Oh my god ,aquatarkus is soooooo amaaaaazing ,really out of the range,thanks sooo much ELP my heroes Forever and everrrrrr.from Treviso Italy by Luciano Cattarin
Love this. You can say what you want about Greg Lake as a guitar player, but i think the solo in Tarkus just blows that all outta the water. It may not be the most technical solo ever, but its RIGHT, and so many years on, it still sends shivers down my spine every damn time i hear it. And love. LOVE the nod to Epitaph....just sublime.
August 4, 1974 at the old Cleveland Municipal Stadium. There I was, counting 36 semi trucks for the equipment for this show. I knew then and there it was going to be something special. My first quadrophonic sound system experience. But man, the rhythmic melodic sound of this Battlefield song put me in one thoughtful reflective place. I was not prepared for what came next: Aquatarkus live. OMG. They took it to another level, and then some. One of those moments you never forget.
I have this 3 LP set for more than 30 years (I have the CD set too) and this is still the crown jewel of my records collection. Words just can't describe how epic their performance were, especially Tarkus and Karn Evil 9.
@Paul Yuen How about having this quad album (2) on a quad Sansui SR717 direct drive turntable (with quad stylus [needle] )blasting through a Sansui QRX7500 quad receiver with 4 Kenwood 7070 speakers in 1975 in West Germany? You kids have no idea how It sounded!!!! Between the hash and other drugs, it was fucking awesome!! I even had a pair of quad headphones as to not annoy my pig snitch roommate.
I used to go spend the summer with my Grandmother every year. Brought tapes to listen to. This was one. Grandma was a piano and organ player. Anyways, she stole this album from me. A few months later, we went to visit. She had gotten a mini moog. Took me into the other room to listen. My Dad was so confused. 😂
Michael H Fogg that post made me LITERALLY LOL right here in my living room by myself! Tears are streaming down my cheeks! You have a very open well rounded Grandma who discerned fine talent when she heard it. Even enough to go BUY a freakin’ MiniMoog for herself! THAT in itself blew me away! And, I can just picture your Dad shaking his head while Grandma noodles around on the Moog!! Absolutely priceless story! Thanks for sharing.
I’d just not long left school and had no job but spent my weeks brew money on this triple album. 45+ years later I still think it was money well spent. Truly magnificent rendering of Tarkus and my God Aquatarkus.
How many of you "old farts" hated listening to the track changes on 8 tracks? I had ELP quad 8 tracks blasting through my quad 8 track played via Sansui QRX7500 quad receiver:. "CLACK!" Man what a trip!
I cant remember what I had for lunch yesterday but I have EVERY note from Yessongs and this epic LP stored in my head forever... or at least til I go senile
Fantastic! mY FAVORITE rendition of TARKUS ever!!! Thanks for posting it! . I posted the climax of this from EMERSON and LAKE 2010 in Los Angeles..it's pretty cool! But THIS version....Shit...they were in their Prime here!!! J/M.
+drkam6 I agree, we had the privilege to see Keith at a small venue and it was like a dream. He brought his analog Moog with all of the wires, like a mad scientist. I miss him so much.
I don't really listen to music Prog these days, or ELP for this matter but rate the 'Tarkus' section of 'Welcome Back My Friends..' very highly. The bleakness of the 'Crimson part is superb. Also think that end section, hearing the band playing together with so much driving energy....is quite unique in music for its time. Its almost like a forerunner of Techno.
Unbelievable!! Thanks Keith, Greg and Carl for the many hours of entertainment you brought me and my friends back in the day (and still do) with this spectacular live album! 10:07 mark >>! WOW!!
I saw ELP perform this live on their BBS tour, in 1974! San Bernardino, California. They had a quadraphonic sound system set up in the auditorium, and it was AWESOME! That was my senior year in High School, and for my graduation present, I got a Kenwood quadrophonic stereo system! Then, I could listen to this album the way ELP intended!
Thanks for this. I used to own the album on vinyl. The last movement, to me at least, is a perfect representation of what synths can be used for. Awesome playing, awesome colors, absolutely perfect. I much prefer over the studio album version. Fantastic stuff. I miss that era.
