ELP Digest Monday, 1 June 1998 Volume 8 : Issue 7 The "I Won't Be Far Away" Edition Today's Topics: Dragon Choir Club Show Keith Emerson concert Impressions Magazine Bonn date cancelled ELP on British TV ELP On The BBC Keith & Sport A message to love Nuclear Dawn Emerson & Par Lindh CDs ELP live in 1972 Questions about the Nice summer tour setlist (suggestions) Different Subjects Interesting - probably not Best of Both Worlds Keith Emerson Solo Album "HONKY" ELP In Mojo Magazine ?? about the Nice Emerson vs. Moog Showdown GX-1 Prelude ======= Sorry for the long delay between issues. I won't belabor you with excuses. Instead, I'll just say... while I get caught up, you can get the latest news on ELP's summer tour at either the official ELP web site: http://www.dynrec.com/elp or the newly renamed Official Keith Emerson site at http://www.keithemerson.com. I tried to get this issue out last night but.. just as I was about to get working on it (finally), really bad weather cropped up and I lost power for a few hours. Oh well. This issue is a smattering of topics that I think are of enoguh interest to make it seem like this issue was worth waiting for. (Insert your own joke here.) On with the show... - John - ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Ken4musiq , on 5/16/98 4:29 AM: To: elp-digest-web@reluctant.com Subject: Dragon Choir I had the opportunity to see Keith Emerson with the Dragon Choir this evening at the Maritime Hall in San Francisco. The crowd was light which was unfortunate because it was quite an enjoyable show. Much to my surprise, they performed several classics from ELP including a full rendition of Tarkus with dueling guitars from heavy metal hell (which made for quite an interesting Aquatarkus). Included were Bonillas 'White Noise', 'Hoedown' with Keith playing harmonica and spoons of all things; it branched out into a rockabliiy delight. Also , 'Honky Tonk Train Blues', 'Creole Dance', 'Tarkus', 'Fanfare for the Common Man'. a rendition of 'Blue Rondo a la Turk' thrown in with that Moog stick Keith uses. . Glen Hughes stole the show. He first appeared with a subdued suave, looking like Phil Collins with hair, singing out of Jesus Christ Superstar, and acting like a sixteen year old who hasn't quite gotten over the fascination of seeing himself nude in the mirror. Quite a nice voice though. They did Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" and an original 'Cover Me When I Sleep' about recovering from addiction. Hughes and Emerson go back to the California Jam days. I certainly would recommend seeing the show to anyone who has the opportunity. Members included Marc Bonilla, guitar, Joe Travers, drums, Mike Wallace, guitar and Ed Roth, keyboards, who got a brief solo during the encore Allman Bros. "Dreams" (could you imagine having to play keyboard back up for Keith Emerson). ------------------------------ From: "Kenneth J. Hopkins" , on 5/16/98 10:48 PM: To: Subject: Club Show I got the chance to see Keith Emerson perform in a club setting on May 14th at a small club in Santa Cruz, CA. The club had a capacity of maybe 500 but about 250-300 were present. This let all of us see Keith perform up close. Keith show started about 10PM (after a local one-man band). The show started with an unidentified guitar piece by Marc Bonilla (who played guitar on "Changing States"). The rest of the band (at this point) consisted of a bass player, a drummer, a second guitar player, and a keyboard player. (The poster identified them as Dragon something but I did not write it down - sorry). Keith then came out to play Hoedown. This was somewhat different than previous performances in that Keith played spoons and harmonica during the song. Next was Nutrocker with some enhancements that Keith attributed to Marc. This was followed by: Close to Home Honk Tonk Train Blues Creole Dance Then Marc was given a chance to play another song that was unknown to me. Glen Hughes came out to sing. The songs were: Whiter Shade of Pale Cover Me Some Deep Purple song that I can not remember the title of. Keith played these well even though he was using sheet music for these 3 songs and had to put on reading glasses. After this was over, a California "Tarkus" licence plate appeared on Keith's Geoff keyboard and they lanched into a longer version of Tarkus that we have heard in the past few ELP shows. It was certainly different without Greg Lake singing but it was great anyway. (Glen was reading all of the words from a teleprompter but he did well.) The band made it's bows and left the stage. For an encore they lanched into Fanfare for a Common Man followed by Rondo. The drummer (Joe?) was given time for a nice drum solo during Rondo. Rondp included the ribbon controller / fireworks bit. There was not enough