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- An in-depth look into ELP's 1973 Album. It contains cleaned-up and colourised images and isolated sound mixes with a focus on HR Giger's involvement. Any advert money goes to the copyright holders. Made purely for the love of this incredible music.
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I saw this album in a record store on sale. I bought it without any idea who ELP was, or even what the album's title was. I was drawn to the cover art, but I didn't know it was HR Giger's work. On first listen, I wondered what the hell I had bought. It wasn't until Karn Evil #9 that I realized that this album was a work of genius. It was my introduction to ELP and their entire back catalogue.
I still play people "Toccata" today.......to BLOW THEIR MINDS.
It STILL sounds from the future and it's 50 years old!!!
Like Debussy too!
I saw ELP live at Charlotte Motor Speedway NC at the August Jam 1974 (google it )they had a Quadraphonic sound system and it was huge but the sound coming from those monster stacks was totally mind dissolving !!! The sound swirled in the hot night air like nothing I ever experienced before or since !!!
You gotta start somewhere ;)
Toccata way ahead of its time. Not even sure if people yet get it. Have to wait for the future when it will one day fit in.
I bought myself my first stereo 'record player' as a teenager. Amazing to think we heard every recording and broadcast in mono before then!
This album was one of very few to really exploit the new technology and I was gobsmacked!
ELP was the epitome of originality and creative genius. The '70's was a hugely inspired period in music and art, and ELP will be remembered as a front-runner.
I saw ELP on stage in the early 1970’s and became a lifelong fan. I was heart broken to hear Keith took his own life. Rest In Peace Keith and Greg. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
The first 4 ELP albums were just astounding.
I especially enjoyed the first album Emerson Lake & Palmer .
BSS took everything to a new level .
Just brilliant. 😂❤
As Official Archivist of ELP and Employee of Carl Palmer currently, I thoroughly enjoyed this 1000%
Very well done. See you on The next Return of ELP Carl Palmer Tour. Come by the Merch table and buy something and say hello.
Wow! My heart missed a beat there! I thought you were going to tell me off over using some of your images! I’m so glad to hear you liked the video and I would consider it a great honour if you could somehow pass a link to Carl himself and (and seriously here) Jim Davidson if you know him.
Seriously, I am humbled to be writing this in a way and grinning like a Cheshire cat.
Hi Chris, will Carl be bringing the show to the UK and when?
My drum Idol. I've seen every one of their Saint Louis concerts starting in 1971
I saw Carl do a show in Saratoga, CA before COVID. He was doing double duty with his own band and with Asia. He was having a blast playing the old ELP numbers and bringing out Arthur Brown to strut around the stage. The kid he has playing guitar is brilliant... he was doing a lot of Keith's keyboard parts on the guitar. From my seat fairly close to the stage, I got the impression that Carl is genuinely a nice guy. I regret never seeing Keith or Greg live. But I'm thrilled I could see Carl play the ELP classics.
Carl invited the audience to meet him at the merch table on the first date of that tour with Arthur Brown, Todd Rundgren and Yes.
He was so nice to us fans, signing any merch we bought, answering questions and being the absolute cool guy I've always imagined him to be.
This was my first ELP album my mom gave to me together with Rick Wakeman's Journey for my 15 birthday! What a gift!
Indeed. Your mom's terrific! Happy mother's day!
My mum bought me Brain Salad Surgery for Christmas 73. I saved up my Xmas money and bought Topographic on the day it came out.
I think I’m in love with your mom.
No what a mom,
I was awake at 2am thinking "what the hell is there to watch???" THEN I saw the thumbnail for this! THANK YOU!
