Emerson, Lake & Palmer-Toccata (California Jam 1974, remastered by RudenkoArt)

[@brockshields9336]

Without any question this is the most complex and intense music ever produced by a rock band. All else pales in comparison. To be 18 and hear this live has been the strongest musical experience in my life. Almost 40 years now and I still revel in the intensity and complexity.

[@aaronparry8962]

Was there too! Rotating keyboardist!? You’ll never see that again

[@jamesschaidt1096]

It's breathtaking...ELP were Gods amongst men. 🎼

[@fcamiola]

Henry Cow and Zappa did material even more insane than this. I love ELP btw, just stating facts.

[@martinapereyra8050]

Se basaron en la música de Ginastera

[@jamesschaidt1096]

Zappa music stinks, porno rock for perverts. ​@@fcamiola

[@steveweilhart2359]

Keith Emerson was the best at what he did - wakeman - banks - were there to but Keith was the man - the way he could play the piano was magic

[@TheDejael]

ELP represents Progressive Rock at its finest! We shall not see the likes of Emerson, Lake & Palmer again!

[@davidp.5598]

You got that right! They were AMAZING. (Especially Live!)

[@damianb2374]

ELP SHREDS! :D

[@bkrbyex4339]

And Led Zeppelin were still around at the time too...and carl palmer had 2 sizes of gongs...whereas John Bonham had only one gong

[@impalaman9707]

I think Todd Rundgren's Utopia might argue with you on that point

[@mikereiss4216]

@@impalaman9707 Well, there was also Yes, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Kansas, Rush, etc.

[@pattybristol8296]

ELP's Brain Salad Surgery was the very first concert I ever attended, back in 1974, in Pittsburgh at the Civic Arena. Nothing and no one has ever compared since.

[@surfpsych]

Wow. Same here. I was at that show!

[@michaelskees4496]

likewise...

[@rick138]

Mine too but at MSG

[@joemachunda]

I was there too. My date stood me up and my brother in law took me. We were blown away!

[@apieceofdirt4681]

I don’t know if that’s good or bad??? ELP were definitely in a league of their own.

[@motnosniv]

Back when drum solos were still cool. I think this is why no one does them anymore (I don't know, maybe Ringo?), Carl Palmer's performance couldn't be topped. Can you believe it? Imagine a radio station playing this? ELP's live triple album "Welcome back, my friends..." is one of the best records ever made. I was 14 at the time - it blew my mind!

[@craigtarre7369]

Ringo doesnt do drum solos.....hates them in fact,....on his one solo with The Beatles on The End jam on Abbey Road he didnt want to do it but Paul insisted on it.

[@steveweilhart2359]

I was at this show and was 13 years old it was insane remember it was so loud about 11.00 or 12.00 oclock at night spooky good

[@jamesschaidt1096]

​@@craigtarre7369Ringo smokes Carl Palmer.

[@skillet6870]

​@craigtarre7369 Ringo didn't do solos because he's a sorry-ass drummer.

[@skillet6870]

In 1972, while in high school ELP was one of my favorite bands. I didn't know any better.

[@victorcoral]

I was there, yep, I remember those gigantic speaker towers !! There were 4 towers, 2 by the stage and 2 about half way down the crowd area perpendicular to the ones by the stage. If I was to guess I would say each tower had about 50 cabinets the size of a Marshall amp full size cabinet .... On a different note, ELP is the greatest Rock music trio in history, even more than any guitar trio ....... WOO-HOOT !!!!! :):)

[@jeaninerobbins6194]

When they came on in the evening the crowd had thinned and we could walk up to the front or pick our spot. Their whole show was incomprehensible at that stage of the game but when the piano started to turn upside down I knew I was hallucinating and hit my friend on the shoulder. "Is that happening" I said. "Yes".

[@chrispehora7987]

Victor Coral Love ELP but Rush is a pretty great trio too!

[@ghanus2009]

@@jeaninerobbins6194 He said ,, its ELP!

