King Crimson: Discography 1969 - 1974

 

King Crimson are an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968 by Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald and Peter Sinfield. Guitarist and leader Fripp has remained

the only constant member throughout the band's long history. If there is one group that embodies progressive rock, it is King Crimson. Led by guitar/Mellotron virtuoso Robert Fripp, during its first five years of existence the band stretched both the language and structure of rock into realms of jazz and classical music, all the while avoiding pop and psychedelic sensibilities. The absence of mainstream compromises and the lack of an overt sense of humor ultimately doomed the group to nothing more than a large cult following, but it made their albums some of the most enduring and respectable of the prog rock era. 
                       

King Crimson originally grew out of the remnants of an unsuccessful trio called Giles, Giles & Fripp. Michael Giles (drums, vocals), Peter Giles (bass, vocals), and Robert Fripp (guitar) had begun working

together in late 1967 after playing in a variety of bands: Fripp's résumé included tenures with the League of Gentlemen and the Majestic Dance Orchestra, while the Giles brothers had played with Trendsetters, Ltd. After signing to Deram, the trio recorded their debut single, "One in a Million," and began cutting a follow-up album, The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp, during the summer of 1968. In July of 1969, the group debuted in front of 650,000 people at a free concert in London's Hyde Park on a bill with the Rolling Stones; later that month King Crimson ultimately recorded and produced their first album. 
                      

In the Court of the Crimson King was one of the most challenging albums of the entire fledgling progressive rock movement. The band's debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King (1969), remains their most commercially successful and influential release. The next two albums, In the Wake of

Poseidon and Lizard (both 1970), were recorded during a period of instability in the band's line-up, before a stable group with Fripp, Sinfield, Mel Collins, Boz Burrell and Ian Wallace recorded Islands in 1971. In mid-1972, Fripp disbanded this line-up, recruited new members Bill Bruford (formerly of Yes), John Wetton (formerly of Family), David Cross and Jamie Muir, and changed the group's musical approach, drawing from European free improvisation and modernist classical music and developing ever more complex compositions. 
                            

The band released three more albums, Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973), Starless and Bible Black (1974) and Red (1974), before Fripp disbanded the group at the end of 1974. Finally, in April of 1981,

Fripp formed a new group called Discipline with Bruford, bassist Tony Levin, and guitarist/singer Adrian Belew. By the time their album was released in October of that year, the group's name had been changed to King Crimson (the album was still titled Discipline, however). This band, with a herky-jerky sound completely different from any of the other lineups to use that name, toured and recorded regularly over the years, and made full-length video productions; they splintered after two more albums, 1982's Beat and 1984's Three of a Perfect Pair. 
                       

In October and December 1994, King Crimson recorded their eleventh studio album, Thrak, at

Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios.Containing revised versions of the songs from Vrooom, plus some new tracks, the album was described by Q magazine as having "jazz-scented rock structures, characterised by noisy, angular, exquisite guitar interplay" and an "athletic, ever-inventive rhythm section",while being in tune with the sound of alternative rock of the mid-1990s.
                      

After a tour opening for Tool in 2001, King Crimson refined and focused their four-piece structure for their second album in that configuration. The release of The Power to Believe was preceded by Level

Five (2001) and Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With (2002), two EPs that functioned as work-in-progress reveals for the album, which Fripp described as "the culmination of three years of Crimsonising". In 2019, King Crimson announced that The Power to Believe would be the fifteenth and final phase of their "40th Anniversary" release schedule. An enhanced and expanded master of the album was released in hi-res stereo audio as well as lossless 5.1 Surround Sound.
                        

ALBUMS ON THIS POST: 1969 - 1974

                          

01. In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
02. In the Wake of Poseidon (1970)
03. Lizard (1970)
04. Islands (1971)
05. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973)
06. Starless and Bible Black (1974)
07. Red (1974)

01. IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING 1969

                               

The group's definitive album, and one of the most daring debut albums ever recorded by anybody. At the

time, it blew all of the progressive/psychedelic competition (the Moody Blues, the Nice, etc.) out of the running, although it was almost too good for the band's own good -- it took King Crimson nearly four years to come up with a record as strong or concise. Ian McDonald's Mellotron is the dominant instrument, along with his saxes and Fripp's guitar, making this a somewhat different-sounding record from everything else they ever did. 
                         

