King Crimson – Beat LP on Sale

40th anniversary stereo mixes of King Crimson s 1980s albums Discipline , Beat and Three Of A Perfect Pair by Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp. All three albums available on 200-gram super-heavyweight vinyl for the first time. Mastered by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering from original studio masters. Released on CD as part of King Crimson s 40th anniversary series, the Steven Wilson & Robert Fripp remixes of the 1980s trilogy of albums Discipline , Beat and Three Of A Perfect Pair have long been over-due on vinyl. Seven years after King Crimson had ceased to exist , King Crimson s reinvention as a new quartet consisting of Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford, Adrian Belew and Tony Levin brought about a surprising new era, which delighted fans old and new. Stylistically very different from the King Crimson of the 1970s, this new line-up incorporated rock with electronica, funk, pure pop, modern avant-garde, and a complex variety of musical textures and influences. Beat (1982) was released just eight months after the quartet s recording of Discipline and marked the first occasion where a KC line-up had remained intact for a two album stretch and the first album by the band to employ a separate producer – Rhett Davies. The album also charted upon release in the US and the UK with compositions such a Waiting Man , Neal and Jack and Me and Heartbeat becoming firm favorites with fans and concert goers. This edition features the extended version of Requiem. King Crimson s 1980s studio trilogy is now celebrated as a classic period, the intricacies of the playing and details in the compositional style became a key influence on sub-genres such as math rock.