The way Emerson's solo travels outward from the main theme & then returns near the end to resolve itself just knocks me out. He was a master at this technique.
That "big thing behind Emerson" is a vintage modular Moog synthesizer built as collaboration between Keith and Bob Moog himself. Sometime around the early 2010s Emerson sent it back to Moog for an upgrade and refurbishing instead of having it delivered back to himself he had it sent directly to a young blind Lady Young musician by the name of Rachel Flowers who is a massive Emerson Lake and Palmer fan and could play their music like nobody's business. There's a wonderful video on TH-cam of Emerson telling Rachel that he is sent the refurbished machine to her to play with before he even got it back and some absolutely incredible playing of hers covering many ELP/Emerson compositions. She is talented enough to have been a member of the band it's really worth looking up the video and perhaps reacting to it. By herself that young lady is a gift to us all. She was absolutely devastated by the deaths of Emerson and Lake and collaborated with others to do tribute videos.
An amazing song and video, in the freezing cold of Montreal. Imagine having to complete this in 4 takes, producing a fantastic reproduction of this anthemic song for video. Love it, thank you.
Carl's drum kit was a beast too. He had it made by British Steel as I recall and the only stock steal that they had on hand was quarter inch thick and half inch thick and he thought oh what the hell and went with the thicker stuff. He didn't realize how happy it would make the drums. The bass drum alone would take two stagehands to carry it. The entire kit together was frequently mounted on top of a rotating platform and the combination text the limits of many stages and some had to be reinforced after a couple of them had collapsed from the weight. But it was a beautiful kit with the outer shell highly polished and beautifully engraved. It got to be a real pain to transport it however, and eventually it was sold off. Eventually it ended up in the hands of Ringo Starr who I believe is still the Lucky Man who still in possession of the unique drums.
Hi John, Sounds like this is your first listen to ELP. Oh boy, have you got a lot of their terrific music to enjoy! Please start at the beginning with the first ELP album, and be sure to include Brain Salad Surgery, a masterpiece! I trust many of your fans who know ELP will agree. With Peace and Love to all!
The Montreal Summer Olympics were held a year before in 1976. EL&P was famous for 'covering' symphonic classics such as this one by Aaron Copeland. That big thing in back is a GONG! It was fabulous to see it on stage in a live concert.
That big thing with all the wires is an analog Moog Synthesizer. It weighed several hundred pounds and the oscillators had to be tuned often after being moved. The advent of digital synthesizers was a big improvement.
@@Helliconia54 - True at the beginning but as the tech developed with higher oversampling and better D to A converters that warmth can easily be recaptured in a smaller easier to move around musical keyboard instrument. I don't know of anyone still using an analog synth.
Keith Emerson once said that when he was a young boy, he was blown away when he heard Miles Davis on the radio. You will be too if you're not familiar with him. You should try ELP live in Switzerland 1970. A great concert.
The very first rock concert given at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, built for the 1976 games, but unfortunately not finished in time, since there was not yet the retractable roof. Imagine playing outdoors in -20 Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit), with 18 inches of snow on the ground and all that, in front of empty seats. They would surely have had immense success at the very beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic.
Their live version of 'Tarkus' from their 1974 triple album 'Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends. Ladies and Gentlemen: Emerson, Lake & Palmer' is something you should consider checking out. It's amazing.
They performed their a few days after this. Still to this day biggest Attendance @ Olympic stadium in Canada. Of yeah Rush couldn’t even do that ❤️✌🏼🇺🇸🇺🇦
The large thing behind him with all the wires is the early version of Synthesizers. Keith was a pioneer in the use of Moog Synths. Now they are well-contained keyboards
Fanfare for the Common Man was written by composer Aaron Copeland in 1942. A great classic tune. ELP asked him for permission to use it and arrange it for them. This is what they came up with. He loved it.
Saw them live in '74, been my favorites ever since. Three master musicians that could play any genre, and mix it all together. Too much to say - just listen to the first 6 albums, more than once. I saw Keith and Greg play together again a couple of years before their unfortunate deaths. Also got to Keith's Memorial Tribute Concert. Carl is still at it - a beast on the drums in his 70's. They hold their own place in prog history.
