Disc 1: 1969–1971 • "
21st Century Schizoid Man" (
Robert Fripp,
Ian McDonald,
Greg Lake,
Michael Giles,
Peter Sinfield) - 7:20 • "I Talk to the Wind" (McDonald, Sinfield) - 6:05 • "
Epitaph" (Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield) - 8:44 • "
Moonchild" (Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield) - 2:26 • :
Abridged version, omitting the improv section of the song • "
The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield) - 9:25 • "Peace: A Theme" (Fripp) - 1:16 • "
Cat Food" (Fripp, McDonald, Sinfield) - 2:45 • :
Single version • "Groon" (Fripp) - 3:31 • :Previously unreleased on CD; also featured on the 2-LP compilation ''
A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson'' (1976) • "Cadence and Cascade" (Fripp, Sinfield) - 4:10 • :New
mix, replacing
Gordon Haskell's original
vocals with vocals performed by
Adrian Belew, July 1991 • "The Sailor's Tale" (Fripp) - 7:27 • :Abridged version, removing approximately 3.5 seconds' worth of the cymbal introduction • "Ladies of the Road" (Fripp, Sinfield) - 5:31 • "Bolero" (Fripp, Sinfield) - 6:45 • :New mix, replacing Gordon Haskell's original
bass guitar with bass guitar performed by
Tony Levin, June 1991 :Tracks 1–5 from
In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) :Tracks 6–7 & 9 from
In the Wake of Poseidon (1970) :Tracks 7–8 released as the
single "Cat Food/Groon" in 1970 :Track 12 from
Lizard (1970) :Tracks 10–11 from
Islands (1971)
Total Running Time - 67:47 Disc 2: 1972–1974 • "
Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part I)" (
David Cross, Fripp,
John Wetton,
Bill Bruford,
Jamie Muir) - 10:53 • :Abridged version • "Book of Saturday" (Fripp, Wetton,
Richard Palmer-James) - 2:53 • "Easy Money" (Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton) - 7:55 • "
Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part II)" (Fripp) - 7:09 • "The Night Watch" (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) - 4:40 • "The Great Deceiver" (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) - 4:03 • "Fracture" (Fripp) - 6:57 • :Abridged version • "
Starless" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford, Palmer-James) - 4:38 • :Abridged version • "Red" (Fripp) - 6:17 • "
Fallen Angel" (Fripp, Wetton, Palmer-James) - 5:59 • "
One More Red Nightmare" (Fripp, Wetton) - 7:09 :Tracks 1–4 from the album ''
Larks' Tongues in Aspic'' (1973) :Tracks 5–7 from the album
Starless and Bible Black (1974) :Tracks 8–11 from the album
Red (1974)
Total Running Time - 69:08 Disc 3: 1981–1984 All tracks on disc 3 written by
Adrian Belew, Bruford, Fripp and
Tony Levin, unless otherwise indicated. • "
Elephant Talk" - 4:42 • "Frame by Frame" - 5:08 • "
Matte Kudasai" - 3:48 • "
Thela Hun Ginjeet" - 6:26 • "
Heartbeat" - 3:54 • "Waiting Man" - 4:22 • "Neurotica" - 4:48 • "Requiem" - 6:36 • "
Three of a Perfect Pair" - 4:11 • "
Sleepless" - 5:22 • "
Discipline" - 5:05 • "
The Sheltering Sky" - 8:16 • "The King Crimson Barber Shop" (Levin) - 1:31 • :Also featured on the compilation
Heartbeat: The Abbreviated King Crimson (1991), subsequently featured on the reissued version of the album
Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) :Tracks 1–4 & 11–12 from the album
Discipline (1981) :Tracks 5–8 from the album
Beat (1982) :Tracks 9–10 from the album
Three of a Perfect Pair (1984)
Total Running Time - 64:08 Disc 4: Live 1969–1984 • "
Get Thy Bearings" (
Donovan Leitch) - 9:21 • :Recorded at Plumpton Racetrack (at the Ninth National Jazz and Blues Festival),
Streat,
UK, 9 August 1969 • :subsequently featured on the live album (4-CD set)
Epitaph • "Travel Weary Capricorn" (Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield) - 4:23 • :Recorded at Plumpton Racetrack (at the Ninth National Jazz and Blues Festival), Streat, UK, 9 August 1969 • :Subsequently featured on the live 4-CD set
Epitaph (1997) • "
Mars" (
Gustav Holst) - 8:09 • :Recorded at the
Fillmore West,
San Francisco,
California, United States, 14 December 1969* • :subsequently featured on the live 4-CD set
Epitaph • "The Talking Drum" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Muir, Bruford) - 8:30 • :Recorded at the
Concertgebouw,
Amsterdam, the
Netherlands, 23 November 1973; • :subsequently featured on the live 2-CD set
The Night Watch (1997) • "21st Century Schizoid Man" (Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield) - 9:15 • :Recorded at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 23 November 1973 • :subsequently featured on the live 2-CD set
The Night Watch • "Asbury Park" (Cross, Fripp, Wetton, Bruford) - 6:52 • :Recorded at the Casino,
Asbury Park, New Jersey, 28 June 1974; previously featured on the live album
USA (1975) • "
Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part III)" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) - 2:35 • :recorded at
Le Spectrum,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 11 July 1984; excerpt version from the afternoon show. A complete performance from the evening show was subsequently featured on the live 2-CD set
Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal (1998) • "Sartori in Tangier" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) - 4:08 • :recorded at Le Spectrum,
Montreal,
Quebec, Canada, 11 July 1984 • :subsequently featured on the live album (2-CD set)
Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal • "
Indiscipline" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) - 5:26 • :Recorded at the Arena,
Fréjus,
France, 27 August 1982; subsequently featured on the live album (King Crimson Collectors' Club release) ''
Live at Cap D'Agde'' (April 1999)
Total Running Time - 61:20 (*) The
Frame by Frame booklet incorrectly lists the date as 10 December 1969. ==References==