A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson

Infobox Album
Name = A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson
Type = compilation
Artist = King Crimson


Released = 1976
Recorded = 1969-1974
Genre = Progressive Rock
Length =
Label = Island Records
Atlantic Records
Polydor Records
E.G. Records
Virgin Records
Discipline Global Mobile
Producer = King Crimson
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson"
(1976)
Next album = The Compact King Crimson
(1986)

"A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson" is a compilation (2LP set) by the band King Crimson, released in 1976. Its name is most likely derived either from the famous orchestral work "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" from composer Benjamin Britten or the 1960s television series "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra", created by conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein.

Track listing

LP 1

#"Epitaph" (Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield) 8:52
#:Including:
#:*"March for No Reason"
#:*"Tomorrow and Tomorrow"
#:From the album "In the Court of the Crimson King" (1969)
#"Cadence and Cascade" (Fripp, Sinfield) 3:36
#:From the album "In the Wake of Poseidon" (1970)
#"Ladies of the Road" (Fripp, Sinfield) 5:27
#:From the album "Islands" (1971)
#"I Talk to the Wind" (McDonald, Sinfield) 3:15
#:Recorded at 93A Brondesbury Road, London, UK, July 1968
#:This version differs from the version released on "In the Court of the Crimson King". The most notable difference is in the vocals, which are sung by Judy Dyble (Fairport Convention) rather than Greg Lake. This version is also available on "The Brondesbury Tapes" (1968) under the name of Giles Giles & Fripp (VP235CD)
#"Red" (Fripp) 6:18
#:From the album "Red" (1974)
#"Starless" (Bill Bruford, David Cross, Fripp, Richard Palmer-James, John Wetton) 12:17
#:From the album "Red" (1974)

LP 2

#"The Night Watch" (Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton) 4:38
#:From the album "Starless and Bible Black" (1974)
#"Book of Saturday" (Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton) 2:52
#:From the album "Larks' Tongues in Aspic" (1973)
#"Peace: A Theme" (Fripp) 1:14
#:From the album "In the Wake of Poseidon" (1970)
#"Cat Food" (Fripp, McDonald, Sinfield) 2:43
#:From the single "Cat Food/Groon" (1970)
#"Groon" (Fripp) 3:30
#:From the single "Cat Food/Groon" (1970)
#"Coda from Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part I)" 2:09
#:Abridged, from the album "Larks' Tongues in Aspic" (1973)
#"Moonchild" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) 2:24
#:Abridged, from the album "In the Court of the Crimson King" (1969)
#"Trio" (Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Wetton) 5:36
#:From the album "Starless and Bible Black" (1974)
#"The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield) 9:21
#:including:
#:*"The Return of the Fire Witch"
#:*"The Dance of the Puppets"
#:From the album "In the Court of the Crimson King" (1969)