King Crimson - Lizard
EG Records Ltd.  (1970)
Progressive Rock

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LP  41:28
5 tracks
   01   Cirkus       including Entry of the Chamelens       06:28
   02   Indoor Games             05:38
   03   Happy Family             04:15
   04   Lady Of The Dancing Water             02:43
   05   Lizard             22:24
      Prince Rupert Awakes             04:34
      Bolero - The Peacock's Tale             06:30
      The Battle of Glass Tears       (i)Down Song (ii)last skirmish (iii)Prince Rupert's lament       10:55
      Big Top             01:05
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Country USA
UPC (Barcode) 724384406820
Recording Date 1970
Spars DDD
Sound Stereo
Notes
Year: 1970 Personnel: Robert Fripp Guitar, Mellotron, Electric Keyboards and Devices Mel Collins Flute and Saxes Gordon Haskell Bass Guitar and Vocals Andy McCulloh Drums Peter Sinfield Words and Pictures with Robin Miller Oboe and Cor Anglais Mark Charig Cornet Nick Evans Trombone Keith Tippet Piano and Electric Piano Jon Anderson of YES Vocals on "Prince Rupert Awakes" The first side of Lizard is not what I would call the best Crimson, don't get me wrong, it's very good, but compared to what KC can do, it falls a bit short. First off, I'm not a big fan of Gordon Haskells voice and Robert's guitar isn't that great either. The second side is a completely different story. The song Lizard is beautifuly orchestrated, Jon Anderson's vocals On "Prince Rupert Awakes" is breath taking. Even Haskell's vocals are beautiful on "Prince Rupert's Lament". I also really like the cover art, if you look you can see that the images are taken from the songs I think it's a very good concept for a cover.