[@piet4260]

Couldn't believe my eyes today, reading about his suicide 7 days ago... a tragedy. :-( His and/or ELP's Music was a constant companian to me from teenage-times in the early 70's till now. RIP Keith Emerson !! But still .... your music turns me on !!!

[@pruppen4]

absolutely fantastic - after 40 years it still gives me "goose-skin"

[@JamesFolkers]

There is surely no greater piece of audio art, nor do I think there ever will be. This is certainly the peak!

[@lizhawkins6317]

all masters musical geniuses. their shows never disappointed .truly saddened RIP Keith & Greg. THANK YOU

[@garyfeifer1518]

I remember seeing the in Detroit 1973. Awesome concert. The best keyboard player period. RIP Keith

[@BaileyBuns9]

I must have listened to Brain Salad Surgery with headphones cranked up the volume as loud as it would go, well, at least a million times. RIP Keith and Greg. XOXO

[@wardken7]

Yea Detroit show was out of this world

[@coachhannah2403]

Was at the Long Beach show in 73. Saw them much later, ‘96ish, in Reno. Always a good show.

[@richardshansky3040]

SUSAN FILEK Me too.

[@TCU1]

Greg and his baby face. MISS HIM! I feel so fortunate to have seen ELP live, Greg solo, Keith solo, and Carl with Legacy. I was 5 when this concert aired, but at age 12 my father gave me Tarkus for my bday and WOW! My father also attended this concert - he was on leave from the military and was at the right place, right time! LUCKY MAN!! Decades later and this still gives me the chills! Excellence!

[@amosbarrow3802]

RIP Keith, You were a innovator, technocrat and blues bro in music. Thanks my friend.

[@TheFpCassini]

tech·noc·ra·cy The government or control of society or industry by an elite of technical experts.

[@PogueMahone1]

Were it not for various collectives of elite technical experts, the life to which you have grown so fondly accustomed would not exist.

[@hendrikdebruin4012]

Best drummer ever? Gets my vote.....

[@ericschenck4573]

RIP Keith. A true genius.

[@margaretbruni9401]

Eric Schenck

[@synen]

Greg Lake and Keith Emerson you live through the great music you both brilliant minds left, Carl Palmer when you revisit your brothers, tell them how much we love them, you two you magical drumming beast.

[@jimcirile]

Brilliant. An incredible band at the height of their power.

[@mary-annkucher4221]

So sad to learn of Greg's passing. The show will never end! RIP

[@BaileyBuns9]

Mary-Ann Kucher I was totally and completely with all of my heart MADLY IN LOVE with Greg Lake!!! Oh, what a sexy man he was !!💙

[@seamusforever7081]

"the show that never ends...".

[@rdsieben]

@@BaileyBuns9 he looked pretty frail and ill in the last weeks of his life.

[@MrGTO-ze7vb]

Keith... RIP..Very SAD news.!! Thank you for all of the FANTASTIC music. ELP...I will never forget partying with you at the Bodega in Campbell California in 1989. Those Robert Berry Band days were sooooooo much fun. Glad I got to motorcycle with you in the Santa Cruz mountains!!

[@315Bodhi17]

This is a challenge from The Renaissance period (before Bach) which Emerson Lake And Palmer have the courage to preform for the masses. Don't hear such music often. Thank you Keith, Greg, and Palmer. God Bless you Maestros. Love you.

[@ProgRockNerd]

?? This piece was first published in 1961.

[@robertsmith9238]

This still blows me away. Ginastera approved the interpretation.

[@franklinrwful]

I first saw Keith at the 1969 Isle of Wight festival here in England. He was with his band the Nice. Their versions of America and Rondo made a lasting impression with me. What a showman he was throwing his Hammond organ around, sticking knives in the keyboard and playing it over the back. He was to the keyboards to what Jimi Hendrix was to the guitar (although greatly different styles of music). He was a legend that wil never be forgotten.

