4-30-10 Emerson & Lake
I recently almost had the opportunity to see
Keith Emerson
CD
2001 13 TRKS O.S.T.
7" HONKY TONK TRAIN BLUES (PS) MANTICORE
1976 2 TRKS with pic sleeve
CD INFERNO (O.S.T.) CINEVOX IT CD-CIA 5022
1979 15 TRKS ('89 issue)
LP INFERNO (O.S.T.) CINEVOX IT MDF 33/138
1979 15 TRKS
CD MURDEROCK (O.S.T.) CINEVOX IT CDMDF 345
1984 15 TRKS ('01 issue) (4 x bvonus tracks)
LP NIGHTHAWKS (O.S.T.) BACKSTREET
1981 11 TRKS O.S.T.
7" I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS / HUMBUG ATLANTIC US 45-3305
1975 2 TRKS no pic sleeve, Xmas
7" I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS / HUMBUG (PS) MANTICORE FR 13511
1975 2 TRKS with pic sleeve, Xmas
7" LET ME LOVE YOU ONCE CHRYSALIS
1981 2 TRKS no pic sleeve
LP MANOEUVRES CHRYSALIS
1983 10 TRKS
There are significant solo works by Emerson & Lake on:
CDx2 WORKS, Vol. 1 SHOUT US 10785
LPx2 WORKS, Vol. 1 ATLANTIC
So, how do I feel about this stuff in 2010? I may have judged it too harshly in the 70’s – I finished with EL&P pretty early, with “Brain Salad Surgery”. Yes, it is progressive rock, but it was getting too popular, for me.
2 comments:
No, I think you hit it spot on. BSS was the certainly death throes of ELP. I still have a copy only to hear Toccata (their only King Crimson quality track) every now and then, but I've contemplated ridding myself of the CD (Atlantic 1st pressing, bought just out of curiosity to see if Karn Evil 9 was segued - it wasn't) and just buying the download of that track! Works vol. 1 & 2 was the bloated, reanimated corpse. Love Beach was the ghost of ELP future. It peaked at Trilogy for me. And I say forget Pictures at an Exhibition, too, while you're at it. ELP, Tarkus & Trilogy. More ELP than almost anyone needs. I would have passed on those tickets as well! Even free!
Tickets were free; I passed them along to someone who did go.
I remain fond of the first two EL&P albums.
RK
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