Original Released as LP Island ILPS 9132
( UK, November 1970)
( UK, November 1970)
Recorded at Advision
Engineer: Eddie Offord
Production: Greg Lake
Arranged & Directed: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Cover Painting: Nic Dartnell
Keith Emerson: director, arrangements, songwriter, keyboards
Greg Lake: director, producer, arrangements, songwriter, vocals, bass, electric & acoustic guitar
Carl Palmer: director, arrangements, songwriter, drums, percussion
During the early 1970s, Emerson, Lake & Palmer combined elements of classical, jazz, and rock to create a keyboard-driven form of music hitherto unheard by fans of the progressive rock genre. Utilizing piano, Hammond organ, and early versions of the Moog synthesizer, Keith Emerson (sadly deceased yesterday, March 10, at the age of 71 - he commited suicide with a gun shot in his head) led the band through territory often bombastic but always left room for the more acoustic interludes of Greg Lake. Combined with the unstoppably energetic drumming of Carl Palmer, ELP was one of the most commercially successful, and heavily criticized, progressive rock bands of all time. This impressive first album from the legendary trio, demonstrating a confidence and maturity that is, on reflection, not surprising given the previous experience of the band members. Listening to this album in the early 1970s was a very complex and emotive experience, showing us the path that music should take on the first years of the 70s to come. The album, simply entitled "Emerson, Lake & Palmer", remains one of the most popular prog-symphonic-rock albums of all time. It still sounds fresh when listening today because the excesses of Keith Emerson are minimal here and Greg Lake is in full condition after leaving King Crimson. It would be the album's final track, a marvelous folk ballad called "Lucky Man" - penned solely by Lake - that would launch the group, bringing Greg Lake's voice to the forefront of the pop music scene, and giving the band its biggest hit. In addition, you can find here a douzen of bonus tracks.
DISCOGRAPHY
Formed 1970,
Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom
Disbanded 2016
Keith Emerson (born 1944 > died 2016): keyboards
Greg Lake (born 1947 > died 2016): vocals, guitar,
bass
Carl Palmer (born 1950): drums
1970-12 LP EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER (UK
Island ILPS 9132): A1. The Barbarian; A2. Take a Pebble; A3. Knife-Edge; B1.
The Three Fates (Clotho-Lachesis-Atropos); B2. Tank; B3. Lucky Man
1971-03 Sg (US Cotillion 44106):
A Lucky Man; B. Knife Edge
1971-06-14 LP TARKUS (UK Island ILPS 9155; US
Cotillion SD 9900): A1. Tarkus (Eruption-Stones of
Years-Iconoclast-Mass-Manticore-Battlefield-Aquatarkus); B1. Jeremy Bender; B2.
Bitches Crystal; B3. The Only Way (Hymn); B4. Infinite Space (Conclusion); B5.
A Time and a Place; B6. Are You Ready Eddy?
1971-09 Sg (US Cotillion 44131):
A Stone of Years; B. A Time and a Place
1972-01 LP PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION (LIVE) (US
Cotillion ELP 66666): A1. Promenade; A2. The Gnome; A3. Promenade; A4. The
Sage; A5. The Old Castle; A6. Blues Variation; B1. Promenade; B2. The Hut of
Baba Yaga; B3. The Curse of Baba Yaga; B4. The Hut of Baba Yaga; B5. The Great
Gates of Kiev-The End-Nutrocker
1972-03 Sg (US Cotillion 44151):
A Nutrocker; B. The Great Gates of Kiev
1972-07-06 LP TRILOGY (UK Island ILPS 9186; US
Cotillion SD 9903): A1. The Endless Enigma (part 1); A2. Fugue; A3. The Endless
Enigma (part 2); A4. From the Beginning; A5. The Sheriff; A6. Hoedown; B1.
Trilogy; B2. Living Sin; B3. Abaddon’s Bolero
1972-08 Sg (US Cotillion 44158):
A From the Beginning; B. Living Sin
1973-11-19 LP BRAIN SALAD SURGERY (UK
Manticore K 53501; US Atlantic 113003): A1. Jerusalem; A2. Toccata (an
adaptation of Ginastera’s 1st piano concerto, 4th
movement); A3. Still… You Turn Me On; A4. Benny the Bouncer; A5. 1st Impression
(part 1); B1. 1st Impression (part 2); B2. 2nd Impression; B3. 3rd Impression
1973-11-30 Sg (UK Manticore K
13503): A Jerusalem; B. A When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of
Your Mind, I’ll Be Your Valentine
1974 Sg (US Manticore MC-2003-PR): A.
Brain Salad Surgery; B. Still… You Turn Me On
1974-08-19 LP WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS TO THE SHOW THAT
NEVER ENDS (LIVE) (UK Manticore K 63500): A1. Hoedown; A2.
