In The Court of The Crimson King - An Observation by - Original 1969 UK Island label LP

Rare original UK 1969 Island Records 5-track vinyl LP - the debut album by British progressive rock combo.

Vinyl has the generic pink company labels with white "i" logo beneath centre hole and otherwise black printing. Vinyl has machine stamped matrix information:
Side 1: ILPS 9111 A//2 1 2 1
Side 2: ILPS 9111 B//3 1 1 3

Vinyl is housed in a generic era specific 'Pastic Bags Warning' texted company innersleeve and ultimately in a with presented in gatefold picture sleeve

Condition: VG++ (Vinyl and Labels)/VG+(+) (Cover):
Vinyl is superlustrous and a touch of superfaint sleeve wear - next to nothing. Labels has a touch of spindlewear - looks like less than a handfull far from complex spindletraces located in the imediate surroundings of the centre hole on one side and a single sligtly scattred one on the other. Vinyl is overall graded near mint.

Front picture cover has a touch of lower edge wear - and back faint lower ringwear. Back cover has a thin and little lower left corner tear and an upper left corner wrinkle. front and back cover are otherwise perfect. Seams are intact with a very mild degree of seam wear. Spine has no pressure, a little crease in the left side mid-spine region, light wear towards bottom spine - corners has a touch of rubbing... basically all very mild and lighter defects, which has no effect on the experience or viewing of Barry Godbers superb cover illustration - cover is overall graded close to near perfect/excellent - a superb copy of this rare and legendary progressive rock classic.

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1. 21st Century Schizoid Man (Including Mirrors) (6:52)
2. I Talk To The Wind (5:40)
3. Epitaph
A. March For No Reason
B. Tomorrow And Tomorrow (8:30)

Side 2:
1 Moonchild (Including (A) The Dream| (B) The Illusion) (12:09)
2 The Court Of The Crimson King
A. The Return Of The Fire Witch
B. The Dance Of The Puppets (8:48)

Credits:

King Crimson:
Robert Fripp - guitars
Michael Giles - drums, percussion, backing vocals
Greg Lake - lead vocals, bass guitar
Ian McDonald - woodwinds (saxophone, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet), keyboards (mellotron, harpsichord, piano, organ), vibraphone, backing vocals
Peter Sinfield - lyrics, illumination

Technical Credits:
King Crimson, David Enthoven and John Gaydon - Production
Robin Thompson - Recording and engineering
Tony Page - Assistant engineer

Artwork:
Barry Godber - cover illustrations