Tracklist

A1	The Great Deceiver	4:02
A2	Lament	4:00
A3	We'll Let You Know	3:46
A4	The Night Watch	4:37
A5	Trio	5:41
A6	The Mincer	4:10
B1	Starless And Bible Black	9:11
B2	Fracture	11:14

Companies, etc.

• Marketed By – Jem Records, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – E.G. Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – E.G. Records Ltd.
• Produced For – E.G. Records Ltd.
• Recorded At – Air Studios
• Pressed By – Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp.
• Published By – E.G. Music, Inc.

Credits

• Bass, Vocals – John Wetton
• Design [Cover] – Tom Phillips
• Drums [Percussives] – William Bruford*
• Engineer [Acoustic Co-ordinator] – George Chkiantz
• Engineer [Assistant] – Peter Henderson
• Guitar, Mellotron, Effects [Devices] – Robert Fripp
• Producer – King Crimson
• Violin, Viola, Keyboards – David Cross
• Written-By – Bruford* (tracks: A3, A5 to B1), Cross* (tracks: A3, A5 to B1), Wetton* (tracks: A1 to B1), Palmer-James* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A6), Fripp*

Notes

Half-speed mastered.
Gatefold Cover, Collectors' Edition
Recorded at AIR Studios, London, January 1974.
Marketed by JEM records
(P) 1974 EG Records, Ltd.
Equipment by Chris and Tex
Acknowledgement to D. T.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched): EGKC 7-A HUB
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Etched): EGKC 7-B HUB
• Rights Society: BMI

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ILPS 9275	King Crimson	Starless And Bible Black ‎(LP, Album)	Island Records	ILPS 9275	UK	1974
87 751 IT	King Crimson	Starless And Bible Black ‎(LP, Album, RP, Gat)	Island Records	87 751 IT	Germany	Unknown
EGCD 12	King Crimson	Starless And Bible Black ‎(CD, Album)	EG	EGCD 12	US	1987
EGCD 12	King Crimson	Starless And Bible Black ‎(CD, Album)	EG	EGCD 12	US	Unknown
87 751 IT, ILPS 9275	King Crimson	Starless And Bible Black ‎(LP, Album)	Island Records, Island Records	87 751 IT, ILPS 9275	Netherlands	1974

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