I have never tired of this album since first listening to it in 1974. My friend, John Oris, and I discussed how it would be the “classical” music in future generations
I am a lifelong 'foam at the mouth' ELP fan, and Brain Salad Surgery was truly their apex in every possible way; musically, creatively, lyrically, and performance-wise with the incredible 73-74 world tour that followed. Here were three of the greatest and most talented musicians in Rock, at the absolute top of their game, creating and performing some of the best music they would ever conceive of in their lifetimes, and performing it at a time when their chosen genre of Progressive Rock was cresting in popularity and acceptance. The Stars truly aligned for ELP in 73 and 74. My compliments to the creator of this documentary. I am very familiar with ELP video footage and music, and I just can't imagine where you dug up those rare video clips and audio outtakes, but I tip my hat to thee Sir !
I agree. It's ELP's Dark Side of the Moon.
They must have been saying, "How can we top THIS?"
I'll be there
I'll be there
I WILL BE THERE....
total awesomeness....
For about four short years ELP were the greatest rock group in the world. Saw the BSS World Tour in San Diego and at the California Jam. Best concerts I ever saw, bar none.
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends.
Two of the most esoteris albums of and in the 70's in my life- Pictures at an Exhibition and Brain Salad Surgery. Imagination, virtuosity and artistry are the hallmarks of ELP. What a fantastic group of rock performers. Recently saw Wmy Schafers take and review on 'Pictures'....and it became clear to me, why I love their music. Genius and a form of madness, I think. Maybe the same thing seen in different aspects...❤
I love E.L.P. Great composer and musician. R.I.P. Keith and Greg.
As a long term ELP fan there was a lot in this video new to me to enjoy. I saw them at Wembley, on the Brain Salad Surgery tour. What a show that was. Greatest rock concert I've ever been to. I think ELP transcended the Prog Rock genre, they were much more than that. Lighthearted but very well contructed songs like Benny the Bouncer were an essential part of their work, as were the ballads by Greg Lake.
That white suit that Greg Lake had on was that the inspiration for Jimmy Page to have a white suit?....except his had poppies and dragons on it..(circa early 1977) 😉 I'd give an arm and a leg to see this band live and Led Zeppelin too and I was into EL.P. at the time I was younger.
I'm absolutely stunned.
This video made me realize just how disproportionate is my love for this album as compared to what I actually know about it...
Thank you rael, you are a true prophet of prog.
I wonder how on earth do you find such rare footages of the band. Great job mate
Benny was included because it is great ! 😊😊
My favourite ELP album. I love everything about it. The music is incredible and the album cover is one of the greatest ever imo.
I truly love this album. It was basically my introduction to prog, together with Yes' Close To The Edge and Renaissance's Ashes Are Burning as I got the three of them together from someone who was inexplicably getting rid of his record collection
This has been one of my favorite bands. A Boston radio station named wbcn invited a group of us to hang out in the studio with the band. Towards the end of the night I was invited to Philadelphia Tower theaters to see the Bands dress rehearsal for the Black Moon tour in the early 90s. Greatest show in heaven hell or Earth.
I was at that Tower Theater show! I brought my then 16-year-old cousin Marty with me, and they totally blew his mind. I'll never forget hìs slack-jawed expression as he watched these three guys producing more music than should be possible from only three musicians.
I think it was in 1976 when I became aware of this magnificent album by a band of only three members. When I finished listening to the tracks my life would not be the same as before. It was as if lightning had struck in the middle of a road and made a huge crater. This was really my impression! ⚡💥🔥✨🌟
My first concert was ELP at Cleveland stadium in the summer of 1974. What a baptism.
Was there also,unfortunately didn’t get inside,only had enough money for the rapid transit. I think it was played in quad ,the new innovation,it was quite loud even outside the stadium
That was a tremendous show.
Can I just say, what’s been incredible about this series for me, going all the way back to the early Genesis docs, is how albums that I used to pass over time and time again have now either gained my appreciation or have become my favorite albums (I’m looking at you, Topographic). These mini documentaries are everything that “Sum of the Parts” and “Yesspeak” should have been and more. I look forward to these like a kid looks forward to the ice cream truck. With that said, this was another outstanding addition and I cannot wait for more. You’re doing a real service to the Prog community and I wanted to express my admiration. Thank you.