[@johnschofield9496]

Awe inspiring. I never get tired of this insanely fantastic music ! We should be humbled by this amazing talent !

[@mikehurlock3896]

I was at this incredible event... I still have my ticket stub...only $10 to see all of those great bands! RIP KEITH

[@tunatwo]

+Mike Hurlock me too... we drove down from Thousand Oaks... what a great show! Still have my ticket also :) RIP Keith

[@Cestmoiamis]

RIP, Greg Lake! And RIP, Keith Emerson! :( A great group! And this is a great song!

[@aliyahauerbach8323]

Keith Emerson was such a good keyboard player. Not many keyboardists can play like him these days.

[@bigdaddynasty69]

maybe jordan rudess of dream theater

[@SuperCartiel]

What about Rick Wakeman?

[@theguitarlegend]

​@@SuperCartielKeith Emerson and Rick Wakeman are the keyboard kings of prog rock! I hate when people compare them, as they are both true legends!

[@joeday4293]

​@@SuperCartielHuge fan of both. I rate Emerson #1 and Wakeman an extremely close #1A. Between them, I'd rate Wakeman the better composer and orchestrator, but Emerson as the best pure player. He was a goddamn assassin. I once compared them this way to a keyboard player friend of mine who is also a sci-fi/fantasy nerd: "If you need magic and wizardry, you ask Gandalf for help. If you plain and simply need someone's ass kicked, you ask Aragorn." LOL

[@croquedouille]

A period when the music goes on magic ways. ❤

[@jawoody9745]

Oh, YES! This is what I saw in concert! This was stunning! I couldn't believe they were pulling this off onstage!! They were still so young!

[@mzmiz0]

That was, for the most part, ALL of their concerts. What you heard on the albums (yes, vinyl and I still have my Brain Salad Surgery album, not sure about the others), you heard at their concerts. Perfectionists!!! They did go off and improvise of course, but mostly it was dead on. I saw every single one of their concerts when they came to my city - every show a ticket was bought for.

[@MrLtia1234]

Took me wayyy too long to figure out that half of the footage isn't from Toccata 🙂 I wondered why it isn't on the DVD... a shame that there's bits missing from the concert. It would be an epic find it the full thing was ever found.

[@noone-t8y]

A MASTERPIECE! Rest in Peace Keith. You will be sorely missed. Thanks for the incredible live and recorded performances. You changed the face of music.

[@JoshMaxPower]

People say "The Beatles are the modern-day classical music." I say NAY NAY IT'S ELP hands down, no question. Even though they didn't write this one. And thank God you watch this video and what you see is an audience interacting...not making videos. We really did live through a special time, us old folks.

[@cosmicjazzman4817]

Anyone from Boston remember Creature Double Feature? Toccata is used as the opening Music. Saturday afternoon channel 56 seventies early eighties. Awesome music regardless

[@maarkaus48]

That synth is stunning. An original Moog. I hope its still being played.

[@elbolsacubo]

Holy shit man!!!...RIP Keith and Greg. Thank you for this art ;')

[@marcvinckier9668]

Wat a loss .... one of THE keyboard icons ever !!!

[@ivanmolina3563]

the best trio the all the times

[@Keleigh3000]

Forty years later and pop music still hasn't caught up with what these boys were doing way back when. On a different note, I always think of Greg as the singer. I forget how much he contributed to the instrumentals. That's some fierce bass there. And boy, did he love his gum, didn't he?

[@Thundergod-]

Greg RIP chewed the gum to keep his mouth hydrated. btw he was also a pretty good guitarist...

[@mikewest1542]

Keleigh Hardie, ELP sponsored by Wrigleys !

[@215Gallagher]

Carl Palmer is a delight to watch. Keep up the good work for many years to come.

[@FriesinNF]

Thank you very much for posting this epochal moment of human history! I was 11 years old, when they played this. I listened so often to this and the other artists. Today i will spend all my money to be part of the original event!

[@SuperDuff777]

Carl Palmer is so underrated!!