This is an EL&P recreation of the original Aaron Copland composition, and you're right John, Emerson had a great appreciation for jazz, many of his compositions have parts with an undeniable jazz flavor, he even appeared on some TV shows dedicated to jazz. In fact, one of the musicians he most admired was Oscar Peterson, the great jazz pianist. There's a video of him playing with Peterson, and he even looks a bit self-conscious playing with him.
While in Montreal, during their 1977 tour of America, the band was rehearsing in the basement of the Olympic stadium, the only space available sufficiently large to accommodate themselves and the orchestra. During a coffee break, Lake took the lift upstairs, and was struck by the spectacle of the empty stadium under a carpet of snow, and was inspired to hold a jam session in the unique environment. They organized for their equipment to be set up early the following morning, and a video recordist to document the proceedings. Despite the extreme cold, the trio, dressed in their warmest gear, completed a version of Fanfare in four separate "takes", filming each member individually, then one of the trio
This clip was made during the rehearsal period leading up to the shows at Olympic Stadium; the audio is not really them playing - it's the WORKS VOL. 1 recording. However, other than the trumpet section intro, the recording was made at a rehearsal studio in one take, recorded using a single stereo microphone. Emerson absolutely wrings out that Yamaha GX1 but Palmer and Lake are solid and creative throughout. Oh, to have been in that room.
It was Montreal's Olympic Stadium in Feb of 1977. Basically it was supposed to be a sound check before this first concert of their NA tour. But they decided to record it. The synth is the Yamaha GX-1, the first 8 note polyphonic synth.
The audio in this clip is the studio recording; they're miming to the recording but at least using the authentic instruments (although I'm not sure if the recording has the stainless steel drumkit).
You have no idea what you’ve come across. ELP is the forgotten group of the seventies by everyone but ELP fanatics. This piece only scratches the surface of the talent of these three guys. It’s a rabbit hole that once entered, you’ll never want to escape. I measure every other group from that era by ELP standards. Few measure up. Enjoy the journey.
Palmer on Aaron Copland: We were a little bit worried about playing him the actual rock section of it where we were ad-libbing and having some fun ... He said, 'At least you've done something different with it - that works for me. Go ahead, guys, I wish you the best of luck with it.' Copland: Well, of course it's very flattering to have one's music adopted by so popular a group, and so good a group as Emerson, Lake & Palmer. A lot depends on what they do with what they take, and naturally since I have a copyright on such material, they're not able to take it without my permission; so that in each case, where I have given my permission, there was something that attracted me about the version that they perform, which made me think I'd like to allow them to release it ... what they do is really around the piece, you might say, rather than a literal transposition of the piece, and they're a gifted group.
I am amazed that anyone interested in keyboards doesn't know of Keiths influences on design of the instruments. His compositions and techniques feature in music schools and colleges around the world
Some info on the Works album The album peaked at No. 9 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 12 on the US Billboard 200 and went gold in both countries, the latter for 500,000 copies sold. The group track "Fanfare for the Common Man", Emerson's adaptation of the 1942 composition by Aaron Copland, was released as a single in May 1977. It went to No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart to become the band's highest charting single in the UK. Additional material recorded in 1976, plus songs from previous studio sessions, were released as Works Volume 2. Both albums were supported with the 1977-1978 tour, which featured the band playing with an orchestra on stage for some early shows. Didnt Copland write Halleluiah ?
Yamaha GX1 two polyphonic manuals, monophonic third manual. GX 1 also had. Pedals that Emerson did not use. The GX1 lead the way to the CS 80. The tack is off of works volume one, they are play to that. The live version , can be found on Works Tour videos is very different in the solo section. The Modular Moog was not used on the track
I have a feeling the brass ("trumpet") intro is generated on the modular moog. Probably set up by Emerson's roadie who used to be involved in the patching and offstage control of the moog. Emerson wrote a little about his roadie in his book "pictures of an exhibiionist" but didn't say anything about the intro and studio additions to the "fanfare" single-take track. But the additions are clearly there. The biggest giveaway is Palmer on the drum kit, the camera is never on him when the timpanis are also present. It would be a physical impossibility for Palmer to sustain the rythm part and play clean timpani parts at the same time. That would require 4 hands. But there they are.There are clearly studio additions to the track. Nevertheless one of the greatest performances by a band with such a progressive piece.
