Comentario de disco: Heartbeat: The Abbreviated King Crimson (1991)

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Es como un corolario o complemento de Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson.

1.   "The King Crimson Barber Shop" (Tony Levin) (1:31) También incluida en Frame by Frame: The Essential King Crimson (1991)

2.   "21st Century Schizoid Man" (Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield) (4:43) abreviada, de In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)

3.   "The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield) (4:54) abreviada, de In the Court of the Crimson King

4.   "Elephant Talk" (Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Fripp, Levin) (3:33) editada, de Discipline (1981)

5.   "Matte Kudasai" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) (3:46) de Discipline

6.   "Heartbeat" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) (2:57) editada, de Beat (1982)

7.   "Medley" (1:20) consiste en fragmentos empalmados de las siguientes canciones: "The King Crimson Barber Shop," "21st Century Schizoid Man," "Ladies of the Road," "Red," "Starless,"
"Epitaph," "The Court of the Crimson King," "Elephant Talk," "Cat Food," "Matte Kudasai," "Sleepless," and "Heartbeat."

Francamente, es una curiosidad apta para coleccionistas.

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Por el track list es material de completistas o para alguien que rápidamente quiere conocer el grupo. Es decir, son versiones recortadas, de diferentes épocas, y con un medley de música revuelta de varias canciones.