{"product_id":"live-penn-state-university-29-june-1974-2026-rsd-200g-vinyl","title":"Live: Penn State University 29 June 1974 (2026 RSD 2x 200G VINYL) | Mint (M) Mint (M)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLive King Crimson multi-track recording of live set from June 29th, 1974, at Penn State University. Available on vinyl for the first time, exclusively for Record Store Day 2026. 2LP set cut by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering and pressed on 200-gram audiophile vinyl. Gatefold sleeve with new sleevenotes from King Crimson biographer Sid Smith. To coincide with the releases of \"Starless \u0026amp; Bible Black\" in March 1974, King Crimson set out on a run of shows that many fans consider to be that line-up's peak with the late music critic John Kelman (All About Jazz) describing them as being at their \"heaviest and most guitar-centric version of Crimson to date\" where \"even 24 hours represented a significant difference in how this group approached form-based material\". In the final week of June, as the band neared it's conclusion as a live act, four of these concerts -including the Asbury Park show from which much of the original 1975 released \"USA\", single live LP was derived - were recorded to multi-track tape but, with the exception of that release, lay unreleased until the 1992 assemblage\/mix \u0026amp; compilation of \"The Great Deceiver\" boxed set by Robert Fripp \u0026amp; David Singleton which was centred around those performances. In the notes to that set Robert Fripp described the band's 1974 tour as a period of \"balanced disarray\" characterised by \"chaotic and intense\" performances and \"powerful, almost brutal improvisations\".With the rapid growth of CD in the 1980s came an equally rapid growth in bootlegging and by 1992 there were over 120 different King Crimson bootlegs - many focusing on poor quality recordings of the 1973\/74 touring band whose reputation among fans and influence on a generation of musicians continued to grow. The first pressing run of \"The Great Deceiver\" sold out within weeks \u0026amp; was re-pressed by DGM in the same format before being split into two double CD sets in the early 2000s. The release also did much to re-establish King Crimson's critical reputation, especially in the UK. Of the four multi-tracked concerts, Penn State was a last minute addition to the schedule and required gruelling additional journeys there and back, book-ended, on the original tour schedule, by the geographically easier Asbury Park, New Jersey on the 28th and Providence, Rhode Island on the 30th, leaving audiences then \u0026amp; since, grateful for the band's willingness to use a 'rest day' for an unplanned performance.. Despite the travel complications, the Penn State gig featured two of the best improvs from this tour - Is There Life Out There? and It Is For You But Not For Us, which sounded, in many respects, no less fully composed than the recently released Fracture or the yet to be recorded Starless. For most attendees, the majority of the material would have been heard for the first time, not an uncommon feature of King Crimson gigs in that period, though unthinkable for most bands today. Long requested by fans for a vinyl release, Penn State is being made available on 200-gram double vinyl for the first time exclusively for Record Store Day in April 2026, '1974 Penn State University' also includes the recording of 21st Century Schizoid Man from the band's Central Park gig 2 days later which was to be this line-up's last incarnation before becoming a trio to start recording the 'Red' album.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eLabel:\u003cbr\u003e\r\nDiscipline Global Mobile – KCLVX1, Panegyric – KCLVX1\u003cbr\u003e\r\nFormat:\u003cbr\u003e\r\n2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Record Store Day, Reissue, Stereo, 200g\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCountry:\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWorldwide\u003cbr\u003e\r\nReleased:\u003cbr\u003e\r\nApr 18, 2026\u003cbr\u003e\r\nGenre:\u003cbr\u003e\r\nRock\u003cbr\u003e\r\nStyle:\u003cbr\u003e\r\nProg Rock\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA1        Walk On: No Pussyfooting\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA2        Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part II\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA3        Lament\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA4        Exiles\u003cbr\u003e\r\nB1        Improv: Is There Life Out There?