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“This collection pays fitting tribute to the power and creativity of three extremely talented musicians and their all too brief collaboration. Savour the music. We’re unlikely to ever see their like again.” Jerry Ewing, Editor, PROG Magazine
• 3CD box set presented with enhanced booklet.
Musical visionaries Keith Emerson and Greg Lake planned to re-form ELP in 1984, however drummer Carl Palmer was unavailable. Into the frame stepped the legendary Cozy Powell, best known for his work with Rainbow and Whitesnake.
Included is the band’s one and only studio release: ‘Emerson Lake and Powell’ featuring three bonus tracks, their live album ‘Live in Concert’ and a CD of rehearsals, ‘The Sprocket Sessions’, only previously released in the 90s as a bootleg.
The collection includes sleeve notes by Jerry Ewing, editor of PROG Magazine, who takes a forensic look at the band’s short but impactful history.
The band’s self-titled studio album delivers material familiar in style to ELP with
long progressive rock tracks, mellow ballads, and a classical theme (‘Mars, the Bringer of War’ by Gustav Holst, a piece previously performed by Lake during his tenure in King Crimson).
All recordings have been re-mastered by renowned engineer Andy Pearce.
This collection has been curated with the blessing of the Emerson, Lake and Powell families.
If you are a fan of ELP, you cannot afford to have this part of the Emerson and Lake history missing from your collection.
Tracklist
Disc: 1
1 The Score
2 Learning to Fly
3 The Miracle
4 Touch and Go
5 Love Blind
6 Step Aside
7 Lay Down Your Guns
8 Mars, the Bringer of War
9 The Loco-motion
10 Vacant Possession
11 The Score
Disc: 2
1 The Score
2 Learning to Fly
3 The Miracle
4 Knife Edge
5 Tarkus
6 Pictures at an Exhibition
7 Lucky Man
8 Still, You Turn Me On
9 Love Blind
10 Mars Bringer of War
11 Touch & Go
12 Pirates
Disc: 3
1 The Score
2 Touch & Go
3 Knife Edge
4 Pirates
5 From the Beginning
6 Lucky Man
7 Fanfare for the Common Man
8 Mars, the Bringer of War/Drum Solo
9 Medley: Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression)/America/Rondo