Stopmotion Set

The Virgin Years 1977-1983 is the follow-up to last year's The Virgin Years 1974-1978 (see review) by Tangerine Dream (TD). The latter album was a 3CD-box set comprising the five remastered albums TD recorded for Virgin Records between 1974 and 1978: Phaedra (1974), Rubycon (1975), Ricochet (1975), Stratosfear (1976) and Cyclone (1978) plus a selection of rare single releases, 7-inch edits as well as two rarely heard radio adverts. However, it didn't contain Encore, originally released in 1977. The follow-up to this previous release contains seven albums plus two singles all packed on a 5CD-album set.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Original Bootleg Series from The Manticore Vaults Vol. 2 Set 1 (2001) {2CD Castle Music rec 1972}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 549 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 237 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 31 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1972, 2001 Castle Music / Sanctuary Record | CMDDD310 (CMXBX330)
Rock / Art Rock / Progressive Rock

Set 1: "A Right Cordial Shocker"- Hammersmith Odeon in London on November 26, 1972. Another batch of cleaned-up bootlegs chronicles some of Emerson, Lake & Palmer's finest shows. This eight-CD box set includes four complete concerts, each taking up two discs. In all, the two-volume Original Bootleg Series is comprised of eight shows covering 15 discs. Listeners should expect a lo-fi experience. The set is priced accordingly, about 45 dollars per volume. To be fair, the sound quality is for the most part decent to good. The first show in this collection was recorded at Hammersmith Odean in London on November 26, 1972. Subtitled "A Right Cordial Shocker," it runs 100 minutes. ELP had returned triumphantly to their home turf after touring the world behind Trilogy.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Original Bootleg Series from The Manticore Vaults Vol. 2 Set 2 (2001) {2CD Castle Music rec 1974}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 615 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 307 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 31 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1974, 2001 Castle Music / Sanctuary Record | CMDDD315 (CMXBX330)
Rock / Art Rock / Progressive Rock

Set 2: "Waiting for the Corduroy Purpose" - Henry Lewit Arena in Wichita, KS March 26, 1974. Another batch of cleaned-up bootlegs chronicles some of Emerson, Lake & Palmer's finest shows. This eight-CD box set includes four complete concerts, each taking up two discs. In all, the two-volume Original Bootleg Series is comprised of eight shows covering 15 discs. Listeners should expect a lo-fi experience. The set is priced accordingly, about 45 dollars per volume. To be fair, the sound quality is for the most part decent to good. The first show in this collection was recorded at Hammersmith Odean in London on November 26, 1972. Subtitled "A Right Cordial Shocker," it runs 100 minutes. ELP had returned triumphantly to their home turf after touring the world behind Trilogy.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Original Bootleg Series from The Manticore Vaults Vol. 2 Set 4 (2001) {2CD Castle Music rec 1977}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 545 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 208 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 31 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1977, 2001 Castle Music / Sanctuary Record | CMDDD317 (CMXBX330)
Rock / Art Rock / Progressive Rock

Set 4: "Strangely Beneficient," - New Haven Civic Center, New Haven, November 30, 1977. Another batch of cleaned-up bootlegs chronicles some of Emerson, Lake & Palmer's finest shows. This eight-CD box set includes four complete concerts, each taking up two discs. In all, the two-volume Original Bootleg Series is comprised of eight shows covering 15 discs. Listeners should expect a lo-fi experience. The set is priced accordingly, about 45 dollars per volume. To be fair, the sound quality is for the most part decent to good. The first show in this collection was recorded at Hammersmith Odean in London on November 26, 1972. Subtitled "A Right Cordial Shocker," it runs 100 minutes. ELP had returned triumphantly to their home turf after touring the world behind Trilogy.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Original Bootleg Series from The Manticore Vaults Vol. 3 Set 1 (2002) {Castle Music rec 1974-1977}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 388 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 143 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 25 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1974-77, 2002 Castle Music / Sanctuary Record | CMYBX524 / 1
Rock / Art Rock / Progressive Rock

Set 1: Anaheim Convention Centre, CA. USA 10th February 1974 - Wheeling Colosseum 1977. No less than five discs serve up four phenomenal ELP concerts in the final installment of a series that remains one of the most audaciously brilliant in any band's catalog. We begin with excerpts from shows recorded at the Anaheim Stadium in 1974 as the band toured Brain Salad Surgery and Wheeling Colosseum in 1977 on the Works tour – a longer look at both would have been preferable, of course, but we're dealing with original bootleg releases here, the source of every recording in this series, so what you see is what you get.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Original Bootleg Series from The Manticore Vaults Vol. 3 Set 2 (2002) {2CD Castle Music rec 1992}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 591 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 222 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 25 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1992, 2002 Castle Music / Sanctuary Record | CMYBX524 / 2~3
Rock / Art Rock / Progressive Rock

Set 2: Royal Albert Hall, London, England October 2nd 1992 (2-CD Set). No less than five discs serve up four phenomenal ELP concerts in the final installment of a series that remains one of the most audaciously brilliant in any band's catalog. We begin with excerpts from shows recorded at the Anaheim Stadium in 1974 as the band toured Brain Salad Surgery and Wheeling Colosseum in 1977 on the Works tour – a longer look at both would have been preferable, of course, but we're dealing with original bootleg releases here, the source of every recording in this series, so what you see is what you get.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Original Bootleg Series from The Manticore Vaults Vol. 2 Set 3 (2001) {2CD Castle Music rec 1974}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 615 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 301 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 31 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1974, 2001 Castle Music / Sanctuary Record | CMDDD316 (CMXBX330)
Rock / Art Rock / Progressive Rock

Set 3: "My Darling Nemesis…The Illuminati" - Rich Stadium in Buffalo, NY, on July 26, 1974. Another batch of cleaned-up bootlegs chronicles some of Emerson, Lake & Palmer's finest shows. This eight-CD box set includes four complete concerts, each taking up two discs. In all, the two-volume Original Bootleg Series is comprised of eight shows covering 15 discs. Listeners should expect a lo-fi experience. The set is priced accordingly, about 45 dollars per volume. To be fair, the sound quality is for the most part decent to good. The first show in this collection was recorded at Hammersmith Odean in London on November 26, 1972. Subtitled "A Right Cordial Shocker," it runs 100 minutes. ELP had returned triumphantly to their home turf after touring the world behind Trilogy.

Increasingly, and especially in a day and age where music is so widely and readily available thanks to advanced technologies, when a company or act wants to make a good box set, it had better deliver. To its credit, Beggars Banquet did just that with Rare Cult, an astoundingly comprehensive and entertaining collection that packs in 90 tracks over the course of six discs…

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Original Bootleg Series from The Manticore Vaults Vol. 3 Set 3 (2002) {2CD Castle Music rec 1993}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 803 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 264 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 25 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1993, 2002 Castle Music / Sanctuary Record | CMYBX524 / 4~5
Rock / Art Rock / Progressive Rock

Set 3: Wiltern Theatre, LA, USA March 1993 (2-CD Set). No less than five discs serve up four phenomenal ELP concerts in the final installment of a series that remains one of the most audaciously brilliant in any band's catalog. We begin with excerpts from shows recorded at the Anaheim Stadium in 1974 as the band toured Brain Salad Surgery and Wheeling Colosseum in 1977 on the Works tour – a longer look at both would have been preferable, of course, but we're dealing with original bootleg releases here, the source of every recording in this series, so what you see is what you get.