King Crimson - 1969 - In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) 
Label: Discipline Global Mobile – KCCBX1
Series: King Crimson 40th Anniversary Series
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Box Set, Limited Edition
Country: UK, Europe & US
Released: Nov 23, 2009
Genre: Rock
Style: Art Rock, Prog Rock

CD1. 2009 STEREO MIX

                 

        
01. 21st Century Schizoid Man    7:24
02. I Talk To The Wind    6:00
03. Epitaph    8:52
04. Moonchild    9:02
05. The Court Of The Crimson King    9:20

BONUS TRACKS

    
06. Moonchild (Full Version)    12:13
07. I Talk To The Wind (Duo Version)    4:54
08. I Talk To The Wind (Alternate Mix)    6:34
09. Epitaph (Backing Track)    9:02
10. Wind Session    4:28

Flac Size: 416 MB

CD2. ORIGINAL MASTER EDITION 2004        
                               

     

01. 21st Century Schizoid Man    7:23
02. I Talk To The Wind    6:03
03. Epitaph    8:48
04. Moonchild    12:12
05. The Court Of The Crimson King    9:250

BONUS TRACKS            

06. 21st Century Schizoid Man (Instrumental)    6:46
07. I Talk To The Wind (BBC Session)    4:40
08. 21st Century Schizoid Man (BBC Session)    7:11
09. The Court Of The Crimson King Part 1 (Mono Single Version)    3:22
10. The Court Of The Crimson King Part 2 (Mono Single Version)    4:30

Flac Size: 392 MB

CD 3. THE ALTERNATE ALBUM            

                          

01. 21st Century Schizoid Man (Instrumental)    7:070
02. I Talk To The Wind (Studio Run Through)    4:20
03. Epitaph (Alternate Version)    9:27
04. Moonchild (Take 1)    2:20
05. The Court Of The Crimson King (Take 3)    7:14
06. 21st Century Schizoid Man    7:21
07. I Talk To The Wind    6:02
08. Epitaph    8:56
09. Moonchild    12:12
10. The Court Of The Crimson King    9:21

Flac Size: 432 MB

CD 4. LIVE 1969        

                               

    
01. 21st Century Schizoid Man    6:36
02. The Court Of The Crimson King    6:31
03. Get Thy Bearings    9:41
04. Epitaph    4:28
05. Mantra    3:04
06. Travel Weary Capricorn    5:37
07. Mars    3:30
08. The Court Of The Crimson King    7:52
09. A Man A City    12:19
10. Epitaph    8:31
11. 21st Century Schizoid Man    7:56

Flac Size: 423 MB

CD 5. THE ORIGINAL ATLANTIC RECORDS ISSUED VINYL US RADIO PROMOS   

                         

   
01. 21st Century Schizoid Man (Mono)    7:22
02. I Talk To The Wind (Mono)    6:04
03. Epitaph (Mono)    8:51
04. Moonchild (Mono)    12:12
05. The Court Of The Crimson King (Mono)    9:27
06. The Court Of The Crimson King (Edited Mono Single Mix)    2:19

Flac Size: 248 MB

LINE - UP

Robert Fripp – electric guitar, acoustic guitar (3, 5), production
Ian McDonald – alto saxophone (1), flute (2, 3, 5), clarinet (2, 3), bass clarinet (3), vibraphone (4), Mellotron Mk II (3, 4, 5), reed organ[66] (intro to 1, 2, 3, 5), piano (2, 3), harpsichord (5), co-lead vocals (2), backing vocals (5), production
Greg Lake – lead vocals, co-lead vocals (2), backing vocals (5), bass guitar (1, 2, 3, 5), production
Michael Giles – drum set, timpani (3), backing vocals (5), production
Peter Sinfield – lyrics, illumination, production

NOTES

Limited Edition of 7500 copies worldwide (not numbered).

