In The Court Of The Crimson King is one of the albums featured in a fundraising effort to support Unicef’s work for children affected by war and disasters.
A total if seventeen albums have been selected and will be pressed in blue vinyl and strictly limited to a run of 50.
Each of the seventeen albums has been specially pressed in Unicef’s cyan blue vinyl and individually numbered from 1 to 50. Each album will be adorned with an edition sticker as well as a holographic Unicef sticker on the front of album. To acquire one of the limited edition vinyl fans can pay £5 to enter an artist specific prize draw. There is no limit to the number of tickets that can be bought and for every ten tickets bought by one person a free ticket is issued.
You can see the full list of albums here.
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In The Court Of The Crimson King is the debut studio album from King Crimson. Released in 1969, the album is an influential piece of prog rock, and one of the early albums in the genre. ‘In The Court Of The Crimson King’ reached number five on the UK Albums Chart and was reissued several times throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with a new 40th Anniversary Edition released in 2009 using the album's original masters tapes.
This limited edition vinyl is the first pressing (#1/50) of ‘In The Court Of The Crimson King’ for Unicef Blue Vinyl. This album has been specially pressed in blue vinyl and will be adorned with an #1/50 edition sticker as well as a holographic Unicef sticker on the front of album.
All money raised from the sale of Unicef Blue Vinyl albums will go to Unicef UK’s Children’s Emergency Fund. The Children’s Emergency Fund helps Unicef deliver life-saving food, clean water, health care and education for children, as well as protection from violence and abuse.
Your bid could help us keep children safe, whenever and wherever an emergency hits.
This auction closes on Monday 26th November 2018 at 10 PM (GMT).