Jerusalem; A3. Toccata; B1. Tarkus (Eruption-Stones of
Years-Iconoclast-Mass-Manticore-Battlrfield); C1. Aquatarkus; C2. Take a Pebble;
D1. Piano Improvisations; D2. Take a Pebble (conclusion); D3. Jeremy Bender-The
Sheriff; E. Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression); F1. Karn Evil 9 (2nd
Impression); F2. Karn Evil 9 (3rd Impression)
1977 Sg (US Atlantic 3405): A. C’est
La Vie (Greg Lake); B. Jeremy Bender
1977-03-17 LP WORKS VOLUME 1 (US Atlantic SD
2-7000): Keith
Emerson: A1. Piano Concert nº 1; Greg Lake: B1. Lend Your Love to
Me Tonight; B2. C’est La Vie; B3. Hallowed Be Thy Name; B4. Nobody Loves You
Like I Do; B5. Closer to Believing; Carl Palmer: C1. The Enemy God Dances With the
Black Spirits; C2. L.A. Nights; C3. New Orleans; C4. Two Part Invitation in D
Minor; C5. Food for Your Soul; C6. Tank; Emerson, Lake and Palmer: D1. Fanfare for the
Common Man; D2. Pirates
1977-06 Sg (UK Atlantic 3398):
A. Fanfare for the Common Man (stereo); B. Fanfare for the Common Man (mono)
1977-11-01 LP WORKS VOLUME 2 (US Atlantic SD
19147): A1. Tiger in a Spotlight; A2. When the Apple Blossoms in the Windmills
of Your Mind I’ll Be Your Valentine; A3. Bullfrog; A4. Brain Salad Surgery; A5.
Barrelhouse Shake-Down; A6. Watching Over You; B1. So Far to Fall; B2. Maple
Leaf Rag; B3. I Believe in Father Christmas; B4. Close But Not Touching; B5.
Honly Tonk Train Blues; B6. Show Me the Way to Go Home
1978-11 Sg (UK Atlantic k
11225): A. All I Want Is You; B. Tiger in a Spotlight
1978-11-18 LP LOVE BEACH (US Atlantic SD
19211): A1. All I Want Is You; A2. Love Beach; A3. Taste of My Love; A4. The
Gambler; A5. For You; A6. Canario; B. Memoirs of an Officer and a Gentleman (1.
Prologue-The Education of a Gentleman; 2. Love at First Sight; 3. Letters From
the Front; 4. Honourable Company)
1979-10 LP IN CONCERT (US Atlantic SD
19255): A1. Introductory Fanfare; A2. Peter Gunn; A3. Tiger in a Spotlight; A4.
C’est La Vie; A5. The Enemy God; A6. Knife Edge; B1. Piano Concert nº 1, Third
Movement: Toccata Con Fuoco; B2. Pictures at an Exhibition
1992-06-27 CD BLACK MOON (US PolyGram
383.480.003-2): 1. Black Moon; 2. Paper Blood; 3. Affairs of the Heart; 4.
Romeo and Juliet; 5. Farewell to Arms; 6. Changing States; 7. Burning Bridges;
8. Close to Home; 9. Better Days; 10. Footprints in the Snow
1993 CD LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL (US Atlantic
383.480.011-2): 1. Karn Evil 9; 2. Tarkus Medley (Eruption-Stones of
Years-Iconoclast); 3. Knife Edge; 4. Paper Blood; 5. Romeo and Juliet; 6.
Creole Dance; 7. Still… You Turn Me On; 8. Lucky Man; 9. Black Moon; 10.
Pirates; 11. Finale (Fanfare for the Common Man-America-Rondo)
1994 CD IN THE HOT CITY (US Atlantic 383.480.034-2):
1. Hand of Truth; 2. Daddy; 3. One by One; 4. Heart on Ice; 5. Thin Line; 6.
Man in the Long Black Coat; 7. Change; 8. Give Me a Reason to Stay; 9. Gone Too
Soon; 10. Street War; 11. Pictures at an Exhibition (Promenade-The
Gnome-Promenade-The Sage-The Hut of Baba Yaga-The Great Gates of Kiev)
1997 CD KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR (LIVE) (US King
Biscuit 88025-2): 1. Peter Gunn Themw; 2. Tiger in a Spotlight; 3. C’est La
Vie; 4. Piano Improvisation; 5. Maple Leaf Rag; 6. Drum Solo; 7. The Enemy God;
8. Watching Over You; 9. Pirates; 10. Fanfare for the Common Man; 11. Hoe Down;
12. Still… You Turn Me On; 13. Lucky Man; 14. Piano Improvisation; 15. Karn
Evil 9
1997 CD LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL 1970 (UK
Mantiicore M-CD-101): 1. The Barbarian; 2. Take a Pebble; 3. Pictures at an
Exhibition; 4. Rondo; 5. Nutrocker; 6. Interview
