ELP Digest Monday, 23 February 1998 Volume 8 : Issue 2 The "New Life" Edition Today's Topics: ELP ON BRAZIL TV!!! WEB Address for Pictures The Guaira Theatre Saga R&R Hall of Fame: Prog Snobs ELP Pictures and questions Rock Family Trees Rosemont Theater Review newspaper reviews on ELP in Germany Daytona Europe 1997 photos on the web ??? about the Nice Lost Highway Emerson Lake & Palmer in Costa Rica ELP on King Bisquit Keith Emerson--composer career choices ELP at Humphries By the Bay Upright Bass --Greg? ELP at San Diego Re: Rocking The Classics Greg Lake Interview and other stuff Live story Prelude ======= Cleaning out a lot of older material this time. As my workload of "real work" throttles down for a while, I've decided that it will be quicker for me to get these old items out by "just doing it" rather than fretting about how to do it best. Hang in there with me, the newer material will be getting to your mailbox soon. Also, there 2 interesting items to note: 1. There's now an ELP "web ring" and the ELP Digest web site is proud to be a part of it. You can hop onto the webring from the ELP Digest main web page or go there directly by looking at http://bliss.berkeley.edu/elp/webring/elp-digest-webring.html It looks like an exciting way to get to other sites with ELP-related information without you having to wait for me to set up links to them from the ELP Digest web site. Check it out. 2. Also, an alert reader noted that this week's edition of "TV Guide" (a US magazine with TV listings and articles) includes an interview with David Hyde Pierce who plays Niles on the comedy show "Frasier". Pierce: "Well, I studied classical music, so that's my main interest, but I've always been a huge Elton John fan and also Emerson, Lake and Palmer...." (p. 20 in the Feb. 21-27 issue). Pretty interesting. Maybe we can get in touch with him sometime and find out what his ELP favorites are! Enjoy. More info will be on the way soon. And, as always, thanks for your patience. - John - ------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Martin Kornick" , on 2/19/98 9:14 AM: To: "ELP Digest" Subject: ELP ON BRAZIL TV!!! Hey Everyone! Why no mention in "ELP Digest" of the 97 ELP Concert Broadcast in Brazil, on Multishow Cable TV? A friend of mine in Brazil sent me a copy of it and it is MARVELOUS!!!! 55 minutes of ELP live at The Metropolitan in Rio De Janeiro, from August of 1997!!! Songs featured: 1) Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression Part 2 Complete!!!) 2) Hoedown 3) Touch & Go 4) From The Beginning 5) Knife Edge 6) Tarkus 7) Pictures at an Exhibition 8) 21st Century Schizoid Man/America Plus short interview segments!! One including Greg Lake giving his opinion on Cloning. He thinks Cloning will be a very powerful thing in the future to help mankind, but can be very dangerous if used for EVIL!!! Also, much talk about the ELP millennium show with orchestra and dancers, plus a new concept CD in the style of BSS and Tarkus. The camera work on this show is good, with lots of overhead shots of KE & CP so you can see exactly what they are doing. The best part is the including of KE9 & 21st Century Schizoid Man, that was not included on the Tollwood Festival. So it is a delight to have this additional Pro shot footage from the 97 tour. And the Hi-Fi sound is spectacular as I jammed it throughout the house last night. Anyone wishing to get a copy of this show please write me! I can easily get copies to everyone anywhere! Don't miss out! You Gotta See The Show! It's a Dynamo!!! Martin m_kornick@prefaceinc.com ------------------------------ From: "Brian Spencer" , on 10/25/97 9:00 AM: To: Subject: WEB Address for Pictures Hi John, Thanks for posting my message about the ELP concert in Vienna. I'm just writing because the web address I posted for my ELP pictures has changed. The new address is http://spensoft.dynip.com The other service I was using has become unstable and at this moment is totally down. Hopefully this new one will be more stable. Thanks //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////////////////// Brian Spencer Spencer Software 757-853-8721 Voice & Fax spensoft@cris.com http://www.cris.com/~spensoft http://spensoft.dyn.ml.org http://spensoft.dynip.com http://www4.infi.net/~spencerb //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////////////////// CAUTION: Objects in my mind maybe closer than they appear. NOTE: You can't have everything, where would you put it? ------------------------------ From: "Niels Christian S. Nielsen" , on 10/23/97 3:48 AM: To: ELP-digest@reluctant.com Subject: The Guaira Theatre Saga At 00:15 22/10/97 -0400, you wrote: >This was the first time I could attend to an ELP concert and I hope it won't >be the last. They