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Earthbound is a live album by the band King Crimson, released in 1972 as a budget record shortly after the line-up that recorded it had broken up. It contains the band's first official live release of their signature song "21st Century Schizoid Man", and an extended live version of their 1970 non-LP b-side "Groon". It also contains two improvised tracks with scat vocals from Boz Burrell.

The album's sound quality is poor, due to its being recorded onto cassette tape (a low-fidelity recording medium by 1972 standards) by live sound engineer Hunter MacDonald. The liner notes to recent CD reissues of the album state that it was "captured live on an Ampex stereo cassette fed from a Kelsey Morris custom built mixer ... in the rain from the back of a Volkswagen truck." Atlantic Records, King Crimson's original North American distributor, declined release of Earthbound due to its poor sound engineering. Current CD reissues of the album do not significantly improve its overall sound quality, due to its cassette origins.


Track listing

Side one

  1. "21st Century Schizoid Man" (Including: "Mirrors") (Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield) – 11:45
    Recorded at the Armoury, Wilmington, DE, USA, 11 February 1972
  2. "Peoria" (Boz Burrell, Mel Collins, Fripp, Ian Wallace) – 7:30
    Recorded at The Barn, Peoria, IL, USA, 10 March 1972
  3. "Sailor's Tale" (Fripp) – 4:45
    Recorded at the Baseball Park, Jacksonville, FL, USA, 26 February 1972

Side two

  2. "Earthbound" (Burrell, Collins, Fripp, Wallace) – 7:08
    Recorded at Kemp Coliseum, Orlando, FL, USA, 27 February 1972
  3. "Groon" (Fripp) – 15:30
    Recorded at the Armoury, Wilmington, DE, USA, 11 February 1972

Personnel

Additional personnel
  • Hunter MacDonald - VCS3

External links

References

  1. ^ Eder, Bruce (2011 [last update]). "Earthbound - King Crimson | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 28 June 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)
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