King Crimson "Sleepless:The Concise King Crimson" (1993)

1. 21st century schizoid man (7:20) 

As the title suggests, this is by no means an exhaustive compilation, and as Fripp himself writes in the liner notes this is just a “pocket edition of the four-volume novel released in 1991 as “The Essential K.C.”; As he later notes “an earnest Crimsonhead will dispute and argue the choice of tracks”; considering that satisfying all parties would be an impossible task, I certainly agree this “serves as an introduction to, and an overview of, our studio work between 1969 and 1984”.However it’s impossible not to point out how unfair it might have been to completely ignore so many pre 75 albums, when all of the 80’s release, up to that point in time, have at least a representative in the track list…

1."21st Century Schizoid Man" 7:20

2. Epitaph (8:45) 

3. In the court of the Crimson King (7:19) 

4. Cat food (edit) (2:45) 

5. Ladies of the road (5:30) 

6. Starless (abridged) (4:36) 

7. Red (6:16) 

8. Fallen angel (6:00) 

9. Elephant talk (4:41) 

10. Frame by frame (5:07) 

11. Matte Kudasai (3:45) 

12. Heartbeat (3:53) 

13. Three of a perfect pair (4:11) 

14. Slepless (remixed) (5:22)

Total Time: 75:30

Line-up / Musicians

- Robert Fripp / guitar

- Adrian Belew / guitar, lead vocal

- Tony Levin / bass guitar, Chapman stick, support vocal

- Bill Bruford / percussion, electric and acoustic drums

- Ian McDonald / woodwind, keyboards, mellotron

- Greg Lake / bass guitar, lead vocal

- Michael Giles - drums, percussion

- Peter Sinfield - words & illumination

- Keith Tippet / piano

- Mel Collins / saxophone, backing vocal

- Boz / bass guitar, lead vocal

- Ian Wallace / drums, percussion, backing vocals

- John Wetton / bass guitar, vocal

- Marc Charig / cornet

- Robin Miller / oboe