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King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970)

Posted By: v3122

Date: 7 Dec 2021 07:17:58

King Crimson opened 1970 scarcely in existence as a band, having lost two key members (Ian McDonald and Michael Giles), with a third (Greg Lake) about to leave. Their second album – largely composed of Robert Fripp's songwriting and material salvaged from their stage repertory ("Pictures of a City" and "The Devil's Triangle") – is actually better produced and better sounding than their first. Surprisingly, Fripp's guitar is not the dominant instrument here: The Mellotron, taken over by Fripp after McDonald's departure – and played even better than before – still remains the band's signature. The record doesn't tread enough new ground to precisely rival In the Court of the Crimson King. Fripp, however, has made an impressive show of transmuting material that worked on stage ("Mars" aka "The Devil's Triangle") into viable studio creations, and "Cadence and Cascade" may be the prettiest song the group ever cut. "The Devil's Triangle," which is essentially an unauthorized adaptation of "Mars, Bringer of War" from Gustav Holst's The Planets, was later used in an eerie Bermuda Triangle documentary of the same name.

by Bruce Eder, allmusic

King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970):

Tracklist:

A1 Peace - A Beginning
A2 Pictures Of A City (Including 42nd At Treadmill)
A3 Cadence And Cascade
A4 In The Wake Of Poseidon (Including Libra's Theme)
B1 Peace - A Theme
B2 Cat Food
The Devil's Triangle :
B3a Merday Morn
B3b Hand Of Sceiron
B3c Garden Of Worm
B4 Peace - An End

Equipment & processing

Original ripper: uta5erika5
Original format: 32/384
Vinyl Condition: Mint
Direct Drive Turntable: Denon DP-A100
Cartridge: Soundsmith Aida MKII ES
Amplifier: Manley Labs CHINOOK Special Edition MKII
ADC: RME ADI-2 Pro FS
Processing: iZotop RX7

Downsampled to 24/192 & 24/44.1