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A mixture of chronological distance from the original events and the status of the band's debut album 'In the Court of the Crimson King' as an iconic/classic studio recording, has helped to obscure the fact that the original King Crimson line-up - although it lasted slightly less than a year - earned the bulk of it's contemporary standing as Britain's 'best new band' on the strength of it's incendiary live performances. Epitaph (Volumes I & II) presents recordings of BBC sessions from the period immediately preceding the launch of the album and US live performances from November and December 1969. Included is a complete performance from the final run of gigs at the legendary Fillmore West in San Francisco. Album Tracks 1. 1-1 21st Century Schizoid Man 7 08 2. 1-2 in the Court of the Crimson King 6 28 3. 1-3 Get Thy Bearings 6 00 4. 1-4 Epitaph 7 29 5. 1-5 a Man, a City 11 43 6. 1-6 Epitaph 8 03 1. 1-7 21st Century Schizoid Man 7 45 2. 1-8 Mantra 3 45 3. 1-9 Travel Weary Capricorn 3 17 4. 1-10 Improv - Travel Bleary Capricorn 2 23 5. 1-11 Mars 8 55 6. 2-1 in the Court of the Crimson King 7 24 7. 2-2 Drop in 5 15 8. 2-3 a Man, a City 11 44 9. 2-4 Epitaph 8 21 10. 2-5 21st Century Schizoid Man 8 03 11. 2-6 Mars 9 44
