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Fripp

Real Name:
Robert Fripp
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Born May 16, 1946 in Wimborne, Dorset, United Kingdom.

Robert Fripp is best known as a founder and continuing member of King Crimson; from the debut album "In The Court Of The Crimson King" in 1969, through to the most recent full length "The Power To Believe". His career to date celebrates over 30 years as a professional musician and 40 years as a guitarist. Also well known for the development of Frippertronics and Soundscapes, a method of "making a lot of noise with one guitar" through the use of tape / digital delay, rackmount synthesizer units, and other effects. He also owns and operates his own record label Discipline Global Mobile which specializes in re-releases of King Crimson material, as well as side projects from many of the rotating KC members, himself included.
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Discography

Releases:
Exposure (Album) (8 versions)   Discipline Global Mobile ... 1979
North Star (12", Promo)   Polydor 1979
God Save The Queen / Under Heavy Manners (Album) (3 versions)   Polydor ... 1980
Network (MiniAlbum, Comp) (2 versions)   E'G Records 1985
Live! (Album) (3 versions)   Editions EG ... 1986
The Lady Or The Tiger? (Album) (3 versions)   Editions EG 1986
Live II (CD, Album)   Guitar Craft Services 1991
Intergalactic Boogie Express - Live In Europe 1991 (CD, Album)   Discipline Global Mobile 1995
A Temple In The Clouds (CD, Album)   Projekt 2000
Thread (Album) (4 versions)   Panegyric Recordings ... 2008
Production:
Cat Food / Groon (7", Single)   Island Records 1970
Earthbound (Album) (3 versions)   Polydor ... 1972
Damage (CD, Smplr)   Virgin 1994
Damage (CD, Album, Ltd, 24k)   Virgin, Virgin 1994
Schizoid Man (CD, Maxi, Comp)   Virgin, Virgin 1996
Epitaph (2xCD, Album + Box)   Discipline Global Mobile 1997
Live At Jacksonville, 1972 (CD, Album)   Discipline Global Mobile 1998
Sometimes God Smiles: The Young Persons' Guide To Discipline Volume II (CD, Comp, Smplr, Promo)   Discipline Global Mobile 1998
King Crimson - The Deception Of The Thrush: A Beginner's Guide To ProjeKcts (CD)   Discipline Global Mobile 1999
Live At Summit Studios, Denver, March 12, 1972 (CD, Album)   Discipline Global Mobile 2000
The Collectors' King Crimson, Volume Seven (4xCD, Comp + Box)   Universal International 2003
In The Wake Of Poseidon (HDCD, Album, RM, 30t)   Discipline Global Mobile 2005
The Condensed 21st Century Guide To King Crimson 1969 - 2003 (2xCD)   Discipline Global Mobile 2006
Projekt 200 (3xCD, Comp) The Sky Below Projekt 2007
The Collectable King Crimson Volume 2 (2xCD, Album)   Discipline Global Mobile 2007
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Kneeling At The Shrine (Album) (3 versions)   E'G Records ... 1991
VROOOM VROOOM (2xCD)   Discipline Global Mobile 2001
The Collectable King Crimson Volume 1 (2xCD, Album)   Discipline Global Mobile 2006
The Great Deceiver: Part One (2xCD, Album)   Discipline Global Mobile 2007
The Great Deceiver: Part Two (2xCD, Album)   Discipline Global Mobile 2007
Appears On:
Cat Food / Groon (7", Single) Cat Food, Groon Island Records 1970
In The Wake Of Poseidon (Album) (5 versions)   Discipline Global Mobile ... 1970
Islands (Album) (7 versions)   Virgin ... 1971
Earthbound (Album) (5 versions)   Virgin ... 1972
In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) (Album) (13 versions) 21st Century Schizoid ... Island Records ... 1972
Larks' Tongues In Aspic (Album) (5 versions) Larks' Tongues In Aspi... Island Records ... 1973
Red (Album) (5 versions) Red, Fallen Angel, One... Island Records ... 1974
Starless And Bible Black (Album) (6 versions)   Virgin ... 1974
The Young Persons' Guide To King Crimson (Comp) (2 versions) Epitaph, Epitaph, Cade... Island Records ... 1975
Fourth Wall (LP, Album) Glide/Spin, Lost And F... Virgin, Virgin 1981
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (Album) (6 versions) Regiment Polydor ... 1981