I get what you're saying. Considering I am making this in my spare time with basic-level software, (I barely know) the documentary output by the bands themselves is hugely disappointing. Especially when you consider they are sat on a goldmine of knowledge, outtakes, photos etc.
@@progessiverockstories All the more reason I wanted to express my appreciation. They’ve become my go-to’s since coming across the “Lamb” doc last year. Really well done! Looking forward to (and donating to) future releases.
@@joeydeezer One of the most underrated and underappreciated albums ever is Tormato. I love the musicianship of it, cover to cover.
@@comfortat could not agree more! Loads of great tunes and musical moments on it, particularly “Onward” and “Release,Release”. The production is a bit lacking, but the spark and charm is still there.
Topographic has always been at my Top lol!!I get the ups and downs of it, but I'm on the I love it side since I own shirt of album cover hahahaha!!ita not my only top, very brand range I'd say!!
Also,I agree about quality of this documentary as well as the genesis 1s,they're all BETTER than stuff put out by money clamoring suits,barely any quality!!!so I get it 😁✌️🍻
Carl lived a mile from me in a big chalet style bungalow with 2 white eagles at it's entrance, down a lane and close to 'The Gate' pub, at Arkley in Hertfordshire. I drove past his place every week, and could see his dragon covered gongs and drum kit in the upper bedroom. I saw ELP live many times, including at Wembley Arena, which I'm sure was in 1973. I wish I'd seen them earlier when they premiered Pictures at an Exhibition on the I.O.W. My favourite albums are Emerson Lake & Palmer with Lucky Man and Take A Pebble' - Trilogy, Brain Salad Surgery, and the triple live Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends. On looking back Keith's amazing spinning grand piano trick is still astounding, especially for back then! ELP were true showmen in every sense, with Keith's Piano, Moog and synths, Greg's soaring vocals, and Carl's super precision drumming. I remember hearing Carl before ELP when he played with Atomic Rooster. Great Docu !!
For those that don't know, and are nerdy enough about synthesizers to care like me 🤓, the Apollo polyphonic synthesizer Keith had was the first prototype and part of the Moog Constellation system which can be seen in the lower left hand corner of the image shown between 6:45 and 6:48 of this video. It consisted of the Lyra monophonic solo synth on top of the Apollo and there was a Taurus bass pedal synth on the floor. I wanted to point this out since most of what is shown while the Apollo is being talked about is the large Moog Modular system which was also customized for Keith by Moog and looks mightily impressive indeed but isn't polyphonic, at least not in the normal sense. For those who want to know more, Marc Doty has a good video on the somewhat convoluted history of the Apollo instrument th-cam.com/video/_AXcFobja7o/w-d-xo.html
The Lyra was a one-off. The single Lyra in existence was used on this album, and on the tour. (more nerdy trivia!)
@@OboeCanAm 😎👍 I've read that the Lyra synth eventually morphed into the MultiMoog.
Obrigado por compartilhar essas informações.
@@danielsalvador19234 De nada 🙂
I had read somewhere where Keith also had "pre-sets" made by Moog for him so he could switch between patches on the giant modular Synth quicker.
As a huge ELP fan, I can't tell you how delighted I was with this. Watched it twice in succession. I still listen to ELP virtually everyday (great music to work out to). Its hard to imagine that, with the way we all felt about BSS back in the day, that this could ever be an underrated album - but it is. So much attention to detail from you- I was overwhelmed. Prog was the child of genius, but genius is hard to control- so much easier to control guys who learned to play just last week- also so much easier to replace them. (All you have to do is dumb down the taste of the listeners- Disney Radio anyone?)
I remember getting the flexi disc with NME. Ironically, NME hated the band and the pun on enemy in the lyrics is appropriate. My mum bought me the album for Christmas 73. To add to the joy, my school invited Carl's percussion teacher James Blades to talk to us and show us some mind boggling rhythms.