Een wel zeer vlot vervolg op het vorige eerste deel (12:48) Ik heb deze muziek voor het eerst gehoord op LP in 1974(!). En het verveelt nog steeds niet!! Ik ben het ook helemaal eens met Kenneth Britton dat deze live-versie vele malen beter is dan de studio-versie. Het virtuoze enthousiasme spat ervan af!!
+Alexander DeWolf Yep, Norfolk Scope, 1974, quadraphonic, speakers in all four corners with the phaser going around and around. It was the show that never ends.
That version of Tarkus at California Jam ALWAYS makes my MOOG neurons tingle! Analog synth at its very finest at the hands of a Master! RIP Keith. You will never be replaced.
Truly extraordinary. The band firing on all cylinders at breakneck speed and precision. so fortunate to have this recording. i guess there isn't a video of this show ? Anyone know ? I didn't have this recording when it was released. Hearing it for the first time only cements Keith';s place as the greatest keyboardist of his generation. Here it is 2016 and this live album still stands the test of time. Lets hope the passage of time will heal the awful events of 2016.
I was told by a schoolmate (who owned a MicroMoog; the one with the ribbon controller in front of the keys) to check this album out, which I fortunately did and bought! I agree, best version of Tarkus and the spine tingling Aquatarkus at the end! I was also a Laserium fan and looking back SO wished that they would have done a show dedicated to this live version of Tarkus - it would truly have been glorious!!
Check out his solo on Nobody Loves you like I do, Karn evil 9 1st impression, toccata, and many others. He is one of my favorites. If you check out my favorites list itll be clear to you that i like lake very much
I hope Steve Wilson gets a hold of the Anaheim 1974 master (the source of this recording) and properly mixes it. It's such a great version of Tarkus, but the final product makes it sound like it was recorded 1900 feet away from the stage.
Listening to this (and the rest of the albums) on my Sansui QRX7500 running through 4 Kenwood 7070 speakers on a quad album (with quad stylus) played on my Sansui SR717 direct drive turntable was something you folks can't imagine. The speakers were 15" bass, 6 way, 5 speaker as I seem to remember. Traded it all for a car and a motorcycle which I ended up junking. Ooops! Bought it all while stationed at Geibelstadt Air Base. Us stoned GI's would all try to out-do each other on equipment.
@rajrvijarmyers27 I´m glad you enjoyed it! But rather than listening to it with this shitty youtube compression, I´d buy the cd!! You have to hear Karn Evil live!! I might upload that one, too!
OTRO ALBUM TRIPLE DE MI JUVENTUD QUE PUEDO TRAER AL PRESENTE, EL WELCOME BACK, SOBRETODO CON SU MEJOR FRAGMENTO MUSICAL. EL TODO ES EL TARKUS Y EL AQUATARKUS LA MEJOR PARTE DEL MISMO, CON SUS 10 MINUTOS DE TRILOGIA MUSICAL. ESTE ALBUM SE GRABO EN 1973 Y FUE PUBLICADO EN 1974. HAS ESCUCHADO ESTE TEMA MY QUEEN? ES MOSTRO TAMBIEN SU HISTORIA COMPLETA EN MI BLOG XTRAMUROS
![Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus (Live 1974) [Official Audio]](/img/n.gif)
Oh my god ,aquatarkus is soooooo amaaaaazing ,really out of the range,thanks sooo much ELP my heroes Forever and everrrrrr.from Treviso Italy by Luciano Cattarin
Considerado unos mejores Grupo Rock Sinfónico Mi Emerson Lake and Palmer
Love this. You can say what you want about Greg Lake as a guitar player, but i think the solo in Tarkus just blows that all outta the water. It may not be the most technical solo ever, but its RIGHT, and so many years on, it still sends shivers down my spine every damn time i hear it. And love. LOVE the nod to Epitaph....just sublime.
For me the best piece of music ever made.
August 4, 1974 at the old Cleveland Municipal Stadium. There I was, counting 36 semi trucks for the equipment for this show. I knew then and there it was going to be something special. My first quadrophonic sound system experience. But man, the rhythmic melodic sound of this Battlefield song put me in one thoughtful reflective place. I was not prepared for what came next: Aquatarkus live. OMG. They took it to another level, and then some. One of those moments you never forget.
