ELP Digest Friday, 23 August 1996 Volume 6 : Issue 20 The "Fortune Teller" Edition (contains SPOILERS!!!!) Today's Topics: Columbia, MD show (RIDE NEEDED TONIGHT!!!!!!) Boise data announced yesterday.... ELP on QVC (Saturday, 8/24 @ 7 PM Eastern & Sunday, 8/25 @ 1 AM Eastern) ELP on QVC ELP on QVC (home shopping cable TV) ELP on QVC "The New Yorker" concert listing concert dates in NE and CO SPOILERS AHEAD!!!! First Show of the Tour Concert Reports... Toronto show ELP- TORONTO DATE AUGUST 1996 Toronto Show ELP (Kingswood-Toronto) ELP Show in Toronto! ELP Live in Toronto - Kingswood ELP and Tull fans ELP, Toronto Review from Diane Chin Toronto gig ELP concert Tull/ELP comments Prelude ======= Hello again. While on vacation in upstate New York and Toronto, I enviously saw the ads for the Tull/ELP at Darien Lake, Kingswood Music Theater, and the NY State Fair. I actually drove near Darien Lake on the day of the show but had to get me and my family back home so was unable to stop over for the show and only missed the Kingswood show by about 3 days. It was nice to see signs, TV ads, etc. for the show, however. So, needless to say, I anxiously awaited the first trickles of information about the shows and they're in here. If you don't want to know the details, stop at the point where it says "SPOILERS". But first a few bits of news. ELP will be on the QVC (TV shopping channel) on Saturday night and early Sunday morning tomorrow (8/24/96). Details are in this Digest. Thanks to all who sent me that information! And it looks like I'll have the final annoucement of the offical Keith Emerson web site real soon now. I'll send along the URL as soon as I can! And there's one Digest reader who'd like a ride to TONIGHT's show. If you're in the neighborhood, please try to help out. Finally, thanks to all who've sent intheir thoughts on the shows so far! it's really getting me excited about my chance to see the band on Monday night at Great Woods! Till next time, - John - ------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 22:43:35 -0400 To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com From: Ross Specter Subject: Columbia, MD show (RIDE NEEDED TONIGHT!!!!!!) I know this post is very late, but if there is anyone who is going to the show at Merriweather Post Pavillion on Aug 23 who would be able to drive me there from Baltimore (~3400 N. Charles), please mail me. None of my friends want to go to the show, so I may end up going alone, but I need a ride. Thanks Ross Specter ross_s@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 08:14:55 -0600 From: John Valeu To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Subject: Boise data announced yesterday.... ELP and Jethro Tull will be a the BSU Pavillion on Sunday, Sept 29th here in Boise, Idaho. My prayers have been answered !!!!!!! John Valeu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 14:20:06 -0700 From: dsickles@ix.netcom.com (Dan Sickles) Subject: ELP on QVC To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com ELP will be appearing live on QVC ( yes...the cable shopping channel ) next Saturday. They ( QVC ) did not announce the time and I could not find a schedule on the QVC WEB Site. QVC Host Steve Bryant wll likely be hosting. I know he is a fan of their music. My wife watches the channel regularly so I'll send more info when I get it. [ Editor's note: Thanks to all for sending along the QVC info. The best sources indicate that the exact times are 7PM Eastern Time on Saturday night (8/24) and about 6 hours later at 1AM Eastern time early Sunday morning (8/25). No exact details of what they'll be offering for sale. Watch and find out! - John - ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 23:22:43 -0400 (EDT) Subject: ELP on QVC (home shopping cable TV) From: Steve Brant To: "John Arnold" Hi, John - I just found out that ELP will be interviewed live on the QVC home shopping cable TV channel this coming Saturday the 24th at 7 PM Eastern Time. They'll apparently be selling their new boxed CD collection. I don't know how long the interview/sale will last. You never know what surprises you can find on TV these days! Hope you can catch it! - Steve Brant ------------------------------ From: jjwarren@tce.net Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:15:56 -0500 Subject: ELP on QVC To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Content-Type: text Content-Length: 399 My wife watches QVC, the shopping channel, all the time. Anyway, she heard on there that ELP are going to be on, probably selling something, this coming Saturday (Aug. 24th) at 6PM Central STandard time and again at either 11PM or midnight. Anyway, fyi everyone. JJW jjwarren@tce.net ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 01:01:29 -0400 (EDT) Subject: "The New Yorker" concert listing From: Steve Brant To: "John Arnold" From the August 25/Sept 2 issue of "The New Yorker" comes the following concise listing: "Jethro Tull/Emerson, Lake & Palmer - An art-rock master class. (Jones Beach Theatre. Aug.30 at 8.)" Seems like they hit the nail on the head. Master class indeed. I'll be there! Steve Brant ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 08:48:24 -0500 To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com From: dlh1000@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu (David Hurley) Subject: concert dates in NE and CO 1. The Little Rock cancellation seems to have been replaced by a show in Omaha, NE,on the same night, at least as I can tell from the Ticketmaster weekly on sale section. 2. I have been planning on going to see the show in Denver since the first schedule came out via the digest and home page. In fact, I have been calling Fiddler's Green weekly to find when tickets would go on sale. After W. Wylie's message re there not being a CO. date, I have been on the line to Fiddler's Green. They just told me that the date is still "up in the air" and that it was still possible. I don't want to risk missing this, but does anybody know for sure??? Confusion may be my epitaph, Dave Hurley David Hurley (504)862-8725 1000 Stern Hall (504)865-5546 Tulane University FAX (504)865-6785 ------------------------------ ************************************************** ************************************************** ********** SPOILERS AHEAD! ************* ********** Don't keep reading if you ************* ********** want the tour details ************* ********** (e.g., the set list) ************* ********** to be a surprise ************* ************************************************** ************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 02:31:18 -0700 From: john michael engard To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Subject: First Show of the Tour Mr. Arnold, Please inform your following thusly: The debut show at Darien Lake, Buffalo, New York, Started two minutes before the ticketed time of 7:30 p.m. The Set List was as follows: Hoedown Touch and Go Take a Pebble (abbreviated) Hammer It Out (K. Emerson solo) Still,...You Turn Me On (G. Lake solo) Tarkus (abbreviated)/ Pictures at an Exhibition (w/ C. Palmer solo) Lucky Man Bitches Crystal Fanfare for the Common Man/Rondo This is exactly the dressed-rehearsal set they did two nights prior at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Due to time restraints THERE WAS NO ENCORE, nor did they join Tull onstage at any point. Keith's playing was nothing short of stupendous, Greg's voice was stronger than the Albert Hall performance. Their set lasted 63 minutes, 8 seconds. Each song evoked atleast a partial standing ovation, increasing in participation until the final cut where the entire audience was on its feet. Their performance out-did Tull easily. Emerson did the "Dagger's at the B3 gig and played the B3 while it was on top of him. ELP clearly has plenty of fire in it, and it shows. I will be present for the Syracuse show and will report immediately. This has been a grand, grand experience. je007d@Uhura.cc.rochester.edu P.S. Spoke with Greg following show, he felt the show went well. ------------------------------ From: MagnoliaB@aol.com Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 00:57:26 -0400 To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com cc: MagnoliaB@aol.com Subject: Concert Reports... ...are trickling in. In case you haven't gotten it already: From DPFitz: Dateline: Darien Lake. Well I just got back to Albany and it's about 3:30 AM. So, this one's going to be short and sweet because I know you all want to know. Here's the setlist for now, details to follow when I've gotten some sleep. Hoedown (the only way to open an ELP show) Touch & Go Knife Edge Take a Pebble Hammer It Out (from the Japanese release of ITHS) Still...You Turn Me On Tarkus segueing into Pictures at an Exhibition Lucky Man Fanfare for the Common Man Set ran a little over an hour with no encore. This may have been due to the venue. There was a poster back stage with the schedule that said something to the effect of ELP from 7:30 to 8:30, JT from 9:00 to 10:30 and everybody out 11:00 strict curfew. That's all for now, more details to follow as I've logged over 500 driving miles in the past 17 hours. I'm getting too old for this spit so I'm off to bed. ------------------------------ From: Don Goodman Date: Tue, 20 Aug 96 08:34:16 To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Subject: Toronto show For all ELP fans looking for a brief overview of their second nights outing at the Kingswood Music Theatre north of