When else could this review be written but 10 October 2019, the 50th anniversary of the release of In The Court of the Crimson King. So it's extraordinary to mark that Fripp is still pumping out songs from that iconic release. It's even more bizarre to consider that the current multi-headed beast is the most stable line-up throughout the band's history, for which Jakko Jakszyk must take some credit. This, as you'd expect, is a massive, beautifully-packaged 5CD (one for each year) collection, drawing on material from most of the Crims back catalogue. Belew-era songs are rare (and certainly none of his aching ballads are present), but you sense the baying crowds are here for the heavyweight rockers, from ‘Schizoid Man’ to ‘Lark's Tongue’ (in various modes) to a lead-footed ‘Red’. You can feel this version of the Crims loosening up over the years, slowly peeking out from behind that blockade of a three-drum frontline. But there is little of the intimate ferocity of the earlier bands. The improvised ‘interludes’ could offer some of that, but only three are included here. And, given the longevity of the line-up, you might expect more ‘new’ material beyond ‘Meltdown/Radical Action’ and a couple of other desultory rockers. Collins is the freshest voice throughout, while Fripp, sadly, rarely moves beyond repeating his unique sound and solos. But these are now familiar carps. The die-hard fans from Accrington to the Argentine will be ecstatic about these releases. Moreover, Fripp's persistence in drawing all the material together over the decades means that, far from confusion being their epitaph, King Crimson will remain among the best documented, best analysed and most revered of bands. But best loved?