Reddit reviews In The Court Of(Std)

You can always buy it on CD.

I remember reading that In The Court Of The Crimson King was mastered on a tape deck with poorly aligned heads, this caused the high frequencies to be messed up. There was some attempt at the time to minimise it. Then one of the original masters got lost for decades.
Robert Fripp finally found it and a digital remaster was released some years back in which they were able to digitally correct most of the issues.
I believe the The Original Master Edition is the first pressing of the digitally remastered CD (code DGM0501) amazon link
It is also coded with the HDCD audio codec which gives higher fidelity audio if played through Windows Media player or CD player/audio player with the correct decoder. wiki

Thank you for your reply.

Additional question; which is the better version of the debut album, this or this?

I ask since sometimes, people have issues with remasters of certain albums and prefer the original.

Thanks again

I personally prefer the 2004 'Original Master Edition' mostly because it was the first one I hear. I don't think the 2009 stereo mix really adds much, although it is a somewhat interesting companion piece.

So if you don't yet have a copy of the debut I would recommend this one for sure. Having said that, since the other edition includes the 2004 mix as well as the 2009 one you can't go too far wrong.