Toronto, this is it. And I'm sorry to say I was mildly dissappointed with the show. There were a number of surprises, not all pleasant. The first surprise was the fact that the band went on about five minutes to eight and caught half the arriving crowd off guard. After the early start, the band plowed through the entire set with rarely a break to say hello. The music was energy packed but a rough mix left it seeming uninspired. The show was similar in content to the Albert Hall recording with some new arrangements and a couple of different songs, but the entire performance was compressed into less than an hour set. To top it all off the band DID NOT PLAY AN ENCORE!!! The crowd was certainly on their side with more than enough ranting and raving to justify one. With the rumours of an ELP/JT mutual encore I kept my hopes up. The rumours were quickly dispelled when Ian Anderson made the off-hand mention that he had only met ELP the night before and it was the first time he had seen them in concert! The high point of the evening for me was the performance of Bitches Crystal, a song GL told they had not played for 25 years. Keith seemed to be struggling a bit in his playing but it was hard to tell with the sound mix. To call the concert a double bill is a bit of a misnomer, ELP seemed relegated to the opening act routine. I don't mean to make this letter a downer since its the fifth time I've seen ELP and I look forward to seeing them again, but only as the head liner. What does everyone else have to say? You have my permission to post this in the ELP page if you want, or you can read it for your own amusement. Kudos for keeping the ELP page current and accessible. The JT archive page still shows Ian Anderson as being seriously ill. He was it pretty good shape last night. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 11:31:13 -0400 (EDT) From: solomon4@netcom.ca (Gary Mark Solomon) Subject: ELP- TORONTO DATE AUGUST 1996 To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Content-Type: text Content-Length: 525 I think I have seen ELP at least 3 times before, but last night I sat 5th row center. I have to tell you that these guys look young , play young, and where altogether awesome. Even Ian Anderson from Tull was amazed how these guys had all the steam and heart of 25 year olds. Their set was short for them only 50 minutes but they cranked out the favs, and believe me they where very together. I am considering to see them in New York in a couple of weeks they where sooo good thats all BYE GARY SOLOMON4@NETCOM.CA ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 13:17:54 -0400 (EDT) From: S John Kollar Subject: Toronto Show To: John Arnold Just want to let you all know about the ELP/Jethro Tull concert. The only appearance by the two bands in Canada occurred yesterdays at Kingswood, just north of Toronto, and ELP was impressive. I won't give a review of all the songs they did - sorry, you just gotta wait 'til your show - but I will say thay they sounded very crisp and well rested. I had never seen them before, when it was their second concert, but i have to believe that this is the time to see them. (They weren't tired, and seemed anxious to get going, in spite of the HOT and HUMID conditions they were forced to play under). They only played for 50-55 minutes - granted they started early - and the crowd booed loudly when, after they were done, the Tull roadies didn't allow an encore. You will be impressed by their selection of songs - some new, but most were older - and like I've said, very well performed. Well, that's all for me. I'm looking forward to other comments. Take care and keep up the good work, John. Bye JK ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 08:20:20 -0700 From: Morris Hurwitz To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Subject: ELP (Kingswood-Toronto) I was at the ELP concert last night at Kingswood. Sitting in the first row, gave me the best view I have had of the band. They started the show with Hoedown. One of the highlight's of the evening occurred when they played Bitches Crystal. Greg Lake said it was the first time they played it live in 25 years. Of course, the biggest disappointment was the length of the show. It lasted about 57 minutes. It seemed like the show was over, just as the boys were warming up. The short duration of the show made it not as memorable as past tours. Jethro Tull played for about 1 1/2 hours. