King Crimson - The Sailor’s Tale (Earthbound (Live))

Full playlist: Earthbound stands as one of the most gritty and powerful live recordings of its era, showcasing King Crimson’s Islands line-up comprising Boz Burrell, Mel Collins, Robert Fripp, and Ian Wallace. In a manner that surpassed many of their contemporaries, the band pushed the boundaries of their music to the limits. Originally released in 1972, Earthbound consisted of a collection of deliberately lo-fi live recordings from King Crimson’s Islands era tour in the USA. It was among the earliest, if not the first, “official bootlegs“ to be issued by a major rock band. Today, with Robert Fripp and Mel Collins having appeared in the 2014/2021 King Crimson line-ups, and the music from the Islands era being a regular feature of their live shows, the interest in Earthbound and that particular period of King Crimson’s music is arguably higher now, fifty years after its original release, than it