EMERSON, LAKE & POWELL – Complete Collection [Cherry Red Records 3xCD Box Set] (2024) *HQ*
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. EMERSON, LAKE & POWELL was born, and recorded some awesome music.
Now Spirit of Unicorn Music | Cherry Red Records are releasing “EMERSON, LAKE & POWELL – Complete Collection“, a wonderful 3xCD box set.
Included here is the band’s one and only studio release 1986’s ‘Emerson Lake & Powell’ featuring three bonus tracks, their live album ‘Live in Concert’, and a CD of demos and rehearsals, ‘The Sprocket Sessions’, only previously released in the 90s as a bootleg.
The band’s self-titled studio album delivers material familiar in style to ELP with long progressive rock tracks, but also commercial lite AOR melodic songs, 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 (Rock Candy). If you are a fan of ELP, lite Prog AOR, or any of the 3 musicians involved, you cannot afford to have this part of the Emerson and Lake history missing from your collection.
HIGHLY Recommended
Disc One: Emerson, Lake & Powell (2024 remaster)
01. The Score (9:10)
02. Learning to Fly (3:52)
03. The Miracle (7:04)
04. Touch and Go (3:39)
05. Love Blind (3:11)
06. Step Aside (3:48)
07. Lay Down Your Guns (4:24)
08. Mars, the Bringer of War (7:58)
Bonus Tracks:
09. The Loco-Motion (4:40)
10. Vacant Possession (4:45)
11. The Score [Single Edit] (6:12)
Disc Two: The Sprocket Sessions
01. The Score (9:23)
02. Learning to Fly (3:59)
03. The Miracle (6:45)
04. Knife Edge (5:39)
05. Tarkus (10:19)
06. Pictures at an Exhibition (5:35)
07. Lucky Man (0:48)
08. Still…You Turn Me On (3:10)
09. Love Blind (3:15)
10. Mars, the Bringer of War (12:03)
11. Touch and Go (3:36)
12. Pirates (13:28)
Disc Three: Live in Concert 1986
01. The Score (9:05)
02. Touch and Go (3:44)
03. Knife Edge (5:51)
04. Pirates (13:14)
05. From the Beginning (3:40)
06. Lucky Man (4:26)
07. Fanfare for the Common Man (7:33)
08. Mars, the Bringer of War (12:48)
09. Medley – Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression / America / Rondo (8:38)
Greg Lake – Vocals, Bass, Guitars
Keith Emerson – Keyboards
Cozy Powell – Drums, Percussion
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