stage room for so Keith closed the cover to the piano and jumped on top to play the keyboard backwards. I got the chance to meet Keith after the show and get some CD covers signed. He moved through the line of fellow fans very quickly. Like everyone has said before, Keith is really a nice person. This was the 14th Emerson show I have gone to but the first that I could meet the great man himself. This is my favorite concert of all times. Another note for those of you in the Bay Area, note that the unidentified ELP show San Francisco for August 28 is now Kaiser Auditorium in Oakland, CA of August 29. ------------------------------ From: DAVID KOLARICH , on 5/18/98 9:39 AM: To: elp-digest-web@reluctant.com Subject: Keith Emerson concert I was one of the very fortunate individuals that got to see Keith Emerson with Marc Bonilla & Glen Hughes on Friday May 15th. It was such an incredible concert, we were in awe of what we were seeing. I have never seen Keith play keyboards in a hard rock format and again it was so incredible. Can you tell me if Keith has any plans to record something with Marc & Glen in that type of hard rock format? [...] David Kolarich ------------------------------ From: estazz99@intonet.co.uk, on 4/28/98 8:51 AM: To: elp_digest@reluctant.com Subject: Impressions Magazine IMPRESSIONS - IMPRESSIONS - IMPRESSIONS - IMPRESSIONS - IMPRESSIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------- Issue 5 of this UK based ELP magazine is now out. It features an EXCLUSIVE interview with Greg Lake, as well as tour reports from 1997, an exclusive interview with Chris Welch, New/Forthcoming releases, News section and more. It also contains several photos, two of which have never previously been published (from 1971). Impressions is glossy and printed in colour. It averages 30 pages packed full of information about ELP. Everything written in Impressions is exclusive to Impressions. Every issue features an EXCLUSIVE interview with a member of the band. Impressions gets full support from Keith, Greg and Carl and their management. The magazine is run by ELP fans for ELP fans. If any important news materialises inbetween issues, we do a separate mailshot to all our subscribers. We are taking subscriptions for Issues 4, 5 and 6. Issue 4 - September 1997 features an exclusive interview with KEITH EMERSON, Issue 5 - GREG LAKE and Issue 6 (due out in the fall/autumn) will feature exclusive interviews with CARL PALMER and PETE SINFIELD (I met Pete last week, what a great bloke!). PRICE for the three issues: 15 pound in the UK, 20 pound/$35US Rest of the World. If paying in US $$, please pay by CASH or International Money Order (drawn on a UK bank). Issue 1 - April 1996 (Keith Emerson), Issue 2 - August 1996 (Greg Lake) and Issue 3 - March 1997 (Carl Palmer) are available as back issues. PRICE per issue: 6 pound in the UK, 7 pound /$12US Rest of the World. All checks are payable to: TRILOGY. New official address: IMPRESSIONS, P.O. Box 516, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 1YA, ENGLAND. We look forward to hearing from you! Liv G. 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Our address: Impressions, P.O. Box 516, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 1YA, England. E-Mail: estazz99@intonet.co.uk. * Our bank has given me assurances that they consider receiving credit card details via E-Mail a safe method. What they strongly advice against is disclosing credit card details on the actual Internet. However, if you feel it safer to send your order in the post, that is fine with us. If you require any further information about the magazine, please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to hearing from you. Liv G. Whetmore Editor - Impressions ------------------------------ From: Akiko Hada , on 5/4/98 11:19 AM: To: elp-digest@reluctant.com Subject: Bonn date cancelled Hi, Further to Peter Tagliabue's post in Digest V8 #5, I rang the ticket service in Cologne who told me the planned ELP concert in Bonn has now been cancelled - though I haven't been able to find out who the promoter had been, from whom I wanted to get a double confirmation of this. Oh well... Akiko Hada. [ Editor's Note: I can confirm that this show was never really scheduled. Shortly after the last ELP Digest came out (that mentioned the Bonn show), I learned from the ELP camp that the show wasn't on the real schedule and I immediately removed it from the ELP Digest web site. - John - ] ------------------------------ From: "Nigel Hobday" , on 4/28/98 10:02 AM: To: elp-digest@reluctant.com Subject: ELP on British TV Who can ever forget the appearance of ELP on 'Top of the Pops' performing "All I Want Is You". I remember reading or hearing an interview with Greg afterwards stating that they had