ELP Digest         10 November 2004
                   Volume 14 : Issue 09

The "Very Few Folk in Focus" Edition
    incorporating the Greg Lake Birthday edition

Today's Topics:

Breaking News, Rumors, Etc.
-  Greg Lake update (November 9, 2004)
-  Re: ELP Digest Vol. 14 #08 (November 3, 2004)
-  Godzilla connection (November 3, 2004)
-  ELP added to iTunes! (November 3, 2004)

Reader Commentary
-  Keith Emerson in Portland Oregon 10-23-04 (November 1, 2004)
-  Novel quotation (November 6, 2004)
-  ELP & Baseball (November 8, 2004)
-  Translation of 'Godzilla' web site (November 9, 2004)

Questions (and Answers!)
-  Looking for ELP sheet music book (November 7, 2004)

ELP-related products, tribute bands, promoters
    (The ELP Digest does not endorse, etc.)
-  Re: Request for info (November 3, 2004)
-  Inside ELP (DVD) (November 5, 2004)


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Prelude
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It's just been a few days since the last ELP Digest but, as is
our custom, we send out an edition to mark the birthdays of Keith,
Greg, and Carl. And, today, it's Greg's turn. Happy Birthday, Greg!

In this Digest, Bruce Pilato updates us on what Greg's been up to.
There's a lot of activity to report and that's always good news.

Also, North American readers may want to remember that Keith Emerson
will be on the syndicated Rockline radio show TONIGHT! The full
details (including a pretty complete (I think) listing of FM radio
stations that carry Rockline can be found at Keith's web site:
www.keithemerson.com.

I also happened to notice recently that a number of ELP albums have
been added to the iTunes service. A few people had asked about this
in the past year so it's nice to see it become available in this
new format.

An ELP Digest reader has graciously translated the Japanese language
web page that - in the last issue - referred to Keith's involvement
with the music in the upcoming 'final' Godzilla movie.

Also, we have a reader reporting on details of a new DVD that
critiques (and, apparently a fair critique at that!) a lot of the
ELP back catalog. And another ELP reference in modern literature.

See the show!

- John -

P.S. Don't forget that Dave Kilminster, Phil Williams, and Pete Riley
(from The Keith Emerson Band) are contributing text and photos to a
web log that I'm hosting at www.brain-salad.com and that there's a
more complete tour diary at www.davekilminster.com.

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Latest News from the Official ELP sites ....

The only updates since the last issue are on Keith's site:

Info on how to access Wednesday's Rockline appearance:

    http://www.keithemerson.com/MiscPages/Rockline20041110.html
 
Info on a venue change in the current Scorpions tour:

    http://www.keithemerson.com/News/whatsnew.html

A personal note from Emo thanking everyone for their birthday
wishes:

    http://www.keithemerson.com/Gallery/2004Appearances/2004FallTour/2004FallTour.ht
ml

Enjoy!

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Breaking News, Rumors, Etc.
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Bruce Pilato sends along the latest update on Greg's activity:

"Greg Lake recently helped raised over £1,000,000 for the British
Teenage Cancer Trust concerts with rock superstars Roger Daltrey,
Robert Plant and several others. Details to follow soon at the
official Greg Lake website.

Look for a major update to the official Greg Lake website in the
next 30 days, including an extensive Online Greg Lake Museum with
over 400 rare items and artifacts.

Greg continues to finish production on a forthcoming collection of
new recordings of his greatest songs, as well as several new songs.
The disc will be released in 2005 and will be a surround sound
production. More details on this and other projects, will be
forthcoming later this year.

Greg will appear in the upcoming BBC-TV/ Granada Television
holiday TV special: THE 100 GREATEST CHRISTMAS MOMENTS which will
air on Christmas Day in the UK.

Greg is the featured cover story this month on 20th CENTURY GUITAR
magazine.  Fans can also see extensive recent feature stories on
Greg Lake in Goldmine (Oct 2004); Bass Guitar Magazine;
and MOJO Magazine (Dec 2004).

This and many more exciting developments will all be developed in
detail in the coming weeks at www.greglake.com

Thanks
Bruce P."

Thanks for the update, Bruce! We appreciate it.

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From: Steve Peterka
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 11:27 AM 
To: ELP Digest 
Subject: Re: ELP Digest Vol. 14 #08

Hi, John

Re. Keith scoring Godzilla Final Wars...