[@pieroaycart785]

Maybe in jupiter

[@pieroaycart785]

@@AsWellYouShould absolutly real

[@pieroaycart785]

@@AsWellYouShould agree

[@seamusforever7081]

ELP, as a band, is underrated. Despite being so popular and influential, even within the prog rock audience, they get criticized for the kind of music they made (heavily classical influenced, often overly complex music), even though you can clearly see that they enjoyed making such music, they are seen as a trio of wankers. Anyway, they are/were three of the best and most important musicians in contemporary music, and haters just have to live with that.

[@robertglisson6319]

@@AsWellYouShould, seriously? Rolling Stone had a 50 greatest drummers list and Palmer wasn't on there. Indeed, in their introduction, the list was to exclude "show-off" drummers who endless display their enormous chops, yet Baker, Bonham, Peart and other "show off" drummers were included. It was a collusive effort to keep Palmer off. Go check any of those worthless clickbait "Greatest drummers ranked" lists. Palmer is generally nowhere to be seen. I believe the Christgaus and his legion of acolytes succeeded in erasing ELP from rock n' roll history by saying little about them that isn't heaped with scorn. Over time, the Big Lie becomes Truth, at least in the minds of those who never heard a musically talented trio with lots of airtime (Rush comes to mind). Peart was a tremendous drummer, but he wasn't at Palmer's level, and knew it. A comparison video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGKlXn6vot1opK8

[@diegoherrera1245]

The best band ever and forever!❤❤❤❤

[@mezaprosdower5386]

Carl is something else. That being said emerson is top 5 best key players to ever live. He blows my mind everytime I hear him and that's everyday

[@MrInterestingthings]

I am amazed .I didn't know rock music ever got this way out .Ginastera not Stockhausen or Berio or Boulez.Ginastera 's orchestral works need to be programmed more.every pianists plays his works but the concerti and ballet suites are truly great too and need more attention.this is wider than I can believe!

[@carlfelster]

+John e martin III I've heard this work played in a great pipe organ, and I can assure this record has nothing to envy to the original score.

[@alejandrovilla2615blues]

Ginastera was an Argentinian composer. This tocatta is based on folk rhythms of this land.

[@coco33024]

A Masterpiece for the next centuries for sure...

[@jimwaugaman6976]

Ha! All the video edits up until the drum solo are from Karn Evil 9! I recognize Keith playing the organ solo.

[@ramonromerohernandez7136]

4:19 I mean, look at freaking Greg Lake delivering the chops at MORE SPEED than the studio version like it's nothing. He isn't even trying and he got every single phrasing right. Of course Emerson and Palmer are such incredible monsters as well I don't even need to point that out. But man Lake was such a beast, he is irreplaceable. Rip Keith and Greg.

[@stevencastaneda3888]

I worked the California Jam1 in 1974 at the Ontario Motor Speedway... now gone(and renamed) as a follow spot operator for ABC's In Concert series. It was a pretty good gig for a young 21 year old in his 2nd year in the business. That same week on Tuesday I worked the 46th Oscar telecast for NBC from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion as a lighting stagehand... And btw that was the year of the "streaker". I spent 4 days at Cal Jam site getting ready for the Saturday show (we also ran the track with our cars to pass some of the time) and show day was just unreal when I saw almost 350,000 plus covering the infield at the track. The stage was great and the groups were "ALL TIMERS" and the FANS were just having enjoying one of the greatest day in LIVE MUSIC HISTORY! (at least on the West coast) I had a great seat on a sound & lighting tower just left of the stage and 60 feet high. Some great memories with a BUNCH of FRIENDS... and I still watch the ELP set every now and then.... WHAT A DAY! And what a gig that just ended (retired) in Oct of 2022 after 50 yrs of Stagecraft and Live Events and classic television shows thru the years in LA and around the world too.

