King Crimson / ProjeKcts.Collectors' Club 1969-2003

King Crimson "Live In Newcastle" 1972 CLUB48 - Collectors' Club 2019

Taken from a cassette recording - with audio restored and mastered by DGM - Live in Newcastle, December 8, 1972 showcases the Larks' Tongues in Aspic line-up shortly before it went on to produce that classic album.

King Crimson "Live in Argentina" 1994 CLUB47 - 2012 Collectors' Club

As any fan fortunate enough to have seen the double trio lineup will tell you – even by King Crimson’s high standards – this was a spectacular live band. While a return of King Crimson had been planned as early as 1990, it was only in 1992 that the idea of a double trio line-up emerged as the ideal and it took until 1994 to get all the necessary musicians and plans sufficiently in place.

King Crimson "Live at the Marquee" 1971 CLUB46 - 2015 Collectors' Club

Arguably the greatest find in Mister Stormy’s trawl through the Crimson archives: uncovering a previously unheard set on the second night at the band’s stint at The Marquee.

King Crimson "Live in Toronto" 1974 CLUB45 - 2011 Collectors' Club

Captured on a soundboard recording live at the Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada on June 24th, 1974 during the last tour of Fripp-Bruford-Wetton-Cross line up for Red album

King Crimson "Live in New Haven, CT " 2003 CLUB44 - 2011 Collectors' Club

You know it's been one hell of gig when Robert Fripp gets off his stool, wanders centre stage and says "It's exceptional nowadays that I step to a microphone and say 'good evening, Hippies', but at the completion of this stage of King Crimson touring in America, perhaps something more is needed." At which point he holds up a bra that's been thrown onto the stage during the show and then proceeds to give away the undergarment with a KC trivia quiz! - Sid Smith.

King Crimson "Live in Chicago, Il " 1995 CLUB43 - 2010 Collectors' Club

King Crimson

Live in Chicago, IL

November 29, 1995

King Crimson "Rehearsals & Blows" 1983 CLUB42 - 2016 Collectors' Club

Taken together with The Champaign-Urbana Sessions (CLUB21), the work-in-progress sketches, outtakes, bright ideas, dead-ends and cul-de-sacs gathered here provide a kind of counter-factual, alternative history to King Crimson’s catalogue; a shadow album that traces those points where things came together or fell apart in the trying, where ideas either bloomed or withered

King Crimson "Live Zurich," 1973 CLUB41 -2009 Collectors' Club

For the 1972- 1974 version of King Crimson, developing and writing new material was, as Bill Bruford memorably noted in his autobiography, 'excruciating, teeth-pullingly difficult music-making."When The Mincer appeared on Starless & Bible Black it represented a new way of approaching the process for Crimson; taking live improvisations and then editing and over-dubbing new parts to create an interesting hybrid.In an exclusive interview, Crimson violinist David Cross talks about this approach in the liner notes to this concert.

King Crimson "Live in Boston, MA"1972 CLUB40 -2009 Collectors' Club

As the Yes bandwagon rolled into Boston on the last date of an extensive tour, it was King Crimson who opened up for them. When Yes took took to the stage that night and Jon Anderson announced "That was a really fine set by King Crimson wasn't it? They are a truly great band" he wasn't wrong.

King Crimson "Live in Milan" 2003 CLUB39 - 2008 Collectors' Club

"That is what makes this such a great show. The light and shade within the set, the dynamics within the numbers themselves and the thoughtful pacing of the different numbers. This isn't a band going through the motions. This is a band with no passengers, actively listening to each other, taking risks and working with each other to push boundaries" - John Kimber.

King Crimson "Live in Philadelphia PA" 1996 CLUB38 - 2008 Collectors' Club

Despite having played over 150 gigs, and released four albums it was all over far too soon as the double-trio King Crimson came to Philadelphia - a city which had seen some storming performances in the past - to give its final performance in front of an audience.

King Crimson "Live at the Pier, NYC" 1982 CLUB37 - 2008 Collectors' Club

At the end of the summer day, the boisterous young NYC area rockers lined up to file onto Pier 84, jutting out hundreds of feet into the Hudson River. As we faced the stage, and Hell's Kitchen and Midtown Manhattan, the sun was setting behind our backs over the New Jersey Palisades. Larry Snead (interviewed by Sid Smith).

King Crimson (31) "Dr.Diamond" (Live in Mainz) From: King Crimson Collectors Club15

To celebrate their 50th anniversary, King Crimson are releasing 50 rare or unusual tracks from the archives. Starting on 13th January, the date the band was formed in the Fulham Palace Café in 1969, these tracks will be released one a week for the remaining 50 weeks of 2019. Each track will be introduced by a commentary from David Singleton, King Crimson manager and producer.

King Crimson "Live in Kassel" 1974 CLUB36 - 2007 Collectors' Club

"I'm really impressed by the playing and the confidence with each other that is so apparent. It's the sheer joy of playing which comes across to me when I listen to this music now; it's kind of right on the edge all the time, taking tremendous risks with material that we really understood very well." David Cross.

King Crimson "Live in Denver "1972 CLUB35 - 2007 Collectors' Club

So here we are in Denver, Colorado March 13, 1972. Another town, another gig and yet another King Crimson line-up due to go their separate ways at the end of an American tour. Though this particular gig was chosen for the KCCC well before the loss of Boz and Ian, it somehow seems a fitting tribute to them, and in particular, their resilience as players and people. - Sid Smith.

Projekct Three "Live in Alexandria, VA" 2003- CLUB34 - 2007 Collectors' Club

"Almost always Robert, Trey and I soundcheck before Adrian. He likes to get in and out of the venue as soon as possible so he comes just before. The rest of us would come early, rehearse and practice all the way through. So it wasn't that peculiar that Adrian wasn't there right away. Then as it got closer to the end of soundcheck and he still wasn't there that's when the decision was made to offer a refund or have P3 play. It was fairly last minute." - Pat Mastelotto.

Projekct Two "Live in Chicago, II "1998 CLUB33-2006- Collectors' Club

"Good solid show tonight. Park West is a fantastic venue. The sound is always great. Plus, Chicago audiences are always very up-to-date with what we're doing. When we walked on stage tonight we had the feeling that everyone was with us. And in fact, I think a lot of the audience had already heard the CD." Trey Gunn.

King Crimson "Live in Munich "1982 CLUB32 -2006- Collectors' Club

Tight, complex, startling and sonically ambitious, this was a King Crimson full of energy, the embodiment of what Rolling Stone magazine critic Chip Stern had in mind when he declared "Crimson creates a new kind of electronic string music that achieves an orchestral density without resorting to ersatz art-rock bombast." Sid Smith.

King Crimson "Live at the Wiltern"1995 CLUB31 -2005- Collectors' Club

Fripp believed the Wiltern gig to be a major show and wanted to release it straight away. Belew agreed and a mix was partially completed but the tapes were lost. The planned record was shelved; superseded by B'Boom and the all-improv album, THRaKaTTaK.