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Lewian 
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Posted: February 23 2018 at 17:20 |
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OK, general setup explained in Genesis vs. Yes poll, now Pink Floyd vs. ELP. (I'd like to give every "big 6 band" a good chance to be in the semifinal, so the next one will be King Crimson vs. Jethro Tull, and then more bands will appear in a heat - feel still free to nominate participants).
Also here two will qualify for the semifinals.
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Posted: February 23 2018 at 17:35 |
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Welcome Back My Friends....to the Show that Never Ends! Pure prog indulgence! Pictures is fantastic - but I never consider it a full-blown live album (as it was just a release of new material which happened to just be recorded live). Always liked the live versions of Astronomy Domine and Careful With That Axe, Eugene - but as the Ummagumma live album comes with the curate's egg of the studio stuff on the other record, it will always be flawed. I rarely go back to Pulse, although at the time it was enjoyable.
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Manuel
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Posted: February 23 2018 at 17:38 |
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Great live albums by two great bands. Pictures gets my vote, for very personal reasons.
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Posted: February 23 2018 at 18:47 |
Pictures...fantastic performance and excellent recording quality (something unfortunately Welcome Back never had to my ears  )
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Posted: February 23 2018 at 19:23 |
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WBMFTTSTNE ...by FAR!
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Posted: February 23 2018 at 19:54 |
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Ummagumma's live half followed closely by Pictures At An Exhibition.
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when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents
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Posted: February 23 2018 at 20:09 |
 verslibre wrote:
WBMFTTSTNE ...by FAR! |
^ This
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Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement.
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Posted: February 23 2018 at 20:28 |
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Ummagumma
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Posted: February 23 2018 at 21:23 |
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Pink Floyd live easily over ELP live (well, over ELP in general). I love the way Pink Floyd work their songs live, while ELP I usually prefer their studio versions. However, I don't know which of those ones to vote for... I guess PULSE. Perhaps Live at Pompeii could have given ELP more battle within this poll, only it is a video and not a CD.
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Posted: February 23 2018 at 22:51 |
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Absolutely Ummagumma! Pictures is ELP:s greatest album, but I was really disappointed when hearing Mussorgsky´s original, when realised how much they´ve left out from it...
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Posted: February 23 2018 at 23:25 |
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I haven't heard all of these, but I do have ELP's Pictures at an Exhibition (I prefer the more "Modest" version) and Ummagumma. I voted for Ummagumma.
Incidentally, a Tangerine Dream live up against Magma live would be epic.
EDIT: but I wouldn't want to see those up against each other early on as it would be too sad to see either of them go early on, and I would hate to have to choose between them. Maybe I'll do one, though, just for fun (having nothing to do with your concert series, of course, just inspired by it). Could instead do Magma vs. Marillion and TD up against DT, but of course how you go about it is your choice, and you're giving it much more thought. And maybe Cardiacs Live vs. The Residents live, or Cardiacs Live vs. IQ Live....
Edited by Logan - February 23 2018 at 23:49
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Just a fanboy passin' through.
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Posted: February 24 2018 at 00:02 |
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I’m going for ELP’s Pictures at an Exhibition (just, over Umma Gumma live)
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Posted: February 24 2018 at 03:41 |
Live Ummagumma
PF's Live at Pompeii - why is it not in the poll?  |
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Mortte
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Posted: February 24 2018 at 04:53 |
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^It has never been released as an album (last year a part of Early Years 1972), only VHS and DVD.
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Posted: February 24 2018 at 05:09 |
ELP- Welcome Back my Friends... 
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Lewian
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Posted: February 24 2018 at 08:03 |
Logan wrote:
I haven't heard all of these, but I do have ELP's Pictures at an Exhibition (I prefer the more "Modest" version) and Ummagumma. I voted for Ummagumma.
Incidentally, a Tangerine Dream live up against Magma live would be epic.
EDIT: but I wouldn't want to see those up against each other early on as it would be too sad to see either of them go early on, and I would hate to have to choose between them. Maybe I'll do one, though, just for fun (having nothing to do with your concert series, of course, just inspired by it). Could instead do Magma vs. Marillion and TD up against DT, but of course how you go about it is your choice, and you're giving it much more thought. And maybe Cardiacs Live vs. The Residents live, or Cardiacs Live vs. IQ Live.... |
Well, my (probably not popular) plan is to bias this in favour of the "big 6", so from now on there'll be more than two bands in any of the heats.
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Posted: February 24 2018 at 08:04 |
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I'm quite curious now whether ELP of all will snatch two places in the semis.
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Posted: February 24 2018 at 08:26 |
favorite... oh definitely Pictures.. the energy on that is amazing... and don't get me started on the f**kery that was the accompanying video.. one of the great crimes against prog to have ruined that.
but there is no doubt Welcome Back ranks with the best prog albums ever... that BSS tour put ELP in the opinion of many of those who saw all these groups back in the day among the greatest live acts they ever saw. Right with the Who and Zepp.
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Posted: February 24 2018 at 08:26 |
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Posted: February 24 2018 at 11:30 |
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Ummagumma.
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