Epitaph
Live album by King Crimson
Released	1997
Recorded	1969
Genre	Progressive rock
Label	Discipline Global Mobile
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Epitaph is a live 4CD set of concert performances and radio sessions by the band King Crimson, released in 1997.

Track listing

Disc one

• Tracks 1-4 recorded for BBC Radio in 1969
• Tracks 5-7 recorded at the Fillmore East, New York, USA, November 21, 1969
• Tracks 8-11 recorded at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, USA, December 13, 1969

1. "21st Century Schizoid Man" (Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield) - 7:06

   including:

   • "Mirrors"

2. "The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield) - 6:27

   including:

   • "The Return of the Fire Witch"
   • "The Dance of the Puppets"

3. "Get Thy Bearings" (Donovan Leitch) - 5:59
4. "Epitaph" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 7:08

   including:

   • "March for No Reason"
   • "Tomorrow and Tomorrow"

5. "A Man, A City" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 11:41
6. "Epitaph" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 7:42

   including:

   • "March for No Reason"
   • "Tomorrow and Tomorrow"

7. "21st Century Schizoid Man" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 7:16

   including:

   • "Mirrors"

8. "Mantra" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 3:47
9. "Travel Weary Capricorn" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 3:15
10. "Travel Bleary Capricorn" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 2:23
11. "Mars: The Bringer of War" (Gustav Holst) - 8:53

Disc two

• Recorded at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, USA, December 14, 1969

1. "The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield) - 7:13

   including:

   • "The Return of the Fire Witch"
   • "The Dance of the Puppets"

2. "Drop In" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald) - 5:14
3. "A Man, A City" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 11:19
4. "Epitaph" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 7:31

   including:

   • "March for No Reason"
   • "Tomorrow and Tomorrow"

5. "21st Century Schizoid Man" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 7:37

   including:

   • "Mirrors"

6. "Mars: The Bringer of War" (Holst) - 9:42

Disc three

Recorded at Plumpton Racetrack (at the Ninth National Jazz and Blues Festival), Streat, UK, August, 1969

1. "21st Century Schizoid Man" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 7:14

   including:

   • "Mirrors"

2. "Get Thy Bearings" (Leitch) - 10:32
3. "The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield) - 6:43

   including:

   • "The Return of the Fire Witch"
   • "The Dance of the Puppets"

4. "Mantra" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 8:46
5. "Travel Weary Capricorn" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 3:57
6. "Improv" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 8:54

   including:

   • "By the Sleeping Lagoon" (Eric Coates)

7. "Mars: The Bringer of War" (Holst) - 7:23

Disc four

Recorded at the Victoria Ballroom, Chesterfield, UK, September 7, 1969

1. "21st Century Schizoid Man" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 7:57

   including:

   • "Mirrors"

2. "Drop In" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald) - 6:20
3. "Epitaph" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 7:22

   including:

   • "March for No Reason"
   • "Tomorrow and Tomorrow"

4. "Get Thy Bearings" (Leitch) - 18:10
5. "Mantra" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 5:29
6. "Travel Weary Capricorn" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 4:54
7. "Improv" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield) - 4:34
8. "Mars: The Bringer of War" (Holst) - 5:37

Personnel

• Robert Fripp - guitar
• Greg Lake - bass guitar, vocals
• Ian McDonald - woodwinds, keyboards, mellotron, vocals
• Michael Giles - drums, percussion, vocals