are much much better alive than I could ever imagine. I was on that gig too! And I live in Curitiba, and near the Theatre! Well, my friend and I bought the first tickets to that show... to the middle of the first row. At that time we had just known ELP, and we decide to spend the $50 bucks on the show... and man, it was worth!!! We actually went to the show thinking that maybe they were not *that* powerfull anymore, and perhaps a little bit pop. SORRY!! All the fans: We're sorry! When I first looked at the stage and saw both the gongs and Keith's monolithic synthesizer I realized that I was completely wrong and that that night was going to be the greatest of my entire life! >The bad news (for those interested in souvenirs of the tour): there was >absolutely no merchandise available (and to make things worse the guy in >charge of the stage security picked up _all_ the three or four guitar picks >Greg Lake had thrown at the ground...). Well, he actually throwed 5 picks on the stage. When Carl was making his drum solo I almost tried to jump on the stage and grab some of the picks, but some guy tried first and was not successful... At the end of the show, the security guy actually removed the picks from the stage, BUT, one remained in the pick holder (that on the mic stand) and some guy made it and the security guy couldn't do anything. Now... if you payed attention on the last minutes of our great Rendezvous, you'll remember that there were too unknown guys on the middle of the first row, that were reverencing the great trio.. yes, yes, we were allucinated!!! Greg noticed and came towards us. I thought that he was going to shake our hands or something, but he came over and gave one pick to each of us!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I still can't believe if!!!!!! We remained reverencing and Palmer was looking at us and he and Greg laughed... but I know they liked! So, don't say that there weren't souvenirs, cause I've got one right there, on the wall of my living room. :DDD >That's it! Rest assured to make your money's worth and see the show!! >Regards, >Cesar. Man, it ***was*** worth. The best way to spend 50 bucks in the whole world N|&Ls (hR|S+i@|\| $. n|&L$&N I went to the greatest gig of the Universe: Emerson, Lake (who personaly gave me his signed bass pick) and Palmer. _____________________________________________________________________ "Life is just a candle NIELS CHRISTIAN S. NIELSEN And the Dream must give it flame" berserk@saude.ufpr.br Neil Peart http://saude.ufpr.br/~berserk _____________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ From: Graham Wilson Phelps , on 10/20/97 1:17 AM: To: ELP-digest@reluctant.com Subject: R&R Hall of Fame: Prog Snobs As a first time writer to the Digest, I feel the neccessity to address an issue that has undoubtedly wrankled fans of ELP and progressive rock for sometime. In the Oct.30 issue of Rolling Stone magazine, a list of potential nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame appeared. Needless to say, none of our heroes were on that list. To date, only one of progressive rock's "Big Four" has been inducted: Pink Floyd. (The others I allude to are ELP, Yes and the Moody Blues. Though I also feel that Tull, Crimson and Genesis also deserve their just nominations.) I'm beginning to grow frustrated with this "cultural snobbery" that seems to permiate the Hall of Fame "selection committee." Though I admit to knowing very little about the "selection process," please permit me to vent. This selection committee appears to be personed by New York-based rock critics and journalists who are of the opinion that PUNK defines R&R and that the Velvet Underground (who seem to be inducted bi-annually) is R&R's only seminal band. Having said that, I absolutely, acknowledge Punk and the Velvets contributions to rock, however as ELP's eligibility deadline has come and gone without so much as a blink from the Hall (Lake's guitar dedication aside), I am convinced that progressive rock is paying a price for being so popular in the '70s. These same critics who lambasted every ELP/Yes/Moodies album are now apparently getting the last laugh (again!) by snubbing them. As far as ELP goes, their undeniable contribution to rock is apparent: No.1) Keith Emerson's strides in synthesizer use, not only on record, but on stage as well, was one of the most resounding technological innovations of its time. His use was masterful, and musically oriented. Compare Emerson's synth work with Steve Miller's ("Fly Like an Eagle") or Styx' ("Come Sail Away"), and you'll hear that it was NOT used as a gratuitous "sonic sacchrine." No.2) ELP, for better or worse, moved rock beyond its three-chord, blues-based confines. They incorporated