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Cardboard sleeve (mini LP) reissue from Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Part of a twelve-album Emerson, Lake & Palmer cardboard sleeve (mini LP) reissue series featuring the albums "Emerson, Lake & Palmer," "Tarkus," "Pictures at an Exhibition," "Trilogy," "Brain Salad Surgery," "Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends… Ladies and Gentlemen," "Works, Vol.1," "Works, Vol.2," "Love Beach," "Works Live," "Black Moon," and "In The Hot Seat."

Though no one talked about it at the time of its release, this album reflected a growing split within the group. Originally, the trio's members, tired of sublimating their musical identities within the context of ELP, each intended to do a solo album of his own…

In august, 1970, 600,000 people, the largest audience in the history of pop music, attended the Isle of Wight Festival and experienced the debut performance of a new "supergroup," Emerson Lake & Palmer. With a spectacular stage show that included real cannons being fired over the heads of the audience, they became overnight stars with the press raving about their virtousity and daring. Intercut with the live footage from the show, this film also features brand new interviews with Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer, as well as their then-manager John Gaydon and creates a vivid portrait of the birth of a band.

Legendary progressive rock giants Emerson, Lake & Palmer were formed in 1970 by the brilliant keyboard virtuoso Keith Emerson, gifted singer / composer / guitarist Greg Lake and dynamic drummer / percussionist Carl Palmer. Torchbearers of the progressive rock sound, ELP jointly created the super-group concept and are among the most important bands in the history of rock music…