[@donstone4094]

I was there. Lived in Chino, ELP was my favorite group and me and my friends went to the concert at the speedway. Got there the night before to get a good seat they let people in during the night and we woke up around 200,000 people. Show went until 1am the next evening with ELP closing out the show. It would have been over earlier, Deep Purple caused a 2 hours delay because they wanted it to be dark when they started their set.

[@PJBubbles]

The Brain Salad Surgery tour, in Quadrophonic sound (!) was one if the best concerts I ever saw.

[@gradyshmalady8284]

As a younger later in life fan of ELP, I really love the innovation and bold chances band in the '70s took. It's amazing to see how my favorite bands of the current gen of prog were influenced by this amazingly creative music. The '70s really were the golden years of prog music.

[@paulcatania1315]

Fantastic performance....when they were at their best.

[@alexchristopher221]

If only Keith had been as brave in his last days as he was when he pounded out the keys. Love Toccata.

[@ProgRockNerd]

Well, it turns out he suffered from clinical depression. Not that it makes what happened any less sad, but many people didn't hold out as long as he did.

[@ivanmolina3563]

SE ESTAN YENDO LOS GRANDES DEL ESCENARIO,YA NO TENEMOS SHOW COMO ESTOS CON AUTENTICOS VERSATILES Y CREATIVOS MUSICOS

[@bizchazlien]

This is frikking AMAZING! Rest in PEACE Mr. Emerson!

[@dntamu76]

Rest in peace, Keith Emerson.

[@DukeLaCrosse20]

Such a relaxing, easy listening tune.

[@richardcalabrese864]

Just so glad I was fortunate enough to see them live.

[@jlinky2746]

OK, I appreciate the motivation and effort by the person who posted the video but for those of you who only recently discovered ELP and the brilliance of Keith Emerson (not leaving Carl and Greg out by any stretch of the imagination to be sure), take a listen to their Welcome Back My Friends...live 3 album set because this is where a lot of the audio is taken from. On a decent stereo and speaker system you'll conclude this is a phenomenal set of recordings, because you need to keep in mind that, shit, this was 45 years ago man, so everything you hear is absent the trappings and conveniences of modern technology. Modern technology that, 39 out of 40 times today, serves as crutch and insurance policy to not just live performance, but the performers THEMSELVES. Thank god we have a record of this today and for a future generation that as a whole, might just raise an eyebrow one day.

[@crw3736]

I noticed this too, regarding the large sections of the audio of "Welcome Back" superimposed onto this video.

[@carlosnavarro9863]

Cuatro genios emerson lake palmer y ginastera

[@DaveM1260]

Saw them twice in LA earlier that year (including the Anaheim event from which the mutli-vinyl album was made)...And nothing will ever surpass the experience.

[@cuetegrande3110]

I tripped to this song many times.

[@idafuchter8532]

saw him once, and was blown away. trite expression for a terrible loss.thank you.

[@rhscnative]

A lot of work went in to editing this. Thanks very much - it is much appreciated.

[@sharpestjim]

11/19/23 - Brain Salad Surgery was released 50 years ago today. CP is a freaking machine. How can these guys not be in the HOF.

[@marcribaudo1965]

That intro, Creature Features used it for years. Such cool stuff.

[@gristams3439]

alot of us stoners that were teenagers in the 90s really wouldve appreciated this stuff but we just didnt even know about it back then......well we kinda about these guys but some of the more underground raw stuff like this was so phenominal blows phish out of the water hands down

[@alwaysopen7970]

No one play music any longer. When Buckethead is a guitar god you know the world has gone to shit. Greg Lake was a founding member of King Crimson. How much pedigree does one need?

[@ProgRockNerd]

You can probably blame the post-punk hip consensus for that. The "standard narrative" of rock hinges on punk, and progressive rock, even more than disco or Rawk Stars, has always been Punk Enemy #1. So down the memory hole it goes. Progressive rock is also part of the legacy of the '60s, and the squares don't like that, either. So, again, memory hole. The odd result of that is that lots of '70 rock fans of all sorts vote Republican along with the squares, just to take revenge on the post-punk hip consensus, who they understand to be "liberal" (not quite rightly, as it turns out all these years later).