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 09:36:43 -0700 From: "Todd A. Miller" To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Subject: ELP Show in Toronto! Hi. Just wanted to pass along a brief synopsis of the show here in Toronto on Monday, August 19, 1996. Amazing 60 minute set that opened with Hoedown. Keith's right hand seemed to be a little tired, what with the tendinitis recently, but I sure wouldn't want to open the show with Hoedown! Maybe Still You Turn Me On, or something a little slower. The crowd was really into it, and gave a standing "O" on almost every tune. Which is rare for a Toronto audience. I assume that they are opening for Tull because of the tendinitis, or are there other reasons? I missed them on the Black Moon tour, as it played here in a small 1500 seat theatre. Perfect to watch Keith and Carl up close. I really hope that they come back later in the year as headliners, or in a solo show. They barely scratched the surface of their repertoire, and played nothing from Black Moon, and possibly 1 tune from In The Hot Seat. Oh well, here's hoping! Cheers, -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E-Mail: toddm@idirect.com Home Page: http://www.idirect.com/users/toddm.html Velocity Music Productions, Ajax, ON "Originality is the art of concealing your source!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 20:17:24 -0400 (EDT) To: John Arnold From: Mark Jackson Subject: ELP Live in Toronto - Kingswood John: ELP haven't lost anything over the years. Last time I saw them was over 16 years ago and I think that they sounded better than ever this time. For those interested the song list as I remember it... I think I got all the songs but the order may be messed up. Hoedown ( I missed most of this they started the show 5 minutes early!!) Paper Blood Knife Edge Bitches Crystal ( floored when I heard this start ... great choice!!!) KE solo Still you turn me on Tarkus/Pictures at an exhibition ( amazing .. I'd never of thought to combine these but it works) Lucky Man Fanfare for the common man (drum solo) The show lasts about an hour before JT comes out, and it was fantastic. For all those fans going to see them on this tour hold on to your hats because the band sounds great. Enjoy By the way for all interested Jethro Tull can still rock!! Great show. My only complaint about both was they didn't play long enough. Mark ------------------------------ From: Bjorn-Are.Davidsen@s.prosjekt98.telenor.no Date: 22 Aug 1996 06:59:37 Z To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com (Receipt notification requested) Subject: ELP and Tull fans We unfortunate Europeans can at the moment do no more than read (and sit back and cry) about certain groups touring certain fortunate countries, and so far all I've heard is from the Tull angle. The following are the ELP excerpts on the ELP-/Tull-tour from todays St. Cleve Chronicle (The Tull Mailing List) just to show how ELP is perceived by non-fans (and at the same time prog-lovers). Notice how satisfied they (oops include me here, as also a Tull-fan) are with Ian (despite his voice and foot problems) and Tull for Living in the Past (one-legged fluting and all) while criticising Keith for doing the same old organ stabbing! > Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 23:54:48 -0400 > From: Greg Schetinin > Subject: Tull At Darien > > I just got home from the Jethro Tull concert at Darien Lake. The > weather was perfect..... > > I'm sorry to say that Ian's voice was not great. I think that he was in > pain. He was limping around on stage and only lifted his leg once or > twice, and that seemed to make him off balance. He sat on park benches > to play guitar and flute several times during the show. > > The sound system was pretty bad and I don't think that Ian could hear. > He kept putting his hand to his ear. > > ELP was popular with others at the concert, although I never followed > them. I reconized about 3 songs. Ian said that this was the first time > he had seen them in concert. > > Bonnie > > Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 17:29:41 -0400 > From: David Brister > Subject: Toronto Concert > > Hi all > > I went to the Toronto Tull/ELP concert last night and it was great! > ELP were in fine form and were a great act to see. Some ELP fans > wondered why they didn't get top billing. Tull put on a fantastic > show. However, anyone who went expecting a "Greates Hits" show may > have been disappointed. To me the variety and originality of the music > just proved that Tull is still a force in music in 1996. Not just > relying on hits of the past as are so many of the "Reunion" tours that > seem to have been filling the concert venues for the past two or three > years. > > David Brister > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 22:49:49 -0400 > From: Steven > Subject: ELP & JT in TO > > Just a few quick notes on the Aug 19 show in Toronto. I hadn't senn > ELP since they played at Lamport Stadium in Toronto which must be almost 25 > years ago. To my disbelief Keith Emerson is still doing the