EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER
Emerson, Lake & Palmer hails from 2016 and is a SEALED 2CD set (review copy as indicated by marked
UPC). When Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, and
Carl Palmer left the Nice, King Crimson, and Atomic Rooster, respectively, they
created the first prog-rock supergroup. ELP's 1971 debut was full of just as
much bombast, technical facility, and brash classical-rock fusion as prog
admirers could have hoped. A large part of the band's appeal was the keyboard
mastery of Emerson, who shows both superhuman chops and sophisticated
compositional abilities on the classically tinged instrumental "The
Barbarian," which opens the album."Take a Pebble" and
"Lucky Man" represent the more pop-oriented ballad side of the ELP
sound, for which bassist and singer Greg Lake is chiefly responsible. The
instrumental epics "The Three Fates" and "Tank" find all
three musicians interacting at a furious level, throwing awe-inspiring licks
around with uncanny ease, with plenty of octopus-armed drumming from Carl
Palmer. Epic, ambitious, and overflowing with technical mastery, EMERSON, LAKE
AND PALMER paved the way for the prog rock phenomenon of the '70s.
DISC ONE - THE ORIGINAL
1970 ALBUM (2012 REMASTER)
1. The Barbarian
2. Take A Pebble
3. Knife Edge
4. The Three Fates:
Clotho - Royal Festival Hall Organ
Lachesis - Piano Solo
Atropos - Piano Trio
5. Tank
6. Lucky Man
DISC TWO - THE ALTERNATE ALBUM (2012 STEREO MIX)
1. The Barbarian
2. Take A Pebble
3. Knife Edge
4. Promenade
5. The Three Fates: Atropos
6. Rave Up
7. Drum Solo
8. Lucky Man
Bonus Tracks:
9. Take A Pebble (Alternate Take)
10. Knife Edge (Alternate Take)
11. Lucky Man (First Greg Lake Solo Version)
12. Lucky Man (Alternate Version)