This is an awesome documentary. Thank you.
What is nme?
NME was the New Musical Express, a music paper in England which was critical of prog bands. It usually complained about pretentious music, but it was itself full of pretentious writing.
@@donaldanderson6604 I get it John peel type crap. Thanks
@@donaldanderson6604 Pretentious writing and then some!
My brother took me to my first big gig when I was a kid, it was ELP at Liverpool Empire in 1974. When the computer exploded at the end I almost crapped myself. Loads of memories of that day. RIP Keith, Greg and our kid, and keep on rocking' Carl.
This was wonderful rael nyc. I have no friends today and very few at the time of this records release and was a loner even during the time of this records release when I was a teenager of 18 yr.
I almost fell to the floor when I saw the poster art of the show dates of one of the concerts that I attended at the Baltimore Civic Center. I vividly remember the spinning piano in the air along with the spinning drum set.
When I tell people today about that concert and the Rick Wakeman "Journey to the Center of the Earth," concert that I saw at the same venue with inflatable dinosaurs fighting on stage with a full orchestra and rock band, people say "yeah right."
Thank you for proving that these things did exist. I think that I have a new friend now.
Hey, stick around here - ever night is a party in this comments section! To be honest, I get where you are coming from and feel that these videos allow me to truly express myself in ways that people I know in (real) life don't see. It's here (by you guys) that I am truly understood.🤝
Thank God I'm born in the right time 1957 to listen to the great music
There are two timeless, eerie, never-to-be-touched pinnacles in progressive rock: Close To The Edge and Brain Salad. Sure, there are others...Court of the Crimson King, Selling England By The Pound, Free Hand. I love them all. But THESE two...they transcend everything and stand alone.
Another amazing documentary. It's crystal clear that an insane amount of research and dedication goes into them. Awesome!
I stopped what I was doing just to see this. Professionally done with images and sound mixes I've never heard b/4. I loved it. One can clearly see the love you have for ELP.
This is one of the wonderful stories of prog rock! Rael, please don't stop. I send you greetings from Ukraine.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙏
During this foul, wicked Russian war, each night millions of Patriotic Americans gather around their television sets to watch as Ukraine hands blow after lethal blow to their trespassers and to reclaim their blessed country.
You are winning your fight. Your victory will ignite the souls of Earth. YOU ARE A GOOD AND JUST PEOPLE.
@@sustayne Sustayne, thanks for your support. We will definitely win.
Greetings from Russia too
@@Keima_Katsuragi. In mainstream America, most of us understand this war is Putin's folly.....it is not the desire of the people of mainstream Russia. The Russian people are being made to suffer by a man who believes his desires are far more important than what is in the very best interests the Russian citizen. He is screwing over all of the beautiful Russian people.He hates people.
Wow ! My Maiden Innocence has been shattered.
BSS was one of the very the first albums that began my vinyl collection,
As a young 9th grade freshmaiden... I was intrigued by the complexity of the music, and the richness of the vocals.
I was mesmerized, as I sat gazing at the album cover, and the tunes carried me off & away into another dimension.
💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
And now.... 50 years later....
I find out I paid for a
Blow Job.
I'm Mind Blown
Glad to be of 'service' !! 😘
Thank you very much for this documentary about one of the best rock albums of all time and not just prog. BSS was truly a landmark album and your documentary does ELP fair justice . Cheers! :-)
You put serious work into this. Including meshing audio tracks together...massive respect! The Greatest Prog Album of all time!!!
I saw ELP in Nashville in 1977 with the orchestra..still one of the top 5 gigs of my life!
Great show I saw the same thing in st. Louis in 1977 with journey as the opening act. The best was 1973 it's a shame you didn't see that one
Brilliant. Bravo. A lifelong ELP fan (I own the GX1 EMO played in Montreal for the Fanfare video) I hardly knew any of this. Thank you for your passion to give birth to this.