same shtick > stabbing that old beat up organ he drags on to stage. Musically the band > does have a good rythmn section thanks to Carl Palmer and Greg Lake (Greg > really should wear a shirt on stage) but all in all I found the set to muddy > and lack lustre. > > JT on the other hand is a band which has grown into the present. > Every number performed was tight and true to the studio version. If there > was a low point to the show it was Ian's voice. He know longer can cut the > older tunes like aqualung or cross eyed mary vocally but I thought his voice > on the roots to branches material to be quite good.Certainly the > instrumental work of the band is what everyone should go for. > Ian himself wasn't the Ian of days gone past. His recent health > problem with his leg was evident as he limited his movement and at times > seemed to limp slightly. He made no references to the injury but he did rub > his knee (I'm sure on purpose) and acted out some leg stretches which looked > liked therepy exercises. His stage presence was very much like the > Divinities show for those of you who saw it. > Conclusion...DON'T MISS IT! > > Regards STEVE Bjo/rn Are Bjorn-Are.Davidsen@s.prosjekt98.telenor.no ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Weaver in the Web that he made - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Our minds were moving parallell, Because they never met ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 09:19:14 -0400 From: jarnold@coordinate.com (John Arnold) Subject: ELP, Toronto Review from Diane Chin To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com [ Editor's Note: This review was actually written by Diane Chin, an ELP Digest reader. However, I had to move the message around to various mailers in order to handle the attachment that was sent. Therefore, all the credit for this goes to Diane except for any mistakes that I may have made during the editing process (which would be my fault.) Thanks Diane, for a great review! - John - ] Last night's concert at the Kingswood Music Theatre was absolutely amazing. The set opened with Hoedown which I didn't get to see due to impossible lineups. (I heard it though.) I got seated during Touch and Go during which I got my first look at the boys in three years. All three were definitely in fine form, appearing to be very trim and fit. Both Greg and Carl were sporting short hair. Keith wore his trademark leather pants and has longer hair than he has had in the recent past. Touch and Go you'll discover is the only newer piece played at this concert (newer if you consider it was recorded in 86 by Emerson, Lake and Powell and redone on ROTM.) We were seated centrally about ten rows back allowing us to both see and hear well. That was followed by Knife Edge. Greg did a fabulous job on this as on all the vocals. His voice was clear and not as husky as it was sometimes during the last tour. The next number was a real treat, never done before in concert, Bitches Crystal, again superbly played. This was an open air venue. There were no visual effects other than flashing coloured lights at the top of the stage. Each number was so well received in my section that there were standing ovations at the end of each. Of course that's where a lot of we diehards were. Keith's playing was as fast, furious, and unrelenting here and in other numbers as it has always been in the past. There certainly was no indication of any difficulties with the hand during this or any of the subsequently equally demanding parts. Keith next played Hammer It On , a piece I'm unfamiliar with. If anyone has any history on this, let us know. Again this was fabulously executed. Next Greg played Still...you turn me on alone on stage. This is one of my personal favourites. Greg proved once again that he is still a master of the ballad. Superb. Tarkus erupted when Keith and Carl returned and Eruption, Stones of Years, and Iconoclast were played. Keith's equipment consisted of five keyboards (if my sources were correct) including a grand piano. At one point a bit from Flight of the bumblebee was put in although I can't remember exactly where. Without so much as missing a beat they moved flawlessly into the last part of Pictures, another personal favourite.. Greg did a beautiful and moving rendition, which in my humble opinion was better than the one on ROTM. These lyrics get to me every time. Predictably this was followed by Lucky Man. Don't they ever get tired of playing this? Forty minutes had elapsed and sadly the finale started with Fanfare Rondo. Carl did a short drum solo including some one handed rolls ( a little bit of the old Carl). The Keith of past years lept over the Hammond. One of you experts might want to comment on which Hammond it was. Out came