King Crimson - Islands
Singer: King CrimsonTitle: Islands
Label: EG – EGCD 5
Type: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: UK
Date of released: 1987
Category: Rock
Style: Prog Rock
Size MP3 zip: 1243 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1298 mb
Rating: 4.8✭
Format: MP3 DXD MP2 FLAC AC3 WMA ASF AUD FLAC
- 1298 downloads at 29 mb/s
MP3 version
- 1243 downloads at 32 mb/s
FLAC version
Tracklist
| 1 | Formentera Lady | 5:20 |
| 2 | Sailor's Tale | 12:29 |
| 3 | The Letters | 4:32 |
| 4 | Ladies Of The Road | 5:32 |
| 5 | Prelude: Song Of The Gulls | 4:15 |
| 6 | Islands | 11:54 |
Companies, etc.
- Marketed By – Virgin
- Recorded At – Command Studios
- Made By – MPO
Credits
- Acoustic Bass [String Bass] – Harry Miller
- Bass, Lead Vocals – Boz Burrell
- Composed By – Robert Fripp
- Cornet – Marc Charig
- Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Ian Wallace
- Engineer – Andy Hendrikson*
- Flute, Flute [Bass], Saxophone, Vocals – Mel Collins
- Guitar, Mellotron, Harmonium – Robert Fripp
- Lyrics By, Featuring [Sounds, Visions] – Peter Sinfield
- Oboe – Robin Miller
- Photography By – Robert Ellis
- Piano – Keith Tippett
- Producer – King Crimson
- Soprano Vocals – Paulina Lucas
Notes
Originally released in 1971, this is the first release on a CD. Note: The duration of "Islands" is 11.54 on this release (9.16 on vinyl releases). The track itself is followed by some gibberish and sounds of strings being tuned...Recorded at Command Studios, Piccadilly, London.
Outer cover illustration Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius by courtesy of The Institute of Technology and Carnegie Institutions of Washington.
Made in france by MPO
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 5 012985 300520
- Barcode (String): 5012985300520
- Matrix / Runout: EGCD 5 MPO 02 @
- Other (German Category (sticker on tray)): 257 939 -222
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILPS 9175, ILPS-9175 | King Crimson | Islands (LP, Album) | Island Records, Island Records | ILPS 9175, ILPS-9175 | UK | 1971 |
| SD 7212 | King Crimson | Islands (LP, Album, RE, Gat) | Atlantic | SD 7212 | US | 1975 |
| IEZP-22 | King Crimson | Islands (CD, Album, RE, RM, HQC) | WHD Entertainment, Inc., Discipline Global Mobile, Inner Knot | IEZP-22 | Japan | 2010 |
| PCCY-01424 | King Crimson | Islands (HDCD, Album, RE, RM, Gol) | Discipline Global Mobile | PCCY-01424 | Japan | 2000 |
| 2310 519 | King Crimson | Islands (LP, Album, RE) | Polydor, EG | 2310 519 | Italy | 1979 |