King Crimson -
Islands
Prompted by another thread.
I was absolutely transfixed by this band - waiting with bated breath for each of the first 7 albums.
Knew all of
Sinfield's lyrics by heart and even would reproduce the covers on big hunks of
construction paper in my workshop/studio. Saw them live in '69, '71 and '73. Each album always
seemed to be an extension of the previous one - even the first one which brought forth stuff from
Giles, Giles, and Fripp. The musicianship would naturally be extraordinary since it featured a lot
of the crème de la crème of the British free-jazz scene of the day.
Crushed when the band completely dissolved in '74.