an invitation to appear, so they did... (What did that do to their credibility ?!) Also - who else in the South of England can remember Keith Emerson appearing on either the BBC or ITV (Southern?) regional news magazine (after the 6pm news) performing a re-arranged version of the programme theme tune. Foolish me - I didn't record it there and then as I assume they would use it afterwards, but of course they didn't ! Also - who's been watching the 'Best of The Generation Game' with Jim Davidson on the BBC. (Prime time Saturday night). The first compilation programme started off with edited highlights of some of the games played to the music of Karn Evil 9 1st Impression with the games edited to reflect the lyrics of the song. (Of course they edited out the lyrics about ..performing on a stool...!) Nigel Hobday nige@vnet.ibm.com ------------------------------ From: Bryan Roberts , on 4/28/98 3:12 PM: To: elp-digest-web@reluctant.com Subject: ELP On The BBC Some readers were asking about rare ELP appearences on the BBC. Well, here's one to really (I mean REALLY) embarass me, you, the readers and E,L & P.. Yes folks, it was a rare live appearence on TOP OF THE POPS at the time of the er... Love Beach album (Medallion Chests, Sun Tans.. remember?). The boys gave a rousing rendition of one the tracks (something about flight 112? - because it rhymed...). [ Editor's Note: That would be "All I Want Is You" - see above - John - ] Actually it wasn't that bad - but I do remember thinking.. ' How have my heroes made the transition from the ecstatic, classic and powerful 'Fanfare' video in Montreal Stadium to a small BBC studio in Shepherds Bush wherupon they are playing a 'pop' record to a bunch of gawky looking boys and girlees who don't quite know how to dance to this and look intimidated by the 'seriousness' of the musicians (I remember Carl looking seriously Pissed Off - probably at having to do the number). However...ain't that ELP's career for you?? full of surprises, inconsistencies, frustrations, poorly managed and promoted (in the past), whilst at the same time being engaging, dynamic and (STILL in 1998) the best live band on the planet. Let's hope for many more years from the guys. PS. to ELP management.... Reports of the demise of the UK due to the melting of the polar caps, in turn due to global warming, have been greatly exagerated... Come on boys, The Channel Tunnel is now open - The UK has the most frustrated ELP fan base in the World - ELP could fill Wembley arena for a week with proper promotion... Best Regards to all digest readers. Bryan Roberts (London,UK) ------------------------------ From: "Bernard Delmage" , on 4/28/98 11:15 AM: To: elp-digest@reluctant.com Subject: Keith & Sport I don't know about him signing for Newcastle United (unlikely) but he did play cricket for his local pub - the Six Bells in Chiddingly. If you ever go on a pilgrimage check it out. There is a team picture on the wall including our hero! I believe Emo also played a gig there with Greg and Cozy! Bernard East Sussex UK ------------------------------ From: Rudolf Gabler , on 4/28/98 9:11 AM: To: "'ELP-digest@reluctant.com'" Subject: A message to love Hi John, yesterday, our local broadcast (BR 3 -- the one which broadcasted also the Munich ELP concerto 1997 --- mentioned before in this list) showed the fully "A message to love - Isle of Wight festival" video. As nobody reported before, the movie featured an absolutely new ELP song on it!! Beginning with a Hammond howl, it jumped immediately into a section which was later published as part of Pictures at an Exhibition. After another 4 seconds, Carl Palmer had already the possibility to show a drum solo, to be interrupted by Keith with the middle section of Rondo. The whole appearance stopped after 17 and a half second, which was the shortest ELP song I ever heard. The whole scene was imbedded within the very interesting walk on top of a lavatory which itself took -- I think -- at least some 5 minutes within this movie about the most important musical pop event in this epoche. This kind of motion pictures reminds me of the only other snapshot of ELP playing this festival. It happened within a musical "documentation" about POP music titled "All you need is love" and commented by George Grosz. This was broadcasted in Germany in the late 70-ies. There ELP as an important group appeared within a video sequence of 12 seconds by playing parts of Pictures 3 times faster as it was in the original (I forgot to mention, that I also have the recently available Isle of Whight ELP-CD). The comment on ELP music afterwards was: "A hectic kind of noise" which was "proofed" by these 12 seconds. Obviously it's a standard in music criticism, to be at least very unfair against a musical