I am a big fan Of King Crimson. I have met Ian McDonald through my playing at the jam at BB Kings in NYC (I am a drummer.) I 've found Ian to be a very humble, modest musician and friend. When he told me he wasn't even consulted for this reissuse I was astonished. I really can't understand why the major orchestrater for this monumental piece of musical history was not contacted for it's reissue.