Benny the bouncer is pure filler. ELP was a cover band, they never recorded one album that contained 100% original material. So, never enter R&R Hall of Fame. They covered 10 other composers. True Fact.
@@dancochrane5577 get lost
@@dancochrane5577, how thoughtful. The Philadelphia Philharmonic Orchestra never made an album of 100% original material, either. ELP took classical music and made them their own. That is not what a cover band is. You don't think Yes borrowed heavily from classical composers? Your reasoning on why they aren't in the RRHoF is patently absurd. Now run along...
Yes Benny the bouncer is throwaway, but adds light relief before the onslaught of Karen Evil 9 imo
Benny the Boucher is ELP's Harold the Barrel 😀
This album was my real introduction to ELP. I had listened to Trilogy before, but found it difficult to sit through. When I heard this, I suddenly found myself in a sort of odd comfort zone. Despite its complexity, it sounded strangely familiar to me. I remember one cold and misty morning in Argentina, where I'm from. I had heard the album the night before, and sitting on a bench in a park, it suddenly came to life for me. The warning borne in the air was like hearing a prophecy. Tears started streaming down my face as I realized the meaning and implications of those words. And here we are, 50 years later, and every single word rings truer than ever. The age of power, where no one had an hour to spare, where the seeds have withered, silent children shivering in the cold... And the final epic battle between man and machine, which we are now experiencing, as AI is posed to take over the world and destroy mankind as we know it. Either Sinfield had an acute glimpse into the future or he received some kind of supernatural revelation, but it is the perfect description of the world we live in today. And the music fits it perfectly, with those ominous sounds. Sadly, the warning was not heeded, and its message went largely unnoticed or ignored by much of the world. For me it was a landmark and it became a reference point for the rest of my life.
How true and you're just seeing the tip of the iceberg.
Comparto plenamente. Y me hace recordar una entrevista que le hicieron a Greg Lake en 1993, cuando ELP estaba en Argentina (inolvidable su concierto en Obras); cuando el periodista le pregunta: ¿Qué opina de los que dicen que su música evoca el pasado? Y él le responde: "No lo veo así, para mí aún suena como una música futurista". Y creo que Karn Evil 9 es la composición que más se ajusta a esta mirada. Es una ominosa advertencia de un futuro distópico, acaso incomprendida para su época, pero más clara y vigente que nunca en la actualidad.
Llevo más de 40 años trabajando con computadoras, y me acostumbré a la idea de que son herramientas útiles para el hombre, pero cuando éstas lleguen al nivel en que puedan repararse sin la intervención humana y autorreplicarse, me temo que nuestra función no llegue ni a ser ni la de meras herramientas. Simplemente seremos un estorbo, comensales inútiles, tal como la élite tecnocrática nos considera con vistas a la Agenda 2030.
Puede que nuestra generación, por haber vivido en un país y un mundo que ya no existe, sea más consciente de esta advertencia que la juventud de hoy, demasiado distraída por el chimenterío de las redes y su incurable dependencia con los smartphones.
Saludos
@@danielbagala8606 sorry I no speaky Espanol.
@@edljnehan2811 My English is not very good, but what I said would translate like this:
I fully share. And it reminds me of an interview they did with Greg Lake in 1993, when ELP was in Argentina (his concert at Obras was unforgettable); when the journalist asks: What do you think of those who say that your music evokes the past? And he answers: "I don't see it that way, it still sounds like futuristic music to me." And I think that Karn Evil 9 is the composition that best fits this look. It is an ominous warning of a dystopian future, perhaps misunderstood for its time, but clearer and more relevant than ever today.
I have been working with computers for more than 40 years, and I got used to the idea that they are useful tools for man, but when they reach the level where they can be repaired without human intervention and self-replicate, I am afraid that our function will not even reach be neither that of mere tools. We will simply be a nuisance, useless diners, as the technocratic elite consider us with a view to the 2030 Agenda.
