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Robert Fripp‘s 1980 solo album God Save The Queen/Under Heavy Manners and his 1981 Frippertronics set Let The Power Fall are to be reissued on heavyweight 200g vinyl and CD through DGM on July 1.
Both releases have been unavailable in any format for many years, and while the CDs are both included in the recently announced 32-disc Exposures box set, which is out this month, the vinyl versions are available for the first time since the mid 1980s.
After the abrasive nature of Fripp’s 1979 solo debut Exposure, both releases found Fripp in more experimental mode. God Save The Queen/Under Heavy Manners is an album of two halves, as the title implies, the second disc featuring what Fripp termed ‘discotronics’, a bespoke meeting place between Frippertronics’ repetitious loops and a pulsating four-to-the-floor beat. It featured a guest appearance from Talking Heads’ David Byrne.
Let The Power Fall, released a year later, is the only full album of Frippertronics that was released during the original vinyl era. Both albums were supported by a unique tour that took in record shops, offices, public spaces, canteens, planetariums and, later, some conventional venues and theatres.
The CD version of God Save The Queen/Under Heavy Manners will feature two extra tracks, comprising almost half an hour of additional material, one unavailable since the 1990s while Let The Power Fall will feature three extra tracks, all previously unreleased on individual CD.
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KING CRIMSON Lizard (1970 UK 5-track LP on the pink rim Island 'palm tree' label, front laminated gatefold picture sleeve with lyrics printed inside. The sleeve [VG] does have some light age wear & obvious creases to the laminate. The vinyl [VG] has a few surface scuffs & spindle marks & performs very well - a respectable copy of this classic offered at an advantageous price ILPS9141)
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- King Crimson - Red - 1st - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £75.00, $96.75, €89.25 (New Item) (arrived 15-May-2024 15:33)on July 27, 2024 at 12:57 am
KING CRIMSON Red (Classic 1974 UK first press 5-track LP on the pink rim Island 'palm tree' label, for many fans the definitive mid period King Crimson album & highly influential to future prog-metallers, housed in the original fully laminatedpicture sleeve with pinched spine. The sleeve is Excellent with a little minor shelf wear & the vinyl is clean & strictly graded VG with a few minor surface marks. We have professionally cleaned & play tested & can confirm that the marks aremostly cosmetic & still sounds excellent. This is obviously far from being perfect but makes an ideal play copy of this classic ILPS9308)
- King Crimson - Islands - 1st - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £95.00, $122.55, €113.05 (New Item) (arrived 15-May-2024 15:38)on July 27, 2024 at 12:57 am
KING CRIMSON Islands (1971 UK first press 6-track LP on the pink rim Island 'palm tree' label, with A1/B1 matrices & original flipback 'nebula' picture sleeve complete with illustrated inner with integral lyric insert. This is a well loved example with paper scuffing around the edges of the sleeve [VG], as expected to some degree being a non-laminated cover. The elaborate inner/insert is often missing from most copies, & is found here, albeit split along the seam with a couple of other seam splits. Both inner and insert show signs of foxing. The vinyl is clean & grades EX revealing spindle wear & light paper marks with little other sign of play. A serviceable first issue starter copy always in demand ILPS9175)
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