Islands

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Annotation

The original United Kingdom and European cover depicts the Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius and displays neither the name of the band nor the title. The original United States and Canadian album cover (as released by Atlantic Records) was a Peter Sinfield painting of off-white with coloured “islands”. This was used as an internal gatefold sleeve in the UK. When the King Crimson catalogue was re-issued by EG, they standardised on the “Trifid Nebula” cover world-wide.

The times printed on the labels are obviously wrong!

Annotation last modified on 2012-07-30 10:19 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
A1Formentera Lady
recording of:
Formentera Lady
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
5:45
A2Sailor’s Tale
recording of:
Sailor’s Tale
composer:
Robert Fripp
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
9:30
A3The Letters
recording engineer, sound engineer and engineer:
Andy Hendriksen
producer:
King Crimson
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Boz Burrell (English musician)
cornet:
Marc Charig
flute and saxophone:
Mel Collins
guitar and mellotron:
Robert Fripp
membranophone and percussion:
Ian Wallace (drummer, ex‐King Crimson)
piano:
Keith Tippett
background vocals:
Mel Collins and Ian Wallace (drummer, ex‐King Crimson)
arranger:
King Crimson
recorded at:
Command Studios in London (Greater London)
recording of:
The Letters
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
revision of:
Drop In
24:23
B1Ladies of the Road
recording engineer, sound engineer and engineer:
Andy Hendriksen
producer:
King Crimson
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Boz (English musician)
cornet:
Marc Charig
drums (drum set), membranophone and percussion:
Ian Wallace (drummer, ex‐King Crimson)
flute and saxophone:
Mel Collins
guitar and mellotron:
Robert Fripp
piano:
Keith Tippett
background vocals:
Mel Collins and Ian Wallace (drummer, ex‐King Crimson)
vocals:
Mel Collins and Ian Wallace (drummer, ex‐King Crimson)
arranger:
King Crimson
recorded at:
Command Studios in London (Greater London)
recording of:
Ladies of the Road
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
35:29
B2Prelude: Song of the Gulls
recording engineer, sound engineer and engineer:
Andy Hendriksen
producer:
King Crimson
bass guitar:
Boz Burrell (English musician)
cornet:
Marc Charig
flute and saxophone:
Mel Collins
guitar and mellotron:
Robert Fripp
membranophone and percussion:
Ian Wallace (drummer, ex‐King Crimson)
piano:
Keith Tippett
strings:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
violin:
Wilfred Gibson (UK violinist)
arranger:
King Crimson
recorded at:
Command Studios in London (Greater London)
recording of:
Prelude: Song of the Gulls
composer:
Robert Fripp
is based on:
Suite No 1
44:14
B3Islands
recording of:
Islands
lyricist:
Peter Sinfield
composer:
Robert Fripp
9:14

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printed in:United States