non-conformist, if one fails to have enough musical arguments to set against. Best regards, Rudi Gabler ------------------------------ From: Frank Sonnenberg , on 4/28/98 3:51 PM: To: elp-digest@reluctant.com Subject: Nuclear Dawn In response to Mike Branick (ELP Digest V8 #6) regarding "new clear" pronounced "nuclear" in KE9, I have always been certain that this was intentional and was meant by Lake as a play on words. Thank God he didn't pronounce it "nucular". -- Frank Sonnenberg ------------------------------ From: "Toohey, Joseph" , on 5/1/98 2:15 PM: To: "'John Arnold'" Subject: Emerson & Par Lindh CDs John, I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the new issue of Emerson's "Inferno" CD from Italy. It has an extra 10 minute bonus track & doesn't chop the last piece off like the original LP. It is reasonably priced online at MMMusic web vendor for prog rock. (mmmusic@ix.netcom.com for e-mail users not on the web). MMMusic also has New Grove Project's "Fools Journey" with Par Lindh on keys. (Sounds like YES, except the vocals would be better with a higher pitch voice like Jon Anderson.) Par Lindh is signed for Prog Day in the fall. His latest CD out recently is just as good as "Gothic Impressions". It is on the home page, but North Americans can get a lower price from "Dr. Robert L. La Duca" who is a USA contact and associated with Prog Day. Joe Toohey TooheyJ@nima.mil ------------------------------ From: "Jeff Marx" , on 5/20/98 4:54 PM: To: "John Arnold" Subject: ELP live in 1972 Hey John, I was just thinking back to spring of 1972 and the 'Trilogy' concerts; two of which I was lucky enough to attend. Back then Keith actually played the modular moog and a mini-moog simultaneously (AquaTarkus & Rondo), gosh do I miss that high-energy symphony of analog power which seemed so much more potent than anything they do now. Yes I know, the monolithic moog was (and still is) the most tempremental beastie known to progressive rock and would de-tune if a feather landed on it so I realize Keith doesn't want to fool with it too much. But I wish he'd think of using the mini-moog again (there are several digital recreations of the mini-moog being produced today). What a great and expressive instrument it is!! 'AquaTarkus' as played before the BSS tour was the most "balls to the wall" I've ever seen any musicians get. You never knew what you were going to get when Keith lit up both synths at the same time and improvised heavily. Some nights worked better than others as should be the case with taking musical risks. I don't know if we'll ever hear 'AquaTarkus' again but I miss it and other pieces that represent the more 'space-rock' side of ELP. Cheers, Jeff Marx ------------------------------ From: "G.T. TYSON IV" , on 11/11/97 9:35 AM: To: elp-digest@reluctant.com Subject: Questions about the Nice Good morning/afternoon/evening all: Lately I've been kind of rediscovering some of the older stuff by the Nice. The band's image of punks running amok in the cathedral was always a kick for me. Anyway, the questions: 1. Who is the little child whose voice appears at the end of "America" and the rerecorded version of "Daddy Where Did I Come From"? 2. What kind of vocal distortion is being used during "One Of Those People", and where might I find the complete lyrics to it? Thanks to one and all. GT Tyson IV Tarkus@skantech.com ------------------------------ From: Lennart , on 4/28/98 8:53 PM: To: elp-digest@reluctant.com Subject: summer tour setlist (suggestions) ELP touring with Deep Purple sounds great! the setlist should be the group-rockin' side of ELP, really LOUD and Distorted, and NOT be a presentation of the individual musical tastes. Let's bear in mind it's a Deep Purple crowd out there! ELP can be a great rock n' roll band if they really want to! my wishful setlist, - should be played in a somewhat up-tempo beat, and very LOUD: 1. "Learning to fly" (a great opening, as well as a tribute to Cozy Powell) turning into 2. "Hoedown" (of course) 3. "Living Sin" (are you up to it, GREG?) turning into 4. "Blues Variation" (this has got a typical DP boogie feel to it, it's a must!) - going into a slow phaze 5. "love blind" (slow enough for this crowd, GREG!) 6. "The Enemy God" (are you up to it, CARL?) (as played on the "In Concert" album, IMO this is ELP at their best!") 7. "America"/"Rondo" and as many familiar classical themes playing backwards, after jumping over the Hammond L100 connected to the 50W Marshall stack! (what could be more HARD-rock?) as an encore: K.E. alone! 