02. IN THE WAKE OF POSEIDON 1970 (40th ANNIVERSARY SERIES)

                           

King Crimson opened 1970 scarcely in existence as a band, having lost two key members (Ian McDonald

and Michael Giles), with a third (Greg Lake) about to leave. Their second album -- largely composed of Robert Fripp's songwriting and material salvaged from their stage repertory ("Pictures of a City" and "The Devil's Triangle") -- is actually better produced and better sounding than their first. Surprisingly, Fripp's guitar is not the dominant instrument here: The Mellotron, taken over by Fripp after McDonald's departure -- and played even better than before -- still remains the band's signature. 
                          

King Crimson – In The Wake Of Poseidon
Label: Discipline Global Mobile – KCSP2, Panegyric – KCSP2
Series: King Crimson 40th Anniversary Series
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Country: UK & Europe
Released: Oct 4, 2010
Genre: Rock
Style: Prog Rock

ORIGINAL ALBUM MIX 2010 MIX        

                     

   
01. Peace – A Beginning   0:51
Producer, Mixed By – Robert Fripp, Steven Wilson
Written-By – Sinfield, Fripp    
02. Pictures Of A City   8:01
Producer, Mixed By – Robert Fripp, Steven Wilson
Written-By – Sinfield, Fripp    
03. Cadence And Cascade   4:38
Producer, Mixed By – Robert Fripp, Steven Wilson
Vocals – Gordon Haskell
Written-By – Sinfield, Fripp
04. In The Wake Of Poseidon   8:26
Producer, Mixed By – Robert Fripp, Steven Wilson
Written-By – Sinfield, Fripp    
05. Peace – A Theme   
Producer, Mixed By – Robert Fripp, Steven Wilson
Written-By – Fripp    
06. Cat Food   4:54
Producer, Mixed By – Robert Fripp, Steven Wilson
Written-By – McDonald, Sinfield, Fripp
    

THE DEVIL'S TRIANGLE        

                                     

Producer – Fripp
Producer [Original Album Mix] – Sinfield
Written-By – Fripp    
07. (Part I)   3:46
Written-By – Fripp, McDonald
08. (Part II)   4:00
Written-By – Fripp    
09. (Part III)   3:54
Written-By – Fripp    
10. Peace – An End   2:04
Producer, Mixed By – Robert Fripp, Steven Wilson
Written-By – Sinfield, Fripp
    

BONUS TRACKS        

    
11. Groon (2010 Mix)   3:35
Producer, Mixed By – Robert Fripp, Steven Wilson
12. Peace: An End (Alternate Mix)   2:06
Producer, Mixed By – Robert Fripp, Steven Wilson
13. Cadence & Cascade (Greg Lake Guide Vocal)  4:32 
Producer – Sinfield, Fripp

LINE - UP

Robert Fripp – electric guitar (2, 6, 7), acoustic guitar (1, 3–6, 8), Mellotron Mk II (2, 4, 7), celesta (3), piano (4), devices, production
Greg Lake – vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 8)
Michael Giles – drums (2–4, 6, 7)
Peter Giles – bass guitar (2–4, 6, 7)
Mel Collins – alto & baritone saxophones (2), flute (3)
Gordon Haskell – vocals (3)
Peter Sinfield – lyrics, sleeve design & inside painting, production
Ian McDonald - composer of Cat Food and The Devil's Triangle (secc. I)

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS

Keith Tippett – piano (3, 6, 7), harpsichord (7)
    

Flac Size: 306 MB

03. LIZARD 1970

                                        

Released in December 1970, King Crimson's third studio album, Lizard, is often viewed as an outlier in the pioneering British prog outfit's nearly half-century discography. It's not easily grouped with 1969's

stunning In the Court of the Crimson King debut and 1970 follow-up In the Wake of Poseidon, and along with 1971's Islands it's considered a transitional release on the band's path toward the relative stability of the Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973), Starless and Bible Black (1974), and Red (1974) trilogy. Plus, the Lizard sessions were difficult and the core group lineup acrimoniously collapsed immediately afterward, as bandleader/guitarist Robert Fripp, with lyricist Peter Sinfield, continued brave efforts to save King Crimson from disintegrating as the group's lengthy history was just getting underway. 
                           

