King Crimson – Court of the Crimson King: My best friends dad had a CD player in the early 80’s and i still remember the day he sat us down and played this track in a darkened room. Blew my young mind!
I borrowed a copy from a mate at school, it was the cover that grabbed my attention, I’d never seen anything like it, not that I had much to compare it to, there were never really many records at home, music wasn’t any big deal, we never had the money for luxuries like records, all the music I knew was from whatever the Beeb played; Beatles, Stones, Herman’s Hermits, The Searchers… you get the picture.
So when Bob pitched up with CotCK, I just had to borrow it.
21st Century SM is still a remarkable piece of music, nothing else sounds like it, and it hasn’t dated, the words still have relevance today.