{"product_id":"king-crimson-lizard-200g-vinyl-lp","title":"King Crimson – Lizard [200g Vinyl LP]","description":"\u003ch3\u003eKing Crimson – Lizard [200g Vinyl LP]\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold, Stereo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number:\u003c\/strong\u003e KCLP3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode:\u003c\/strong\u003e 633367910318\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Progressive Rock \/ Art Rock \/ Jazz Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Discipline Global Mobile \/ Panegyric \/ Inner Knot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11 December 1970\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReissue Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15th October 2012\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePressing:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200 Gram Super-Heavyweight Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New \u0026amp; Sealed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLizard\u003c\/em\u003e is King Crimson's third studio album — a singular, bewildering and deeply rewarding record that stands as one of the most adventurous and unusual entries in an already extraordinary catalogue. Released on 11 December 1970 via Island Records, it arrived in the wake of two landmark albums and yet sounded like nothing that had come before it, drawing on jazz, free improvisation, medieval imagery and orchestral complexity to create something that still resists easy categorisation more than fifty years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the time \u003cem\u003eLizard\u003c\/em\u003e was recorded, the original King Crimson lineup had essentially dissolved. Only guitarist and composer \u003cstrong\u003eRobert Fripp\u003c\/strong\u003e and lyricist and visual artist \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Sinfield\u003c\/strong\u003e remained from the group that had made \u003cem\u003eIn the Court of the Crimson King\u003c\/em\u003e (1969). Fripp assembled an entirely new studio band around them — recruiting bassist and vocalist \u003cstrong\u003eGordon Haskell\u003c\/strong\u003e, drummer \u003cstrong\u003eAndy McCulloch\u003c\/strong\u003e, and saxophonist and flautist \u003cstrong\u003eMel Collins\u003c\/strong\u003e — and supplemented them with a remarkable cast of jazz musicians: pianist \u003cstrong\u003eKeith Tippett\u003c\/strong\u003e, cornet player \u003cstrong\u003eMark Charig\u003c\/strong\u003e, trombonist \u003cstrong\u003eNick Evans\u003c\/strong\u003e and oboist \u003cstrong\u003eRobin Miller\u003c\/strong\u003e. Most strikingly, \u003cstrong\u003eJon Anderson of Yes\u003c\/strong\u003e was brought in to sing the opening section of the album's epic title suite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is an album of extraordinary richness and strangeness. Side one opens with \u003cstrong\u003e\"Cirkus\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — a dramatic, shifting piece that builds from sparse acoustic guitar to a ferocious full-band assault before retreating into eerie calm. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Indoor Games\"\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e\"Happy Family\"\u003c\/strong\u003e are wilfully chaotic jazz-rock workouts, with Tippett's free piano playing colliding with Fripp's guitar in ways that are disorienting and thrilling in equal measure. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Lady of the Dancing Water\"\u003c\/strong\u003e closes the side with a brief, achingly beautiful acoustic interlude.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide two is given entirely to the 23-minute title suite \u003cstrong\u003e\"Lizard\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — a four-part piece depicting Prince Rupert of the Rhine at the Battle of Naseby during the English Civil War. Opening with Jon Anderson's ethereal vocal on \u003cstrong\u003e\"Prince Rupert Awakes\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, it moves through the baroque grandeur of \u003cstrong\u003e\"Bolero – The Peacock's Tale\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, the thunderous, multi-movement \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Battle of Glass Tears\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the haunting, circular reprise of \u003cstrong\u003e\"Big Top\"\u003c\/strong\u003e. It remains one of the most ambitious and fully realised pieces in the progressive rock canon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis reissue is \u003cstrong\u003enewly cut from masters approved by Robert Fripp\u003c\/strong\u003e, pressed on \u003cstrong\u003e200g super-heavyweight vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e, and housed in a faithful reprint of Gini Barris's original elaborate gatefold artwork — one of the most visually spectacular sleeves in rock history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCirkus (Including: Entry of the Chameleons)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndoor Games\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHappy Family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLady of the Dancing Water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLizard\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea) Prince Rupert Awakes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eb) Bolero – The Peacock's Tale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ec) The Battle of Glass Tears (i. 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Prince Rupert's Lament)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ed) Big Top\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCredits\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert Fripp – Guitar, Mellotron, Electric Keyboards, Electronics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGordon Haskell – Bass Guitar, Vocals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMel Collins – Flute, Saxophone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAndy McCulloch – Drums\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeter Sinfield – Lyrics, EMS VCS 3, Sleeve Conception\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeith Tippett – Piano, Electric Piano\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJon Anderson – Vocals (Side B, Prince Rupert Awakes)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMark Charig – Cornet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNick Evans – Trombone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobin Miller – Oboe, Cor Anglais\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobin Thompson – Engineer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert Fripp \u0026amp; Peter Sinfield – Producers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGini Barris – Outside Painting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabel – Discipline Global Mobile \/ Panegyric \/ Inner Knot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"King Crimson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57554197741955,"sku":"KCLP3","price":19.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0932\/9757\/4275\/files\/King_Crimson_Lizard_200g_Vinyl_LP.webp?v=1776530419","url":"https:\/\/vikingrecords.co.uk\/products\/king-crimson-lizard-200g-vinyl-lp","provider":"Viking Records Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}