the knives which of course ended up stuck in the keyboard. Wonderful! There are definite limitations to ELP doing a show with Tull, one of which was the lack of time and the other was staging. None of the old visual magic was there but musically they were bang on, no disappointments, no shortcomings, just a lot of fabulous music brilliantly executed. Apparently the night before in Darien Lake, NY Take A Pebble was played. This was dropped in TO because they ran overtime the night before.. The lack of an encore last night elicited a lot of boos from the audience, an unfortunate end to an excellent show. After the show I was fortunate enough to meet Greg and Keith backstage. Both are very personable and seemed to be happy to be back on the road. Naturally I was ecstatic. This was a fulfilment of a dream, the greatest singer and greatest pianist in the world all in one night. I was starstruck. Interestingly enough a local Toronto paper and the Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper both gave ELP and Tull great reviews. While they both acknowledged a lessening of physical prowess in ELP and Tull, they admitted that there was no diminution of instrumental ability in both bands. As Jethro Tull said of ELP, "was nice to see an old band that still had all its own hair - the bah-studs." and they also had a hell of a lot more. Welcome back guys! Diane Chin ------------------------------ From: docdave@freenet.hamilton.on.ca Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 23:45:08 -0400 (EDT) To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Subject: Toronto gig I attended the EL&P Toronto concert on August 19th with my 10 year old daughter (her birthday present- so, she's 10, going on 35). As the show was at Kingswood, which is part of Paramount Canada's Wonderland (an amusement park), we went early to enjoy some of the rides and such. There is nothing quite like riding a roller coaster while listening to EL&P run through excerpts from Pictures and Touch & Go for their sound check. (the sound check seems to have been somewhat of a waste of time though - more about that later.) The show began at exactly 8pm with the traditional "Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends...Ladies & Gentlemen...Emerson, Lake & Palmer". The band wandered onstage, greeted the crowd and prepared to start their set...that is, if Emerson's Fatar Midi Controller had been fed to the P.A. - A somewhat frustrated K.E. attempted to signal various members of the sound crew who finally woke up and the synth sweeps launched the band into a blistering rendition of Hoedown, complete with the Moog Ribbon Controller solo. The Dukes of Bombast then ran through Touch & Go, Knife Edge and Bitches Crystal (which, according to Greg Lake, they had not performed for 25 years) in very faithful renditions and K.E. taking every opportunity to prove that he is none-the-worse-for-wear after his arm surgery laying in some excellent solos. The playing was incredible, but the band suffered from the effects of being an "opening act" as the mix was terrible - (although Greg Lake's bass has never sounded better) - the drums were the most prominent part of the mix and K.E.Us Hammond was about three times as loud as the rest of his keyboard stack - which was just a little unsettling when he moved from synth solo to Hammond riff. After Bitches Crystal G.L. & C.P. left the stage to Emerson who did his traditional solo piano (ok - midi'd piano) piece which featured snippets from Creole Dance, but with a decidedly Honky Tonk feel to it. K.E. then left the stage and Greg Lake sauntered centre stage with acoustic guitar in hand for an excellent rendition of Still...You Turn Me On. With the return of the rest of the band came a RmedleyS consisting of the first 4 parts of Tarkus and the last 2 parts of Pictures At An Exhibition. About half way through the sound crew finally seemed to get a handle on mixing K.E.. Then Emerson seated himself at the piano and G.L. picked up his acoustic guitar and began and very nice little improv which meandered itUs way into the opening chords of Lucky Man which sent the very EL&P biased crowd (this was, after all, billed as a Jethro Tull concert... EL&P were simply billed as Special Guests) in a frenzy. Once again, the song suffered from a bad mix, with the usually subtle drum accents dominating even Emerson synth solo at the end. Then began the "Finale", signaled by a synth fanfare (not quite as earth moving as trumpets, but it did the trick) and medley of Fanfare For The Common Man, America, The Flight Of The Bumblebee and The Ride Of The Valkries ensued. Then it was time for C.P. to take the spotlight for his 100mph drum solo. When K.E. and G.L. return they were dragging the now somewhat