Looking for In The Court Of The Crimson King MFSL NM.

possibly a non-MFSL, but it's gotta be true NM.

Name your trade. I just picked up #600 more LP's yesterday and am in the processes of VPI cleaning. Also have 25 or so duplicate CD's. Here's some:

Neil Young / Unplugged
Sting / all this time
Sheryl Crow / Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow / The Globe Sessions
Janis Joplin / I Got Dem Old Cosmic Blues Again Mama!
Doors / The Best of The Doors (2 disc)
Yes / Close To The Edge
Bob Dylan / Rolling Thunder Revue (2 disc)
Norah Jones / come away with me
10,000 Maniacs / Mtv Unplugged
The Doobie Brothers / Minute By Minute
Renaissance / Tales of 1001 Nights
Pretenders / Last of the Pretenders
Chumbawamba / Tubthumper (I'll pay you to get this one out of my house)
Swing Out Sister / Live
Neil Young / Live At Massey Hall
Rod Stewart / Unplugged
Rolling Stones / Steel Wheels
lots more

I'm not expecting a 1:1 trade, obviously. I'm thinking multiple CD's or vinyl for the KC.
Say something like 7,8,9 : 1.

bump. forgot to state the obvious.

I looked...mine's disappeared. I don't it was NM. Just VG.

Thanks anyway. Someday I'll find one. Or sell the house and pay for a sealed, I guess.

Your wanted post actually go me out to Rasputin Music. I couldn't find it out there either.

I'll keep an eye out.

Is this OOP? Hard to believe someone dosen't have this new.

I've got a solidly VG copy (not MFSL) that I doubt you'd be interested in and I doubt I'd get off. I'll keep my eyes open for you, though. The standard pressing isn't terribly rare.

I've got a solidly VG copy (not MFSL) that I doubt you'd be interested in and I doubt I'd get off. I'll keep my eyes open for you, though. The standard pressing isn't terribly rare.

Thanks anyway, though. I appreciate it. All this work, I gotta hold out for a M-, NM. No, std copies aren't that rare but NM, M- are. Last week I thought I hit the Jackpot with an MFSL auction I won (advertised as NM). It was so scatched it was unplayable. Seller has taken it back supposedly. Waiting for the Paypal credit now. So I turned to AK, knowing I could count on a level of honesty & trust. Which you just proved.Thanks again.

My local record store has a Crimson "Court" with a price of about $40 on it however, the record is behind the counter and I haven't looked at it. I don't think it's an MFSL but it's got to be something special because they rarely put the actual vinyl behind the counter. I'll take a look next time I'm in there and get back to you.

This one appears about every other week at my LP shop. If I see an NM, it is yours. If you snag one in the meantime, I'll just add it to my collection.

I got to my shop every Friday, so I will check tomorrow.

I bought a standard vinyl new, back in the '70's. It hasn't been played more than 10 times, if that. I replaced it on CD, I'll check and see if I still have the vinyl. If I do, it's near mint.

Well, it turns out I do not have the CD as I thought, but I do have the LP. It is in near mint condition as far as no scratches, fingerprints or groove damage. It has a 1/16" warp (manufacturing defect, not from storage, my lps are all stored vertically.) I just copied it onto my hard drive to make a CD of it. I heard some distortion on it and I can't decide if that was because it was recorded poorly, or if it's a lousy pressing, which there were a lot of in the 1970's. I haven't heard a CD of this album so I have nothing to compare it with. I could send you an mp3 of one track and see what you think. PM me if interested.

My local record store has a Crimson "Court" with a price of about $40 on it however, the record is behind the counter and I haven't looked at it. I don't think it's an MFSL but it's got to be something special because they rarely put the actual vinyl behind the counter. I'll take a look next time I'm in there and get back to you.

Wow! Could be a great find. $40's an odd price. Please do check it out and let me know what it is. Seems too high for a used std. copy (unless in actual NM shape), and too low for an MFSL (unless it's not NM).


