Description
Offered for sale is a limited edition half speed mastered pressing of In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson, issued by Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs.
About this copy: This copy of In the Court of the Crimson King is a 1982 U.S pressing on the Mobile Fidelity label of an album that was originally released in 1969.
While this is technically a U.S. release, the discs were pressed in Japan by JVC on their proprietary “Supervinyl.”
The cover is VG++ with slight corner wear. There is a repaired 2″ (5 cm) split at the bottom edge.
The posterboard stiffener is M-.
The disc is M- with a few spindle marks on the labels, but no marks on the vinyl. Clean disc!
A nice copy of a rare Mobile Fidelity LP
Background: King Crimson’s debut, In the Court of the Crimson King, was released in 1969 and remains one of the defining albums of the progressive rock era. The album reached #5 on the UK charts and #28 on the U.S. charts, where it was certified gold and was the highest charting album the band ever had in America.
Allmusic.com gave In the Court of the Crimson King a rare 5 star review:
The group’s definitive album, and one of the most daring debut albums ever recorded by anybody. At the time, it blew all of the progressive/psychedelic competition (the Moody Blues, the Nice, etc.) out of the running, although it was almost too good for the band’s own good — it took King Crimson nearly four years to come up with a record as strong or concise.
Every title ever issued by Mobile Fidelity is collectible in its own right; their pressings from 1978 through 1989 were pressed in Japan by JVC on their proprietary Super Vinyl, an exceptionally resilient, dead-quiet vinyl compound, with later issues pressed in the U.S. by RTI on 200 gram vinyl. These records were mastered at half speed; both the tape and the cutting lathe were run at half the normal speed, allowing the cutting head to cut a more accurate groove in the acetate. The finished product featured dead-quiet vinyl, with improved dynamics, better imaging, and tighter bass. By their very nature, all of Mobile Fidelity’s titles were limited-edition pressings, and In the Court of the Crimson King was limited to an unknown quantity of numbered copies.
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| Country of origin: | U.S. |
| Size: | 12″ |
| Record Label: | Mobile Fidelity |
| Catalog Number: |
MFSL 1-075 |
| Year of Release: | 1982 |
| Format: | Stereo |
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