delapitated Hammond L-100 with them and as the rhythm section maintained the Rondo riff K.E. began his Hammond Abuse solo complete with knives and Emo ending up beneath the wooden beast. (it still amazes me after all these years that he can play recognizable tunes upside-down and backwards......). Rondo closed out the Finale minus the Hammond organ slides - replaced by synth sweeps instead (I guess its easier on the hands). The band took their bows, the crowd went nuts, the house-lights came up and the roadies took the stage to a chorus of boos....there would be no encore this night - again, one of the disadvantages of being an "opening act". The whole affair took just under an hour and was far too brief for most of the audience whom I spoke with, but EL&P were back and at the end of the day, isn't that all that really matters? Oh, ya, then Jethro Tull did a set.......(just kidding) To quote Ian Anderson : "Wasn't it great to see Emerson Lake & Palmer again....Last night was the first show of the tour and the first time I've had a chance to see ELP. It's great to see a band that still has their hair......bastards!" Dave ------------------------------ From: Spinbunny@aol.com Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 00:10:26 -0400 To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Subject: ELP concert I thought your page fans would like a critique of the ELP concert I just attended on Aug. 22, at the PNC Bank Art Center at Garden State in NJ. As an avid fan of ELP for more than 20 years, I was excited to get to see them once again live. They were in perfect form as usual, treating us to a wonderful look at the past 25 years. They performed cuts from Tarkus, Pictures, and the usual solos including Greg Lakes acoustic work. It was ELP at their best yet. And now for my complaints..... They were only on stage for 1 hour! I realize they were sharing the stage with Tull but, they were more of an opening act than a co-headliner. To be fair, I did give Tull a chance. I am familiar with their music although not a great fan. Tull was on stage for one and a half hours PLUS an encore! ELP didn't even get to do an encore. they left the stage and the lights came up so the roadies could tear down for Tull. And believe me when I say that I was not the only one in the crowd booing. There were more people wearing ELP t-shirts than Tull shirts. And ELP got more standing ovations than Ian Anderson. Maybe there is a reason for the logistics of this tour, but I don't see it. If you're headlining a tour with another band, then there should be equal billing for all. And for a band like ELP, I would think everyone involved should know better.The true fans like myself won't stand for it. Thank you for allowing me to vent! Keep up the good work on the ELP page. I'm glad I found other people out ther who still enjoy this type of music. Sincerly, Kari Miles.....Spinbunny@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Aug 96 06:10:08 0500 From: Joe Goswami To: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Subject: Tull/ELP comments On Aug. 19/96 I was not a happy camper. ELP OPENED for Tull instead of getting equal billing like I thought. They started 10 min. early with Hoedown followed by Bitches Crystal. They continued with Touch & Go, K.E's Hammer Attack, Still You Turn Me On, and Lucky Man. They did a wicked combo of Tarkus/Pictures. This was followed with Fanfare. The show was over before it started. I haven't forgotten anything believe me. I hope these guys come back for a return tour and to justice to the short show that they put on (Tull played 1.5hrs). I know it wasn't the bands fault. Time restrictions on Wonderlands part caused this disaster. I'm not putting Tull down. They put on a hell of a show! ------------------------------ Digest, mailing address, and administrative stuff to: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com | +=> The same for now... ELP-related info that you | want to put in the digest to: arnold@dartmouth.coordinate.com Back issues are available from the World Wide Web ELP Home Page: URL: http://bliss.berkeley.edu/elp/ Note: The opinions, information, etc. contained in this digest are those of the original message sender listed in each message. They are not necessarily those of the mailing list/digest administrator or those of any institution through whose computers/networks this mail flows. Unless otherwise noted, the individual authors of each entry in the Digest are the copyright holders of that entry. Please respect that copyright and act accordingly. I especially ask that you not redistribute the ELP Digest in whole or in part without acknowledging the original source of the digest and each author. 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