modern classical (as did the Floyd and the Grateful Dead ["Hall of the Mountain King"] who are both inducted) and improvisational jazz (much like Santana [to be inducted this year]). No.3) ELP has sold millions of records, played for even more people, and continues to carry a strong devoted fan-base (notice this Digest). I could recite the credentials of Yes and the Moody Blues, but this is an ELP website. Though critics have knocked ELP constantly (and consider them a "black spot" on their precious Rock&Roll), that is not the issue at hand. The Hall committee members, as human beings on the planet Earth, have the right to like and dislike whoever they please. What is relevent is the fact that by ignoring the progressive rock legends, they are DISRESPECTING not only the artists, but fans of the artists as well. I feel that it is high time that the critics and nay-sayers swallow their venom for a while, and let progressive rock take its rightful place in ROCK HISTORY. You may hate Dennis Rodman, but who will argue that he is not a future Hall of Famer? Thank You, Graham Phelps ------------------------------ From: "Alan Krueger" , on 10/17/97 11:25 PM: To: Subject: ELP Pictures and questions I sent this to you back in May, but had an error in my return e-mail address. Thought i would send it again now that the return e-mail is fixed. > > Would you happen to know where the Karn Evil 9 songs were recorded for > WBMFTTSTNE? I would be interested in knowing if any of that was recorded > in Minneapolis that year. > > Thanks ------------------------------ From: Laurie <101776.3062@compuserve.com>, on 10/17/97 7:57 AM: To: John E Arnold Subject: Rock Family Trees UK readers may be interested in a snippet from Radio Times (The BBC's listings magazine) this week: "A second series of ROCK FAMILY TREES is on the way early next year, taking more hilarious trips through the sometimes addled memories of ageing hellraisers. 'This is Spinal Tap' comes to life in a programme on seventies "prog rock" giants Yes and ELP..." If you've seen earlier programmes in the series (eg a brilliant one on Fleetwood Mac) you'll know what to expect. ------------------------------ From: "Martin Kornick" , on 10/15/97 1:53 PM: To: "ELP Digest" Subject: Rosemont Theater Review Rosemont Theater Review 10/1/97 ELP Digest, I wrote this review of the '97 ELP show in Chicago at the Rosemont Theater on 9/19/97 for a friend and he sugested I submit to the digest... Well, being that I am only 34 years old and did not have the privilage to see ELP in the 70's, (ELPowell '86 was the first show I had seen) this was without a doubt the best ELP show I have ever seen!!! Way better than the '92-'93 tour!!! >From the start it looked like it was going to be great! They played a long Classical Anthem before ELP came on, then kicked into Karn Evil 9. 1st Imp. P2 and did a great rework of that number that was simply thrilling. As soon as that was over BAM right into Hoedown!!! Kieth fired up the L100 and spued out soaring sounds just like the the stuff you hear on Tarkus from the tripple live '73. Kieth then pulled out the ribbon and shot firworks all over the place and the crowd went nuts!!! Twice as many fireworks than in previous tours. In fact, I have never seen KE fire up the L100 so much (at least 3 or 4 times). Every song they played was re-arranged with additional soloing and stronger buildups at the end!!! Nothing was played just straight. Even Touch and Go was reworked and sounded fantastic!!! And that's saying a lot!!! Everything sounded fresh!!! The backdrop to the show was also great. The entire back of the stage was covered with twinkling stars, so it looked like they were playing in outer space!!! Much, much cooler looking than what I saw on the German TV broadcast. And what a treat to hear them play Take a Pebble and Honky Tonk Train Blues!!! Greg Lakes voice... It's Back!!!! Welcome Back!!!! That smoking patch must have really worked (As seen in Back Trax Canadian TV). He sounded unbelievable at the end Pictures at an Exhibition. I was blown away! Plus for his own pieces, he never just played solo, he was always backed by Kieth & Carl to recreate it just like on the albums. The ending of the show was also a great surprise. -As they have been doing for the last 5000 shows ending with Fanfare & Rondo/Drum Solo and the Organ battle- This time he still did the same thing but then returned for a second encore and kicked into 21st Century Man and America while he jumped on top of his piano, played flight of the bumble bee & phantom of the opera backwards and then more L100!!! The concert lasted nearly 2 hours!!!! A lot of old-timer ELP fans are still grumbling that they are not as good as they used to be. But for me... after