Our generation, having lived in a country and a world that no longer exists, may be more aware of this warning than today's youth, too distracted by the gossip of the networks and their incurable dependence on smartphones.
@@danielbagala8606 well why didn't you say that in the first place Daniel? Haha apparently you've been listening to Stephen Hawking. Not a bad person to gather wisdom from. And I'm sure that's all very possible except for one thing the human race will never make it that long. I hate to be the ultimate pessimist but I think we'll do ourselves in long before AI has a chance. Thanks for the translation.
Wonderful Historic value! Everything about ELP has always fascinated me since I discovered them with Tarkus and as they became bigger so did my passion for them. I finally got to see them live in their glory heydays for this tour (Brain Salad '73) and Works with the orchestra. There will never be another ELP, you have done them great honor with your masterful documentary, Thanks!
This is one of the best music documentaries I’ve ever seen , definitely the best ELP one , I must have watched this about 5 times already ! Brilliant!
Cheers man, I really appreciate the positive feedback. It means a lot to me that I am making so many people happy and helping to celebrate this fine music.
Fantastic work - another amazing documentary! My favorite ELP album, and arguably Keith's greatest compositions.
Another fantastic documentary, my first and still my favourite ELP album.
What an incredible rockumentary you have produced here , very clever .
This was my very first concert l was 14 or 15. Years old Anaheim convention center S. Calif l was blown away it was incredible
Beautifully Create. Thank YOU for Focusing on My Favorite Album of All-Time 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
real nye, If you created this documentary, you clearly are 'BRILLIANT'! "Thank You", somehow just doesn't say 'IT'.
Grateful,
T.F.
Yep. I made the whole thing. A part-time hobby I wished was a full-time job!
Terrific documetary suitable for television! PBS should do it with this, or an expanded one. BSS was way ahead of it's time, especially Tocatta, and Carl's synthisizer percussion. The IC chips used in those small synths were used in pinball machines at that time. Hoping he'll do something like it on his next tour. ELP was an influence on punk rock. They were sort of punk classical. Listen to Pictures at an Exhibition, compare it with the orchestral version, and you'll see what I mean. Keith's organ destruction act with daggers, and his showmanship with his Hammond B-3 glissandos were quite punk like.
Actually when Carl Palmer first got his stainless steel electronic drum kit it did appear on PBS on the show Nova where Carl performed an electronic drum solo as a demonstration
Great video, as always. This was a foundational album for me when I got into prog in the mid-80s.
As opposed to me who's made it through hundreds of sitting in one go and just can't get enough! got the album in back in the 70's and Still it turns me on.
Likewise! 😎👍
This was positively brilliant! You really did a great job documenting and describing what is for my money, the greatest Progressive Rock album ever made. I really applaud your efforts. I have been a die-hard ELP fan for more than 40 years, and you did their finest work true justice!!!
California Jam! What a gas! Really enjoyed the show. Thank you ELP
Another great documentary. So far, your choice of bands in this series aligns perfectly with what I was listening to at the time. Can't wait for the next one! 🙂
had a nasty morning going till your magnificent vid popped up, half hour later all is bright again, thanks! What a brilliant piece of love and devotion to ELP, superb production too, thanks for this!
Very well-done video. One particular missing note: I was there for the world debut of "Laserium" in the fall of 1973 at the Griffith Observatory, in Los Angeles. 1st Impression Part 2 opened the show, leaving an indelible mark upon my 8-year-old self, at the time. It was around this point in my life that I quit studying the keyboard instruments, which I sometimes regret. Then again, I saw Emo as the standard that I could not possibly hope to meet. Maybe I was smarter than I realize.
I saw the same laserium show in St Louis 1973. They played Karn Evil 9 and tank which was the highlight for me. If I remember there was some Dark Side of the Moon in there as well however I really don't care for Pink Floyd.