Perspectives And Distortion (LP, Comp) Remorse Of Conscience Cherry Red 1981
Regiment / Moonlight In Glory (12", Promo) Regiment E'G Records 1981
The Jezebel Spirit / Regiment (7", Single) Regiment E'G Records 1981
Sometimes A Great Notion (LP, Comp) Celebration Swing The Cat 1984
Gone To Earth (Album) (5 versions) Gone To Earth, Upon Th... Virgin 1986
Miniatures: A Sequence Of Fifty-One Tiny Masterpieces (LP, Album, Comp) Miniature Supporti Fonografici 1986
Silver Moon (Single) (5 versions) Silver Moon, Gone To E... Virgin 1986
The Compact King Crimson (Album, Comp) (2 versions) 21st Century Schizoid ... E'G Records ... 1986
Here Come The Warm Jets (Album) (4 versions)   E'G Records ... 1987
King's Road: 1972-1980 (CD, Comp) Book Of Saturday, Star... E'G Records 1987
Pawn Hearts (Album) (2 versions)   Virgin ... 1987
Eclipse (Das Schwarze Denkmal) (Album) (6 versions) Epitaph Rose Rosse Records ... 1988
Weatherbox (5xCD + Box + , Ltd) Steel Cathedrals, Taki... Virgin 1989
Claw Hammer's Double Pac Whack Attack (3 versions) Blank Frank Sympathy For The Record Industry 1990
Get Yer Za Za Yout (Cass, Album, C-9) Blank Frank Trigon 1990
Pretty Pink Rose (12") Heartbeat Atlantic, Atlantic 1990
Young Lions (Album) (4 versions) Heartbeat Atlantic 1990
ΝHΠIAΓΩΓEION - Live In Europe 1988 (CD, Album) 21st Century Schizoid Man Fundamental 1990
Kneeling At The Shrine (Album) (3 versions) Freedom E'G Records ... 1991
Mind Fruit (CD, Album) I Talk To The Wind EastWest Records America 1992
The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles, Giles & Fripp (CD, Album, RM, Mono)   Deram 1992
A Brief History Of Ambient - Volume 1 (2xCD, Comp) Evening Star Virgin Records America, Inc. 1993
Darshan (Maxi, Single) (6 versions)   Virgin ... 1993
Jean The Birdman (Single) (3 versions) Jean The Birdman, Eart... Virgin 1993
The First Day (Album) (5 versions)   Virgin ... 1993
The Return Of The Manticore (Comp) (2 versions) 21st Century Schizoid Man Rhino (UK) ... 1993
A Brief History Of Ambient Volume 3: The Music Of Changes (2xCD, Comp) Darshana (Re-Construct... Virgin, Virgin 1994
Damage (CD, Smplr)   Virgin 1994
Damage (Album) (3 versions) Damage, God's Monkey, ... Virgin ... 1994
Lifeforms (Album) (6 versions) Flak, Flak Virgin ... 1994
Peace (CD, Album) 21st Century Schizoid Man Dallas Records 1994
Looking Back (Album) (2 versions)   QED ... 1995
10 Anni Live, 1971-1981 (Box + 4xCD, Album) 21st Century Schizoid ... RTI Music 1996
Schizoid Man (CD, Maxi, Comp)   Virgin, Virgin 1996
TEXtures (2xCass, Mixed, Comp + Box) Lucky Saddle Volume 1996
Welcome Back My Friends, To The Show That Never Ends (Album) (2 versions) Battlefield (Including... Castle Music ... 1996
Epitaph (Album) (3 versions)   Discipline Global Mobile 1997
Schizoid Dimension - A Tribute To King Crimson (CD, Comp) Talking Drum, Exiles (... Purple Pyramid 1997
Live At Jacksonville, 1972 (CD, Album)   Discipline Global Mobile 1998
Love Proge 2 (2xCD, Comp) Epitaph - Tuulet Kirku... Love Records (4) 1998
Metazoon (CD) Talking Drum Metamorphos 1998
Sometimes God Smiles: The Young Persons' Guide To Discipline Volume II (CD, Comp, Smplr, Promo) Pie Jesu, Sabre Sabre,... Discipline Global Mobile 1998
White Bird (LP, Album) I Talk To The Wind Magick Eye Records 1998
Cirkus: The Young Persons' Guide To King Crimson Live (Comp) (3 versions)   Virgin ... 1999
King Crimson - The Deception Of The Thrush: A Beginner's Guide To ProjeKcts (CD)   Discipline Global Mobile 1999
Masque (CD, Album)   Pony Canyon Inc. 1999
The Best Of Controlled Bleeding - Rest In Peace (2xCD) The Talking Drum Cleopatra 1999
World Of Bright Futures (CD, Album + CD, EP) Two Hands Hidden Art, Hidden Art 1999
Epitaph (7", Single) Epitaph Prophecy Productions 2000
Giving Birth To A Stone (CD, Album, RE) Catfood Vile Beat Records 2000
Live At Plymouth Guildhall, May 11, 1971 (2xCD, Album) Cirkus, Pictures Of A ... Discipline Global Mobile 2000
Live At Summit Studios, Denver, March 12, 1972 (CD, Album) Pictures Of A City, Ca... Discipline Global Mobile 2000
