ELP
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
12"
VINYL
RECORD LP
BRAND NEW & FACTORY SEALED
BMG Rights Management
Manticore Records
BMGCATLP1
UPC | 4050538179958
1970, 2016
■ Newly Cut from the 24-Bit/96KHZ Master Files
■ 2012 Remaster of the Original 1970 LP
■ Original Sleeve & Artwork
■ Foreword on the LP Audio by Greg Lake
VINYL
RECORD LP
BRAND NEW & FACTORY SEALED
BMG Rights Management
Manticore Records
BMGCATLP1
UPC | 4050538179958
1970, 2016
■ Newly Cut from the 24-Bit/96KHZ Master Files
■ 2012 Remaster of the Original 1970 LP
■ Original Sleeve & Artwork
■ Foreword on the LP Audio by Greg Lake
TRACK LISTING
SIDE ONE
1. The Barbarian
2. Take A Pebble
3. Knife-Edge
SIDE TWO
1. The Three Fates
Clotho - Royal Festival Hall Organ
Lachesis - Piano Solo
Atropos - Piano Trio
2. Tank
3. Lucky Man
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SIDE ONE
1. The Barbarian
2. Take A Pebble
3. Knife-Edge
SIDE TWO
1. The Three Fates
Clotho - Royal Festival Hall Organ
Lachesis - Piano Solo
Atropos - Piano Trio
2. Tank
3. Lucky Man
The
debut album by the newly formed and highly ambitious power trio of
Keith Emerson, recently breaking up his prior band The Nice; Greg Lake,
bassist and former lead singer of the first iteration of King Crimson;
and drummer extraordinaire Carl Palmer from Atomic Rooster and The Crazy
World of Arthur Brown. Although intended to have a unified approach,
the album consists mainly of solo pieces, albeit mostly dominated by
Emerson. Still, this is one of the best albums of the early prog-rock
era.
The group is already showing its inclination for excess even this early in the game; however, the music strives for mood instead of outright bombast (although we get a bit of bombast in a couple of places). Indeed, the album has a subtle goth feel to the proceedings. Emerson brings two classical adaptations to the table: "The Barbarian" is from Bela Bartok's Allegro Barbaro; and "Knife Edge", easily the most bombastic track on the album, is based on Leos Janacek's Sinfonetta (with a Bach quote in the subdued part just before the final verse of the song). Pieces of Janacek's Sinfonetta were used in the early days of The Nice's live set. "The Three Fates" is completely an Emerson composition with the Royal Festival Hall organ. "Tank" is a Palmer drum solo but also features Emerson's synthesizer made to sound like a harpsichord. Lake contributes the subtlely jazzy "Take a Pebble" with a lot of Emerson piano, and "Lucky Man", a folk ballad that would be the group's first hit.
The group is still a bit formative at this stage but already playing to its strengths and playing them well, displaying depth and complexity in abundance yet not quite as dense as the bands they came from. It would be a year or two before they would fully gel as a band; however, they emerge out of the gate as one of the top prog-rock bands of the early 70s.
The group is already showing its inclination for excess even this early in the game; however, the music strives for mood instead of outright bombast (although we get a bit of bombast in a couple of places). Indeed, the album has a subtle goth feel to the proceedings. Emerson brings two classical adaptations to the table: "The Barbarian" is from Bela Bartok's Allegro Barbaro; and "Knife Edge", easily the most bombastic track on the album, is based on Leos Janacek's Sinfonetta (with a Bach quote in the subdued part just before the final verse of the song). Pieces of Janacek's Sinfonetta were used in the early days of The Nice's live set. "The Three Fates" is completely an Emerson composition with the Royal Festival Hall organ. "Tank" is a Palmer drum solo but also features Emerson's synthesizer made to sound like a harpsichord. Lake contributes the subtlely jazzy "Take a Pebble" with a lot of Emerson piano, and "Lucky Man", a folk ballad that would be the group's first hit.
The group is still a bit formative at this stage but already playing to its strengths and playing them well, displaying depth and complexity in abundance yet not quite as dense as the bands they came from. It would be a year or two before they would fully gel as a band; however, they emerge out of the gate as one of the top prog-rock bands of the early 70s.
SHIPPING TO USA ONLY
$4.79 (Media Mail)
1st LP $4.79... each additional $1.50
LPs will only be combined with other LPs