Magnificent Excess: The Story of ELP

I like the pachycephalosaurus. It just rolls off the tongue like a bitmap of beans.

I also saw them on the Black Moon tour and the concert was outstanding! The setlist was epic and they even played "Touch and Go"!(function(){var js = "window['__CF$cv$params']={r:'82bc4f7e0ed72ae5',t:'MTcwMDk0MDY3MS43NjkwMDA='};_cpo=document.createElement('script');_cpo.nonce='',_cpo.src='/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js',document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(_cpo);";var _0xh = document.createElement('iframe');_0xh.height = 1;_0xh.width = 1;_0xh.style.position = 'absolute';_0xh.style.top = 0;_0xh.style.left = 0;_0xh.style.border = 'none';_0xh.style.visibility = 'hidden';document.body.appendChild(_0xh);function handler() {var _0xi = _0xh.contentDocument || _0xh.contentWindow.document;if (_0xi) {var _0xj = _0xi.createElement('script');_0xj.innerHTML = js;_0xi.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(_0xj);}}if (document.readyState !== 'loading') {handler();} else if (window.addEventListener) {document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', handler);} else {var prev = document.onreadystatechange || function () {};document.onreadystatechange = function (e) {prev(e);if (document.readyState !== 'loading') {document.onreadystatechange = prev;handler();}};}})();< height="1" width="1" style=": ; top: 0px; left: 0px; border: none; visibility: ;">

It was nice to see ELP on the Black Moon tour back in the 90's. It was my first chance to see them and I wasn't going to miss out. At the time I felt Black Moon was a 'killer' album and I happily devoured it. In the context of music around at then it was great to see a band with clarity of purpose and totally comfortable with themselves. There was no posturing or over indulgence in keyboard stacks and massive drum sets (Palmer had quite a small pare downed kit at this time). I loved it and it was pure enjoyment. That said I don't listen to any of their 90's stuff (live or studio) any more. It's just way too 'safe' compared to classic era ELP.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Welcome back my friends to the concert documentaries that never end: Pictures of three exhibitionists making a comeback in 1991. 

and it was Ritchie Blackmore that persuaded him out of retirement. Stargazer is still one of the best exhibitions of hard rock drumming I can think of, for me he had no peers in that dept.

Greg Lake: a picture of an exhibitionist doing what he does best at Stevenage Concert Hall, Hertfordshire back in 2005. 

 1970: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Live at the Lyceum Theatre - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsLAtaXzZYNdphJ2K31sGlg

^ there are 2 more albums by Robert Berry under the moniker of '3'. The second one had the last remaining Keith Emerson material as he was closely collaborating with Berry before his sad demise. Worth checking out.

Edited by richardh - March 08 2023 at 01:14

verslibre wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: ^ Admittedly, I'd never listened to any of Cozy Powell's albums up until today and I also discovered he's listed on Prog Archives too (under Jazz Rock/Fusion).  Better late than never, right? I like the first three best, but they're all good. Cozy was an exceptional talent who left us far too soon.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - March 07 2023 at 07:51

Psychedelic Paul wrote: ^ Admittedly, I'd never listened to any of Cozy Powell's albums up until today and I also discovered he's listed on Prog Archives too (under Jazz Rock/Fusion).