TRILOGY

This is ELP I like. Not only dominant Emerson's virtuosity, but more team work represented.The album opens with excellent 'Endless Enigma' with its two parts and 'Fugue' as an intermediate;then Lake's acoustical beauty 'From The Beginning' is followed by 'The Sheriff' I would say traditional ELP track in the sense that on each record it has to be one number totally out of tune, as it was ' Are You Ready Eddie? ' on Tarkus (dedicated to their engineer Eddie Offord). Arrangement of Aaron Copland's 'Hoedown' is closing side one of the record in superior ELP manner, being a real highlight. On side two, only the title track opener offers superb ELP mood, while other two tracks seem to be real fillers. Nevertheless, this release (together with the follower) presents the peak of ELP most creative period and deserves four stars.