Now Keith Emerson is gone...

ghosthouse03-11-2016 9:16pm

bdp24 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,908 posts 03-14-2016 at 11:06pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Right you are tostadosunidos. I have a Columbia LP I bought new in 1970 of a live solo piano performance (recorded in the 1950's, I believe) of the original composition. A nice alternative to the orchestrated version.
jsd52756 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 345 posts 03-16-2016 at 07:25pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete What terrible news. He was my musical hero. I have played ELP's first album more than any other in my collection. Take a Pebble. What a gem of a song. So sorry.... -John
ghosthouse OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,718 posts 03-16-2016 at 08:56pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete jsd - 2016 is certainly off to a start as a terrible year for losses among popular musicians...not that 2015 was so good. Anyway, while I can't say I've played ELP's first the most of anything in my collection, I can say I do like it a lot and will still listen to it. I can well remember first hearing it just after it came out back in '70 or '71; had never heard anything like it up to that point. Take a Pebble is a standout track. I like Greg Lake's vocals and his song-writing (Still...You Turn Me On is another good Lake composition from BSS). Wish I could find an SACD of ELP's first!