Internet Movie Database 

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399102/fullcredits

lists him as composer. Also, there are some clips at

    http://tokyomonsters.com/videos-trailers-2004-FinalWars.php

No credits, but the TV Promo 1 and 2 have background music that
could be Keith's work, and the GFW background music
("Redrum" - Immediate Music") sounds very much like Keith.

Great news - I'm a fan of Keith's movie work, especially Nighthawks, 
and the Iron Man theme.

Steve

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From: John Arnold 
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 7:54 PM 
To: ELP-Digest 
Subject: Godzilla connection

[More info from another ELP Digest reader...] 
 
You probably have this info, but here's some more on the
Keith-Gojira/Godzilla stuff. The monster-movie buff sites
have a ton of entries on this. 
 

website with film credit info: 

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399102/fullcredits 
 
************* 
 
website with soundtrack info: http://tokyomonsters.com/news244.php 
 
text:  
 
"Godzilla: Final Wars" Soundtrack News! 
Saturday, 30th October 2004 

The soundtrack to the upcoming "Godzilla: Final Wars", composed by
the British-born Keith Emerson, is set to go on sale on December
16th, just in time for Christmas. However, perhaps of greater
interest is that the soundtrack will be released on two different
formats; not only the standard compact disc, but also a 5.1 surround
channel DVD-Audio disc. The CD will be released at 2,520 Yen
(approximately $25 US dollars) and the DVD-Audio disc at 5,250 Yen
(approx. $50). Whether or not the DVD version will include any
extras (for example, a trailer) isn't know yet. Both the CD and DVD
versions are available for per-order on Amazon Japan now.

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From: John Arnold
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 9:31 PM
To: elp-digest
Subject: ELP added to iTunes!

Hi.

I just got today's email for Apple's iTunes 'New Music Tuesday' and
listed first in the 'Just Added' section is Emerson, Lake & Palmer
with a nice little thumbnail image of Brain Salad Surgery. Upon
further investigation, it looks like the following albums became
available on iTunes in October. (Full albums sell for $9.99 or so
with an individual song download price of approx 99 cents each.)

Albums available:

  Brain Salad Surgery
  Pictures at an Exhibition
  Welcome Back My Friends ... (live album)
  Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1st album)
  Works, Vol. 2
  Live at Royal Albert Hall
  Love Beach
  Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  Trilogy
  Tarkus
  Works Live
  I Believe in Father Christmas (EP)
  Black Moon

Not sure why some albums aren't listed (e.g., Works, Vol. 1 or
In the Hot Seat) but I couldn't find the complete catalog.

I know some people have asked about the availability of ELP on iTunes
and I was pleasantly surprised to see it publicized in the iTunes
mailing.

Now, if they'd just make an ELP TV ad for the iPod to go along with
the U2 ad they've been showing recently. (Yes, I know I'm dreaming.)

- John -

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Reader Commentary
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From: Michael E. Brassard
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 7:00 PM
To: elp-digest
Subject: Keith Emerson in Portland Oregon 10-23-04

I just wanted to send a brief review of Keith's appearance in 'sunny'
Portland Oregon.

He did a brief acoustic concert and some readings from his new book
in a music store called Music Millenium on Saturday, October 23, 2004
at 2:30 PM. There were probably 100 or so people in attendance. Keith
played the whole of Tarkus on a small spinet piano accompanied by Dave
Kilminster on acoustic guitar. Dave played the melodies on the 
guitar and no one sang. It was a very interesting version, and Keith
and Dave seemed to truly enjoy playing. He read several passages from
his new book and then played Honky Tonk Train Blues. Afterwards he
did a book and whatever signing. 

That night, Keith and his band played at the Colliseum, opening for
Tesla and the Scorpions. It was $35.00 to get into the show. Keith
strode onto the stage wearing the exact same clothes he wore at Music
Millenium that afternoon. Dave, on the other hand, seemed to find time
to change before the show. The band started the show with Hoedown
and did some other things. The main problem with the show was that
Keith seemed to be so totally un-involved, he could have phoned his
performance in. I can't tell you how many times he wasn't doing
anything with his left hand - and I thought that Keith was not just
another one-handed rock player! Another problem was how many times he
and Dave looked at their watches. What do they have managers for? He
should have been concentrating on playing - not watching the clock.
In conclusion, I feel the Keith Emerson Band did a lounge act sort
of nostalgia thing, but without the enthusiasm of some of the better
tribute bands. Finally, it would have been nice if the band had played
at least one of Keith's newer works.

