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"Epitaph" is the third track on British progressive rock band King Crimson's 1969 album In the Court of the Crimson King. It was written by Robert Fripp, Ian McDonald, Greg Lake, and Michael Giles with lyrics written by Peter Sinfield. The song is noted for its heavy use of the Mellotron.
Epitaph is a live 4-CD set of concert performances and radio sessions from 1969 by the band King Crimson, released in 1997.Volumes 1 and 2 (Discs 1 and 2) were available in retail shops, and the set included a flyer with instructions on how to obtain Volumes 3 and 4 (Discs 3 and 4) via mail-order.
King Crimson were an English-based progressive rock band formed in London in 1968 by Robert Fripp (guitars), Michael Giles (drums), Greg Lake (bass, vocals), Ian McDonald (saxophone, flute, clarinet, keyboards) and Peter Sinfield (lyrics, illumination). Fripp remained the only constant member throughout the band's history.
In his 1997 book Rocking the Classics, critic and musicologist Edward Macan notes that In the Court of the Crimson King "may be the most influential progressive rock album ever released". Macan went on to argue that In the Court of the Crimson King presented an example of every significant element of a mature progressive rock genre. Further ...
Epitaph: Released: March 1997; Recorded: 6 May–14 December 1969; Label: DGM; The Night Watch: ... In the Court of the Crimson King – King Crimson at 50 – Music ...
King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King: Studio album 1997 1969 King Crimson Epitaph: Live album 1998 1969 King Crimson Live at the Marquee: Live album, King Crimson Collector's Club 2000 1969 King Crimson Live in Hyde Park: Live album, King Crimson Collector's Club 2004 1969 King Crimson Live at Fillmore East: Live album, King Crimson ...
The CD also includes two bonus tracks. The first is a series of excerpts from a press conference, held by all five members of the original King Crimson along with the band's road management. This conference was recorded at the release of King Crimson's Epitaph box set, featuring four CDs of concert material by the original band. The conference ...
Live at the Marquee is a live album by the band King Crimson, released through the King Crimson Collectors' Club in October 1998. ... "Epitaph" (Fripp, Giles, Lake ...