The instrumental is probably THE BEST synthesizer/drum combo you could imagine. Bloody amazing. I only wish it had been filmed and made into a BluRay
I have this 3 LP set for more than 30 years (I have the CD set too) and this is still the crown jewel of my records collection. Words just can't describe how epic their performance were, especially Tarkus and Karn Evil 9.
@Paul Yuen How about having this quad album (2) on a quad Sansui SR717 direct drive turntable (with quad stylus [needle] )blasting through a Sansui QRX7500 quad receiver with 4 Kenwood 7070 speakers in 1975 in West Germany? You kids have no idea how It sounded!!!! Between the hash and other drugs, it was fucking awesome!! I even had a pair of quad headphones as to not annoy my pig snitch roommate.
ELP at their peak!! This is so fu
def at their peak, and IMO no other prog rock group was as intense as these guys. esp. here.
I saw this show on their original BBS tour in 1973. Glorious!
I used to go spend the summer with my Grandmother every year. Brought tapes to listen to. This was one. Grandma was a piano and organ player. Anyways, she stole this album from me. A few months later, we went to visit. She had gotten a mini moog. Took me into the other room to listen. My Dad was so confused. 😂
Cool!
Michael H Fogg that post made me LITERALLY LOL right here in my living room by myself! Tears are streaming down my cheeks! You have a very open well rounded Grandma who discerned fine talent when she heard it. Even enough to go BUY a freakin’ MiniMoog for herself! THAT in itself blew me away! And, I can just picture your Dad shaking his head while Grandma noodles around on the Moog!! Absolutely priceless story! Thanks for sharing.
I’d just not long left school and had no job but spent my weeks brew money on this triple album. 45+ years later I still think it was money well spent. Truly magnificent rendering of Tarkus and my God Aquatarkus.
"Were you there to watch the Earth be scorched ?"
Says it all right there, from the past for the future.
How many of you "old farts" hated listening to the track changes on 8 tracks? I had ELP quad 8 tracks blasting through my quad 8 track played via Sansui QRX7500 quad receiver:. "CLACK!" Man what a trip!
I cant remember what I had for lunch yesterday but I have EVERY note from Yessongs and this epic LP stored in my head forever... or at least til I go senile
Nah, Alzheimer's patients remember the past, just can't make new memories. Music is very therapeutic!
Any one who says Lake isn't a good guitarist should listen to this
One of Lake's best guitar performances
A testament of the epic musicianship and compositions of these three incredibly talented gentleman!
i have to listen this over and over again
Fantastic! mY FAVORITE rendition of TARKUS ever!!! Thanks for posting it! .
I posted the climax of this from EMERSON and LAKE 2010 in Los Angeles..it's pretty cool! But THIS version....Shit...they were in their Prime here!!! J/M.
RIP KEITH
Your music and prowess will live on forever!
+drkam6 I agree, we had the privilege to see Keith at a small venue and it was like a dream. He brought his analog Moog with all of the wires, like a mad scientist. I miss him so much.
Did you ever focus on what Palmer is doing on "Aquatarkus" ? Amazing!
The Aquatarkus section, where they extend it by 10 minutes, is FANTASTIC!
Best live music set ever...energy and genious
I don't really listen to music Prog these days, or ELP for this matter but rate the 'Tarkus' section of 'Welcome Back My Friends..' very highly. The bleakness of the 'Crimson part is superb. Also think that end section, hearing the band playing together with so much driving energy....is quite unique in music for its time. Its almost like a forerunner of Techno.
VietNam Vets...we love and respect you...
Que tremendo recital en vivo de esta Gran agrupación Emerson Lake and Palmer
"every blade is sharp......confusion will be my epitaph.. if we make it we can all sit back and laugh".....EPIC!!!
I saw the Welcome Back My Friends concert in '74. It was my first concert. Now over 100 concerts later, it is still one of my favorites
Great concert! I saw it in '73. Incredible! One of my favorite concerts ever!
I have the Tarkus album design tattooed on my upper right arm. Hard core, man!
Unbelievable!! Thanks Keith, Greg and Carl for the many hours of entertainment you brought me and my friends back in the day (and still do) with this spectacular live album! 10:07 mark >>! WOW!!
Carl Palmer and Tony Williams share top drumming honors forever in my book.
Best vocalist ever!
indeed.