watching all my old '70s ELP videos over and over and seeing them live 6 or 7 times... I can say without a doubt this was the best they have sounded since the 70's and the best ELP show I have ever seen!!! ONCE AGAIN, THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS!!! Martin m_kornick@prefaceinc.com ------------------------------ From: Uwe Hoepfner , on 10/14/97 3:12 PM: To: ELP Digest Cc: Paolo Rigoli Subject: newspaper reviews on ELP in Germany Hey, here are the first two of the promised translations of some german newspaper articles about ELP concerts in Germany. Please be aware that i`m not a professional translator, so i might got it wrong in words and/or sense. DRESDEN (Begin) Powerful and handmade! It was a smooth summer evening of mature gentlemen, who do not want to get old. On the stage there was, ecstatic as ever, a Keith Emerson in his mid fifties on the keyboards with his, only some years younger, fellows Greg Lake on bass and carl Palmer on drums. Between all the amplifiers, speakers, electronic pianos and a mighty with Paiste gongs equiped percussion tower the british trio produced themselves the way, we liked it all through the years. In front of the stage on the shores of the river Elbe there gathered fans who remebered joyfully the ELP era of the seventies, when they scanned the west-radio secretly. Yeah, those were the days. As young man and opponent of the regime were weared the unwashed hair open in the wind. But those days aren't gone completely. Out of the city and suburbs of Dresden and the nearby landscape there came on a sunday evening some older hippies, a little broader around the hips, in the outfit of the good old days, to celebrate the not lost youth with original music. And they did right. Actually the british classic rock heroes didn't block the road to enjoyable remembrance with modern times music, but celebrated out of their rich repertoire the most noble pieces handmade and powerful. "Lucky Man, "From the beginning", a minimised pianosolo with bartoks "Mikrokosmos"... and in the end of the official part their one and only version of Mussorgskis "Bilder einer Ausstellung". ELP didn't change musically. What they found to be good, they kept. Anyway, their music need technical skills which meet the highest standards. Their music is a challenge, that can be met live only by such excellent musicians. There can be no routine on this big tour - ELP will be in Europe during July, in South America during August and North America during September. In Dresden there was powerful playing and singing. With Complicated rythms, adventurous melodies and quotations through music history ELP played art rock for head and belly . Where can you get something like this these days? " END NUERNBERG (BEGIN) "Composed Selfirony Fresh as ever:The surprising comeback of Emerson Lake & Palmer in the Nuernberg Serenadenhof Reunions are up to date, even in rock business it is. Groups, broken up long ago, are on tour together again and show, that they didnt loose the cutting edge. With Emerson Lake & Palmer a legendary artrock trio was on stage in the original line-up of the Nuernberg Serenadenhof - and it was a concert not only for nostalgic people. Keyboard magician Keith Emerson, guitar conjurer Greg Lake and percussion sorcerer Carl Parlmer once wrote with conceptual albums like Tarkus, Brain Salad Surgery or the brilliant rock version of Mussorgskis piano piece Pictures at an Exhibition. rock history. After several break ups, changes and solo projects ELP presented themselves again in the original 1970 line-up. And the music sounds like - no, not like at that time, because up to now the three rock dinosaurs are beyond it to play their old hits as the were. There is a relaxed calmness and fine selfirony. Keith Emerson jumps like a black clothed magician between the keyboard and e-piano, evectively framed by the blinking Moog, Greg Lake is the charismatic and self-confident Rock-Doyen with his leadvoice and fast guitar and bass solos. And Carl Palmer is perfect in his part being the easy grooving, his partners with exact rythms supporting super-drummer. The furious span between rock, jazz and classic, which always was the fascinating thing about ELP pieces, works as it did earlier. Keith Emerson allows himself free room e.g to insert Bach fugues or Gershwin melodies in Honky TTonk Train Blues or From the beginning. Following the apothetical highness of the rock version of The great Gates of Kiev, with Greg Lake giving it all, there comes the weird encore: Keith Emerson killing the Hammond organ with knives, getting this old mother of all synthesizers to howl and scream, burying himself under it playing Bachs d-minor-Toccata upside down. Great perfomance of a