In The Wake of Poseidon (Expanded)

• The complete recording sessions of In The Wake of Poseidon on 1 CD/1Blu-ray
• Blu-ray features completely new mixes of the album* in Dolby Atmos, 5.1 DTS-HD MA Surround & Hi-Res Stereo by Steven Wilson, (except Devil’s Triangle*)
• New Elemental Mixes of four of the tracks in Hi-Res Stereo by David Singleton plus two additional versions of Cadence and Cascade.
• Complete recording sessions of the album in Hi-Res Stereo
• The Original Stereo Master of the album (30^th Anniversary edition)
• Presented in a replica mini-vinyl style packaging with booklet including photos and sleeve-notes from King Crimson biographer Sid Smith
• CD contains the complete album in 2025 mix form with Devil’s Triangle sourced from the alt mixes as featured originally on the (long unavailable) Sailors’ Tales boxed set + the new Elemental Mixes.

*(See tracklisting for detail)

Robert Fripp: Guitar and Mellotron & Devices

Greg Lake: Vocals / Michael Giles: Drums

Peter Giles: Bass / Peter Sinfield: Words

Keith Tippett: Piano / Mel Collins: Saxes & Flute

and Gordon Haskell: Vocal (Cadence & Cascade)      

Steven 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 30^th 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    CD   

2025 mixes and Additional Material - Produced and Mixed by Steven Wilson

1. Peace - A Beginning
2. Pictures of a City
3. Cadence and Cascade
4. In the Wake of Poseidon
5. Peace - A Theme
6. Catfood
7. The Devil's Triangle ^
1. Merday Morn
2. Hand of Sceiron
3. Garden of Worm
8. Peace - An End
9. Groon
10. Peace An End (Alternate version)

^ The Devil’s Triangle is taken from the additional material on CD1 of the Sailors' Tales boxed set

2025 Elemental Mix - Produced and Mixed by David Singleton

1. Pictures of a City
2. In the Wake of Poseidon
3. Cadence and Cascade
4. Catfood

Disc 2 Blu-Ray

I            2025 Dolby Atmos, DTS HD-MA 5.1 Surround, 24/96 Stereo

1. Peace - A Beginning

2. Pictures of a City °

3. Cadence and Cascade °

4. In the Wake of Poseidon °

5. Peace - A Theme

6. Catfood °

7. The Devil's Triangle **

i) Merday Morn

ii) Hand of Sceiron

iii) Garden of Worm

8. Peace - An End

9. Groon

° Instrumental versions also included

** The Devil’s Triangle in the Atmos and 5.1 surround tracklisting includes a newly upmixed version by Steven Wilson.  The stereo version uses the original mix taken from the 30^th Anniversary edition masters

Produced and Mixed by Steven Wilson

II 2025 Elemental Mix 

1. Pictures of a City
2. In the Wake of Poseidon
3. Cadence and Cascade
4. Catfood

Produced and Mixed by David Singleton

1. Cadence and Cascade^^  (feat. Gordon Haskell, Greg Lake, Adrian Belew, Jakko Jakszyk)
2. Cadence and Cascade**  (feat. Boz Burrell)

^^ Edited/assembled by David Singleton

** Edited and mixed by Alex 'Stormy'  Mundy

III         Original Masters - 30th Anniversary Master and Additional Material (24/96 Stereo)

1. Peace - A Beginning
2. Pictures of a City
3. Cadence and Cascade
4. In the Wake of Poseidon
5. Peace - A Theme
6. Catfood
7. The Devil's Triangle including: ***
1. Merday Morn
2. Hand of Sceiron
3. Garden of Worm
8. Peace - An End
9. Catfood (Single Version)
10. Groon (Single B Side)

Produced & Mixed by Robert Fripp & Peter Sinfield except *** which presents the version from the Sailors Tales boxed set with the three parts consisting of an original running mix from the sessions, and modern mixes of the two remaining parts from existing elements by David Singleton and  Steven Wilson respectively.

IV         Complete Recording Sessions (24/48 Stereo)

Feb 3rd 1970 

1. Groon Soundcheck
2. Groon Takes 1-6
3. Groon Takes 7-15
4. Catfood Take 4 Bass & Drums with Guide Guitar