En mi opinión el mejor albun de ELP,una verdadera obra maestra,saludos
Fortunate enough to see ELP on this tour. Unbelievable concert! Lifetime fan! These guys were genius! Great days for music in 60s and 70s!
Just brilliant. I'm not an elp aficionado and this album is the only one I own but for me its the one that's defines them. The band have a little family history for me in that I inherited the album from my brother and my dad was a loss assessor who met Keith on a few occasions following the fire at Stonehill House.
Their first five albums are landmarks every home should own.
Seriously.
Their FIRST album does not get 1% the credit it deserves.
Don't neglect to get trilogy if you've never heard that you're in for a great surprise.
Yep Trilogy is your next step!
@@WaterWorld1 especially the Endless Enigma.
Who cares?
I totally agree with what you are saying here real nyc. Punk didn't kill Prog, Prog killed Prog, or as you say "it came to it's naturel end". People always forget to mention the ELP, Yes and Genesis all had top 10 hits around the time Punk was happening.
Brain salad was unreal 👌 that kind of music is of no other,there's no bad songs off of any elp!
Holy smokes. Turn off the lights. Close the curtains. Lock the doors, silence the phones.
Press Pray
I have much to say about all you present here, all of which boils down to sincere thanks for this. I saw ELP twice in the 70s with the “flying piano,” once with orchestra at Madison Square Garden and once without an upstate New York, I believe at Cornell University. After that, well… you put it in perspective nicely, about how and why I couldn’t go on forever. I am so glad you rebuffed The notion that “punk killed prog;” it was a reaction, surely, but that is what all music is about. Thank you again.
(^ My typos above are free of charge!)
I was at the California Jam in 1974, and they were awesome, though I was pretty stoned and have only sporadic memories!! I'm also a lead singer who has sung Karnievil 9 many times and it is a blast to sing! They were such an original band!
I think I remember you at Cal Jam.. we really had a ball didn't we? Cheers!
I really appreciate this look into an iconic Lp. I especially enjoy a lot of the back stories most of us are unaware of. I never thought of how Karn Evil 9 fits in with so many books of that era: 2001 A Space Odyssey, Fahrenheit 451, Future Shock, to name a few.
I’m grateful to people like you and Rachel Flowers who keep some of best and most technically interesting music alive. Greg Lake was accurate when he said that he (and many of the Prog musicians) was well trained and rehearsed with regards to their music.
I am 67 years old i am so glad to see this docomounteri before i pass. Magnificent production. GREAT, SALUD.
This is in my Top 10 Desert Island Discs. I didn’t discover ELP until around 1980. Carl became my favorite drummer and has been to this day.
Sadly 1980 was the year Led Zeppelin broke up after their drummer John Bonham suddenly passed away 😢
This is an excellent presentation of Brain Salad Surgery, well done. In SE Louisiana I was part of a group of hard core prog rock fans, scooping up all we could find of King Crimson, The Strawbs, YES, and more. We were anxiously awaiting BSS and we all drove up to Baton Rouge in March 1974 to see ELP at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. We got there many hours before opening and was first in-line, watched through the doors Keith walking around in his bombers jacket during sound check, then as the doors opened we were first up hanging on the stage. My good friend standing next to me was given by Keith his wine bottle he was drinking from. At the end of the computer battle with the ascending computer loop and the bat wings when the explosion went off the first 8 rows of attendees fell down (windowpane acid helped with that). Easily the best concert I ever attended out of dozens. Caught the band later in Albuquerque, NM during the Black Moon tour. I do not think punk rock was much of an effect on prog rock, YES managed to eek out through all of this though their musical journey changed back and forth and ebbed and flowed but to this day they are hanging on with new music but with so many gone now once Steve Howe and maybe even Jon Anderson finishes their careers what remains will be basically a tribute band.
These videos are all fantastic, man. Keep up the good work!