King Crimson – Lizard
Label: EG – EGCD 4
Series: The Definitive Edition
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered 1989
Country: US
Released: 1970
Genre: Rock
Style: Prog Rock
                                 

TRACKS

                       

01. Cirkus (including Entry of the Chameleons) (6:27)
02. Indoor Games (5:37)
03. Happy Family (4:22)
04. Lady of the Dancing Water (2:47)
05. Lizard (23:15) :
- a. Prince Rupert Awakes (4:34)
- b. Bolero - The Peacock's Tale (6:32)
- c. The Battle of the Glass Tears (11:01)
- i) Dawn Song
- ii) Last Skirmish
- iii) Prince Rupert's Lament
- d. Big Top (1:08)

LINE - UP

                    

Robert Fripp – electric guitar, acoustic guitar (1, 2, 4), Mellotron (1, 2, 5), Hohner Pianet (1, 4, 5), Hammond organ (2), VCS3 (2, 3), devices, production
Mel Collins – saxophone, flute
Gordon Haskell – bass guitar, vocals
Andy McCulloch – drums
Peter Sinfield – lyrics, VCS3 (2, 3), sleeve conception, production

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS

                           

Keith Tippett – acoustic and electric pianos
Robin Miller – oboe, English horn
Mark Charig – cornet
Nick Evans – trombone
Jon Anderson – vocals (5-a)

Flac Size: 233 MB

04. ISLANDS (40th ANNIVERSARY SERIES)

                                     

Islands is the fourth studio album by British progressive rock band King Crimson, released on 3 December 1971 by Island Records[7] in the United Kingdom, and in January 1972 by Atlantic Records in

the United States and Canada. Islands is the only studio album to feature the 1971–1972 touring line-up of Robert Fripp, Mel Collins, Boz Burrell and Ian Wallace. This would be the last album before an entirely new group (except for Fripp) would record the trilogy of Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black and Red between 1973 and 1974. This is also the last album to feature the lyrics of co-founding member Peter Sinfield. 

                                         

King Crimson – Islands
Series: King Crimson 40th Anniversary Series
Format: CD, Album, Remastered, Reissue Oct 4, 2010
Country: UK & Europe
Released: 1971
Genre: Rock
Style: Prog Rock, Art Rock

2010 STEREO MIX        

                         

01. Formentera Lady    10:17
02. Sailor's Tale    7:35
03. The Letters    4:29
04. Ladies Of The Road    5:34
05. Prelude: Song Of The Gulls    4:17
06. Islands    12:02

BONUS TRACKS            

07. Islands (Studio Run Through With Oboe Prominent)  2:02     
08. Formentera Lady (Take 2)    2:23
09. Sailor's Tale (Alternate Mix/Edit)    3:37
10. A Peacemaking Stint Unrolls (Previously Unreleased)    3:55
11. The Letters (Rehearsal/Outtake)    2:43
12. Ladies Of The Road (Robert Fripp & David Singleton Remix)    5:43

LINE - UP

                             

Robert Fripp – electric guitar, acoustic guitar (1, 3), Mellotron (2, 6), Hohner Pianet (4), pedal harmonium (6), devices, production
Mel Collins – saxophones, flute, bass flute (6), backing vocals (4), production
Boz Burrell – bass guitar, lead vocals, production
Ian Wallace – drums, percussion, backing and co-lead vocals (4), production
Peter Sinfield – lyrics, VCS3 (2, 3), cover design and painting, production

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS

                                

Harry Miller – double bass (1)
Keith Tippett – piano (1, 6)
Paulina Lucas – soprano vocals (1)
Robin Miller – oboe (5)
Mark Charig – cornet (6)
Wilf Gibson – violin, string orchestra leader (1, 5, 6 (hidden track only)) (uncredited)[26]
Uncredited musicians – strings (1, 5, 6 (hidden track only))

Flac Size: 349 MB

05. LARKS' TONGUES IN ASPIC 1973 (40th ANNIVERSARY SERIES)

                  

King Crimson reborn yet again -- the then-newly configured band makes its debut with a violin (courtesy of David Cross) sharing center stage with Robert Fripp's guitars and his Mellotron, which is pushed into

the background. The music is the most experimental of Fripp's career up to this time -- though some of it actually dated (in embryonic form) back to the tail-end of the Boz Burrell-Ian Wallace-Mel Collins lineup. And John Wetton was the group's strongest singer/bassist since Greg Lake's departure three years earlier. What's more, this lineup quickly established itself as a powerful performing unit, working in a more purely experimental, less jazz-oriented vein than its immediate predecessor. 

