''A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson'' is a 2-LP compilation album by the band

King Crimson King Crimson are a progressive rock band formed in 1968 in London, England. The band draws inspiration from a wide variety of music, incorporating elements of classical, jazz, folk, heavy metal, gamelan, industrial, electronic, experime ...

, released in 1976. At the time the band had split. The track selection was by

Robert Fripp Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946) is a British musician, songwriter, record producer, and author, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of the progressive rock band King Crimson. He has worked extensively as a session ...

. Its name is most likely derived either from the famous orchestral work ''

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra ''The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra'', Op. 34, is a 1945 musical composition by Benjamin Britten with a subtitle ''Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell''. It was based on the second movement, "Rondeau", of the ''Abdelazer'' sui ...

'' from composer

Benjamin Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other ...

or the 1960s television series '' Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra'', created by conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein. The gatefold-sleeve featured, as the front (''The Landscape Player'') and back cover (''Earth''), artwork by Scottish artist Fergus Hall. Included as part of the package was a booklet, replete with photographs, and detailing gig history and notable events: this was compiled by Robert Fripp from his own archive. To date, its sole CD release has been in Japan, in 1990. This 2-CD set, which faithfully duplicated the vinyl running-order, included a reproduction of the booklet, scaled-down. Playing times are approximately 40 minutes long for CD1, and 35 minutes for CD2.

Track listing

LP 1

Side one

Side two

LP 2

Side one

Side two

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Young Person's Guide to King Crimson, A 1976 compilation albums King Crimson compilation albums E.G. Records compilation albums Island Records compilation albums