Heaven & Earth (box set)


Heaven & Earth is the eighth of the major box set releases from English progressive rock group King Crimson, released in 2019 by Discipline Global Mobile, Panegyric Records, Inner Knot & Wowow Entertainment, Inc.
This compilation covers the period which saw the recording of The Construkction of Light, released in 2000 and the album that appears to be their studio swan-song The Power to Believe, from 2003; this boxed set documents yet another change of artistic direction.
Heaven & Earth features re-mixed and master examples of the above two albums with previously unheard studio recordings and much more live material from the same period.
Across 18 CDs, 4 blu-ray discs and 2 DVDs, with booklet containing sleeve-notes by Sid Smith, Robert Fripp and David Singleton. It also includes memorabilia.

Reception

John Kelman of allaboutjazz was again complimentary regarding this particular set and commented that "A perfect summary to Heaven & Earth, the King Crimson box set that squeezes the most material onto any of the group's mega-box set, covers the longest time period and documents Crimson's most extensive period of experimentation, exploration and evolution through its inclusion of all ProjeKct recordings through Crimson's brief 2008 return, alongside the best-sounding versions of The ConstruKction of Light and The Power to Believe."

Speed issues

Certain items on discs 19 and 21 run at an incorrect, 9% faster speed on Heaven & Earth than when originally recorded and released, resulting in a higher pitch and shorter track times. The albums affected are: ProjeKct One - Dec 4 1997 Jazz Cafe London, ProjeKct Two - Space Groove, ProjeKct One - Live At The Jazz Cafe, ProjeKct Two - Live Groove, ProjeKct Three - Masque, ProjeKct Four - West Coast Live, ProjeKct One - Jazz Cafe Suite, ProjeKct X - Heaven And Earth, BPM&M - XtraKcts & ArtifaKcts, Bill Rieflin, Robert Fripp & Trey Gunn - The Repercussions Of Angelic Behavior. Discipline Global Mobile provided corrected files to box owners via the DGMLive website.

Personnel

;King Crimson