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Emerson Lake & Palmer

Symphonic Prog

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toroddfuglesteg

The album that probably started the Punk Rock movement.

Self-indulgent. Elitist. Snobbish. Overkill. Mad. Fiendish. Eclectic. Call it what you want. There is no doubt this live-albums is one of the pinnacles of the progressive rock movement........... and it's commercial downfall. The mockery of progressive rock in the media is mostly due to this album. The same goes for our social isolation. Prog-heads are slightly less popular and socially accepted than lepers.

And you know what ?? I love this live album ! From the first tone to the last tone. OK, not the piano improvisations. They are pretty boring. But the rest ? Fantastic stuff. I also like the dynamics on this live album. It really sounds like a real live album. The stuff (I cannot call them songs !) from Brain Salad Surgery is superb and very much more dynamic than the studio versions. I think the Take A Pebble and the Tarkus epos is superb here. Even Lucky Man shines here. The opening track Hoedown never fails to bring a big smile on my face. But the best track is Karn 9, hands down.

Yes, this album was made by three egos on collision course with the sun. The result is pretty much known now. Reid Keith Emerson's superb biography to find out what happened next. But it is still a live album which can be compared to Deep Purple's Made In Japan. It is superb and it is one of the most loved items in my large collection of music. I absolute adore this album and I accept that I am as popular as a leper.

5 stars. No doubts.

toroddfuglesteg | 5/5 | 2008-10-19

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