teven Wilson returns to produce a 2025 Dolby Atmos Mix* of King Crimson’s second album plus single B-side Groon, a new 5.1 Surround Mix* and a new stereo album mix*, while David Singleton contributes Elemental Mixes of four of the album’s key tracks.
The Blu-ray contains all of this material on a single disc with the 5.1 Surround Material presented in DTS-HD-MA and the stereo tracks in Hi-Res Stereo. Joining the new mixes are the complete stereo recording sessions from the entire album, as produced by Alex R Mundy and the disc is completed with a Hi-Res Stereo presentation of the 30th anniversary edition of the original album mix*.
The CD features Steven Wilson’s 2025 Stereo Mixes, the Elemental Mixes and the alternate version of Devil’s Triangle originally assembled for the, now unavailable, Sailors’ Tales boxed set.
This is the most complete edition of “In the Wake of Poseidon” ever assembled.
When “In The Wake of Poseidon” was first issued in 1970, Melody Maker ran the unforgettable headline: “If Wagner were alive he’d work with King Crimson”. Stranger still, this was just two months after King Crimson had issued a single “Cat Food” & appeared on Britain’s Top of the Pops miming – as all bands did in those days on the TV show – to a pre-recorded playback of the song.
Strangest of all was, how could a single and an album have even been recorded, when the band had split up in December 1969 following their debut US tour and release of their acclaimed “In The Court of the Crimson King” mere weeks before that? The answer, not for the first or last time in the band’s lengthy career, was Robert Fripp’s determination to keep the band going – whatever it took. In the case of “Poseidon” this involved hiring leaving KC members Michael Giles & Greg Lake and former Giles, Giles & Fripp member Peter Giles as guest musician & bringing in players who would all feature on future KC albums: Keith Tippett, Mel Collins and Gordon Haskell. The result was an album that claimed the band’s highest ever UK chart position (No. 4) and consolidated its position as one of the most original and experimental groups to emerge from the Underground Scene.
For an album that shouldn’t have been recorded by a band that didn’t exist, “In The Wake of Poseidon” continues to intrigue and delight King Crimson fans.
Disc 1
1Peace - A Beginning
2Pictures of a City
3Cadence and Cascade
4In the Wake of Poseidon
5Peace - A Theme
6Catfood
7The Devil's Triangle: Merday Morn/Hand of Sceiron/Garden of Worm
8Peace - An End
9Groon
10Peace - An End
11Pictures of a City
12In the Wake of Poseidon
13Cadence and Cascade
14Catfood
Disc 2
1Peace - A Beginning
2Pictures of a City
3Cadence and Cascade
4In the Wake of Poseidon
5Peace - A Theme
6Catfood
7The Devil's Triangle: Merday Morn/Hand of Sceiron/Garden of Worm
8Peace - An End
9Groon
10Pictures of a City
11In the Wake of Poseidon
12Cadence and Cascade
13Catfood
14Peace - A Beginning
15Pictures of a City
16Cadence and Cascade
17In the Wake of Poseidon
18Peace - A Theme
19Catfood
20The Devil's Triangle: Merday Morn/Hand of Sceiron/Garden of Worm
21Peace - An End
22Catfood (Single Version)
23Groon (Single B Side)
24Groon Soundcheck
25Groon Takes 1-6
26Groon Takes 7-15
27Catfood Take 4 Bass & Drums With Guide Guitar
28Catfood Take 4 Overdubbed Master
29Pictures of a City Takes 1-4
30Pictures of a City Takes 5-6
31Pictures of a City Take 7
32Pictures of a City Takes 8-10
33Cadence & Cascade Takes 1-6
34Cadence & Cascade Take 7
35Peace - A Beginning Clip
36Peace - A Beginning Takes 1-4
37Peace - A Theme Takes 1-7
38Peace - An End Section Takes 1 & 2, Take 3 Overdubs
39In the Wake of Poseidon Takes 1 & 2 Bass, Drums & Mellotron
40In the Wake of Poseidon Takes 4 & 5 Bass, Drums & Mellotron
41In the Wake of Poseidon Overdubbed Master 1
42In the Wake of Poseidon Overdubbed Master 2
43The Devil's Triangle Part II Overdubs
44The Devil's Triangle Part III Overdubs
