A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson is a compilation (2LP set) by the band King Crimson, released in 1976.

Track listing

LP 1

1. "Epitaph" (Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield)

   Including:

   • "March for No Reason"
   • "Tomorrow and Tomorrow"

   From the album In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)

2. "Cadence and Cascade" (Fripp, Sinfield)

   From the album In the Wake of Poseidon (1970)

3. "Ladies of the Road" (Fripp, Sinfield)

   From the album Islands (1971)

4. "I Talk to the Wind" (McDonald, Sinfield)

   Recorded at 93A Brondesbury Road, London, UK, July 1968

5. "Red" (Fripp)

   From the album Red (1974)

6. "Starless" (Bill Bruford, David Cross, Fripp, Richard Palmer-James, John Wetton)

   From the album Red (1974)

LP 2

1. "The Night Watch" (Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton)

   From the album Starless and Bible Black (1974)

2. "Book of Saturday" (Fripp, Palmer-James, Wetton)

   From the album Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973)

3. "Peace: A Theme" (Fripp)

   From the album In the Wake of Poseidon (1970)

4. "Cat Food" (Fripp, McDonald, Sinfield)

   From the album In the Wake of Poseidon (1970)

5. "Groon" (Fripp)

   From the single Cat Food/Groon (1970)

6. "Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part I)"

   Abridged, from the album Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973)

7. "Moonchild" (Fripp, Giles, Lake, McDonald, Sinfield)

   Abridged, from the album In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)

8. "Trio" (Bruford, Cross, Fripp, Wetton)

   From the album Starless and Bible Black (1974)

9. "The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield)

   including:

   • "The Return of the Fire Witch"
   • "The Dance of the Puppets"

   From the album In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)