kurtster wrote:
 
Have you formed an opinion on Steven Wilson remixes yet?  

 westslope wrote: 
They just went through here on the 25th of September, missed seeing that.  Saw Todd & Co. the 28th though.

The Steven Wilson 50th remix of Court is due out at the end of the month.  Been waiting for this one.

I love it!  But I can imagine others finding it all somewhat difficult to access...

What a line up.  From wiki:

Current members

• Robert Fripp – guitar, keyboards, mellotron, electronics (1969–1974, 1981–1984, 1994–2004, 2007–2008, 2013–present)
• Mel Collins – saxophones, flute, bass flute, mellotron, backing vocals (1970–1972, 2013–present)
• Tony Levin – bass, Chapman stick, synthesisers, backing vocals (1981–1984, 1994–1998, 2003–2004, 2007–2008, 2013–present)
• Pat Mastelotto – drums, percussion, programming (1994–2004, 2007–2008, 2013–present)
• Gavin Harrison – drums, percussion (2007–2008, 2013–present)
• Jakko Jakszyk – lead vocals, guitar, flute, keyboards (2013–present)
• Bill Rieflin – keyboards, synthesisers, mellotron (2013–present); drums (2013–2016) (currently not touring)
• Jeremy Stacey – drums, keyboards (2016–present)

There are legendary incarnations (Bruford/Fripp/Wetton, and Bruford/Levin/Fripp/Belew at least) but this latest beast certainly deserves that designation.

 Proclivities wrote:
 
Not odd.  Probably the only photo that was easily available and either free or cheap.  Media economics.....

PF's Dark Side of the Moon stands out for the long, slow notes.  I do not recall off-hand King Crimson doing anything quite like that.  

Never saw a connection between Heart of the Sunrise and 21st Century Schizoid Man.  Will have to re-listen with that in mind.  

From my perspective, the evolving technology made King Crimson and other similar bands' music possible or at least more likely.   The 1969 KC line-up could have died in a plane crash and all the other bands would have come out with their own version of 'prog rock'.  

 westslope wrote:
 
It's odd that they used a 1974 photograph of the band for an article about a 1969 album; I'm pretty sure that Fripp is the only person in that photo who played on â€˜In the Court of the Crimson King’.  Anyhow, it's hard to say how much that album influenced PF, but "Heart of the Sunrise" by Yes (who I never liked anyhow) was clearly inspired by KC's "21st Century Schizoid Man".

How King Crimson’s masterpiece led a generation to Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’
‘In the Court of the Crimson King’ was released 50 years ago – Pink Floyd, Yes and Genesis could never have sounded like they did without it, says Simon Hardeman

The first KC album was pathbreaking and I am a big fan but this article hypes the importance of that album.    Just a little me thinks.