This one appears about every other week at my LP shop. If I see an NM, it is yours. If you snag one in the meantime, I'll just add it to my collection.

I got to my shop every Friday, so I will check tomorrow.

Great! You'd be amazed at what a VPI RCM does to bargin records. My experience at shops is their $2.99 -$14.99 rescords are really the $1 records with a concillatory alchohol wipe off. Still worth the $15 range to me if it's NM. Many thanks.

Well, it turns out I do not have the CD as I thought, but I do have the LP. It is in near mint condition as far as no scratches, fingerprints or groove damage. It has a 1/16" warp (manufacturing defect, not from storage, my lps are all stored vertically.) I just copied it onto my hard drive to make a CD of it. I heard some distortion on it and I can't decide if that was because it was recorded poorly, or if it's a lousy pressing, which there were a lot of in the 1970's. I haven't heard a CD of this album so I have nothing to compare it with. I could send you an mp3 of one track and see what you think. PM me if interested.

PM sent.

Wow! Could be a great find. $40's an odd price. Please do check it out and let me know what it is. Seems too high for a used std. copy (unless in actual NM shape), and too low for an MFSL (unless it's not NM).

If I remember correctly it is a UK import in very good condition. I'm a Crimson fan so I always look in the bin but since I already have a VG+ US copy I haven't actually looked at the vinyl. I bought my copy from them for $8 and they rarely mark anything above $10 so it must be something good/rare.

If I remember correctly it is a UK import in very good condition. I'm a Crimson fan so I always look in the bin but since I already have a VG+ US copy I haven't actually looked at the vinyl. I bought my copy from them for $8 and they rarely mark anything above $10 so it must be something good/rare.

Heres a cool site, maybe you already know it. Wish I had every one of them. Good project I guess. http://www.elephant-talk.com/discog/fripp/indexb.html

BTW, this morning I won a NM MFSL Lark's. We'll see.

My experience at shops is their $2.99 -$14.99 rescords are really the $1 records with a concillatory alchohol wipe off. Still worth the $15 range to me if it's NM. Many thanks.

My shop's average price is $4.00 for most LPs. First pressings usually go for $15.00 if in excellent shape. Mint/unplayed is $5 to $10. Led Zep IV unplayed goes for $5, while a VG+ IV with "Porky" in the deadwax is $7. Try getting that on eBay.

I'm heading there for "lunch."

My shop's average price is $4.00 for most LPs. First pressings usually go for $15.00 if in excellent shape. Mint/unplayed is $5 to $10. Led Zep IV unplayed goes for $5, while a VG+ IV with "Porky" in the deadwax is $7. Try getting that on eBay.

I'm heading there for "lunch."

I'm flying in with a suitcase of cash. I'll be there by noon. :D

No KC today.

Bay City Rollers LPs for cheap, though.

Heres a cool site, maybe you already know it. Wish I had every one of them. Good project I guess. http://www.elephant-talk.com/discog/fripp/indexb.html

BTW, this morning I won a NM MFSL Lark's. We'll see.

Ahh yes, the old ET site. I remember hanging out there in the old mailing list days, I bet there's a few posts of mine in the archives somewhere. I still have the discography page bookmarked, at one time I was going to try and find all of the vinyl issues released but I got sidetracked once I realized there were 100's of jazz albums that I needed to own.

I stopped by the store today and they had already sold the record. It was a pink rim UK Island pressing in decent shape. The owner said if it was NM it would've cost a bunch more. Now they're sitting on a bunch of EG half speed Crimson but from what I've read they are sonically behind the UK Island, US Atlantic and MFSL pressings.

Good luck with your search, sorry I couldn't help.

I've been looking for it forever (in LP of course) and can't find it anywhere.

So if anyone out there finds 2, I'm interested also....

Ahh yes, the old ET site. I remember hanging out there in the old mailing list days, I bet there's a few posts of mine in the archives somewhere. I still have the discography page bookmarked, at one time I was going to try and find all of the vinyl issues released but I got sidetracked once I realized there were 100's of jazz albums that I needed to own.

