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Peter Sinfield. Few know the name, many know the words.
01-01 Bucks Fizz – RCA 163 – The Land Of Make Believe (1981)
— a pretty big deal in the UK at the time, Bucks Fizz had just won the Eurovision ’81 competition with a stage show where the 2 male group members rip off the dresses of the two female members to reveal miniskirts underneath. Don’t think you could do that in 2024, but hey, this is 1981. Topped the UK charts in January 1982, but the group never got footing in the States.
01-02 Judy Dyble & Giles > Giles > Fripp – The Brondesbury Tapes 10 – I Talk To The Wind (July 1968)
— Judy was only there because her boyfriend was there. Once she and Ian McDonald split up, she was out of King Crimson. Ian only lasted another 2 years before Fripp kicked him out too.
01-03 King Crimson – In The Court Of The Crimson King 202 – In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969)
— talk about eponymous! Sinfield said the phrase came from “pressured panic”
02-01 King Crimson – Islands 101 – Formentera Lady (1971)
02-02 King Crimson – Islands 102 – Sailor’s Tale (1971)
03-01 King Crimson – Lizard 201 – Lizard (1970)
— comprised of six parts thus:
A. “Prince Rupert Awakes”
B. “Bolero – The Peacock’s Tale”
C. “The Battle of Glass Tears”
I. “Dawn Song”
II. “Last Skirmish”
III. “Prince Rupert’s Lament”
D. “Big Top”
04-01 King Crimson – In The Wake Of Poseidon 101 – Peace-A Beginning (1970)
04-02 King Crimson – In The Wake Of Poseidon 102 – Pictures Of A City (1970)
04-03 King Crimson – Islands 203 – Islands (1971)
05-01 King Crimson – In The Court Of The Crimson King 101 – 21st Century Schizoid Man (1969)
05-02 King Crimson – Islands 104 – Ladies Of The Road (1971)
05-03 King Crimson – Lizard 101 – Cirkus (1970)
— “Tales Of Brave Ulysses” by Cream with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker on drums, was released three and a half years earlier, in May of 1967.
06-01 King Crimson – In The Wake Of Poseidon 104 – In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970)
06-02 King Crimson – In The Court Of The Crimson King 103 – Epitaph (1969)
06-03 King Crimson – In The Wake Of Poseidon 204 – Peace-An End (1970)