USA foi gravado na fase final da tour Americana dos King Crimson em Junho de 1974. Foi editado como um epitáfio para a banda na Primavera de 1975 como um LP simples - numa época em que os LP's ao vivo duplos ou mesmo triplos eram a norma. A reputação do alinhamento dos King Crimson dos anos 72/74 é hoje em dia muito apreciada por críticos e fans que valorizam o material gravado nesta era.

• Edição Limitada
• Vinil Super-Heavyweight 200 Gramas
• Novo corte a partir de Masters aprovadas por Robert Fripp
• Corte por John Dent na Loud Mastering
• Apresenta o Stereo Mix original de 1975
• Reprodução da Capa original

In common with much of Crimson's output, it was not well received at the time by critics, though its critical reputation has grown immeasurably in the intervening years to the point where a review of the 21st Century Guide to King Crimson boxed set in 2004 identified the album as the point "...where Fripp maps out the guitar blueprint for the entire post-punk movement."

The reputation of the 1972/1974 King Crimson line-up is now revered by critics and fans alike with the material very sought after. USA is the seventh in a series of audiophile King Crimson vinyl reissues. Manufactured on 200g super-heavyweight vinyl and housed in a reprint of the original sleeve.

"As Robert Fripp had done with King Crimson's first live LP, Earthbound (1972), USA is a single-disc concert package documenting the quartet during its 1974 swing through North America. As with its predecessor, USA was also issued as a sonic cenotaph of the concurrently defunct Krim. So insistent that the band would not be resurrected, Fripp concluded the LP's liner notes at the time with another three-letter epitaph: "R.I.P." The 1973/1974 King Crimson included the collective efforts of Fripp (guitar/mellotron), David Cross (violin), John Wetton (bass/vocals), and Bill Bruford (drums/percussion). USA also includes notable violin overdubs by Eddie Jobson on the tracks "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2" and "21st Century Schizoid Man," as well as electric piano addendums to "Lament."

The opening drone re-creates the typical performance prelude, lifted directly from the Fripp and Brian Eno sonic sculpture No Pussyfooting (1973). The brusque juxtaposition of the ethereal opening to the aggressive "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2" jolts the audience into the rips and snorts found during this tautly rendered instrumental. The readings of "Lament" and "Exiles" demonstrate this band's overwhelming sonic sensibilities. They are able to contrast and incorporate thick, viscous melodies and rhythms with alternately underlying sensitive, as well as ultimately beautiful, musical responses. A majority of the release is taken from a performance on June 28, 1974, at the Casino in Asbury Park, NJ, with the notable exception of "21st Century Schizoid Man," which was recorded two nights later at the Palace Theater in Providence, RI." - Lindsay Planer, All Music

Músicos:

Baixo, Vozes – John Wetton
Bateria, Percussão – Bill Bruford
Guitarra, Mellotron – Robert Fripp
Violino, Teclados – David Cross

Lista de Faixas:

1. Larks Tongues in Aspic: Part II
2. Lament
3. Exiles
4. Asbury Park
5. Easy Money
6. 21st Century Schizoid Man