King Crimson / Lizard CD+blu-ray with Dolby Atmos Mix

Description

1970 album CD+blu-ray Dolby Atmos Mix 5.1 Mix Stereo Mix Instrumentals COMPLETE RECORDING SESSIONS in stereo Region-free Pre-order: Released on 24 October 2025.

• The complete recording sessions of Lizard on 1 CD/1Blu-ray
  
• Blu-ray features all new mixes of the album in Dolby Atmos, 5.1 DTS-HD MA 24/96 Surround & 24/96 Hi-Res Stereo by Steven Wilson
  
• All new Elemental Mixes of the whole album in 24/192 Hi-Res Stereo by David Singleton
  
• Blu-ray also features the 30 th anniversary remaster in 24/96
  
• Plus the complete recording sessions from September 1970 in 24/48
  
• Presented in a replica mini-vinyl style packaging with booklet including photos and sleevenotes from King Crimson biographer Sid Smith
  
• CD includes the 2025 Steven Wilson album mixes and a selection of Elemental Mixes

When Steven Wilson first mixed Lizard in stereo and 5.1 with Robert Fripp in 2009, he commented:For me Lizard has always been an album that was too big for stereo to contain. Ive always felt thatif presented in the right way, I could make a case for this being the most experimental rock record evermade. Its extraordinary what theyre doing on this album. In terms of fusing free-jazz withprogressive rock for me theres almost no parallel.

Now, in 2025, Steven has returned to that album and the new mixes merely serve to confirm thatanalysis.The 2009 mixes released at the same time as the much better known Red and In The Court of theCrimson King, did much to focus fan attention on an album which was sometimes overlooked in theCrimson catalogue; Red, Court, Larks Tongues in Aspic, Discipline the various KC incarnations allseemed to have definitive albums which represented certain periods in the bands ever-changingdevelopment but Lizard – a single album group with an expanded line-up which was never played live,a healthy infusion of jazz players and influences, a radical departure from the two previous Crimalbum releases and more musical ambition than many bands entire careers – seemed almost forgotten.

But if any album was going to benefit from the more detailed audio that Hi-Resolution and 5.1Surround created, it was Lizard, and fans old and new eagerly embraced it. By 2016, the latest touringincarnation of the band began to play pieces from the music on stage for the first time with originalmembers from the original recording – Robert Fripp and Mel Collins visibly enjoying playing Cirkusand parts of Lizard. By 2018 Almost all of Lizard was being played as a complete suite, frequently tothe sort of reception normally reserved for the likes of Epitaph or the best known of the Crimsonsongs.

Now, in 2025, Lizard appears in its most complete form yet. Steven Wilsons new stereo and 5.1mixes reveal fresh details in the original recordings, the Atmos mix is one of his most ambitious yetworking with a recording that always has more to give to en expanded soundstage. If Stevens mixesdetail the best that can possibly be had from the album as presented, then David Singletons Elementalmixes probe the nuances of the original recordings and sessions, bringing (previously) backgroundperformances to the fore, adding alternate takes of individual performances and exploring differentangles for mixing each piece. Working separately and with different remits, the producers bring freshperspectives to this most intriguing of recordings.

Complementing all of this material, the Blu-ray disc also features Alex R. Mundys mixes of everysingle session from the original 1970 recording sessions along with the original 30th anniversary stereomaster.

A CD is also included featuring Steven Wilsons 2025 stereo mixes of the album and a selection of theElemental mixes including the title track.

Lizard CD+Blu-ray will be reissued on 24 October 2025 via Panegyric.