I saw ELP perform this live on their BBS tour, in 1974! San Bernardino, California. They had a quadraphonic sound system set up in the auditorium, and it was AWESOME! That was my senior year in High School, and for my graduation present, I got a Kenwood quadrophonic stereo system! Then, I could listen to this album the way ELP intended!
I saw them in Long Beach Arena, one of the three shows listed on this album!
My first ever rock concert.
@@coachhannah2403
That must have been awesome!
@@arklat - It was. Probably why I prefer that album to many TH-cam concerts. CalJam several months later kind of cemented those preferences!
I would die happy if video of this somehow surfaced
I saw it live in 1973. It was just like this. amazing!
I always imagine that this is how music must sound like if you are on drugs of some kind... sublime, etheral, perfect....
Thanks for this. I used to own the album on vinyl. The last movement, to me at least, is a perfect representation of what synths can be used for. Awesome playing, awesome colors, absolutely perfect. I much prefer over the studio album version. Fantastic stuff. I miss that era.
Were you there to watch the earth be scotched? - Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott
Een wel zeer vlot vervolg op het vorige eerste deel (12:48) Ik heb deze muziek voor het eerst gehoord op LP
in 1974(!). En het verveelt nog steeds niet!!
Ik ben het ook helemaal eens met Kenneth Britton dat deze live-versie vele malen beter is
dan de studio-versie. Het virtuoze enthousiasme spat ervan af!!
Erano dei musicisti di un altro mondo
❤😂
along with yessongs best live prog concert capture ever.
+Hard Rock Master I was there in 1974 in New Hampshire.
+Alexander DeWolf Yep, Norfolk Scope, 1974, quadraphonic, speakers in all four corners with the phaser going around and around. It was the show that never ends.
Agreed, and as a slight aside, I'd add Focus Live at the Rainbow.
word
yes...both 3pl3 LP albums!!...la creme de la creme of Prog rock live albums!!
That version of Tarkus at California Jam ALWAYS makes my MOOG neurons tingle! Analog synth at its very finest at the hands of a Master! RIP Keith. You will never be replaced.
I always felt that way, too. I barely noticed it on the studio record. On this one, it's the piece de resistance.
It would vibrate the floor on the lower registers. I was at the show this was recorded at. Truly a life changing moment for me. RIP Keith.
This recording is from the Anaheim live concert 1974. CalJam was at Ontario Speedway 1974.
@@jazzenthusiast4353- Long Beach 1973 is also represented on this album. Do you know where individual pieces are from?
I was at Long Beach and CalJam!
Truly extraordinary. The band firing on all cylinders at breakneck speed and precision. so fortunate to have this recording. i guess there isn't a video of this show ? Anyone know ? I didn't have this recording when it was released. Hearing it for the first time only cements Keith';s place as the greatest keyboardist of his generation. Here it is 2016 and this live album still stands the test of time. Lets hope the passage of time will heal the awful events of 2016.
Well it's now 2022 and this song is still going on! And a picture vinyl for Tarkus album!!! Hotta love ELP
Pretty sure this 1974 tour was captured live on the east coast of the US states. At their peak, totally awesome.
Just a note to all the close minded people I grew up with in the 1970"S----ELP ROCKS!!!
I was the only one I knew of in my school, too. But I think I made some converts.
I was told by a schoolmate (who owned a MicroMoog; the one with the ribbon controller in front of the keys) to check this album out, which I fortunately did and bought! I agree, best version of Tarkus and the spine tingling Aquatarkus at the end! I was also a Laserium fan and looking back SO wished that they would have done a show dedicated to this live version of Tarkus - it would truly have been glorious!!
I agree with a comment that I saw that the TARKUS (studio album) version of 'Aquatarkus' is almost comical compared to this astounding live version.
Check out his solo on Nobody Loves you like I do, Karn evil 9 1st impression, toccata, and many others. He is one of my favorites. If you check out my favorites list itll be clear to you that i like lake very much
Still my favourite ever piece of live synth music!
I close my eyes while listening and can picture a Cecil B Demille movie with this as the soundtrack
I hope Steve Wilson gets a hold of the Anaheim 1974 master (the source of this recording) and properly mixes it. It's such a great version of Tarkus, but the final product makes it sound like it was recorded 1900 feet away from the stage.