The crowd was much more enthusiastic than I expected - this was, after
all, more of an arena hard rock, guitar oriented show, and Keith was
the only keyboard player on the whole bill (except for some
taped/sequenced stuff by the Scorpions).

I felt I had to justify the $35.00 ticket price by hanging around to
watch Tesla and the Scorpions. Neither one of these bands has anyone
with musical talent approaching that of Keith Emerson and the people
in his band, but they made up for it with enthusiasm and a genuine
desire to establish a rapport with the audience.

If Keith didn't want to play, he shouldn't have done the show. This
type of concert only tarnishes his reputation. I have seen the Nice
in 69 at the Boston Tea Party, ELP at the Charles River Esplanade for
a free concert when ELP first came to the USA, ELP a bunch of other
times, and Three at The Paradise in Boston. This is the lamest thing
I have ever seen him do and I hope that he can be more productive and
enthusiastic in the future.

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From: phil
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 6:12 AM
To: elp-digest
Subject: Novel quotation

In "Gazumped!", a humorous novel about thrity-somethings by
Sarah O'Brien (pub. in UK by Coronet), the following appears
on P.18:

"What are you calling him?", I asked.

"Not sure yet, but I'll be picking the name -  no offence, India,
but you Burkes have strange taste in names."

We all laughed.  As well as India, and Ruth's new husband, Emerson,
there were three Burkes sisters - Isis, Saffron and Venus -  and
two brothers - Lake and Palmer.

Phil Blakeney
Ashton under Lyne, UK

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From: Dan Krause
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 9:04 AM
To: elp-digest
Subject: ELP & Baseball

Work obligations kept me from attending much baseball this summer.
This was particularly distressing as I am a diehard Red Sox fan and
this year was, to say the least, very special. In any case, I managed
to get to two games this summer: one at Petco Park in San Diego and
the other being Game 1 of the World Series at Fenway Park (that kind
of made up for the fact that I hadn't been there all season). I was
happy to hear that "Welcome Back..." is embraced by the fans on both
coasts!

On another baseball note... I saw GL performing with Ringo's band at
the Mohegan Sun Arena  in Uncasville, CT in 2002. While Greg put on a
great show, the most memorable moment was Ian Hunter's reliance on
some bad geographical information. In terms of baseball loyalties,
the Connecticut River is the dividing line. For the most part, those
living to the west of the river tend to be Yankee fans and those
living to the east are Red Sox fans. The Red Sox fanaticism becomes
more pronounced as you approach the Rhode Island border. Uncasville
is very close to Rhode Island. Anyway, in attempting to add local
flavor to "Cleveland Rocks" Ian inserted the lyrics "Red Sox suck!
Yankees Rock!" To the surprise of Ian and the rest of the band, they
were greeted with a chorus of boos. They stopped for a second, looked
at each other and then started playing again. Hopefully Ian will get
better intelligence the next time he tries adding lyrics.

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From: John Arnold
Date: Nov 09 2004
Subject: Translation of 'Godzilla' web site

Hi.

One of our fellow ELP Digest readers has made an attempt to translate
the Japanese language Godzilla page that mention's Keith Emerson's
involvement with the upcoming Godzilla movie.  I don't know Japanese
so I can't vouch for total correctness but it's from a trusted source.

Enjoy!

- John -

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Godzilla inducted for Hollywood Walk of Fame
from: http://www.toho.co.jp/movienews/0410/06godzilla_wf.html

On 10/20, the press conference was held in Toho headquarters in Tokyo
to celebrate Godzilla's accomplishment and to talk about "Godzilla
the Final War."

Question: Where are you at the production of Godzilla the Final War?

Editing is done, and we are dabbing at this time.  The film is 2 hours
5 minutes long. Four shooting teams were at work, and many staff and
cast participated.  The ending roll alone is over 4 minutes long.