supergroup." (END) Had a hard one with this, some difficult sentences and complicated vocabulary, and only a small dictionary. With regards from "Unter den Linden..." Uwe Hoepfner "I carry the dust of a journey..." Emerson Lake & Palmer, The Sage, Pictures at an Exhibition 1971 ------------------------------ From: "Stober, Karen E, SITS" , on 10/14/97 7:55 AM: To: "'Arnold, John (Digest)'" Subject: Daytona Europe 1997 photos on the web Hi all, Here are some interesting ELP related links: The Daytona Europe Festival 1997 pages have photos from the concert. These pages are in German: http://www.swf3.de/club/termine/daytona/festivalmag/musik/emm.htm (concert shots) http://www.swf3.de/club/termine/daytona/festivalmag/musik/elp.htm (Moog shot) Speaking of Moogs, Robert Moog's wife, Shirleigh, has a page and Keith has a quote about her on it: http://www.restless.com/moog-eatery.html Just tab a little ways down. Rather unique:-). Karen E. Stober home: karen1@mail.idt.net work: kstober@ems.att.com home page: http://idt.net/~karen1/ ------------------------------ From: NC , on 10/10/97 8:54 PM: To: elp-digest@reluctant.com Subject: ??? about the Nice Lee Jackson, Brian Davidson and Davy O'List, Keith's one time band mates in The Nice...whatever happened with, or what are they up to now? neil corsatea warren, oh c320i@grapevinenet.com ------------------------------ From: "The Shocknesse's" , on 10/10/97 1:35 PM: To: Subject: Lost Highway I watched a movie with my kids last night called Lost Highway, a David Lynch film. At one point in the movie, some music was playing and you could just barely make out the organ intro from Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression...I distinctly heard it played twice. No mention of it in the credits. Just thought I'd mention it! ------------------------------ From: El Pizote , on 10/10/97 9:59 AM: To: "John E. Arnold" Subject: Emerson Lake & Palmer in Costa Rica My name is Giancarlo Cavallotti from Costa Rica and I'm a ELP fan since I was 15. Twenty years ago I couldn't imagine that I will have the opportunity to see the Band in my own country, the dream finally came true! We had to wait almost a month to see and hear ELP, the date scheduled for August was cancelled due to Emerson's hand accident in Chile. The dates were scheduled once again for October 7th and 8th at the Teatro Nacional, a small beautiful opera house built the past century with a capacity of around 2,000 people. Once again we had to wait one more day to enjoy ELP Music, the concert of October 7th was once again cancelled due to a delay in the arrival of the equipment, somehow ELP made the two concerts last Wednesday, October 8th. The first concert started at 6:45 pm and the second one at 9:30pm, the group only rested 1 hour between each show! I saw the second concert and it was amazing to see the group performing for 2 hours with the same energy and strenght, as if they were playing for the first time on that day. The sound and presence of ELP was incredible! This unforgettable experience will remain in our head for the rest of our lives. I want to share with you the list of songs performed in the 2 concerts of October 9th: 1. Introduction 2. Excerpt from Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression (Welcome Back My Friends...) 3. Hoedown 4. Touch and Go 5. From the Beginning 6. Knife Edge 7. Bitches Crystal 8. Emerson's Piano Solo: Ginastera's Creole Dance 9. Honky Tonk Train Blues 10. Take a Pebble 11. Lucky Man (including excellent introduction in Spanish by Carl Palmer) 12. Excerpt from Tarkus and Pictures at an Exhibition: i. Eruption ii. Stones of Years iii. Iconoclast iv. Mass v. The Hut of Baba Yaga vi. The Great Gates of Kiev Encores: 13. Fanfare for the Common Man (Including Rondo and Bach's Toccata and Fugue in Dm) 14. Excerpt from 21st Century Schizoid Man (Including Carl's Drum Solo and America). About 4.000 people enjoyed the shows in Costa Rica. We hope to have ELP in Costa Rica once again in the future. Thanks & Regards, Giancarlo ------------------------------ From: Prott Bernd 2933 , on 10/7/97 8:46 AM: To: John Arnold Subject: ELP on King Bisquit Hi John, hi ELP fans I just bought the latest ELP on King Bisquit Live CD. Currently I cannot review the CD ROM material just the music, but there I must confess I'm disappointed. There is really nothing new on this CD. I think with the exception of Pirates and the excerpt of KEs Piano Concerto, the pieces have all be released before on either Works Live or WBMFTTSTNE. Normally each ELP show is a bit different but here each song is exactly the same to the last note compared to the before mentioned albums. If there would be a trophy for the most unnecessary ELP CD, this one is hard to beat. For me