@@georgegalanis9233 No, pretty sure the “Trumpet” is GX1. 🙂 The only time Keith had a” roadie” patching the Moog is when with The Nice he borrowed one and the owner popped up from time to time to change patches. Keith’s Modular used with ELP had a custom hardware preset box that gave Keith Several “ patches at the lush of a button, he would occasional tweak sounds himself while playing. Over the years the Modular grew.
If you liked this, you might also like "Abaddon's Bolero" from the album "Triloggy" (refers to "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel) . Less jazzy, but also purely instrumental and continuously building.
Watched them in Manchester Free trade hall back then amazing. We used to go on a acid trip every Saturday night listen to there LPs and lots more. Led Zeppelin Hendrix ...Electric ladyland we had a ball Revolver St pepper Deep purple and of course Bob Dylan. And more. 2023 What happened to the music. It just vanished. Music is controlled by those men in suites as John Lennon described them. Getting on your knees in a office to some guy who couldn't play a note.
That s Montreal s Olympic Stadium ! the olympics were in 1976 ! Keith Emerson and Greg Lake passed so only the drummer Carl Palmer is still alive ! That s sad ! So it seems that they were trying to do like at Pompei ! recording in a huge stadium ! But in 1977 that stadium was new and not to many bands played there yet ! Today we know that it s hard to have a good sound there ! I saw Pink Floyd there and they managed to sound good ! well at least from where i was ! If the roof was down it wouldn t be as cold ! I know that roof was a big problem and cost alot of money to get it working right ! lol 😎
And I'll be willing to bet that you didn't even miss the guitar.… (It's a piece of classical music composed by Aaron Copland. This ELP version is quite unlike the original orchestral one. Look it up.)
The original classical composition by Aaron Copeland sounds a bit "lame/STIFF SHIRT" in comparison to this ... which doesnt really seem appropriate for "the Common [blue collar] Man". The beauty of the track is that there are many different versions ... and Emerson performed it with "the Best" [a group of talented musicians from different groups], which sounds a lot different.
The video ends suddenly because they're actually still there, playing it, trying to find an end point. Carl didn't leave ELP and Keith and Greg are alive and well - it's all just a cover story.
I'm kind of annoyed that this Montreal video has for years been misinterpreted as a live performance. It is not---it's the studio recording, as featured on the Works Volume I album, with footage of the band practicing (or miming?) synchronised to it.
@@RetroJack that's as maybe, but one man's easily annoyed is another man's caring about something. Doesn't change the point I was making about this being incorrectly described as a live performance all over TH-cam! Compare the sound on this to the studio version and you'll hear they're identical. There are plenty of live versions of Fanfare out there, but this isn't one of them! 😄✌
@@drumlinbeatpaul You are spot on drumlinbeat. Four 'takes' were made with the band playing along to the studio recording. This doesn't take anything away from ELP who were brilliant live!
@@theyak7912 thank you, thank you, thank you! Good to have validation and also that interesting extra detail. Yes, I was lucky enough to see ELP live in the 90s and they were superb. ☺
@@drumlinbeatpaul You're welcome. I love this song too and I still remember first seeing the video on TV in 1977, partly because of the iconic setting and also due to Emerson taking the basic framework and making this song his own. I love the GX-1 sounds Emerson used and also the solid construction of the extended blues solo. It never sounds boring - even though I've heard it 100's of times I guess
The way Emerson's solo travels outward from the main theme & then returns near the end to resolve itself just knocks me out. He was a master at this technique.
My all time favorite song by my all time favorite band for the last 50 years! Glad to see them getting some love by a new generation.