"Highlight every 10 minutes" is the well-used advertising phrase.  But
we assure you that there is a highlight every 10 seconds in this film!
There are over 2800 cuts in the entire film, and digital processing
will be done on the 1000 cuts.  The post-production team (trans. - I
believe that is what it means - Japanese shortens any words at their
will!) has been working very hard.  As far as the sounds go, the
similar efforts are necessary.  We are aiming Nov. 15 as the
completion date.  The world premier at the Chinese Theatre will be
on Nov. 29, the same day as the Walk of Fame ceremony.

Many wonderful talents are gathered for sound and image.  Keith
Emerson, the influential figure in the 70s, is in charge of music.
We chose him based on his charisma and his extensive experience in
movie scores. His age is close to that of Godzilla.  We feel very
fortunate that he did take up the task in his busy schedule.

As for a song used in the movie, SUM41, very popular among the young
people, has accepted to provide the sound track.  SUM41 created the
music for this movie, and the album that includes this song is doing
very well.  We are very fortunate that the young SUM41 and the
influential Keith Emerson joined in this film.

Kyle Cooper is in charge of the main title.  It is scheduled to be
completed in 10 days. We saw the rough, which superbly condensed
the 50-year history of the series into 100 seconds.  We are certain 
that you will be impressed too.

Keith is the British, SSUM41 is the Canadian, and Kyle is the
American.  Our aim - "All-star film of the world" - is realized even
in the staff size.

Let us tell you about the events on Nov. 29.  Walk of Fame ceremony
will be held on Hollywood Blvd at noon.  Godzilla will land on the US
soil officially for the first time.  He is not going there to destroy
but to shake hands.  So I have to be careful that he will not be out of
control and destroy things!

World Premier will be held that night at Chinese Theatre.  The theatre
is very historical and has the capacity of 1000 people.  We are
looking forward to finding out how many Americans will enjoy this
film.  We have been telling the director Kitamura to bear this
hard work to see that day!

As you understand now, the completion of the film will be so close to
the premier.  And we are afraid that you may not be able to "feel" the
entire movie now.  But we believe that we will be able to offer you
the 7-minute promotional film next week.  We are confident that the
promotional film will tell you how spectacular this film will be.
Please see the promotional film - you should feel various emotional
and sentimental feelings.

(The promotional film was shown on Oct. 28 - trans.)

We are confident that the film will be loved by all - children and
parents who watch Godzilla every year, old fans who enjoyed Godzilla
movies long time ago, and people who have never watched Godzilla but
exclusively watch Hollywood movies.

Question: Do you use classical Godzilla music?

We contacted Mr. Ifukube, the composer of the original Godzilla theme
music, and consulted him extensively.  We gained the approval from
Mr. Ifukube.  You will have to wait for the movie to find how his
music is used!  He is not the controlling figure, and we believe that
he granted us to work with his music at our liberty.

Question: How do you feel that you could gather the charisma in many
fields from many countries?

The film is the All-Star film in the world, so we believe that staff
is among the all-star team.

(Godzilla the Final War official site can be seen in English -- 
http://www.godzilla.co.jp/index.html and hit "English" at the upper
right corner.  No news on Keith though...)

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Questions (and Answers!)
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From: martin
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 3:52 PM
To: 'ELP Digest'
Subject: Looking for ELP sheet music book

Hi, I have a big problem and hope one of You can help me. I try to
buy a copy of the songbook Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Anthology,
2nd edition. It was sold at IMP/Warner Bros. Publications 3rd Floor,
Griffin House, 161 Hammersmith Road, London, England W6 8BS, but
since 1981 sold out and not available any more. The title is:
ANTHOLOGY (2nd edition - Pirates version) - VF0857

Thank You for Your help!

With kindly regards, 
Yours, Martin


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ELP-related products, tribute bands, promoters
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From: Graham Sherwood
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 5:54 PM 
To: John Arnold 
Subject: Re: Request for info
 
Message from BrainSalad , UK ELP Tribute.
 
Announcing a gig our band is performing on November 24th, at
the Limelight Club, Crewe.

Entry will be free, on stage at 9:30 , nominal 2 hour set.

Additions to set include Ke9 part 1 2nd impression, Pirates,
and a version of Fanfare with a 'Montreal' arrangment.

The website for the gig is : www.crewe-limelight.co.uk 
Band website is : www.elptribute.co.uk
Band email is : band [at] elptribute.co.uk
 
All welcome !

