Double 200 Gram Vinyl. 2024 Steven Wilson Mixes and 2024 David Singleton Elemental Mixes. Catalog Number: KCLPX2024 Color: Black Format: LP UPC: 0633367797216 50th anniversary edition of the King Crimson classic album Red. In the decades since its release, Red has gone from being an album that was, upon release, under-promoted - as the band had already split up, to being one of the most lauded albums of its era and (after In The Court of the Crimson King), King Crimson's biggest selling album. By the time King Crimson entered the studio in July 74, the band had spent the best part of two years on the road, recorded two albums along the way (Larks' Tongues In Aspic and Starless and Bible Black) and shed two band members en route; percussionist Jamie Muir having quit early 1973, and violin/mellotron player David Cross at the end of the US tour just a week prior to the recording of Red. Crimson had built a reputation as one of the tightest, most powerful bands on the rock circuit. Recording as a trio in Olympic studios in London, with one improv piece (Providence) drawn from that final US tour and with contributions from former members and friends. 2CD/2 Bluray - 2 Bluray and 2 CD edition features completely new Dolby Atmos, 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Surround and Stereo mixes by Steven Wilson taking the music to new levels of clarity and power. Red was one of the earliest mixes undertaken by Steven Wilson in 2009 and King Crimson was the first of a number of classic band's and artists to be mixed by Steven so it's entirely appropriate that he return, some 15 years later, to take the album into the Dolby Atmos era. Also featured are a complete album's worth of Elemental Mixes by long-time King Crimson producer (and band manager) David Singleton - using the original multi-track recordings to present a very different audio picture of the album, with greater separation of instruments and utilising many recorded elements recorded for, but not included in, the original mixes. Red was recorded immediately after King Crimson's final US tour of 1974 and the anniversary edition reflects that by including all three Hi-Res Stereo mixes of the live album USA in its full concert versions. Also included are a quintet of audio restored bootlegs being issued on disc for the first time, alongside a bootleg of the band's final US concert in New York in 1974