Editing King Crimson (section)

=== 1967–1968: Giles, Giles and Fripp ===
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In August 1967, brothers [[Michael Giles|Michael]] and [[Peter Giles (musician)|Peter Giles]], drummer and singer/bassist respectively and pro musicians in working bands since their mid-teens in [[Dorset]], England, advertised for a "singing organist" to join a group they were forming.<ref name="allmusic ggfb">{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000657298/biography | title=Giles, Giles and Fripp | access-date=8 August 2007 | last=Eder | first=Bruce | website=AllMusic | archive-date=3 February 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203185854/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000657298/biography | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Voyage-PT">{{cite web|url=https://www.elephant-talk.com/wiki/Interview_with_Robert_Fripp_in_Musician|title=Interview with Robert Fripp|access-date=15 Mar 2021|work=Musician magazine (archived page from elephant-talk.com)|date=Aug 1984|archive-date=13 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613032438/https://www.elephant-talk.com/wiki/Interview_with_Robert_Fripp_in_Musician|url-status=live}}</ref> Fellow Dorset musician [[Robert Fripp]]&nbsp;– a guitarist who neither played organ nor sang&nbsp;– responded, and [[Giles, Giles and Fripp]] was born. The trio recorded several quirky singles and one eclectic album, ''[[The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp]]''. They hovered on the edge of success, and even made a television appearance, but were never able to make a commercial breakthrough.<ref name="allmusic ggfb" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-cheerful-insanity-of-giles-giles-fripp-mw0000100997 |title=The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp |last=Planer |first=Lindsay |website=allmusic.com |access-date=25 January 2021 |archive-date=4 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104064811/https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-cheerful-insanity-of-giles-giles-fripp-mw0000100997 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dgmlive.com/news/digging-giles-giles-fripp |title=Digging Giles, Giles & Fripp |first=Sid |last=Smith |date=30 Nov 2005 |website=dgmlive.com |access-date=17 Mar 2021 |archive-date=16 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316220457/https://dgmlive.com/news/digging-giles-giles-fripp |url-status=live }}</ref>

Attempting to expand their sound, the three recruited [[Ian McDonald (musician)|Ian McDonald]] on keyboards, [[reeds (instrument)|reeds]] and woodwinds. McDonald brought along two new participants: his then-girlfriend, former [[Fairport Convention]] singer [[Judy Dyble]], whose brief tenure with the group ended when the two split,<ref name="AMGBIO">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000076057/biography|title=King Crimson Biography|access-date=19 August 2007|website=AllMusic|last=Eder|first=Bruce|archive-date=14 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514010113/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000076057/biography|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="InTheCourtOfKingCrimson">{{cite book|title=In The Court of King Crimson|last=Smith| first=Sid|year=2002 |publisher=Helter Skelter Publishing}} Retrieved on 12 June 2009.</ref> and lyricist, roadie, and art strategist [[Peter Sinfield]], with whom he had been writing songs&nbsp;– a partnership initiated when McDonald had said to Sinfield (regarding his band Creation), "Peter, I have to tell you that your band is hopeless, but you write some great words. Would you like to get together on a couple of songs?"<ref name="TOGETHER">{{cite web|url=https://www.elephant-talk.com/wiki/Interview_with_Peter_Sinfield_in_Modern_Dance|title=Interview with Peter Sinfield|access-date=15 Mar 2021|publisher=Modern Dance (archived page from elephant-talk.com)|archive-date=16 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216224330/http://www.elephant-talk.com/wiki/Interview_with_Peter_Sinfield_in_Modern_Dance|url-status=live}}</ref> Fripp, meanwhile, saw [[Clouds (60s rock band)|Clouds]] at the [[Marquee Club]] in London which spurred him to incorporate classically inspired melodies into his writing, and utilise improvisation to find new ideas.<ref name="CLOUDS">{{cite book | title=The Illustrated History of Rock Music| last=Pascall| first=Jeremy| year=1984| publisher=Golden Books Publishing}} Retrieved on 4 September 2007.</ref>

No longer interested in Peter Giles' more whimsical pop songs, Fripp recommended that his old friend, fellow guitarist and singer [[Greg Lake]] could join to replace either Peter or Fripp himself. Peter Giles later called it one of Fripp's "cute political moves".<ref name="InTheCourtOfKingCrimson" /> According to Michael Giles, his brother had become disillusioned with the band's lack of success and departed before Fripp suggested Lake to fill Peter Giles' position as bassist and singer.<ref>{{cite interview |interviewer=Martin Ruddock |first=Michael |last=Giles |title=King Crimson: "The spirit of KC '69 was an open collaboration of ideas, energy, freedom of expression, spontaneity and taking risks by going into the unknown" |url=https://www.shindig-magazine.com/?p=4343 |date=November 2020 |work=[[Shindig! (magazine)|Shindig!]] |access-date=2022-04-29 |archive-date=1 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701113533/https://www.shindig-magazine.com/?p=4343 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=AMGBIO />