=-> Quoting Clark Ray to Martin Ridgley re: _In the Court of the
 =-> Crimson King_ being arguably KC's most accessible album....
 CR> Hmm, I don't think so.  I'd say _Red_ is more accessible.
   Possibly, yes.  I certainly like _Red_ a lot better.  :-)
 It just seems that more casual fans of the band like that first
 album best for some reason.
 =-> re: _Larks Tongues In Aspic_....
 CR> It was the first Crimson album I bought and the first one I heard.
 CR> It took a few listenings to get into, but it's one of my favorite
 CR> albums of all time.  Excellent.
   Yeah, it took me a few listenings, too.  I love it, but probably not
 quite as much as _Red_.
 CR> My overall favorite Crimson album, probably because of the
 CR> incredible emotional roller coaster it takes you on.  And, damn,
 CR> there's "Starless" at the end.  It's breath-taking.
   Yup!  Someday soon I'm going pick up the re-mastered versions of
 _LTiA_ and _Red_ on CD.  My vinyl copies have long since passed the
 `best before' date!  I know Fripp re-mastered virtually all the KC
 albums in about 1989, but I haven't seen either of those two on the
 shelves of my local stores lately.   I also haven't seen re-mastered
 versions of _Beat_ (1982), or _Three of a Perfect Pair_ (1984) on the
 shelves here.
   Anyway, what was your impression of _Thrak_ (1994)?  It's taken me a
 while to get into that one as well.  That seems to happen to me with
 many of KC's albums.  There are parts of it that I loved immediately.
 For instance, the Mellotron parts really add a wonderful texture to the
 album and harken back to the early 70s era KC sound.  At first though,
 the album didn't quite seem to work for me as a whole.  However, I've
 had it for a little over a year now and it seems that ... well, the 
 more I listen to it - the more I like it!  
    Cheers,
             Martin
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