That "big thing behind Emerson" is a vintage modular Moog synthesizer built as collaboration between Keith and Bob Moog himself. Sometime around the early 2010s Emerson sent it back to Moog for an upgrade and refurbishing instead of having it delivered back to himself he had it sent directly to a young blind Lady Young musician by the name of Rachel Flowers who is a massive Emerson Lake and Palmer fan and could play their music like nobody's business. There's a wonderful video on TH-cam of Emerson telling Rachel that he is sent the refurbished machine to her to play with before he even got it back and some absolutely incredible playing of hers covering many ELP/Emerson compositions. She is talented enough to have been a member of the band it's really worth looking up the video and perhaps reacting to it. By herself that young lady is a gift to us all. She was absolutely devastated by the deaths of Emerson and Lake and collaborated with others to do tribute videos.
I saw them play live at the California Jam in 1974. Keith Emerson is the greatest keyboardist that has ever lived! RIP Keith & Greg
✝️🕊️❤️
Carl Palmer is criminally underrated as a drummer, even within the drum community.
@Sevenoaks Kent Nope. He left school and went pro when he was 15.
@@kathyratino962 He did take lessons on classical percussion (tympani, etc.) but you're essentially correct - learned by emulation at a young age.
Vastly underrated - and a heck of a nice guy.
Carl Palmer is one of the top drummers ever. His drum solo video shows what a great drummer he is!
Carl Palmer's custom made stainless steel drum kit weighed in at 2•5 tons.
An amazing song and video, in the freezing cold of Montreal. Imagine having to complete this in 4 takes, producing a fantastic reproduction of this anthemic song for video. Love it, thank you.
Carl Palmer is an awesome drummer ! One of the best
In 1977, Olympic stadium record attendance was 78 thousand by Pink Floyd in July, then in august 73 thousand by Emerson, lake, and Palmer.
The most talented live band in rock n roll!
Straordinaria lui unico genio indiscusso❤
Funny thing is many people miss that this is a pure jazz/classical fusion. From a Prog Rock-ish band. Kudos for sussing that out.😁
Carl's drum kit was a beast too. He had it made by British Steel as I recall and the only stock steal that they had on hand was quarter inch thick and half inch thick and he thought oh what the hell and went with the thicker stuff. He didn't realize how happy it would make the drums. The bass drum alone would take two stagehands to carry it. The entire kit together was frequently mounted on top of a rotating platform and the combination text the limits of many stages and some had to be reinforced after a couple of them had collapsed from the weight. But it was a beautiful kit with the outer shell highly polished and beautifully engraved. It got to be a real pain to transport it however, and eventually it was sold off. Eventually it ended up in the hands of Ringo Starr who I believe is still the Lucky Man who still in possession of the unique drums.
Hi John, Sounds like this is your first listen to ELP. Oh boy, have you got a lot of their terrific music to enjoy! Please start at the beginning with the first ELP album, and be sure to include Brain Salad Surgery, a masterpiece! I trust many of your fans who know ELP will agree. With Peace and Love to all!
Opps! Guess I missed your previous reactions to much of ELP.
I'm looking forward to seeing them. THANKS!!
Yes, Palmer was a jazz drummer, playing and touring with Big Bands at age 14. Emmerson and Lake, were also playing Jazz in many of their early years.
The Montreal Summer Olympics were held a year before in 1976. EL&P was famous for 'covering' symphonic classics such as this one by Aaron Copeland. That big thing in back is a GONG! It was fabulous to see it on stage in a live concert.
That was a full session. One of the pieces in Works.
That big thing with all the wires is an analog Moog Synthesizer. It weighed several hundred pounds and the oscillators had to be tuned often after being moved. The advent of digital synthesizers was a big improvement.
digital just did not have the warmth that purists loved. Couldn't beat an analogue for sound quality
@@Helliconia54 - True at the beginning but as the tech developed with higher oversampling and better D to A converters that warmth can easily be recaptured in a smaller easier to move around musical keyboard instrument. I don't know of anyone still using an analog synth.
Keith Emerson once said that when he was a young boy, he was blown away when he heard Miles Davis on the radio. You will be too if you're not familiar with him. You should try ELP live in Switzerland 1970. A great concert.
The very first rock concert given at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, built for the 1976 games, but unfortunately not finished in time, since there was not yet the retractable roof.