AWESOME!!!!!! Incredible!!
pure poetry
this is that 3 album i have or had on vinyl. i have to try and find it and put it on the technics turntable. my fav. album!
esto es divino, los amo con toda mi alma desde el 71,
I was giving him a compliment. Reread my comment. Lake is one of my favorites too
I was there (with lots of friends) at Anaheim. Didn't know for many years that this concert was the one on the album.
I was at San Bernardino.
Me too. We all drove down to see them the next night.
Wow, that is really cool! I loved the show, in quadrophonic sound!
There is a video of Keith explaining the power of the Modular Moog and, if you cranked it up "it hurt!". 😂
Epic!!
Perfection.
amazing!
Listening to this (and the rest of the albums) on my Sansui QRX7500 running through 4 Kenwood 7070 speakers on a quad album (with quad stylus) played on my Sansui SR717 direct drive turntable was something you folks can't imagine.
The speakers were 15" bass, 6 way, 5 speaker as I seem to remember.
Traded it all for a car and a motorcycle which I ended up junking. Ooops!
Bought it all while stationed at Geibelstadt Air Base.
Us stoned GI's would all try to out-do each other on equipment.
Actually, the receiver is mine to have (back) for free if I can ever catch the dude home. He lives 800 miles south so it's hard to just drive up.
Yamaha SR650 I was in Germany in 1975 I forgot to mention.
I listened it with my Sansui AU-X1 , Micro-Seiki BL51 and Dynavector element , wiht a very nice pair of Mission 770 speakers
Yamaha SR650
Paul Foley Speak up!
i meant 3 album set. love this one! thank you!
It will be interesting to see the live concert of this masterpiece of music. who knows if they left testimony.
WOWWWWWWWWW
Que tremenda versión de Tarkus...suena mejor que en estudio!
Cierto.
Es mejor.
I just wish there were video of this!
Epic!
Aquatarkus is fucking EPIC!!!
An incredible performance capture of their '74 tour. The Lp mix does suffer somewhat but sounds very very good here in this upload.
@rajrvijarmyers27 I´m glad you enjoyed it! But rather than listening to it with this shitty youtube compression, I´d buy the cd!! You have to hear Karn Evil live!! I might upload that one, too!
musica a sério velhos tempos
✌️🙌✌️🙌✌️🙌
OTRO ALBUM TRIPLE DE MI JUVENTUD QUE PUEDO TRAER AL PRESENTE, EL WELCOME BACK, SOBRETODO CON SU MEJOR FRAGMENTO MUSICAL. EL TODO ES EL TARKUS Y EL AQUATARKUS LA MEJOR PARTE DEL MISMO, CON SUS 10 MINUTOS DE TRILOGIA MUSICAL. ESTE ALBUM SE GRABO EN 1973 Y FUE PUBLICADO EN 1974.
HAS ESCUCHADO ESTE TEMA MY QUEEN? ES MOSTRO
TAMBIEN SU HISTORIA COMPLETA EN MI BLOG XTRAMUROS
Is Greg in the guitar?? Awesome!!
+Armando Rodriguez B Yes. He is quite talented, yes?
GREAT solo! That opening lick should've been mined for it's own song.
In the court of the karn evil tarkus
エピタフが挿入されているのが感動ですよね。
ARFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF !!
6:14 bass riff !
Please do!
I've read on discussion boards people say shit like "while he was not the strongest bassist or guitarist he was a great singer"
Raised a Roman Catholic, 1954-1973....figure it out...
Three Knight Templars!
La voce di Greg Lake non ha paragoni
I'm an old fart by the way. I'll turn 65 12/19/19.
it was pretty clear i meant guitar wise
thats weird, tarkus. I pictured you more as a yes fan
Hard electronica or,,,?
No.... Pure Progressive Rock at its finest !
And analog all the way.
The Liverpool Empire version of Aquatarkus 1974 (TH-cam) is alot better. ELP let rip cos they don't know they're being recorded.
+ticktack1
Could you please send me the link to this i am having problems finding it. I love the 74 live version of this song.
I can't imagine this version of Tarkus being topped. Aside from the stellar performance, the recording quality is outstanding for 44 years ago.
Apoteosis.