King Crimson – Live: Penn State University 29 June 1974 – RSD 2026 Vinyl LP Record

Description

Live King Crimson multi-track recording of live set from June 29th 1974 at Penn State University. Available on vinyl for the first time exclusively for Record Store Day 2026. 

2LP set cut by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering and pressed on 200-gram audiophile vinyl. Gatefold sleeve with new sleevenotes from King Crimson biographer Sid Smith. 

To coincide with the releases of “Starless & Bible Black” in March 1974 King Crimson set out on a run of shows that many fans consider to be that line-up’s peak with the late music critic John Kelman (All About Jazz) describing them as being at their “heaviest and most guitar-centric version of Crimson to date” where “even 24 hours represented a significant difference in how this group approached form-based material”. In the final week of June as the band neared it’s conclusion as a live act four of these concerts -including the Asbury Park show from which much of the original 1975 released “USA” single live LP was derived – were recorded to multi-track tape but with the exception of that release lay unreleased until the 1992 assemblage/mix & compilation of “The Great Deceiver” boxed set by Robert Fripp & David Singleton which was centred around those performances. 

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