8. Piano Improv's (are you up to it, KEITH?) (no midi's and lot's of sustain-pedals! - would you mind?) as a second encore(?!): 9. Pirates! (It's a really great composition, and it would work well as a conclusion to the show, - if it's played as a BIG ELP-piece, that is) again, this is a tour with Deep Purple, and I don't think it would be a difficult task for ELP to make THE attraction of the evening, despite they are announced as a "supporting act". /Lennart ------------------------------ From: Brian Johnstone , on 5/2/98 9:47 PM: To: elp-digest@reluctant.com Subject: Different Subjects Just thought I'd change the subject on the digest a wee bit. It's all very nice to have an opinion about what we all like but it becomes a bit tiresome - not to mention completely irrelevant to see every person's favourite songs. Frankly, (don't call me frankly surely) while we are all huge fans of the band, I don't care what every one elses favourite songs are - we sound like the steam railway preservation society frgoodnessake!!! (nothing against them) Let's try and use the service for more interesting and relevant information about the band. I;m not saying it's all duff - quite the contrary I think it's excellent and I have met many ELP fans at gigs as a result of it What about someone else doing more transciptions of the music to supplement Brent wood's stuff (excellent by the way - Hours of fun playing this stuff which is very hard to pick out by ear). How about some discussion on the following: ELP in the modern music scene the importance of the music the relevnce of the lyrics the playing styles interesting conversations with the band backstage after the gigs the equipment interesting information - generally No doubt I'll get slagged for being boring too - oh well ......here's my favourite ELP songs ........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Brian Johnstone - the Scots git who has to travel far to the gigs even if they do play in the UK!! ------------------------------ From: Brian Johnstone , on 5/4/98 12:32 PM: To: elp-digest@reluctant.com Subject: Interesting - probably not As if to prove a point I thought I would start the ball rolling woth some trivia. Greg Lake said that ELP still held the attendance record for the Munich Olympic stadium which they set in 1974. Can anyone confirm this? C'mon Akiko you must know this since you live not too far away!! On the subject of this. I was in Montreal recently and took the guided tour of the hallowed venue - the big O - (The Montreal Olympic Stadium). On the wall is a wee poster giving you some information about the place. A plaque states that the biggest audience for a gig was held by ..... gasp......Pink Floyd with around 78000 floydians during their 1977 Animals tour. Now Pink Floyd are a good band'n'all but my understanding is a little different. For all of you who have the OGWT video from 1977 Bob Harris says that ELP played to 'more than 88000 people'. Being as I am I summoned that man in charge of statistics in the big O and duly asked him to update the poster with the ELP information. Needless to say he didn't know any better and (as we say in Scotland) 'slung me a deefy'. This is a Scots colloquialism for ' for being ignored and looked at in a ' are you feeling OK' sort of manner. Does anyone know any better. How about any Canuks? Brian - the Scots git whose idea of an interesting contribution to the digest is some statistics and some lighthearted banter. And here's my favou....zzzzzzzzzz ------------------------------ From: gendev@juno.com (GLEN C DENIS), on 5/1/98 11:15 PM: To: arnold@reluctant.com Subject: Best of Both Worlds Just a suggestion here, If only ELP and YES would tour together. With Steve Howe back, the bands could merge their talents and play songs from ASIA and KING CRIMSON. Jon Anderson could sing PRINCE RUPERT AWAKES. I'm sure CARL PALMER can cover BILL BRUFORD's parts. This is my dream concert! Thanks for listening! Sue Denis gendev@juno.com ------------------------------ From: Bobsmotors , on 5/2/98 11:24 AM: To: elp-digest-web@reluctant.com Subject: Keith Emerson Solo Album "HONKY" Just a short e-mail question to ELP fans - I've been looking for keith`s first solo album for a while now, and have had no luck in finding it. If anyone could point me in the right direction, I would greatly appreciate it. By the way, to all Keith Emerson fans - I recommend all of his soundtrack albums - including "Nighthawks", "Inferno", "Murder Rock", and "La Chiesa - (the church)". I also recommend all of the soundtracks made by goblin - for dario argento`s films - "Suspiria!, "Deep Red", "Tenebrae", and also other goblin soundtracks - "Contamination", and "Roller". Goblin have clearly stated that they were influenced by ELP, and this is evident in their work. That's all for now - i hope ELP keep making their great music... ------------------------------ From: "AMWILSON.UK.ORACLE.COM" , on 3/20/98 9:58 AM: To: elp-digest@reluctant.com Subject: ELP In Mojo Magazine Just to let you