KING CRIMSON - Red (50th Anniversary Edition) - 2CD + 2 Blu-ray - Box Set [OCT 11]

2CD + 2 Blu-ray - Limited 50th Anniversary Edition with brand new Dolby Atmos, 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Surround & Stereo mixes by Steven Wilson. Presented in vinyl replica sleeves in a rigid slipcase, with booklet (containing sleeve-notes by KC biographer Sid Smith). 

DGM & Panegyric proudly present the 50th anniversary editions of the King Crimson classic album Red. 

To celebrate the 50th anniversary, a 2 Blu-ray + 2 CD edition (with brand new Dolby Atmos, 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Surround & Stereo mixes by Steven Wilson) and a 2LP edition are being released this, Autumn.  Taking the music to new levels of clarity & power.

‘Red’ was one of the earliest mixes undertaken by Steven Wilson in 2009 & King Crimson was the first of several classic bands & artists to be mixed by Steven so it’s entirely appropriate that he return, some 15 years later, to take the album into the Dolby Atmos era.

'Red' primarily revolves around the raw power trio of Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford and John Wetton. David Cross, Mel Collins, Ian McDonald, Robin Miller and Mark Charig make guest appearances on this powerhouse of an album.
 
Taking the music to new levels of clarity & power. ‘Red’ was one of the earliest mixes undertaken by Steven Wilson in 2009 & King Crimson was the first of a number of classic bands & artists to be mixed by Steven so it’s entirely appropriate that he return, some 15 years later, to take the album into the Dolby Atmos era. 
 
Whilst mixing the album for Dolby Atmos, Steven also prepared new stereo & 5.1 mixes. 
 
As King Crimson biographer Sid Smith puts it in his new notes for the album: “David Singleton’s elemental mixes pull the veil aside on the original sessions and act as a kind of alternative account, a Red that could have been, revealing the different passes and takes that the band undertook as well as those Collins, Charig and McDonald as they engaged with the material”. 
 
In the decades since its release, Red has gone from being an album that was, upon release, under-promoted – as the band had already split up, to being one of the most lauded albums of its era & (after In The Court of the Crimson King), King Crimson’s biggest selling album. Writing in The Mojo Collection in 2000, John Bungey assessed Red as “that rarest of records, the sound of a line-up quitting while ahead”.
 
As guitarist Steve Vai – a man about to undertake playing some of Fripp’s parts in Beat – a band devoted to playing King Crimson material - wrote in his online diary about the mid-1970s King Crimson (amidst a much longer piece eulogizing the band): “It’s impossible to quantify the effect that this band has had on contemporary musicians” –  Steve Vai, July 2004


'What I hear on Red is the best representation of 72-74 era line-up in the studio. In effect this is a power trio record and their sound is just huge.' - Steven Wilson 

Tracklist:

CD 1
2024 Steven Wilson mixes in stereo and instrumental forms
 
CD 2
2024 David Singleton Elemental mixes and session material.

Blu-Ray 1
2024 Steven Wilson mixes in Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD MA Surround (5.1) & 24/96 or 24/192 Hi-Res stereo. 
 
Blu-Ray 2
David Singleton Elemental mixes, session material, 3 x USA album mixes, 5 x bootleg concert recordings from 1974, instrumental mixes and more… all in Hi-Res Stereo.

Disc 1 CD 2024 mixes and Additional Material
1 Red
2 Fallen Angel
3 One More Red Nightmare
4 Providence
5 Starless

Additional Material
2024 Instrumental Mixes

6 Fallen Angel
7 One More Red Nightmare
8 Starless – Edit

Produced and Mixed by Steven Wilson
* 9 Providence – Complete Track

Produced and Mixed by Robert Fripp and David Singleton

Disc 2 CD Elemental Mixes and Session Material

Elemental Mixes

1 Red

2 Fallen Angel

3 One More Red Nightmare

4 Starless – Percussion

5 Starless

The Making of Starless

6 Starless – Mellotron

7 Starless – Three Saxophones

8 Starless – Basic Take

9 Starless – Sax Solos

10 Starless – Cornet and Guitar Solos

11 Starless – Cornet takes

Produced and Mixed by David Singleton

Disc 3 Blu-Ray

USA

I * 1 June 28th, 1974, Casino Arena, NJ

DTS-HD MA 24/192 Stereo, 2013 Mix

Mixed by Robert Fripp, David Singleton and Tony Arnold

* 2 June 28th, 1974, Casino Arena, NJ24/48 Stereo, 2005 Mix

Mixed by Ronan Chris Murphy

24/96 Stereo, 30th Anniversary Mix

* 3 June 28th, 1974, Casino Arena, NJ

24/48 Stereo, Original album mix

A Crimson Production, Remastered by Simon Heyworth and Robert Fripp, 2001

II USA Tour Concerts

24/48 Stereo

1 April 17th, 1974, Muthers, Nashville, TN

2 April 20th, 1974, Hollywood Sportatorium, Miami, FL

3 May 1st, 1974, Felt Forum, New York, NY

4 June 4th, 1974, Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, Texas, TX

5 June 19th, 1974, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, CA

The Final US Concert

24/48 Stereo

* 6 July 1st, 1974, Central Park, New York, NY

Disc 4 Blu-Ray

I Red

2024 mixes and Additional Material

Dolby Atmos/DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround/24/96 Stereo

1 Red

2 Fallen Angel

3 One More Red Nightmare

4 Providence

5 Starless

Produced and Mixed by Steven Wilson

II Elemental Mixes and Session Recordings, 24/192 DTS-HD MA Stereo

Elemental Mixes

1 Red

2 Fallen Angel

3 One More Red Nightmare

4 Starless – Percussion

5 Starless

Three More Red Nightmares

1 One More Red Nightmare – Early Guide Vox Section

2 One More Red Nightmare – Saxophone Overdub Section

3 One More Red Nightmare – Bass and Drums

The Making of Starless1 Starless – Mellotron

2 Starless – Three Saxophones

3 Starless – Basic Take

4 Starless – Sax Solos

5 Starless – Percussion

6 Starless – Cornet and Guitar Solos

* 7 Starless – Cornet takes ~

Produced and Mixed by David Singleton except 7 ~ Produced and Mixed by Alex R Mundy sourced

at 24/48

* 1 Providence – Complete Track

Produced and Mixed by Robert Fripp and David Singleton

2 Think Again – Fragment

Mastered by Alex R Mundy from a John Wetton 1/4″ file tape

III 2024 Instrumental Mixes, 24/96 Stereo

1 Fallen Angel

2 One More Red Nightmare

3 Starless (edit)

Produced and Mixed by Steven Wilson

IV * Original Masters, 24/96 Stereo

30th Anniversary Master

1 Red

2 Fallen Angel

3 One More Red Nightmare

4 Providence

5 Starless

* Indicates material previously available on disc

All other material newly mixed/new to disc