[@robertglisson6319]

@@ProgRockNerd, you started out great, but fell apart. It wasn't "the squares" that rebelled against ELP. It was the music critics who were Far Left, like Christgau, Bangs, Marsh and Jenner. Indeed, they cited Marxism in that (a) ELP played elitist highbrow music, rather than the blues-based music of rock; (2) Their lyrics were largely apolitical in an era where rock was supposed to be a vehicle for venting Left-wing angst, and (c) ELP was wildly successful, among the biggest bands in rock. There was a lot of jealousy that bands like ELP, Yes and even Pink Floyd were selling out stadiums and going multi-platinum while their favorite bands (Velvet Underground, Ramones, New York Dolls, etc) could barely sell to their circle of friends and played to 3/4 filled clubs... And if you think people vote for any political party as revenge for post-punk hip consensus, then all I can do is LOL!!

[@kentclark6420]

Back in high school, my friend George made a camcorder amateur film with this song as background soundtrack. It was trippy! It was filmed in Kahalu'u, Oahu. I remember a little of it, like people running around at night with tiki torches. And the end, when a skull goes rolling all the way down a jungle mountain trail.

[@IAmInfinitus208]

1:49 Chills everytime I hear Greg's bass!

[@StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY]

I saw Keith, Greg and Carl LIVE seven times at their height! If I get to the gates of heaven and am permitted to enter, I will ask one question. Are ELP in Heaven? If the answer is no, then I will take my business elsewhere! 🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎸🎸🎸🎸 why is there no emoji for drums? Love Peace and Light!

[@AMsamification]

Palmer killed himself... maybe Greg Lake is...he acknowledged GOD.. it is not for wussies.. being a Christian is not easy.

[@brendaharrup5706]

AMsamification Keith Emerson killed himself. Carl Palmer is the only surviving member of ELP, and still performs

[@bernardinoorsini9619]

Tra i più straordinari musicisti dei tempi passati ma sempre attualissimi.

[@jgregoryvirmin3977]

I was going to go to call jam 4 that day but my ride flaked out. but I did go to call jam 2. now looking back l should have just hitch hiked. E.L.P. WAS A SUPER GROUP.. Thank God the music lives on .

[@BiffarellaGonzalo]

Hoy sería el cumpleaños 100 de Ginastera!

[@SlayingFace]

This performance is god-tier. Good job on the remaster, too.

[@jorgecasale6415]

OK. Ricky. Ahora estás empujándome al máximo. Aparte del espectáculo visual muy bueno y los grandes recursos tecnológicos empleados, el virtuosismo de los intérpretes es admirable. Pero aparte de todo eso, cerrando los ojos podemos apreciar la estética sonora y musical de gran lirismo. Me gustó. Diría que volas con su música a regiones fastamagóricas del espíritu.

[@robertrodes1546]

It's interesting to listen to the excellent fourth movement of Alberto Ginastera's first piano concerto, of which this is an arrangement.

[@carlaflower3568]

I haven't been able to see this since March. it brings tears in my eyes to know that musician look such a high caliber left this world in such a hurry.

[@ReschAndrea]

R.I.P. Mr. Greg Lake!

[@musicbycybertron]

I remember The California Jam concert so well... was aired on TV exactly one week to the day after the 1974 Memphis concert, where I was 4th row center (tho the editing here was awful)(concert was great... + plus the flying piano). IMO... 1974 was ELP at their height.

[@MadamOst]

Wow you did such a great job restoring this. Thats AWESOME!!!!!

[@aarmandog55]

Progressive rock is getting extint, RIP Gregg, Keith

[@Libertarianne]

Great job! Nice combination of the California Jam clip and the missing parts from the live "Welcome Back My Friends" album. Excellent reworking of the California Jam video to match the missing parts. Looks pretty convincing!

