USA -HQ-

Limited 200gm vinyl LP pressing including digital download. 2015 release, the seventh in a series of King Crimson high quality vinyl reissues. The album's return to the 12" vinyl format is newly cut from masters approved by Robert Fripp. The first pressing run of this edition also contains bonus MP3 codes giving access to a download of a transfer of an original 1975 pressing. USA was recorded towards the end of King Crimson's final US tour of the ae70s in June 1974. It was issued as an epitaph for the band in Spring 1975 as a single album, at a time when doubles or even triple live albums were more considered the norm for live releases. Deleted towards the end of the vinyl era in the mid ae80s, it remained unreleased in the CD era until an expanded edition was finally issued in October 2002. In common with much of Crimson's output, it was not well received at the time by critics, though it's critical reputation grew immeasurably in the intervening years to the point where a review of the '21st Century Guide to King Crimson' boxed set in 2004 identified the album as the point "... where Fripp maps out the guitar blueprint for the entire Post-Punk movement."