Imagine playing outdoors in -20 Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit), with 18 inches of snow on the ground and all that, in front of empty seats.
They would surely have had immense success at the very beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic.
Their live version of 'Tarkus' from their 1974 triple album 'Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends. Ladies and Gentlemen: Emerson, Lake & Palmer' is something you should consider checking out. It's amazing.
Elp live were absolutely incredible
It is. Puts the studio version on the trailer.
@@hubbsllc Aquatarkus is fantastic 🎵🎤🎸🎹
The entire album is fantastic!!
They performed their a few days after this. Still to this day biggest Attendance @ Olympic stadium in Canada. Of yeah Rush couldn’t even do that ❤️✌🏼🇺🇸🇺🇦
I was lucky enough to see this tour at MSG, full orchestra and all. Hope to see more ELP on your playlist.
I saw opening night of this tour at Freedom Hall in Louisville. By the time they came to St. Louis they had ditched the orchestra.
I also saw them at MSG in 1977. Awesome show
He did some ELP very early on in his reaction career.
In Baltimore early in the tour with the orchestra - then DC later when they were alone. Stunning
The large thing behind him with all the wires is the early version of Synthesizers. Keith was a pioneer in the use of Moog Synths. Now they are well-contained keyboards
Fanfare for the Common Man was written by composer Aaron Copeland in 1942. A great classic tune. ELP asked him for permission to use it and arrange it for them. This is what they came up with. He loved it.
Saw them live in '74, been my favorites ever since. Three master musicians that could play any genre, and mix it all together. Too much to say - just listen to the first 6 albums, more than once. I saw Keith and Greg play together again a couple of years before their unfortunate deaths. Also got to Keith's Memorial Tribute Concert. Carl is still at it - a beast on the drums in his 70's. They hold their own place in prog history.
A perfect song and a perfect intro for the common man to ELP. Everything about this song is perfect including the lyrics.🤣
This is an EL&P recreation of the original Aaron Copland composition, and you're right John, Emerson had a great appreciation for jazz, many of his compositions have parts with an undeniable jazz flavor, he even appeared on some TV shows dedicated to jazz. In fact, one of the musicians he most admired was Oscar Peterson, the great jazz pianist. There's a video of him playing with Peterson, and he even looks a bit self-conscious playing with him.
Yeah - if you hear the best of Keith Emerson's piano playing and you want to hear better than *that*; best you go listen to some Oscar Peterson.
While in Montreal, during their 1977 tour of America, the band was rehearsing in the basement of the Olympic stadium, the only space available sufficiently large to accommodate themselves and the orchestra. During a coffee break, Lake took the lift upstairs, and was struck by the spectacle of the empty stadium under a carpet of snow, and was inspired to hold a jam session in the unique environment. They organized for their equipment to be set up early the following morning, and a video recordist to document the proceedings. Despite the extreme cold, the trio, dressed in their warmest gear, completed a version of Fanfare in four separate "takes", filming each member individually, then one of the trio
During the intermission at the Olympic Stadium, they played this video on the screens. August 1977 and I was turning 15 that night.
This clip was made during the rehearsal period leading up to the shows at Olympic Stadium; the audio is not really them playing - it's the WORKS VOL. 1 recording. However, other than the trumpet section intro, the recording was made at a rehearsal studio in one take, recorded using a single stereo microphone. Emerson absolutely wrings out that Yamaha GX1 but Palmer and Lake are solid and creative throughout. Oh, to have been in that room.
It was Montreal's Olympic Stadium in Feb of 1977. Basically it was supposed to be a sound check before this first concert of their NA tour. But they decided to record it. The synth is the Yamaha GX-1, the first 8 note polyphonic synth.
The audio in this clip is the studio recording; they're miming to the recording but at least using the authentic instruments (although I'm not sure if the recording has the stainless steel drumkit).
The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat.
You have no idea what you’ve come across. ELP is the forgotten group of the seventies by everyone but ELP fanatics. This piece only scratches the surface of the talent of these three guys. It’s a rabbit hole that once entered, you’ll never want to escape. I measure every other group from that era by ELP standards. Few measure up. Enjoy the journey.
