{"product_id":"king-crimson-live-penn-state","title":"KING CRIMSON \/ LIVE: PENN STATE","description":"\u003cp\u003eLive 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 \u0026amp; 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 \u0026amp; compilation of \"The Great Deceiver\" boxed set by Robert Fripp \u0026amp; David Singleton which was centred around those performances. In the notes to that set Robert Fripp described the band's 1974 tour as a period of \"balanced disarray\" characterised by \"chaotic and intense\" performances and \"powerful, almost brutal improvisations\".With the rapid growth of CD in the 1980s came an equally rapid growth in bootlegging and by 1992 there were over 120 different King Crimson bootlegs - many focusing on poor quality recordings of the 1973\/74 touring band whose reputation among fans and influence on a generation of musicians continued to grow. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Media Index","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53211604681011,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/8859\/2179\/files\/4486794-3511943_082b4c72-16db-4093-8ede-5862a2f77994.jpg?v=1775674039","url":"https:\/\/pancakes-records.com\/products\/king-crimson-live-penn-state","provider":"PANCAKES RECORDS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}