King Crimson - BBC Sessions (1969-1972)

For most musical artists I post about, the problem is that not enough of their music has been officially released. For King Crimson though, the problem is the opposite. Hundreds of concerts have been officially released, so much so that it's hard to tell the good from the bad. So I'm going to post a couple of albums from 1969 that have excellent sound amidst a sea of poor sounding recordings.

This album also neatly fits into my larger BBC project, because most of it are BBC recordings. The band did two BBC studio sessions in 1969. The first three are from one and the next two are from the other. 

But, surprisingly, that's about it. I couldn't find any other BBC material for many years after that. However, I did include one more song, the last one. This one comes from an appearance on the German TV show "Beat Club" in 1972. I consider that program kind of a cousin of the BBC, because a lot of good live performances have survived thanks to that show.

The first four songs are originals that first appeared on the 1969 album "In the Court of the Crimson King." The fifth song, however, is originally by Donovan. The sixth and last song would first appear on the band's 1973 album "Larks' Tongues in Aspic."

This album is 37 minutes long.

01 21st Century Schizoid Man (King Crimson)
02 The Court of the Crimson King (King Crimson)
03 I Talk to the Wind (King Crimson)
04 Epitaph (King Crimson)
05 Get Thy Bearings (King Crimson)
06 Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part I [Instrumental] (King Crimson)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15194496/KingCrm_1969-1972_BBSessions_atse.zip.html

Boy, it is surprisingly hard to find any good photos of King Crimson in 1969. And you'd think color photography hadn't been invented yet, because they're all in black and white. I eventually found this one, of band members Greg Lake (in back) and Robert Fripp (with glasses). It was in black and white, but I used the Palatte program to colorize it.