Tarkus - Emerson Lake & Palmer - Summer of Prog
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Summer's here so let's listen to some Progressive Rock, starting with the classic ELP album Tarkus. Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer released this record in 1971 featuring the memorable album artwork by William Neal. The adventurous title piece takes up all of side 1 while side 2 features single songs like Jeremy Bender, Bitches Crystal, The Only Way and more. Does it still hold up? JT Curtis reviews...
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer are an English supergroup formed in 1970. Keyboardist (organ, piano, synthesizer) Keith Emerson came from The Nice, Greg Lake was the original lead singer / bassist for King Crimson (contributing to their 1969 album In the Court of the Crimson King) and drummer Carl Palmer had worked with Atomic Rooster. The trio came together, performing at The Isle of Wight Festival as their second gig, and released their debut record in November of 1970. The album was a mixture of rock and roll, classical and jazz music and included staples like "The Barbarian," a rock arrangement of Béla Bartók’s Allegro Barbaro and "Knife-Edge," performing Leoš Janáček's Sinfonietta with Greg Lake's lyrics. Greg Lake also penned "Take a Pebble" and the single "Lucky Man" featuring Lake on acoustic guitar. Looking to expand their sound, Emerson started working on a new virtuoso organ piece, based around a 10/8 drum pattern Palmer had performed. Lake was initially uninterested in performing Emerson's piece leading to a disagreement that nearly broke up the band, but eventually Lake was convinced to produce the piece and contribute lyrics. Tarkus would end up taking up the entirety of Side 1 at 20 minutes. The artwork by William Neal provided a visual story for the piece of an Armadillo Tank Monster at war with several mechanical foes before its epic battle with the Manitcore. Side 2 featured more conventional songs: "Jeremy Bender", "Bitches Crystal", "The Only Way (Hymn)", "Infinite Space (Conclusion)", "A Time and a Place", and "Are You Ready, Eddy?" The album was released in June of 1971. More albums included their performance of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, 1972's Trilogy which included Aaron Copland's "Hoedown" and Lake's "From the Beginning" and 1973's Brain Salad Surgery which featured the classic "Karn Evil 9" and album artwork by H. R. Giger. Their 73-74 tour was documented on Welcome Back, My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends. After a hiatus, the band released Works Volume 1 & 2 in 1977. The former included the band's rendition of Copeland's "Fanfare for the Common Man." Unfortunately 1978's Love Beach was not well received and the band broke up. They would reunite in the 1990s. In 2016, Keith Emerson committed suicide and that same year Greg Lake died of cancer. ELP's music and virtuoso playing continues to inspire.
Summer's here so let's listen to some Progressive Rock, starting with the classic ELP album Tarkus. Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer released this record in 1971 featuring the memorable album artwork by William Neal. The adventurous title piece takes up all of side 1 while side 2 features single songs like Jeremy Bender, Bitches Crystal, The Only Way and more. Does it still hold up? JT Curtis reviews...
#emersonlakeandpalmer #tarkus #progressiverock #historyofrock #summerofprog #rock #keyboards #albumreview
Emerson, Lake & Palmer are an English supergroup formed in 1970. Keyboardist (organ, piano, synthesizer) Keith Emerson came from The Nice, Greg Lake was the original lead singer / bassist for King Crimson (contributing to their 1969 album In the Court of the Crimson King) and drummer Carl Palmer had worked with Atomic Rooster. The trio came together, performing at The Isle of Wight Festival as their second gig, and released their debut record in November of 1970. The album was a mixture of rock and roll, classical and jazz music and included staples like "The Barbarian," a rock arrangement of Béla Bartók’s Allegro Barbaro and "Knife-Edge," performing Leoš Janáček's Sinfonietta with Greg Lake's lyrics. Greg Lake also penned "Take a Pebble" and the single "Lucky Man" featuring Lake on acoustic guitar. Looking to expand their sound, Emerson started working on a new virtuoso organ piece, based around a 10/8 drum pattern Palmer had performed. Lake was initially uninterested in performing Emerson's piece leading to a disagreement that nearly broke up the band, but eventually Lake was convinced to produce the piece and contribute lyrics. Tarkus would end up taking up the entirety of Side 1 at 20 minutes. The artwork by William Neal provided a visual story for the piece of an Armadillo Tank Monster at war with several mechanical foes before its epic battle with the Manitcore. Side 2 featured more conventional songs: "Jeremy Bender", "Bitches Crystal", "The Only Way (Hymn)", "Infinite Space (Conclusion)", "A Time and a Place", and "Are You Ready, Eddy?" The album was released in June of 1971. More albums included their performance of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, 1972's Trilogy which included Aaron Copland's "Hoedown" and Lake's "From the Beginning" and 1973's Brain Salad Surgery which featured the classic "Karn Evil 9" and album artwork by H. R. Giger. Their 73-74 tour was documented on Welcome Back, My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends. After a hiatus, the band released Works Volume 1 & 2 in 1977. The former included the band's rendition of Copeland's "Fanfare for the Common Man." Unfortunately 1978's Love Beach was not well received and the band broke up. They would reunite in the 1990s. In 2016, Keith Emerson committed suicide and that same year Greg Lake died of cancer. ELP's music and virtuoso playing continues to inspire.
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