know that there is a very nice pic of Keith (early 70's) in the April edition of "Mojo", a Brit pop-culture magazine. It's there due to a feature on the Moog. Keith is pictured doing what he does best - playing the organ live on stage whilst watching TV at the same time. Readers of a "sensitive" persuasion should probably resist the temptation to read what is a rather unfair critique of "Lucky Man". But maybe I'm biased, as it was hearing this track being played at full blast in a record store in Inverness in 1971, that prompted me to buy the album (Much to my mum and dad's dismay.....) [...] but here's the quote about "Lucky Man". "His manager Tony Stratton-Smith having famously tried to blag one of Bob's trendy boxes on his behalf, only to be sent packing by then Moog salesman Walter Sear, Keith Emerson had to buy his own. Here, he obviously can't wait to get it out of its box, restraining himself for most of Greg Lake's drippy ballad until he can contain himself no longer and - Emerson being a confirmed organ stabber - lets rip with a solo that wears electronic 18-hole Docs and remains simultaneously stupid and superb". I warned you! comments to John McReady at "Mojo" please and not me! Andy Wilson London WILSONAWM@AOL.COM ------------------------------ From: Gabe_Camacho@usccmail.lehman.com (Gabe Camacho), on 3/6/98 1:59 PM: To: elp-digest@reluctant.com Subject: ?? about the Nice Neil asked: > Lee Jackson, Brian Davidson and Davy O'List, Keith's one time bandmates in > The Nice...whatever happened with, or what are they up to now? Lee Jackson formed a very good band named Jackson Heights that released 5 albums. The last few were with Michael Giles (Greg Lake's King Crimson bandmate). He and Brian Davison then joined with Pat Moraz to form a new mix of The Nice and Mainhorse named Refugee. Their album was excellent. It's too bad that after doing Yes' "Relayer" and "The Story of I", that Pat didn't re-group with these guys to try to continue Refugee. They had a wonderful thing going. I know Brian Davison also played with Gong and Roy Harper (who didn't?). Lee Jackson and Brian Davison were reported (in this newsletter a few years ago) to have formed a new band and Keith reported that Brian was teaching jazz (though I'm sure this is not what most Americans would call jazz drums). They had recently done some work with Par Lindh on keyboards, but nothing yet has surfaced from this group. What if they opened ELP's next tour? Davy O'List reportedly played briefly with both Pink Floyd and Jethro Tull in the late 60's and did some sessions with Brian Ferry in the mid-70's, helping to fill in the gap left by Phil Manzanera's excursions with Quiet Sun (another great progressive band really worth checking out) and 801. ------------------------------ From: "Stober, Karen E, SITS" , on 3/4/98 9:17 AM: To: "'Arnold, John (Digest)'" Subject: Emerson vs. Moog Showdown This, from the March issue of Music News Network, page 1: Keyboard Spotlight Keyboard Magazine, Apple Computers, and others joined forces to sponsor a night of keyboards at the 1998 NAMM Show. Featured performers included the Rudess Morgenstein Project and Dragonchoir. Another performer was John Laraio, who has worked with Yes' Jon Anderson. ....%< snip Dragonchoir is led by guitarist extraordinaire Marc Bonilla and included Keith Emerson on keyboards and vocalist Glenn Hughes. The highlight of the evening was the band's rocking version of Emerson, Lake and Palmer's "Tarkus" that featured Dr. Robert Moog jamming with Emerson. Take care, Karen E. Stober (w) kstober@att.com (h) karen1@mail.idt.net ------------------------------ From: "Brian O'Sullivan" , on 2/27/98 10:12 PM: To: elp-digest@reluctant.com Subject: GX-1 >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..... I've always enjoyed the GX-1 sound on the live recordigs I've heard a lot more than on the Works albums. It sounds somewhat thin on the studio tracks, but a lot thicker in concert. I really like the "In Concert/King Biscuit/Works Live" arrangements of Tiger in a Spotlight, Peter Gunn, Enemy God, and Fanfare (gotta be my all-time favorite arrangement of this one!) Overall, though, I would agree. IMHO Keith's best compositions focus on Hammond & piano. Through old Keyboard mag interviews I've read I can tell that Keith was quite enamoured with the GX-1. I suppose it was very nice to have a multi-manual synth that was built more like an organ. Anyone know if the "playability" was as much a factor as the sounds it produced? ================================================== Brian O'Sullivan brianos@ziplink.net Columbia, MD http://www.ziplink.net/~brianos ------------------------------ 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. 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