                 

King Crimson – Larks' Tongues In Aspic
Label: Discipline Global Mobile – DGM5011, Panegyric – DGM5011
Series: King Crimson 40th Anniversary Series
Format: 2 x CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered 2012
Country: UK & Europe
Released: 1973
Genre: Rock
Style: Art Rock, Experimental, Prog Rock, Classic Rock
                                  

CD1. 2012 STEREO MIX        

                 

    
01. Larks' Tongues In Aspic (Part 1)   13:35
Written-By – Bruford, Cross, Muir, Wetton    
02. Book Of Saturday   2:55
Written-By – Wetton, Palmer-James    
03. Exiles   7:40
Written-By – Cross, Palmer-James    
04. Easy Money   7:53
Written-By – Wetton, Palmer-James    
05. The Talking Drum   7:25
Written-By – Bruford, Cross, Muir, Wetton    
06. Larks' Tongues In Aspic (Part 2)    7:07

BONUS TRACKS        

    
07. Larks' Tongues In Aspic (Part 1) (Alt Mix)    11:12
08. Book Of Saturday (Alt Take)    2:55
09. The Talking Drum (Alt Mix)    6:58

Flac Size: 363 MB

CD2. ORIGINAL 1973 STEREO MIX 30th ANNIVERSARY REMASTER   

                       

        
01. Larks' Tongues In Aspic (Part 1)    13:34
02. Book Of Saturday    2:55
03. Exiles    7:40
04. Easy Money    7:52
05. The Talking Drum    7:25
06. Larks' Tongues In Aspic (Part 2)    7:22

BONUS TRACKS            

07. US Radio Ad    0:58
08. Easy Money (US Promo EP Edit)    5:01

Flac Size: 286 MB

LINE - UP

                           

David Cross – violin, viola, Mellotron, Hohner Pianet, flute (3) production
Robert Fripp – electric guitar, acoustic guitar (3), Mellotron, Hohner Pianet, devices, production
John Wetton – bass guitar, vocals, piano (3), production
Bill Bruford – drums, production
Jamie Muir – percussion, drums, "allsorts" (assorted found items and sundry instruments), autoharp (1), production

ADDITIONAL PERSONEL

Richard Palmer-James – lyrics

06. STARLESS AND BIBLE BLACK 1974

                

Starless and Bible Black is even more powerful and daring than its predecessor, Larks' Tongues in Aspic, with jarring tempo shifts, explosive guitar riffs, and soaring, elegant, and delicate violin and Mellotron parts scattered throughout its 41 minutes, often all in the same songs. The album was on the outer fringes

of accessible progressive rock, with enough musical ideas explored to make Starless and Bible Black more than background for tripping the way Emerson, Lake & Palmer's albums were. "The Night Watch," a song about a Rembrandt painting, was, incredibly, a single release, although it was much more representative of the sound that Crimson was abandoning than where it was going in 1973-1974. More to that point were the contents of side two of the LP, a pair of instrumentals that threw the group's hardest sounds right in the face of the listener, and gained some converts in the process. 
                         

King Crimson – Starless And Bible Black
Label: Discipline Global Mobile – POCS-1942
Series: SHM-CD Legacy Collection 1980
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, SHM-CD
Country: Japan
Released: Jun 28, 2023
Genre: Rock
Style: Art Rock, Prog Rock

TRACKS

01. The Great Deceiver   4:02
Written-By – Wetton, Palmer-James, Fripp    
02. Lament   4:04
Written-By – Wetton, Palmer-James, Fripp    
03. We'll Let You Know   3:41
Written-By – Brufor, Cross, Wetton, Fripp    
04. The Night Watch   4:40
Written-By – Wetton, Palmer-James, Fripp    
05. Trio   5:40
Written-By – Bruford, Cross, Wetton, Fripp    
06. The Mincer   4:08
Written-By – Bruford, Cross, Wetton, Palmer-James, Fripp    
07. Starless And Bible Black   9:10
Written-By – Bruford, Cross, Wetton, Fripp    
08. Fracture   11:19
Written-By – Fripp