Cydonia (Album) (3 versions) Terminus, Terminus Universal Island Records ... 2001
Live In Detroit, MI, December 13, 1971 (2xCD, Album) Pictures Of A City, Fo... Discipline Global Mobile 2001
Live In Mainz, March 30, 1974 (CD, Album)   Discipline Global Mobile 2001
VROOOM VROOOM (2xCD) 21st Century Schizoid Man Discipline Global Mobile 2001
As If To Nothing (Album) (3 versions) Starless II Melankolic ... 2002
Camphor (Comp) (2 versions) Wave (Version), Upon T... Venture Records (2) ... 2002
M62 Song / Satellites (12", Promo, W/Lbl) M62 Song (Four Tet Remix) Heavenly 2002
Official Bootleg Volume One (CD, Album) A Man A City, Catfood,... Not On Label 2002
Sons Of Satan Praise The Lord (2xCD, Comp) 21st Century Schizoid Man Music For Nations 2002
The Last Broadcast (EP, Album) (4 versions) M62 Song Capitol Records ... 2002
Live In Guildford, November 13, 1972 (CD, Album)   Discipline Global Mobile 2003
Live In Orlando, FL, February 27, 1972 (2xCD, Album) Pictures Of A City, Fo... Discipline Global Mobile 2003
Lost Sides (2xCD, Comp, Copy Prot., Ltd) M62 (Four Tet Remix) EMI Records, EMI Records, EMI Records 2003
The Collectors' King Crimson, Volume Seven (4xCD, Comp + Box) Get Thy Bearings, Mars... Universal International 2003
Earth To Ether (CD, Album)   33 Records 2004
The 21st Century Guide To King Crimson, Volume One, 1969-1974 (4xCD + Box) Get Thy Bearings, Mars Discipline Global Mobile 2004
The Letters - An Unconventional Italian Guide To King Crimson (3xCD) Frame By Frame, Doctor... Mellow Records 2004
The Collectors' King Crimson, Volume Nine (3xCD + Box) Live At Fillmore Ea... Universal Music (Japan) 2005
Pictures Of A City - Live In New York (2xCD) Pictures Of A City, Ca... Iceni 2006
The Collectable King Crimson Volume 1 (2xCD, Album) Walk On ... No Pussyfo... Discipline Global Mobile 2006
The Condensed 21st Century Guide To King Crimson 1969 - 2003 (2xCD) Larks' Tongues In Aspi... Discipline Global Mobile 2006
Projekt 200 (3xCD, Comp) The Sky Below Projekt 2007
The Collectable King Crimson Volume 2 (2xCD, Album)   Discipline Global Mobile 2007
The Great Deceiver: Part One (2xCD, Album) 21st Century Schizoid ... Discipline Global Mobile 2007
The Great Deceiver: Part Two (2xCD, Album)   Discipline Global Mobile 2007
Alive In The Underworld (CD, Album) Exiles, Starless, Twen... Noisy 2008
Evening Star (Album) (2 versions)   WHD Entertainment ... 2008
Omaggio Al Progressive Rock (CD, Album) Matte Kudasai Not On Label 2008
Memories Dreams Reflections (2xCD, Album) Starless Disco Gecko 2009
Sleeping Beauties, “Songs We Shouldn’t Forget” (CD, Comp) Cadence And Cascade Universal Music 2009
Let The Children Play (2xLP, Comp) Exposure Panic Records (3)  
Tracks Appear On:
Perspectives And Distortion (LP, Comp) Remorse Of Conscience Cherry Red 1981
Sometimes A Great Notion (LP, Comp) Celebration Swing The Cat 1984
Miniatures: A Sequence Of Fifty-One Tiny Masterpieces (LP, Album, Comp) Miniature Supporti Fonografici 1986
A Brief History Of Ambient Volume 3: The Music Of Changes (2xCD, Comp) Darshana (Re-Construct... Virgin, Virgin 1994
Sometimes God Smiles: The Young Persons' Guide To Discipline Volume II (CD, Comp, Smplr, Promo) Pie Jesu, On The Appro... Discipline Global Mobile 1998
Projekt 200 (3xCD, Comp) The Sky Below Projekt 2007
Electric Brain Storms Vol.4 (File, MP3, Mixed, 320) 1988 The Pod Room 2009
Unofficial Releases:
The First Day (CD, Album, Unofficial)   Not On Label 1993
A Weird Person's Guide To ... Vol. 2 (CD) Train To Hell* (Incl. ... Invasion Unlimited 1994
A Weird Person's Guide To King Crimson (CD) Thursday Morning, Thur... Invasion Unlimited 1994
Damage (CD, Album) Damage, God's Monkey, ... Not On Label 1994
Camphor (2xCD, Comp, Unofficial) Wave (Version), Upon T... Not On Label 2002
Gone To Earth (2xCD) Taking The Veil, Gone ... G. & P. Essential Music, G. & P. Essential Music 2003
Kings - Second Chapter (CD, Unofficial)   Grammy  
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