Live

Live Artist: Lake & Palmer Emerson
Label: Castle Music UK
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5050159145829
ASIN: B00005UBIU


Release Date: 2002-02-14

Live


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Tracks:

  1. Barbarian
  2. Take a Pebble
  3. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade/The Gnome/Promenade/Hut of ...
  4. Rondo
  5. Nut Rocker
  6. Interview

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Album Description

First commercial release for these 1970 tracks recorded live at the I.O.W. Festival, including 'Pictures At An Exhibition', 'Rondo' plus a bonus 15 minute interview.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Recording of their Legendary Second Gig which Turned the World on It's Ear and Helped Bring the Synthesizer Into the Forefront as a Featured Instrument in a Band. A Bonus 15 Minute Interview is Included on the Last Track Where the Band Reminisce About the Event.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars great performance!.......2007-01-24

ELP were one of the best progressive bands ever. This is their second performance. This is the entire set they played at Isle of Wight back in August 1970. The sound here is not the best, but then i wouldn't want it to be. It is raw and exciting. The version of the Barbarian heard here is intense. Take A Pebble is quiet and restrained. Pictures At An Exhibition is the reason to have this CD. This is a great early performance of this piece. Rondo and Nutrocker round out the set nicely. I have waited a while to finally purchase this CD and am not disappointed. Many other releases (in both audio and video) have only parts of this show available. This is the entire performance. It's a crime that this is not available on DVD.

3 out of 5 stars "their first debut performance ever".......2002-09-28

"Emerson, Lake and Palmer, in their first debut performance ever". Someone actually said that. It is how the group is introduced at the beginning of this CD. And in reality, this was the group's second live performance. So, maybe he should have said "Their second debut performance, ever".

This was at the Isle of Wight, so the audience was enormous. They were one of many major groups at the festival. There is 53 minutes of music plus a 15 minute interview. The sound quality is passable. There are some stretches with a background buzz. Sometimes the sound cuts out a little. The stereo separation is severe. At times there will be nothing coming out of right channel, while a guitar solo is going on in the left.

It starts out with Barbarian, which is not too much different than the studio, except that is has a rawer, more powerful sound. Next is a 35 minutes of Pictures At An Exhibition. I like this version better than the official album. It is a bit livier and more energetic. They play it looser and throw in some other stuff, like a section of Tank. Rondo is very short and not very interesting. The version of Nutrocker isn't that great either. I prefer the version on Pictures At an Exhibition.

I was trying to decide between 3 and 4 stars. It is a nice performance, with a raw energy not heard on the studio albums. But, it is not that special, and the sound quality is not that great.

If you are interested, you might want to get it while you can. It was released earlier, with a different cover. But, then it disappeared for a number of years, before showing up again. Who knows, it may go off the market again.

4 out of 5 stars Their first debut performance..........2002-09-24

ELP are a band who are best heard live, and the more live material they release the better. This documents the world debut (and second overall performance) of one of the first "supergroups" of the 70's. As to be expected, the band attack the material with an abundance of energy making this disc a worthwhile purchase. The Barbarian is excellent, and Greg Lake plays superb acoustic guitar in Take a Pebble.
The downside is the show has some ragged moments, especially in Pictures. But the excitment of the show more than makes up for that. Plus, the short interview at the end of the disc is very interesting, especially Emerson's story about the cannons!

5 out of 5 stars

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