Earthbound (King Crimson album)

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Earthbound
Earthbound cover
Live album by King Crimson
Released 1972
Recorded February-March 1972
Genre Progressive rock
Length 46:38
Label Island Records (UK) Atlantic Records (USA)
Producer Robert Fripp
Professional reviews
King Crimson chronology
Islands
(1971)		 Earthbound
(1972)		 Larks' Tongues in Aspic
(1973)

Earthbound is a live album by the band King Crimson, released in 1972 as a budget record shortly after the line-up which recorded it had broken up. It has been praised for its funky grooves (unusual for the band), and a blistering performance of "21st Century Schizoid Man", but widely criticized for its very poor sound quality, due to it being recorded onto cassette by live sound engineer Hunter MacDonald.

The CD reissue does not significantly improve the overall sound quality of the album, due to its cassette origins.

Contents

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[edit] Side one

  1. "21st Century Schizoid Man" (Including: "Mirrors") (Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield) – 11:45
    Recorded at the Armoury, Wilmington, USA, February 11, 1972
  2. "Peoria" (Boz Burrell, Mel Collins, Fripp, Ian Wallace) – 7:30
    Recorded at the Barn, Peoria, USA, March 10, 1972
  3. "Sailor's Tale" (Fripp) – 4:45
    Recorded at the Baseball Park, Jacksonville, USA, February 26, 1972

[edit] Side two

  1. "Earthbound" (Burrell, Collins, Fripp, Wallace) – 7:08
    Recorded at Kemp Coliseum, Orlando, USA, February 27, 1972
  2. "Groon" (Fripp) – 15:30
    Recorded at the Armoury, Wilmington, USA, February 11, 1972

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