Emerson

Originally released in 1970, the debut album from the newly formed supergroup combined musicianship and showmanship in a glowing ball or energy. The keyboard-dominated instrumentals and romantic ballads clearly showcased each of the three members' individual talents, and demonstrated the variety of influences each artist brought with them to the band…

Popular English progressive rock group formed by members of The Nice (Keith Emerson), King Crimson (Greg Lake) and Atomic Rooster (Carl Palmer). The band are notable for their classical and jazz influenced compositions, virtuoso musicianship and over-the-top live performances.

The Keith Emerson Trio - The Keith Emerson Trio (2015) {Unissued 1963 rec}
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Jazz / Bop / Cool / Piano Trio / Jazz Blues

Long before Keith Emerson was a known name for his involvement with The Nice and with Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), young Keith Merson had a Jazz Trio. According to him, seeing himself as a Jazz musician meant that he was "cool", but still unable to get a girlfriend though. The year is 1963 and the trio reharses at his mother's council house living room in Woking. They manage to get the money to record and cut 4 acetates, one was given to each member of the band and there was one spare copy used to try to get gigs. Fast forward to 2015 and this 4th. copy shows up at a boot sale. Upon hearing about the discovery, Keith Emerson agreed upon the release of the recordings. These recordings have never been for sale on CD before and have been lovingly restored. This release has the full approval of Keith Emerson.

Japanese original release. Greatest hits album set from Emerson, Lake & Palmer consists of six discs with 62 tracks, running over six hours. Includes instrumental mix versions of "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression Part 1" and "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression Part 2."

In May 2012, Steven Wilson announced that he had recently remixed two classic albums by ELP, their first (eponymous) album from 1970 and second album Tarkus from 1971. Both albums were subsequently released by Sony in August 2012 as 3 disc sets. In each case disc one is a CD of the original mix, disc two is a CD of the stereo remix in the form of an alternate version of the album, adding a lot of bonus material and previously undiscovered tracks recorded during the sessions…

Lively, ambitious, almost entirely successful debut album, made up of keyboard-dominated instrumentals ("The Barbarian," "Three Fates") and romantic ballads ("Lucky Man") showcasing all three members' very daunting talents. This album, which reached the Top 20 in America and got to number four in England, showcased the group at its least pretentious and most musicianly – with the exception of a few moments on "Three Fates" and perhaps "Take a Pebble," there isn't much excess, and there is a lot of impressive musicianship here. "Take a Pebble" might have passed for a Moody Blues track of the era but for the fact that none of the Moody Blues' keyboard men could solo like Keith Emerson.

Between 1970 and 1978 Emerson Lake & Palmer were one of the most exciting rock bands on the planet and this stunning 2-disc set pulls together their greatest moments.
Featuring performances from every stage of their career, including 44 minutes of ELP headlining the massive California Jam Festival in 1974 on Disc 2 which also showcases the much sought afer footage of the famous spinning piano sequence. The DVD also contains Beyond The Beginning, an hour-long documentary, which tells the story of this remarkable band with tetreshing honesty and candour…

Long-term ELP fans will doubtless recognize much of this box set as a reprise of sundry, previously released collections and anthologies, most notably the three Manticore Archives box sets of the early 2000s. The cumulative cost of those boxes, however, makes this a magnificent alternative, cherrypicking the very best of those earlier releases to create a one-stop portrait of one of the world's most exciting live bands at its best. With 43 tracks spread across four discs, the first three CDs are sensibly divided between the three primary eras of the band - soundboard quality collections of "the early 1970s," taking us up through the band's 1974 tour; "the late 1970s," rounding up the Works tours of 1977-1978; and "the 1990s," capturing the reunions…