A mixture of chronological distance from the original events and the status of the band's debut album 'In the Court of the Crimson King' as an iconic/classic studio recording, has helped to obscure the fact that the original King Crimson line-up - although it lasted slightly less than a year - earned the bulk of it's contemporary standing as Britain's 'best new band' on the strength of it's incendiary live performances. Epitaph (Volumes I & II) presents recordings of BBC sessions from the period immediately preceding the launch of the album and US live performances from November and December 1969. Included is a complete performance from the final run of gigs at the legendary Fillmore West in San Francisco.
Volume One
BBC Radio Sessions
1-1. 21st Century Schizoid Man
1-2. In The Court Of The Crimson King
1-3. Get Thy Bearings
1-4. Epitaph
Fillmore East, New York, 21 November 1969
1-5. A Man, A City
1-6. Epitaph
1-7. 21st Century Schizoid Man
Fillmore West, San Francisco, 14 December 1969
1-8. Mantra
1-9. Travel Weary Capricorn
1-10. Improv - Travel Bleary Capricorn
1-11. Mars
Volume Two
Fillmore West, San Francisco, 15 December 1969
2-1. In The Court Of The Crimson King
2-2. Drop In
2-3. A Man, A City
2-4. Epitaph
2-5. 21st Century Schizoid Man
2-6. Mars