Palmer on Aaron Copland: We were a little bit worried about playing him the actual rock section of it where we were ad-libbing and having some fun ... He said, 'At least you've done something different with it - that works for me. Go ahead, guys, I wish you the best of luck with it.'
Copland: Well, of course it's very flattering to have one's music adopted by so popular a group, and so good a group as Emerson, Lake & Palmer. A lot depends on what they do with what they take, and naturally since I have a copyright on such material, they're not able to take it without my permission; so that in each case, where I have given my permission, there was something that attracted me about the version that they perform, which made me think I'd like to allow them to release it ... what they do is really around the piece, you might say, rather than a literal transposition of the piece, and they're a gifted group.
Filmed in Montreal's Olympic Stadium which hosted the Summer Games in 1976
A great composition with excellent arrangement. What a trio! Stadium built for 76 Olympics in Montreal.
This is a sound check prior to their concert later on that evening and to record this song.
The 8 string bass sounds so fn cool.
ELP was a giant in the 70's. You need to check out an LP called "Pictures at an Exhibition" by Mussorgsky. ELP did a great job with it.
Montreal 's stade Olympique February 1977 great version!!
Works is a compilation tthe recprdibg is from around 1971.
Emerson sent the tape to Aaron Copland to ask approval. He liked it.
That Yamaha keyboard was the GX-1.
ELP!!! 👍👍👍
Love it.
Emerson Lake & Palmer Live 1997 Montreux Jazz Festival Tarkus or Pictures at an Exhibition. Too see the magic live💥💥✌🏼❤️
I am amazed that anyone interested in keyboards doesn't know of Keiths influences on design of the instruments. His compositions and techniques feature in music schools and colleges around the world
Some info on the Works album The album peaked at No. 9 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 12 on the US Billboard 200 and went gold in both countries, the latter for 500,000 copies sold. The group track "Fanfare for the Common Man", Emerson's adaptation of the 1942 composition by Aaron Copland, was released as a single in May 1977. It went to No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart to become the band's highest charting single in the UK. Additional material recorded in 1976, plus songs from previous studio sessions, were released as Works Volume 2. Both albums were supported with the 1977-1978 tour, which featured the band playing with an orchestra on stage for some early shows. Didnt Copland write Halleluiah ?
No. Leonard Cohen.
Genius.
Yamaha GX1 two polyphonic manuals, monophonic third manual. GX 1 also had. Pedals that Emerson did not use. The GX1 lead the way to the CS 80. The tack is off of works volume one, they are play to that. The live version , can be found on Works Tour videos is very different in the solo section. The Modular Moog was not used on the track
I have a feeling the brass ("trumpet") intro is generated on the modular moog. Probably set up by Emerson's roadie who used to be involved in the patching and offstage control of the moog. Emerson wrote a little about his roadie in his book "pictures of an exhibiionist" but didn't say anything about the intro and studio additions to the "fanfare" single-take track. But the additions are clearly there. The biggest giveaway is Palmer on the drum kit, the camera is never on him when the timpanis are also present. It would be a physical impossibility for Palmer to sustain the rythm part and play clean timpani parts at the same time. That would require 4 hands. But there they are.There are clearly studio additions to the track. Nevertheless one of the greatest performances by a band with such a progressive piece.
@@georgegalanis9233
No, pretty sure the “Trumpet” is GX1. 🙂
The only time Keith had a” roadie” patching the Moog is when with The Nice he borrowed one and the owner popped up from time to time to change patches.
Keith’s Modular used with ELP had a custom hardware preset box that gave Keith Several “ patches at the lush of a button, he would occasional tweak sounds himself while playing. Over the years the Modular grew.
Thanks John. But I hope you’ll do Karn Evil 9, part 3 sometime. To me it’s the pinnacle for them.
The promoters printed the wrong time on the tickets but ELP went ahead and did the gig anyway.
If you liked this, you might also like "Abaddon's Bolero" from the album "Triloggy" (refers to "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel) . Less jazzy, but also purely instrumental and continuously building.
