The Compact King Crimson

Infobox Album
Name = The Compact King Crimson
Type = Compilation
Artist = King Crimson


Released = 1986
Recorded = 1969-1986
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 70:10
Label = EG
Producer = King Crimson
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:09fqxq95ldte link]
Last album = "A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson (1976)"
This album = The Compact King Crimson" (1986)
Next album = " (1991)"

"The Compact King Crimson" is a compilation by King Crimson.

Track listing

# "Discipline" (Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, Tony Levin) – 5:01 (from "Discipline", 1981)
# "Thela Hun Ginjeet" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) – 6:27 (from "Discipline", 1981)
# "Matte Kudasai" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) – 3:48 (from "Discipline", 1981)
# "Three of a Perfect Pair" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) – 4:13 (from "Three of a Perfect Pair", 1984)
# "Frame by Frame" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) – 5:08 (from "Discipline", 1981)
# "Sleepless" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) - 5:24 (from "Sleepless" 12" single A-side, 1984; mixed by Bob Clearmountain)
# "Heartbeat" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) – 3:56 (from "Beat", 1982)
# "Elephant Talk" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) – 4:36 (from "Discipline", 1981)
# "21st Century Schizoid Man" (including 'Mirrors') (Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield) – 7:20 (from "In the Court of the Crimson King", 1969)
# "I Talk to the Wind" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 6:06 (from "In the Court of the Crimson King", 1969)
# "Epitaph" (including 'March for No Reason' and 'Tomorrow and Tomorrow') (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) – 8:49 (from "In the Court of the Crimson King", 1969)
# "The Court of the Crimson King" (including 'The Return of the Fire Witch' and 'The Dance of the Puppets') (McDonald, Sinfield) – 9:22 (from "In the Court of the Crimson King", 1969)

Personnel

* Adrian Belew - guitar, lead vocals (tracks 1-8)
* Bill Bruford - drums, percussion (tracks 1-8)
* Robert Fripp - guitars, devices (all tracks)
* Tony Levin - Chapman Stick, basses, backing vocals (tracks 1-8)
* Michael Giles - drums, percussion, vocals (tracks 9-12)
* Greg Lake - lead vocals, basses (tracks 9-12)
* Ian McDonald - woodwinds, reeds, keyboards, Mellotron, vocals (tracks 9-12)