Starless and Bible Black

Starless and Bible Black
Studio album / Live album by King Crimson
Released	29 March 1974[1]
Recorded	23 October, 15 and 23 November 1973 (live) January 1974 (studio)
Venue	Apollo Theatre, Glasgow Volkshaus, Zürich Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Studio	AIR, London
Genre	Progressive rock experimental rock free improvisation
Length	46:41
Label	Island Atlantic
Producer	King Crimson
King Crimson chronology
Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973) Starless and Bible Black (1974) Red (1974)

Starless and Bible Black is the sixth studio album by English progressive rock band King Crimson, released in March 1974^[2] by Island Records in the United Kingdom and by Atlantic Records in the United States. It carries over most of the same lineup which appeared on the preceding album, Larks' Tongues in Aspic, with only percussionist Jamie Muir not returning, and is the band's final album with violinist David Cross. In order to more faithfully capture the band's live energy, much of the material on this album was tracked in concert and edited together with studio recordings. The album includes multiple fully improvised pieces, alongside "Fracture", one of King Crimson's most challenging pieces to perform.