Original title: King Crimson - The Road To Red
Year: 1974/2013
Genre: Prog Rock, Jazz-Rock, Art Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Cast and Crew: Robert Fripp- guitar, mellotron, keyboards; John Wetton - bass, vocals; William Bruford - percussives; David Cross - violin, mellotron, keyboards; Mel Collins - soprano saxophone; Ian McDonald - alto saxophone; Robin Miller - oboe; Marc Charig - cornet; Eddie Jobson - violin, keyboards.
• Is there such as thing as ‘too much’ content in a box set? Not, it seems, if you are prog-rock specialist Panegyric Recordings, who are preparing, The Road To Red, a 24-disc box set, that attempts to comprehensively capture the essence of King Crimson‘s US tour of 1974 and the process leading to the band’s Red album released the same year.
• The set is released on 14 October and to break down the content, you get 21 CDs, a DVD and two Blu-ray discs. In total, 16 concerts are featured across the various discs and you can enjoy new mixes of the Red studio album.
• Blu-Ray Disc 1 features full lossless audio 24/192 transfers of four complete professionally recorded concerts newly transferred at the highest possible resolution from the original analogue Dolby SR half inch mix-downs in LPCM stereo.
• Blu-Ray Disc 2 features a 24/192 transfer of the Asbury Park/USA concert.
• Blu-Ray Disc 2 features a new stereo mix of Red in 24/96 LPCM stereo by Robert Fripp & Steven Wilson.
• Blu-Ray Disc 2 also features the original stereo mix of Red along with the 5.1 mix of the album in 24/96 LPCM + bonus audio material.
BD 1:
• Stanley Warner Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA
01 Walk On: No Pussyfooting
02 The Great Deceiver
03 Lament
04 Improv: Bartley Butsford
05 Exiles
06 Fracture
07 Easy Money
08 Improv: Daniel Dust
09 The Night Watch
10 Doctor Diamond
11 Starless
12 Improv: Wilton Carpet
13 The Talking Drum
14 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
15 21st Century Schizoid Man
• Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario
01 Walk On: No Pussyfooting
02 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
03 Lament
04 Exiles
05 Improv: The Golden Walnut
06 The Night Watch
07 Fracture
08 Improv: Clueless And Slightly Slack
09 Easy Money
10 Starless
11 21st Century Schizoid Man
• Penn State University, University Park, PA
01 Walk On: No Pussyfooting
02 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
03 Lament
04 Exiles
05 Improv: Is There Life Out There?
06 Easy Money
07 Improv: It Is For You, But Not For Us
08 Fracture
09 Starless
• Palace Theatre, Providence, RI
01 Walk On: No Pussyfooting
02 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
03 Lament
04 Exiles
05 Improv: A Voyage To The Centre Of The Cosmos
06 Easy Money
07 Improv: Providence
08 Fracture
09 Starless
10 21st Century Schizoid ManBD 2:
• Casino Arena, Asbury Park, NJ (2013 Mix LPCM Stereo 24/192)
01 Walk On: No Pussyfooting
02 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
03 Lament
04 Exiles
05 Improv: Asbury Park
06 Easy Money
07 Improv
08 Fracture
09 Starless
10 21st Century Schizoid Man
• Casino Arena, Asbury Park, NJ • 2005 Mix (LPCM Stereo 24/96)
01 Walk On: No Pussyfooting
02 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
03 Lament
04 Exiles
05 Improv: Asbury Park
06 Easy Money
07 Fracture
08 Starless
09 21st Century Schizoid Man
• 30th Anniversary Remaster (LPCM Stereo 24/96)
01 Walk On: No Pussyfooting
02 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
03 Lament
04 Exiles
05 Improv: Asbury Park
06 Easy Money
07 21st Century Schizoid Man
08 Fracture
09 Starless
Bonus Live Tracks
01 Providence (Full Version)
02 A Voyage To The Centre Of The Cosmos
• Original UK Vinyl Transfer (LPCM Stereo 24/96)
01 Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (Part II)
02 Lament
03 Exiles
04 Asbury Park
05 Easy Money
06 21st Century Schizoid Man
• Red The 2009 Surround Mix (DTS-HD Master Surround • LPCM 5.1 Surround)
01 Red
02 Fallen Angel
03 One More Red Nightmare
04 Providence
05 Starless
Bonus Studio Track (Only 5.1 Version)
01 Fallen Angel Trio Version (Instrumental)
Bonus Live Tracks (Only 5.1 Version)
01 Providence (Full Version)
02 A Voyage To The Centre Of The Cosmos
• Red 30th Anniversary Remaster (LPCM Stereo 24/96)
01 Red
02 Fallen Angel
03 One More Red Nightmare
04 Providence
05 Starless
• Red 2013 Stereo Mix (LPCM Stereo 24/96)
01 Red
02 Fallen Angel
03 One More Red Nightmare
04 Providence
05 Starless
Bonus Studio Tracks
01 Red Trio Version
02 Fallen Angel Trio Version (Instrumental)
Production: Discipline Global Mobile | Panegyric Recordings