In The Wake Of Poseidon

1970 Prog Rock

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Tracklist

A1 Peace - A BeginningSinfield, Fripp
A2 Pictures Of A City (Including 42nd At Treadmill)Sinfield, Fripp
A3 Cadence And CascadeSinfield, Fripp
A4 In The Wake Of Poseidon (Including Libra’s Theme)Sinfield, Fripp
B1 Cat FoodMcDonald, Sinfield, Fripp
B2 The Devil’s TriangleFripp
B3 Merday MornMcDonald, Fripp
B4 Hand Of SceironFripp
B5 Garden Of WormFripp
B6 Peace - An EndSinfield, Fripp

Musicians

Production

Peter SinfieldDesign (Sleeve), Painting (Inside), Producer, Directed By, Words By, Written-By

Also credited. Written-By: Ian McDonald. Engineer: Robin Thompson. Engineer (Assistant Engineers): Geoff Workman, Tony Page. Painting (Cover): Tammo De Jongh. Typography: Virginia.

Release notes

Released on the Pink i labels, in a textured gatefold cover.
℗ 1970

Tracklist (above), wrong and incomplete, but resulting from inner cover layout text, text form (tracks titles in capitals) and, unequivocally, from Side Two label, can be considered of historical significance for early UK issues, as Side Two apparently begins with an untitled ‘hidden track’.

Below an updated Side B tracklist, showing the real content on disc:

B1 Peace - A Theme (Fripp)
B2 Cat Food (Fripp, McDonald, Sinfield)
B3 The Devil’s Triangle - including:
B3a Merday Morn (Fripp, McDonald)
B3b Hand of Sceiron (Fripp)
B3c Garden of Worm (Fripp)
B4 Peace-An End (Fripp, Sinfield)

B1 ‘Peace-A Theme’ was absent as a title on all UK early issues (no mention of it on cover and label), but it appeared (on cover and label) as track ‘1’ on some first issues outside UK (e.g.US Atlantic ) and on many more reissues.
B1 position was taken here by ‘Cat Food’ instead.
Actual B3 ‘The Devil’s Triangle’ did not appear on record cover and label as a main title including subtitles (a,b,c), but as an indipendent track (‘2’ on label); the 3 subtitles (also looking like indipendent instrumentals) were numbered ‘3’.,’4’.,’5’. on label.
‘Peace-An End’ was ‘6’ on label, but it should have been track ‘4’.
Only German Stateside 1970 release , among early issues, seems to show on side B label the complete and real sequence, correct timings included. More info on ‘release history’.

of appears by courtesy of Transatlantic Records
appears by courtesy of C.B.S. Records

There is one other similar pink label release: with textured labels, pressed by Orlake.

The first UK pressing of this A1/B1 matrix contains withdrawn version of ‘In The Wake Of Poseidon (Including Libra’s Theme)’, which is longer than that of later pressings (8’26” vs. 7’56”).
This longer version was reissued for the first time in CD as a part of 40th Anniversary Set from UK, US, and Japan in 2010.

Runouts are stamped.