King Crimson - Starless (Featuring Marc Charig, cornet)

The sessions for Red saw the return of guest musicians joining the band in the studio, a practice that had been discontinued after Islands in 1971. Fitting then that one of those guests should be trumpeter and cornet player, Mark Charig who had made such an important contribution to Lizard and particularly the title track of Islands. While Charig’s playing on One More Red Nightmare will be familiar, the two passes he made at the ballad section of Starless will be new to ears of Crimheads. Some of this