the only highlight is actually the Piano Concerto. Even without the orchestra KE fully captures the potential of this piece and produces a stunning performance. Maybe it would make a great solo piece for the next tour instead of 'Creole Dance'. But I doubt that Keith likes to play his Concerto or excerpts of it without orchestra. Some people still talk so much about the GX-1, I think this CD also proofs that it is good that Keith doesn't use it anymore. Personally I never liked the GX-1 sound. If I compare the weak sounds (e.g. P Gind, or Tiger) of the 1977 pieces to the stunning HAMMOND sounds Keith produced during the latest tour (e.g. In Rome) I believe it is the best for ELP to stay with a native sound baseline of the HAMMOND and the piano and use some self generated, fat synthi sounds as they did during the last tour. I hope the guys capture both this sound baseline and the joy to perform for their new album. If it really turns out that these ingrediences are combined with a true conceptual piece of 40 minutes (like Carl indicated) I can hardly wait for the release. Now I'm waiting for the 'ELP at the Isle of Wight' CD I have ordered,and there I don't expect a similar disappoitment. Best wishes Bernd Prott ------------------------------ From: "Daniel R. McBride" , on 10/5/97 9:04 AM: To: ELP DIGEST Subject: Keith Emerson--composer career choices Hello Emerson afficionados-- Tried the chat room a few times and have not found anyone there. Would like to contact people interested in talking about Keith's music, its evolution from the 70's, its significance, characteristics, and why the man has been so diverted from what I see as his main strengths. Other considerations: the relationship between his music and the lyrics, the philosophical "mood" of his work in general, why a musical genius continued to indulge in rather stale stage antics.... I would be interested in getting hold of people on this, or in having my address given to those with like interests. I thank you for your assistance. Sincerely Yours, Daniel R. McBride ------------------------------ From: "Michael R. Garbiso" , on 10/4/97 9:56 PM: To: ELP-digest@reluctant.com Subject: ELP at Humphries By the Bay "Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Ladies and Gentlemen, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer!" With those hallowed words, ELP took the stage at Humphries by the Bay tonight and proved that you're never too old to rock and roll. The show was classic ELP with the band running through their solid gold arsenal of musical firsts. All their best works were performed, Karn Evil 9, 2nd impression, Knife Edge, Tarkus, From the Beginning, Hoedown, Touch and Go, Lucky Man, Bitches Crystal, a little something Keith called "Balancing the Wheel" and a great honky tonk improvisation that Keith called "pulling a honky tonk train". The band was tight, showing that even after the better part of three decades, they could still maintain their individuality, while complimenting each other with concise, controlled riffs. Carl was in top form as he punished the drums, his precise rhythm a perfect match for Keiths' complex keyboard work. Gregs' voice was in excellent shape as he brought us all back to the seventies with his timbre, pitch and range. He couldn't hit the high notes as he did then, but with clever arraignments, no one seemed to notice. The sound quality was excellent, Gregs' bass was well defined, never drowned out, Keiths' piano, synthesizer, and Hammond were unbelievably loud with no hint of distortion, and the peel of Carls cymbals and gongs were sharp and clear. The one and a half hour show was capped by a half hour double encore that included Fanfare, Rondo, 21st Century Schizoid Man, and America. As usual, the boys seemed to be having a great time, Keith even put his hand to his mouth in mock embarassment when he made his only mistake in hitting a wrong note on Hoedown and they had a lot of fun which seemed to infuse the crowd with enthusiasm and energy. Make no mistake, the boys are back in top form as a live band. If Keith had any problems with his arm, it didn't show. He was relentless in pounding the keyboards with an almost insane pace and rhythm. Again, Gregs' voice was a throwback to the seventies, and Carl was in solid form. Even the ribbon controller made an appearance with pyrotechnics showering the crowd. All in all, this was the best performance I've seen since the California Jam show. When the musical Gods again bless me with another ELP concert you can bet "I'll be there, I'll be there, I will be there". Until next time, this your San Diego correspondent signing off and saying, Here's to all you fantastic ELP fans, and truly, may the show never end. Randy Randy