\u003cbr\u003e\r\nB2        Easy Money\u003cbr\u003e\r\nC1        Improv: It Is For You, But Not For Us\u003cbr\u003e\r\nC2        Fracture\u003cbr\u003e\r\nD1        Starless\u003cbr\u003e\r\nD2        21st Century Schizoid Man\u003cbr\u003e\r\nPhonographic Copyright ℗ – Robert Fripp\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCopyright © – Robert Fripp\u003cbr\u003e\r\nRecorded By – Record Plant Mobile Studio\u003cbr\u003e\r\nRecorded At – Penn State University\u003cbr\u003e\r\nRecorded At – Central Park, New York\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMixed At – The Courthouse Studio\u003cbr\u003e\r\nLacquer Cut At – Loud Mastering\u003cbr\u003e\r\nBass Guitar, Vocals – John Wetton\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCover [Cover Art By], Artwork [Cover Art By] – Bearhand Design*\u003cbr\u003e\r\nDrums, Percussion – Bill Bruford\u003cbr\u003e\r\nGuitar, Mellotron, Electric Piano – Robert Fripp\u003cbr\u003e\r\nLacquer Cut By [Vinyl Cut By] – Jason Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMixed By – David Singleton, Robert Fripp, Tony Arnold\u003cbr\u003e\r\nRecorded By – George Chkiantz\u003cbr\u003e\r\nSleeve Notes [Whitley Bay, November 2025] – Sid Smith\u003cbr\u003e\r\nViolin, Mellotron, Electric Piano – David Cross\u003cbr\u003e\r\nIssued in a gatefold sleeve.\u003cbr\u003e\r\nLimited to 2500 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eRecord Store Day\u003cbr\u003e\r\n(from the 1st sticker on the front shrink wrap)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eKCLVX1 (2 LP set)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e• First ever vinyl release of King Crimson's\u003cbr\u003e\r\nPenn State live set from June 29th, 1974\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e• Taken from the original multi-track tapes\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e• 200-gram super-heavyweight vinyl\u003cbr\u003e\r\n(from the 2nd sticker on the front shrink wrap)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eDiscipline Global Mobile.\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMade in England. ℗ \u0026amp; © 2026 Robert Fripp.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n(from the labels)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded live in Recreation Hall at University Park,\u003cbr\u003e\r\nPennsylvania, June 29, 1974\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eTrack D2 *\u003cbr\u003e\r\n* (Central Park, New York, July 1st, 1974)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e[...] - Violin, Mellotron, Electric Piano\u003cbr\u003e\r\n[...] - Guitar, Mellotron, Electric Piano\u003cbr\u003e\r\n[...] - Bass Guitar, Vocals\u003cbr\u003e\r\n[...] - Drums, Percussion\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded by [...] with the Record Plant Mobile.\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMixed by [...], [...] and [...] at the Courthouse, Cranborne.\u003cbr\u003e\r\nVinyl Cut by [...] at Loud.\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCover Art by [...].\u003cbr\u003e\r\nwww.dgmlive.com\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e℗ \u0026amp; © 2026 Robert Fripp\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAudio Advisory: Sides A \u0026amp; B begin very quietly before the band begins to play.\u003cbr\u003e\r\nThe last track on Side D is from an audio restored bootleg at a later concert.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePanegyric Recordings Limited c\/o Citycas, Suite 540, Fifth Floor, Linen Hall, 162-168 Regent Street, London, United Kingdom, W1B 5TF\u003cbr\u003e\r\nE-Mail: info@panegyric.net\u003cbr\u003e\r\nEU authorised Representative Galileo Music Communication GmbH Dachauer Str. 5-7 82256 Fürstenfeldbrück Deutschland E-Mail: info@galileo-mc.de\u003cbr\u003e\r\n(from the back sleeve)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eMatrix \/ Runouts are hand-etched.\u003cbr\u003e\r\nBarcode (Text stickered): 6 33367 79851 0\u003cbr\u003e\r\nBarcode (Scanned stickered): 633367798510\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMatrix \/ Runout (Side A runout): KCLVX1 A JASDAFACE LOUD\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMatrix \/ Runout (Side B runout): KCLVX1 B JASDAFACE LOUD\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMatrix \/ Runout (Side C runout): KCLVX1 C JASDAFACE LOUD\u003cbr\u003e\r\nMatrix \/ Runout (Side D runout): KCLVX1 D JASDAFACE LOUD\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedia Condition: Mint (M)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSleeve Condition: Mint (M)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: ROCK\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Type: 2xLP\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"KING CRIMSON","offers":[{"title":"- ROCK * NEW*","offer_id":44780727763059,"sku":"K3VXMV-C53G-R2","price":49.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0500\/7837\/files\/rock-new_qncxT.jpg?v=1777410929","url":"https:\/\/www.lovevinylrecords.com\/products\/live-penn-state-university-29-june-1974-2026-rsd-200g-vinyl","provider":"Love Vinyl Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}