Emerson, Lake & Palmer

YESESIS wrote: Rick %$#^ Wakeman.. now you're speaking my language! Thanks a lot for the suggestions.

If you want some input on Rick Wakeman, I might be able to help you there too. He's one of my very favourite artists (along with Yes, Pink Floyd, Mike Oldfield, and Dream Theater).

DDPascalDD wrote: Though my very favourite band is Gentle Giant

Yeah, baby!

and to think that, not so long ago, just mentioning GG here at PA was considered obscene.

Good to see that some things have changed for good here!

   


Edited by Barbu - August 03 2017 at 10:48

I suppose my only knock at ELP are the little 'beer hall' cute songs they included here and there on the early albums after the debut. To me they ruined/interrupted the flow of the longer more prog like tracks and the nice ballads. I never understood the point of that.....imho it would have been better to put them all on an album dedicated to the 'fun' songs so as not to affect the flow of the other albums with themed prog tracks.

verslibre wrote: GG's one of the major UK prog bands, though. When was it considered obscene?

Some very strange things happens here from time to time.

My Favourite ELP lp (by miles) is the self titled first lp, vinyl on the original pink Island label.. and I really like Tarkus. I like Trilogy too but to a slightly lesser extent. My main problem with Brain salad surgery is the production; its very tinny and harsh with limited mid range and an odd metallic sheen over the whole thing.. I understand that perhaps that was intentional for Karn Evil 9 and fits into the futuristic theme but it just makes it almost unlistenable to my ears.. I admit, this is listening to original vinyl on a reasonable spec set up, not a re-mastered version. I briefly worked with a guy who in a previous position worked for ELP in logistics in the 70's and we went to see them on the Black Moon tour and it was a seriously good show and re-kindled my interest in their early lps. And, yes, I thought some of the Emerson, Lake and Powell lp was very good too..

verslibre wrote: Those albums are entirely instrumental, which is why I love them so much.

Hmm seems like their debut is a lot of people's favorite on here, interesting. I like the 3 studio albums after it all better but definitely going have to listen to it again now(it's been a long time) and see what I could have missed.. 

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: I just looked it up and "Criminal Record" is not entirely instrumental. There's vocals on one track and a choir on others. Six wives which I am familiar with has vocals but no singing per se just "oohs and ahhs" from some of the same singers who were on Pink Floyd's dark side of the moon which explains why the background wordless vocals sound similar. Still I suppose we could call Six wives instrumental.  If you do a search on here I believe you can still find some good threads on instrumental prog.

YESESIS wrote: Cool! I don't need singing. I really like albums like The Snow Goose by Camel or Nouveau Calls by Wishbone Ash. Now I HAVE to check these out. Thanks again.