://diannadilworth.com/artwork/50...ellodrama.html

[Hyfi]

I was just listening to that album the other day....Good times, good times.

Interesting note: About a week ago, the National Public Radio program, Echoes, interviewed an author who has recently published a book celebrating the Mellotron. For those of you in the know, the Mellotron, is and was, an indespensible voice in the prog-rock scene. All those wondrously serene and spooky strings and other effects were probably voiced by it, and groups like The Moody Blues, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, and of course, King Crimson made full use of it.

Yeah, I heard it a while back. There are several older posts over at PE on this topic. Hard to believe all the songs that used it and that it's original intent was definitely not for Prog.

[Swish]

...cover was cool. Yes, I liked it a lot back then, along with Tull, Yes, and ELP, but that stuff does nothing from me these days. Back then it was all the rage.

[Hyfi]

...cover was cool. Yes, I liked it a lot back then, along with Tull, Yes, and ELP, but that stuff does nothing from me these days. Back then it was all the rage.

LOL, I use that picture as my IM chat pic at work to show my frustration with stupid customers.

[3LB]

for those of you with I-phones, there a mellotron app that pretty cool

I can't post links, but there is vid on YouTube that shows a demo.