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From: Dave Bailey
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 1:54 PM
To: ELP-digest
Subject: Inside ELP (DVD)

Hi John

I have just come across a CD entitled 'Inside EMERSON LAKE &
PALMER 1970-1995' from Classic Rock Productions Ltd. This is,
according to the cover, "An Independent Critical Review, Featuring
Rare Archive Recordings Previously Unavailable On CD". It is a sort
of documentary of ELP music from 1970 - 1995, in which a panel of
critics and reviewers take a critical look at the music of ELP. 

The panel is made of music journalists and music producers :-

Rob Corich - Rob is a leading studio producer specialising in
British classic rock music from the seventies. Rob has produced and
mastered albums by Gentle Giant, Uriah Heep, Nazareth, Budgie,
Ken Hensley, Palladin, Osibisa, Lucifer's Friend, Snowy White and
dozens of others. Rob is also a consultant to Sanctuary records
responsible for the re-mastering programme.

Hugh Fielder - One of the most respected writers in the field of
Classic Rock music journalism. Hugh is a leading authority on the
UK progressive bands having spent a great deal of time with Genesis.
Hugh currently writes for Classic Rock Magazine.

Malcom Dome - Malcom is a highly regarded music writer and broadcaster.
Known as one of Britain's leading music journalists specializing in
hard rock and heavy metal Malcom is a highly respected authority in
the field and has written and reviewed extensively for Kerrang, Metal
Hammer and Classic Rock Magazine. Malcom also presents his own radio
show on Total Rock Radio.

Bob Carruthers - Bob is an Emmy award winning writer and producer with
extensive experience of classic rock music. Bob has served as
Executive Producer on films and records by Asia, Uriah Heep, Wishbone
Ash, Focus, Caravan, Van Der Graaf Generator, Jethro Tull, Jack Bruce
and dozens of others. For ELP, Bob was responsible for the production
of the Albert Hall show and the Welcome Back documentary.

Michael Heatley - A former editor of Record Buyer, Michael is a
prolific writer and author, and has collaborated with the Rolling
Stones supplying the text for official Stones publications. Michael
also writes and reviews for Classic Rock Magazine.

Woody Woodmansey - Mick Woodmansey began working with Bowie in 1970
for the album which became The Man Who Sold The World he also played
and arranged drums on Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane as
well as the singles Starman and John I'm Only Dancing. After leaving
the Spiders in 1973 Mick went on to form Woody Woodmansey's U-Boat and
pursue a highly successful career as a session drummer.

lain Jennings - Best known for his work as the keyboard player in
Mostly Autumn. Outside of Mostly Autumn, lain is highly regarded
as an outstanding orchestral arranger and also lectures in music
and music theory.

Tracks Reviewed :-

The Barbarian (Bartok/Emerson/Lake/Palmer)
Take a Pebble (Lake)
Knife Edge (Janacek/Emerson/Lake/Fraser)
Tank (Emerson/Palmer)
Lucky Man (Lake)
Tarkus (Emerson/Lake)
Eruption (Emerson)
Stones of Years (Emerson/Lake)
Aquatarkus (Emerson)
Promenade (Mussorgsky/Emerson)
The Great Gates of Kiev (Mussorgsky/Lake)
Trilogy (Emerson/Lake)
From the Beginning (Lake)
Karn Evil 9 (Emerson/Lake)
Hoedown (Copland)
Piano Concerto No 1 (Emerson)
C'est La Vie (Lake/Sinfield)
Fanfare for the Common Man (Copland/Emerson/Lake/Palmer)
Pirates (Emerson/Lake/Sinfield)
Tiger in a Spotlight (Emerson/Lake/Palmer/Sinfield)
Introductory Fanfare (Emerson/Palmer)
Canario (Rodrigo-Vidre)
Black Moon (Emerson/Lake/Palmer)
Romeo & Juliet (Prokofiev/Emerson)
Blue Rondo a la Turk (Brubeck)

This CD, which is not authorized or been approved by ELP or the
management of the band, is a must for all ELP fans. The criticisms
are good and fair, and some tracks are explained in detail, how the
music was put together.

The CD is by Classic Rock Productions Ltd, catalogue number CRL1616
www.classicrockproductions.com

Regards
Dave Bailey
Stoke-on-Trent

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