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^ That's an interesting thought: ELP as the "Beach Gees" - a Bee Gees tribute band. Smile
I think Carl Palmer referred to the album photo as them looking like the Bee Gees !!
 
I'm not surprised, and it's good to hear Carl Palmer could see the funny side of the "Beach Gees" album cover. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:


^ That's an interesting thought: ELP as the "Beach Gees" - a Bee Gees tribute band. Smile
I think Carl Palmer referred to the album photo as them looking like the Bee Gees !!
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^ That's an interesting thought: ELP as the "Beach Gees" - a Bee Gees tribute band. Smile
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

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^ No, not really, I was just jesting with you, but I DID buy the first ELP album and later gave it away.Smile
Understandable if you expected Saturday Night Fever done ELP-style........
I like the album enough to spin it a couple times a year (had it for more than 30 years...)

 
Yes, I thought ELP's Love Beach was a Bee Gees album when I first saw the album cover. Smile
So did they
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

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^ No, not really, I was just jesting with you, but I DID buy the first ELP album and later gave it away.Smile
Understandable if you expected Saturday Night Fever done ELP-style........
I like the album enough to spin it a couple times a year (had it for more than 30 years...)
 
Yes, I thought ELP's Love Beach was a Bee Gees album when I first saw the album cover. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:


^ No, not really, I was just jesting with you, but I DID buy the first ELP album and later gave it away.Smile
Understandable if you expected Saturday Night Fever done ELP-style........
I like the album enough to spin it a couple times a year (had it for more than 30 years...)
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^ No, not really, I was just jesting with you, but I DID buy the first ELP album and later gave it away.Smile
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^ Don’t ‘doubt’ until you’ve heard it Paul. It’s very good indeed.

 
To be honest, I've never been a big fan of ELP. I bought the Love Beach album because I liked the cover, but I gave the album away because the music didn't live up to the promise of the album cover. Smile
 
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I'll have to revise my list of Top 7 Yes albums after hearing the superb Talk album. Smile
 
 5 stars1. The Ladder
 5 stars2. Talk
 5 stars3. Going for the One
 5 stars4. Close to the Edge
 5 stars5. The Yes Album
 4 stars6. Fly from Here
 4 stars7. Magnification


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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

^ Don’t ‘doubt’ until you’ve heard it Paul. It’s very good indeed.
 
To be honest, I've never been a big fan of ELP. I bought the Love Beach album because I liked the cover, but I gave the album away because the music didn't live up to the promise of the album cover. Smile
 
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^ Don’t ‘doubt’ until you’ve heard it Paul. It’s very good indeed.

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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

I like the music , I like the minimalistic artwork. 4 stars.

Point of trivia - this saw ELP and Yes returning to the same record label (Victory Music) after both had been 'stable mates' on Atlantic through the seventies.

ELP also released the very respectable Black Moon around the same time. You could make an argument for pairing these 2 albums up and both certainly helped galvanise the 90's prog revival.  

I haven't heard ELP's "Black Moon" album, but I doubt if I'd like as much as the Yes "Talk" album, which I instantly fell in love with the first time I heard the album yesterday. Smile
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I like the music , I like the minimalistic artwork. 4 stars.

Point of trivia - this saw ELP and Yes returning to the same record label (Victory Music) after both had been 'stable mates' on Atlantic through the seventies.

ELP also released the very respectable Black Moon around the same time. You could make an argument for pairing these 2 albums up and both certainly helped galvanise the 90's prog revival.  
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Strong 3 star album. Endless Dream is superb.
Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Originally posted by Mirakaze Mirakaze wrote:

I really like the first movement (AKA the first two minutes) of the Endless Dream suite, the rest of the album is a sea of boredom Sleepy
Oh well, C'est la Vie, as we say in England. I suppose a sea of boredom is better than a whole Topographic Ocean of boredom though. Smile
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Been trying to get a vinyl copy of this for years. The heaviest Yes album IMO.

I always think of Big Generator as being the heaviest Yes album, but maybe that's just down to the album title. Smile
Well, the title cut has some balls for sure.
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Been trying to get a vinyl copy of this for years. The heaviest Yes album IMO.
I always think of Big Generator as being the heaviest Yes album, but maybe that's just down to the album title. Smile
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Been trying to get a vinyl copy of this for years. The heaviest Yes album IMO.
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Originally posted by Chaser Chaser wrote:

Love "Talk". One of my favourite post classic era Yes albums.

Generally underappreciated, as you say, and, for me, "Endless Dream" is one of their finest efforts.

Every self respecting Yes fan should own this album
 
I heard the Talk album for the very first time today and I was very impressed with it too.  It's almost at the top of The Ladder when it comes to Yes albums, so it's a big thumbs-up from me. Thumbs Up


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I really like the first movement (AKA the first two minutes) of the Endless Dream suite, the rest of the album is a sea of boredom Sleepy
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