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Limited 26 disc box set. Ultimate Boxed Set Edition of one of rock music's seminal debut albums. Blu-ray 4 features all-new, 2020, Dolby Atmos mix by Steven Wilson. Complete, fully mixed stereo recording sessions feature on Blu-ray, DVD and across six CDs. Blu-Rays also feature the original master edition of the 1969 album mix in 24/96 stereo, the 2019 stereo and 5.1 mixes, the 2009 stereo and 5.1 mixes, a complete alternate album comprising 2019 mixes and more. "Let's Make a Hit Waxing" - single CD 'in the studio with the band' mixed and compiled by David Singleton - also features in 24/48 on DVD and 24/96 hi-res on Blu-ray. 13 further CDs present all known live recordings of the band, BBC sessions, a CD compilation of Giles, Giles & Fripp material (1968) and all studio recordings and alt takes of the main album. Presented in an album sized box with outer slipcase, containing a 12" booklet featuring an intro from Robert Fripp, notes about the source tapes by David Singleton, sleeve-notes by King Crimson biographer Sid Smith and previously unseen photos from the recording sessions plus memorabilia. Artwork derived from 2019 scans of the original paintings, meticulously restored. The eighth boxed set in the series documenting King Crimson's studio and live recordings from 1969 onwards. Album Tracks 1. 21st Century Schizoid Man 2. The Court of the Crimson King 3. Get Thy Bearings 4. Announcement (Incomplete) 5. Epitaph 6. Mantra 7. Travel Weary Capricorn 8. Mars 9. Band Reunion Meeting 1. 21st Century Schizoid Man 2. Drop in 3. Announcement (Incomplete) 4. I Talk to the Wind 5. Epitaph (Incomplete) 6. Travel Weary Capricorn 7. Improv (Inc Nola and Etude No. 7) 8. Mars 1. 21st Century Schizoid Man 2. Get Thy Bearings 3. Announcement 4. The Court of the Crimson King 5. Mantra 6. Travel Weary Capricorn 7. Improv 8. Mars