Garbiso.....a weaver in the web that he made ------------------------------ From: "pat harrington" , on 10/2/97 8:07 PM: To: Subject: Upright Bass --Greg? On the song "Watching Over You", There's quite a nice upright bass line going on. Did Greg play the upright on this track? Just Wondering Pat H patharr@gte.net ------------------------------ From: dwax , on 10/1/97 10:32 PM: To: elp-digest-web@reluctant.com Subject: ELP at San Diego On a beautiful San Diego evening, Emerson, Lake & Palmer closed out the U. S. portion of their ongoing world tour with a very strong performance. After witnessing the opening show of this tour in Las Vegas back in June, the boys have gotten the various details of the show down to science. The sound and mix was outstanding--was this the outdoor setting of Humprey's club or just the experiences of the many shows of this tour? Before an upbeat and energized audience, ELP was driven to excellence. Mr. Keith Emerson is back firmly at the controls of the keyboards. Those physical issues apparently behind him, Keith was a master, the speed and aggressiveness--may the force be with you--it was on this evening. Mr. Carl Palmer was precision--the swiss watch who never misses a beat. Mr. Greg Lake was a smooth creamsicle on vocals. The set has remained stable throughout the tour. The only song changes from Las Vegas in June to the September San Diego show, was the dropping of "Tiger in a Spotlight," and the addition of a second encore which paired "21st Century Schizoid Man" with "America." One kick for me was in the first encore of "Fanfare"/"Rondo" was watching Keith with what appeared to me a newer model Hammond L-100. After seeing the ELP web pictures of the ancient instrument go up in smoke, it appears it was replaced. It also seems the newer unit will not do the same gratification for Keith as his ol' baby. So while it gets it nightly dose of double daggers, he is not pushing it around or laying down with it. The new substitute is to close the grand piano door and sit/stand while playing another synth backwards at the higher pedestal level offered by the staging. All in all, a better view for the crowd, not to mention the better sound put out by the synth. The set: 1. Karn Evil 9-First Impression-Part 2 2. Hoedown 3. Touch and Go 4. From The Beginning 5. Knife Edge 6. Bitches Crystal 7. Creole Dance 8. Honky Tonk Train Blues 9. Take a Pebble 10. Lucky Man 11. Tarkus/Pictures at an Exhibition 12. Fanfare for the Common Man/Rondo (first encore) 13. 21st Century Schizoid Man/America (second encore) The highlight of the set for me again was the inclusion of the classic "Take a Pebble." The arrangement here just really clicks and the crowd responded strongly. The crowd got their kicks from Carl's solo--he really got the motor going on this particular evening. With Keith and Carl's physical issues behind them, the future in front of them, we need some new music! No more talk---we need action from our heroes. "It is a promise to pay." So after a few tacos and a few more tour dates in Mexico--boys...please go hit the studio. ------------------------------ From: Peter Wilton , on 9/30/97 9:19 AM: To: John Arnold Subject: Re: Rocking The Classics In message , Peter Bakel writes >Keith Emerson said of Rocking the Classics and Edward >Macan: "While there have been thousands of books on every >form of music, progressive music as such has gotten a raw >deal. If Emerson said "gotten", it's symptomatic of the extent to which he's an exile from his home country! BTW, it's a superb book, though I would have liked him to do an analysis of KE9, in support of his statement that it's ELP's "masterpiece". -- Peter Wilton The Gregorian Association Web Page: http://www.beaufort.demon.co.uk/chant.htm ------------------------------ From: Uwe Hoepfner , on 9/25/97 12:08 PM: To: ELP Digest Subject: Greg Lake Interview and other stuff Hey fans, the "Bass frontiers" magazine "http://www.bassfrontiers.com/" has an interview with Greg Lake. Is anybody able to give a summary? "http://www.clo.com/~dave/greg.txt" has an interview with GL wich was done before the tour with Jethro Tull. "http://www.teleport.com/~fototune/page7.htm" has some Images of the 96 tour with Jethro Tull. With regards from "Unter den Linden..." Uwe Hoepfner "I carry the dust of a journey..." Emerson Lake & Palmer, The Sage, Pictures at an Exhibition 1971 ------------------------------ From: , on 9/24/97 5:48 AM: To: elp-digest@reluctant.com (Receipt notification requested) Subject: Live story The latest ELP live releases provide an excellent opportunity for making statistics and a clear market demand. Putting all live releases in context shows which parts of ELP’s live story - which coincidentially is of the greatest live