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''In the Court of the Crimson King'' (subtitled ''An Observation by King Crimson'') is the debut studio album by the British rock group King Crimson, released on 10 October 1969. The album reached number five on the British charts, and is certified gold in the United States, where it reached #28 on the ''Billboard'' 200.〔(RIAA: Gold & Platinum )〕 The album is generally viewed as one of the first works to truly embody the progressive rock genre, where King Crimson largely departed from the blues influences that rock music had been founded upon and mixed together jazz and classical symphonic elements. In his 1997 book ''Rocking the Classics'', critic and musicologist Edward Macan notes that ''In the Court of the Crimson King'' "may be the most influential progressive rock album ever released".〔Macan, Edward (1997). ''Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture'', Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-509888-9, p. 23.〕 The Who's Pete Townshend was quoted as calling the album "an uncanny masterpiece".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=King Crimson biography )〕 In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition ''Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock'', the album came fourth in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums".〔''Q Classic: Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock'', 2005.〕 The album was named as one of ''''Classic Rock'' magazines "50 Albums That Built Prog Rock".〔''Classic Rock magazine'', July 2010, Issue 146.〕 The album was remastered and re-released on vinyl and CD several times during the 1980s and 1990s. All of these versions were based on tape copies that were several generations removed from the originals. The original first-generation stereo master tapes were thought to be lost, but were finally located in a storage vault in 2003. This led to a much improved remastered CD version (see below), released in 2004. Once again, in time for the album's 40th anniversary, the album was re-released both on vinyl and CD with newly cut masters approved by guitarist Robert Fripp. The CD/DVD set includes a stereo and 5.1 mix done by Steven Wilson, as well as the original mix. ==Album cover== Barry Godber (1946–1970), a computer programmer, painted the album cover. Godber died in February 1970 from a heart attack, shortly after the album's release. It was his only album cover and the original painting is now owned by Robert Fripp.〔(Robert Fripp: Elephant Talk interview )〕〔(BatGuano.com )〕 Fripp had said about Godber: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「In the Court of the Crimson King」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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