You always surprise me with your videos - as a massive ELP fan Id like to thank you for your wonderful documentary, spreading the "good word"!
All the best
Valentin
Another great video about another iconic album.
What I love about ELP is there were no boundaries and they could go on this album from a faithful rendition of a classic English hymn to a sci-if epic in Karn Evil 9 (and the Moog sequencer at its conclusion!)
THIS DOCUMENTARY IS EXELLENT, IS RELLY RESCUE THE ESSENCE OF THIS HUGE BAND THAT WAS ELP, THE PART WHO TALK ABOUT DE COVER OF BRIAN SALAD SURGERY IS AMAZING , ALL THE HISTORY OFTHE ARTWORK , MY BEST WISHES FOR THIS CHANNEL
As in everything you do, it’s absolutely brilliant yet again, thanks very much.
That were brilliant! I saw them in the Vancouver Coliseum 2/14/74, have long listened to Brain Salad Surgery, but learned a bunch today.
It was the time of quad amplifiers and discs, and I'll never forget how the sound at the end went around and around ever faster until the final Boom!
Already liked without watching all, because your work is AMAZING. ❤
As always, a terrific job with a terrific album. And awesome inclusion of my alma mater's marching band, the OU 110! :-)
I had to include them - they were excellent!
And to think, the whole genesis of Karnevil #9 started with Keith coming up with the Gatton 9 legend. Brilliant!
I listened to it straight through in one sitting. What an incredible experience right to the end with the quad synth sequencer sound rolling around the room.
Stunning tale...¡¡¡ YEAH...😎😎😎
Well done for a superb look at this important band and it's work. It takes a lot of work to get to this standard and we do appreciate it. 👏👏👏🙂
Brilliant docu. Thanks Lee. From one ELP fan to another. Paypal donation done. Now tell your wife to stop complaining - you're doing a great job!
Thank you so much for the hard and beautiful work!
Another 5 star presentation. Greatly appreciate the work you put into your documentaries for others to enjoy.
What an amazing documentary rael nyc, these videos are incredible
Wow - really well-done. I'm pleased to see this footage and photos looking so good!
What a wonderful job as always! I love those documentaries, it make me diggin even more into those bands.
All of my respect! ^^
Epic Monumental Collection Songs 💫
Long live ELP....Great UP & BSS is a Masterpiece !
Another amazing video. You really are something!!! Thank you for all your hard work.
A+ again. Thank you for this and all the other prog docs you create. ✌🏼
Another amazing and incredible video !!! Thank you for the excellent work !! Cheers from South América !!
Best documentary so far!....Great indeed!!!! Huge Thanks
Welcome back! Your documentaries are all superb, and I loved this one. I had forgotten about the flexi-disc, but I’m pretty sure I’ve still got it.
I never tire of listening to Karn Evil 9, I play the midi version through my synths and experiment with the thousands of patches. Great Fun! 🎶🎶😁🎶🎶 Play On All. The Show never ends!
This was really really lovingly made and super informative!
I thoroughly dug it❤ thank you
Ganton 9 that’s amazing
You've never listened to it in one sitting???
The mind is boggled as to how else one would listen to the albums of that era...
Those of us who did, would lay flat on our backs on the floor, with massive headphones on, perhaps some colored lights, or just a dim light, and listen while letting our souls be swept away by the feelings such music inspired.
Peace
Yep, I tried that but when that stupid robot voice comes in at the end I get up and do the hoovering.
@@progessiverockstories LOL... But then you miss that Carl Palmer ending where it sounds like it's going around in circles inside your headphones. And then it goes faster and faster and faster... amazing ending.
It's a wonderful video, a wonderful band and a wonderful album. I loved hearing the isolated tracks (vocals only or no vocals etc.) Somebody should release these as remixes. Great work!
I heard in the box set it is totally remixed however the box set is very expensive
You did a splendid job on this. Thank you.