The Court of the Crimson King (including The Return of the Fire Witch and The Dance of the Puppets)

~ Recording by King Crimson

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
2.9The Court of the Crimson King (including The Return of the Fire Witch and The Dance of the Puppets)9:21King CrimsonA Young Person’s Guide to King CrimsonKing CrimsonAlbum + Compilation
Editions EGEGKC 10

Relationships

assistant engineer:Tony Page (engineer at Wessex Sound Studios)
engineer:Robin Thompson (UK engineer)
producer:King Crimson
bass guitar and lead vocals:Greg Lake
drums (drum set) and percussion:Michael Giles
guitar:Robert Fripp
keyboard, mellotron, reeds, vibraphone [vibes] and woodwind:Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
background vocals:Michael Giles
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
publisher:Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
recorded at:Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury (from 1969-07-21 until 1969-08-21)
sampled by:The Devil’s Triangle, Part III: Garden of Worm (original album mix)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/05xYoVj6QuFk0U7PVl5Tf2 [info]
recording of:The Court of the Crimson King (suite)
The Court of the Crimson King (section)

Related works

The Court of the Crimson King (suite)

miscellaneous support:Peter Sinfield
lyricist:Peter Sinfield
composer:Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
later translated parody versions:Humpan kuninkaan hovissa
parts:1. The Court of the Crimson King (section)
2. Return of the Fire Witch
3. Dance of the Puppets

The Court of the Crimson King (section)

lyricist:Peter Sinfield
composer:Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
later translated versions:La Cour du roi musicien
part of:The Court of the Crimson King (suite) (order: 1)