Unique Track Nothing like it.🏆
The timing gets very, Dave Brubeck Quartet.
Get ready for some awesome ELP live tonight John !
The best of the best ! You shudda been there !! Look for the show @ Montreal's Olympic stadium
Watched them in Manchester Free trade hall back then amazing. We used to go on a acid trip every Saturday night listen to there LPs and lots more. Led Zeppelin Hendrix ...Electric ladyland we had a ball Revolver St pepper Deep purple and of course Bob Dylan. And more. 2023 What happened to the music. It just vanished. Music is controlled by those men in suites as John Lennon described them. Getting on your knees in a office to some guy who couldn't play a note.
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Take a Pebble live. You're welcome
That s Montreal s Olympic Stadium ! the olympics were in 1976 ! Keith Emerson and Greg Lake passed so only the drummer Carl Palmer is still alive ! That s sad ! So it seems that they were trying to do like at Pompei ! recording in a huge stadium ! But in 1977 that stadium was new and not to many bands played there yet ! Today we know that it s hard to have a good sound there ! I saw Pink Floyd there and they managed to sound good ! well at least from where i was ! If the roof was down it wouldn t be as cold ! I know that roof was a big problem and cost alot of money to get it working right ! lol 😎
It cut off at the end.
If you get a chance look for some vids of The Nice, where keith emereson started, worth a look.
The last few bars were cut off in this video of the performance.
Sound check
They only built like six of those keyboards and they were over I believe $7,000 back then each you had to be somebody knew how to use it to get one
Gx 1 keyboard
Is he anymore talented than the other great keyboardist of his time?! I don't know. But damn he is so different than they are!
Hey John,
Shit finally been waiting a long time!!!
U ready ??????
1942 for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
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Btw, Emerson and Lake are not in the book of the living anymore and haven't been for some years.
have you seen, ( Love me Tender Live on stage Video 1970s.
And I'll be willing to bet that you didn't even miss the guitar.… (It's a piece of classical music composed by Aaron Copland. This ELP version is quite unlike the original orchestral one. Look it up.)
The original classical composition by Aaron Copeland sounds a bit "lame/STIFF SHIRT" in comparison to this ... which doesnt really seem appropriate for "the Common [blue collar] Man". The beauty of the track is that there are many different versions ... and Emerson performed it with "the Best" [a group of talented musicians from different groups], which sounds a lot different.
This is a cover of a Fanfare that was performed sometime around the early 20th century
the Yamaha DX7 was, all in all, a fairly crappy keyboard. Still is.
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ITS EMPTY BECAUSE THEY ARE REHEARSING YOU NUMB NUTS
The video ends suddenly because they're actually still there, playing it, trying to find an end point. Carl didn't leave ELP and Keith and Greg are alive and well - it's all just a cover story.
I'm kind of annoyed that this Montreal video has for years been misinterpreted as a live performance. It is not---it's the studio recording, as featured on the Works Volume I album, with footage of the band practicing (or miming?) synchronised to it.
Well, I guess it doesn't take much to annoy you then.
@@RetroJack that's as maybe, but one man's easily annoyed is another man's caring about something. Doesn't change the point I was making about this being incorrectly described as a live performance all over TH-cam! Compare the sound on this to the studio version and you'll hear they're identical. There are plenty of live versions of Fanfare out there, but this isn't one of them! 😄✌
@@drumlinbeatpaul You are spot on drumlinbeat. Four 'takes' were made with the band playing along to the studio recording. This doesn't take anything away from ELP who were brilliant live!
@@theyak7912 thank you, thank you, thank you! Good to have validation and also that interesting extra detail. Yes, I was lucky enough to see ELP live in the 90s and they were superb. ☺
@@drumlinbeatpaul You're welcome. I love this song too and I still remember first seeing the video on TV in 1977, partly because of the iconic setting and also due to Emerson taking the basic framework and making this song his own. I love the GX-1 sounds Emerson used and also the solid construction of the extended blues solo. It never sounds boring - even though I've heard it 100's of times I guess
Montreal 1977,my ftriend.from Treviso Italy Cattarin Luciano