    
BONUS TRACKS        

    
09. The Law Of Maximum Distress: Part 1    6:42
10. Improv: The Mincer    4:22
11. The Law Of Maximum Distress: Part 2    2:28
12. Dr. Diamond (Live, June 23rd 1973, Richards Club, Atlanta, Georgia)    4:00
13. Guts On My Side (Live, March 19th 1974, Palazzo Dello Sport, Udine, Italy)    4:30

LINE - UP

                          

David Cross – violin, viola, Mellotron, Hohner Pianet, production
Robert Fripp – electric guitar, Mellotron, Hohner Pianet, devices, production
John Wetton – bass guitar, vocals, additional guitar (1), production
Bill Bruford – drums, percussion, production

ADDITIONAL PERSONEL

Richard Palmer-James – lyrics

Flac Size: 391 MB

07. RED 1974 (40th ANNIVERSARY SERIES)

                         

King Crimson fell apart once more, seemingly for the last time, as David Cross walked away during the making of this album. It became Robert Fripp's last thoughts on this version of the band, a bit noiser overall but with some surprising sounds featured, mostly out of the group's past -- Mel Collins' and Ian McDonald's saxes, Marc Charig's cornet, and Robin Miller's oboe, thus providing a glimpse of what the

1972-era King Crimson might've sounded like handling the later group's repertory (which nearly happened). Indeed, Charig's cornet gets just about the best showcase it ever had on a King Crimson album, and the truth is that few intact groups could have gotten an album as good as Red together. The fact that it was put together by a band in its death throes makes it all the more impressive an achievement. Indeed, Red does improve in some respects on certain aspects of the previous album -- including "Starless," a cousin to the prior album's title track -- and only the lower quality of the vocal compositions keeps this from being as strongly recommended as its two predecessors. 
                        

King Crimson – Red
Label: Discipline Global Mobile – DGM5012, Panegyric – DGM5012
Series: King Crimson 40th Anniversary Series
Format :CD, Album, Misprint, Reissue, Remastered Oct 14, 2013
Country: UK
Released: 1974    
Genre: Jazz, Rock
Style: Art Rock, Jazz-Rock, Prog Rock

CD1. ORIGINAL 1974 ALBUM (30th ANNIVERSARY REMASTER)

                               

01. Red
Written-By – Fripp
02. Fallen Angel
Written-By – Wetton, Palmer-James, Fripp
03. One More Red Nightmare
Written-By – Wetton, Fripp
04. Providence
Written-By – Bruford, Cross, Wetton, Fripp
05. Starless
Written-By – Bruford, Cross, Wetton, Palmer-James, Fripp

BONUS TRACKS        

    
06. Providence Full Version
Mixed By – David Singleton, Robert Fripp, Tony Arnold
Written-By – Bruford, Cross, Wetton, Fripp
07. Starless (Live)
Mixed By – David Singleton, Robert Fripp, Tony Arnold
Written-By – Bruford, Cross, Wetton, Palmer-James, Fripp

Flac Size: 392 MB

CD2. 2013  STEREO MIX        

                         

01. Red
Written-By – Fripp
02. Fallen Angel
Written-By – Wetton, Palmer-James, Fripp
03. One More Red Nightmare
Written-By – Wetton, Fripp
04. Providence
Written-By – Bruford, Cross, Wetton, Fripp
05. Starless
Written-By – Bruford, Cross, Wetton, Palmer-James, Fripp

BONUS TRACKS        

06. Red Trio Version
Written-By – Fripp
07. Fallen Angel Trio Version (Instrumental)
Written-By – Wetton, Fripp

Flac Size: 330 MB

LINE - UP

                        

John Wetton – bass guitar, vocals (2, 3, 5), production
Robert Fripp – electric guitar, acoustic guitar (2), Mellotron (2, 4, 5), Hohner Pianet (3, 4, 5), production
Bill Bruford[45] – drums, percussion, production

ADDITIONAL PERSONEL

Richard Palmer-James – lyrics (2, 5)
David Cross – violin (4)
Mel Collins – soprano saxophone (5)
Ian McDonald – alto saxophone (3, 5)
Mark Charig – cornet (2)
Robin Miller – oboe (2)
uncredited – cello (1, 2, 5), double bass (5)