I stopped by the store today and they had already sold the record. It was a pink rim UK Island pressing in decent shape. The owner said if it was NM it would've cost a bunch more. Now they're sitting on a bunch of EG half speed Crimson but from what I've read they are sonically behind the UK Island, US Atlantic and MFSL pressings.

Good luck with your search, sorry I couldn't help.

No problem. I really appreciate your help. Hey, did you score anything while you were there?

Now it's a frigg'n Quest.

No problem. I really appreciate your help. Hey, did you score anything while you were there?

I picked up Art Blakey's "Caravan" with Wayne Shorter on sax and also Blakey's Live album recorded at Slugs in NY. Both for $8 total. Listening to the Live one right now. My record store is the sh*t!!

I check every Friday for you, meggy.

My shop had a copy, but it was some kind of repressing. Unless I'm familiar with the pressing, I eschew non-originals.

I did pick up the first Stones LP in MONO, though and some more Uriah Heep.

My shop's average price is $4.00 for most LPs. First pressings usually go for $15.00 if in excellent shape. Mint/unplayed is $5 to $10. Led Zep IV unplayed goes for $5, while a VG+ IV with "Porky" in the deadwax is $7. Try getting that on eBay.

I'm heading there for "lunch."

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what is the significance of the 'Porky' writing on the runout of Zep IV? I have a couple and would like to know.

Rick
sorry Meggy, I don't mean to walk on the thread.

I check every Friday for you, meggy.

My shop had a copy, but it was some kind of repressing. Unless I'm familiar with the pressing, I eschew non-originals.

I did pick up the first Stones LP in MONO, though and some more Uriah Heep.

Thanks, I appreciate that. Guess what? Meanwhile I snagged an MFSL Lark's Tounges in (NM -). $16 bucks incl. shipping.

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what is the significance of the 'Porky' writing on the runout of Zep IV? I have a couple and would like to know.

Rick
sorry Meggy, I don't mean to walk on the thread.

You're not. I don't know about the Porky thing. Someone prob does. bumper.

what is the significance of the 'Porky' writing on the runout of Zep IV? I have a couple and would like to know.


That means the lacquer was cut by George Peckham, and those pressings are sought after by people in the know.

That means the lacquer was cut by George Peckham, and those pressings are sought after by people in the know.

Cool, thanks for the information!

Rick

I know meggy's looking for a clean LP version of the album, but I thought I'd report that the Japanese 24-bit HDCD Remaster [Robert Fripp mix!] CD I recently picked up sounds better than my 30th Anniversary CD, my MFSL (waaay better than the MFSL) and my original UK/Pink Island LP with A/1 - B/1 stampers. Prior to finding this 24-bit Jap CD I was convinced that no version of this album could ever sound, well, good. Fripp and the Japanese fixed that. For those interested, the 24-bit HDCD catalogue number is IECP-10003.

Thanks, Mystic. Sounds like a winner. Where did you find it? MDirect?

Thanks, Mystic. Sounds like a winner. Where did you find it? MDirect?

Meggy, I actually bought this from a bricks & mortar record store!, Rhino Records in Westwood (actually Los Angeles, west side) about a year ago, on the recommendation of Rhino staff. I have seen it on ebay a couple of times, probably has been listed there many times, just scour the ads for Japanese-issued CDs of the album and ask 'em what the catalogue number is if they haven't included it in the listing...and ebay sellers rarely do. If I can figure out a way to scan this bitch, I'll send you pix of the front, back and the disc. And the obi! Yes, it came with its own wee obi.

Here you go Meg, Have ordered from them in the past, they are reliable.
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=IECP-10003

Here you go Meg, Have ordered from them in the best, they are reliable.
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=IECP-10003

Nice link, useful link, :thmbsp:.

BTW Meggy, I bought the 24-bit remaster/reissue of Starless and Bible Black, which I see is also available at www.cdjapan.co.jp