band around - that are poorly documented. The market (that's me) beg, cry and demand that this is amended - ASAP! 1970 Available material * Live CD : Isle of Wight * Official video : Pictures at an Exhibition (Lyceum, Dec. 9th) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Unavailable * Live audio : Recordings of Barbarian and Tank *Official videos : Complete Lyceum (Barbarian, Knife Edge, Take a Pebble, Pictures, Tank, Rondo) 1971 Available material * Live CD : Pictures at an Exhibition * Official video : NOTHING - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Unavailable * Live audio : All ELP and Tarkus stuff that was played live in 71 * Official videos : NOTHING (though several TV shows exists, e.g. from Belgium) 1972 Available material * Live CD : NOTHING * Official video : NOTHING - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Unavailable * Live audio : All ELP, Tarkus and Trilogy stuff that was played live in 72 (especially The Endless Enigma which later never has been played live - THIS IS A MUST!!!!) *Official videos : NOTHING (though several TV shows exists, e.g. from Tokyo) 1973 Available material * Live CD : NOTHING * Official video : NOTHING at the moment. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Unavailable * Live audio : All ELP, Tarkus, Trilogy and BSS stuff that was played live in 73 *Official videos : Manticore Documentary 1974 Available material * Live CD : Welcome Back My Friends - and the new King Biscuit Karn Evil 9 * Official video : NOTHING - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Unavailable * Live audio : Pictures at an Exhibition (e.g. the peculiar version from Buffalo) *Official videos : California Jam (what would it cost to get the rights?) 1977 Available material * Live CD : Works Live (with Orchestra), King Biscuits (sans Orchestra) * Official video : NOTHING at the moment. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Unavailable * Live audio : Pirates with orchestra *Official videos : Montreal 77 1978 Available material * Live CD : NOTHING, though the KBFHS of 1977 shows how they did sound * Official video : NOTHING - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Unavailable * Live audio : NOTHING *Official videos : Several promos of Works II material, some TV shows 1992 Available material * Live CD : Live at the Royal Albert Hall * Official video : Live at the Royal Albert Hall, Welcome Back My Friends (interviews and some glimpses of 70s material) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Unavailable * Live audio : Pictures *Official videos : Black Moom promo, several TV shows 1993 Available material * Live CD : NOTHING * Official video : NOTHING - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Unava0ilable * Live audio : Live at the Wiltern (with a changed and improved set since Albert Hall) - radio show *Official videos : NOTHING 1996 Available material * Live CD : NOTHING * Official video : NOTHING - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Unavailable * Live audio : NOTHING (though a lot of official DAT recordings were made) *Official videos : NOTHING 1997 Available material * Live CD : NOTHING (at the moment...) * Official video : NOTHING (at the moment...) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Unavailable * Live audio : NOTHING (though some official recordings must have been made *Official videos : A German TV show For the record, it should be stated that a lot of CD and video boots are available from every tour. These will not be discussed here. Its sufficient to say that some of these easily (through some remastering) could be made into great and amazing official live material. Just ask the fans for suggestions - and material if Manticore doesn't already own copies. The market demand is easy to deduce from the gaps in the above statistics! So far 1970 and early 1971, 74, 77 and 92 are fairly well documented, even if some goodies are missing even here. Late 1971, 1972, 1973, 1993, 1996 and 1997 are completely missing on CD as well as video. All this should be more than enough for a 30 years box or a long series of "Pictures of ELP". Yours Bjorn Are Bjorn-Are.Davidsen@s.nett.telenor.no ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Weaver in the Web that he made - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Our minds were moving parallel Because they never met ------------------------------ Digest subscrition, mailing address, and administrative stuff to: elp-digest-request@reluctant.com ELP-related info that you want to put in the digest to: elp-digest@reluctant.com Back issues are available from the ELP Digest web site: 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. 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