[@davebowman8407]

Well come back my friends to the show that never ends, Ladies and Gentlemen: ¡¡¡EMERSON LAKE & PALMER !!!!

[@juventinosanchez6572]

MIS MAS QUERIDOS FELICITACIONES , POR LAS PERSONAS QUE SANBEN LAS JOYITAS QUE ERAN E. L .P. EL PROGRESIVO EXELENTE, MUCHAS GRACIAS POR ESTA OBRA TAN BO.BO.

[@oldmanghost219]

This sounds like the audio from another live concert dubbed over footage from the Jam. In parts of the video they are actually playing "Karn Evil Nine". Someone recently posted a version of the 1st impression doing the same thing with the 1st part an overdub then, starting with the line Welcome back My friends, it is the actual live performance. You can hear the shift.

[@crw3736]

You are right; the audio of this is from the "Welcome Back" triple LP up to the drum solo, then the audio cuts to a different concert, and then returns to the "Welcome Back" audio for the last section.

[@lakefire9985]

rest in peace Greg

[@juanpablopaez3130]

también vaya un aplauso para Alberto Ginastera!

[@hudentdw2]

Keith Emerson went where no other keyboardist have been and made the art of keyboarding explode there has never been one like him He reminds me of Dave Stewart of EGG.

[@hendravanholis6356]

Is anybody remember Robert Moog...? Without him this concert never exist...!

[@voiceover2191]

True, Emerson collaborated closely with him and they experimented a lot creating new sounds.

[@WaterWorld1]

It was interesting to see a bit that I though was keyboards for decades (towards the end of the drum sols) is Greg's synthesized bass. Great stuff! (Three musical giants once walked the earth).

[@winverdi]

RIP Greg Lake December 7 , 2016

[@alwaysopen7970]

I want a DVD of their entire set from Cali jam 74.

[@raymondhartmeijer9300]

We all do ;) I think the TV crew had technical problems because of Deep Purple trashing cameras and stuff, it's says in the book The Show that never ends. That must be the reason only bits and pieces survived

[@LULAMO1000]

grandisimos musicos ,fabulosos

[@Dalton7410]

I'm flying without acids with this masterpiece!!!!! \m/ \m/

[@michelinepedneault1821]

les pro du synthétiseur! un gros équipement et de bons musiciens ! je les ai vu à québec city en 1973 et il y avait ce gong immense , pas ceux qu'on voit, un bon souvenir!

[@chopsueykungfu]

RIP Greg Lake

[@vosooghzardoshtian2785]

one of the best progressive ever.

[@johnnieburrow7060]

Most amazing live show I have ever seen. Three of the talented musicians together for one hell of a show. I wish I could see them again. Thanks.

[@randyellis3558]

That is well put

[@rosskendall3310]

All right. 2 things! Always impressed how ELP, as a 3-piece, sound just like their albums, able to create their HUGE the same on stage as in the studio. Second thing, how was Greg Lake able to sing and chew gum at the same time? I'd be choking on my gum!

[@dylanthomaswalter]

Emerson first heard "Toccata Concertata" in 1969 performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He worked up a new arrangement, and after Emerson, Lake & Palmer formed, they decided to record it. But obtaining rights to use the composition was a challenge; the publishing company denied Emerson's request, so he travelled to Switzerland to meet with Alberto Ginastera himself. Upon hearing Emerson's arrangement, Ginastera is reported to have said, "Diabolico!" He spoke almost no English, and meant that their interpretation was "frightening," which had been his intent when he wrote it; Emerson, being British, took it to mean "awful". He was so upset that he was prepared to scrap the piece until Ginastera's wife intervened saying that he approved. Ginastera later said, "You have captured the essence of my music, and no one's ever done that before."

[@grene1955]

I was at this concert, and it was incredible. I was young, in the USAF, and stationed in southern Cal. But I have to say... ELP was probably the most successful pretentious, self absorbed band in the history of rock music. Not knocking them...I'm a big fan!

[@jokergag]

I actually dream of listening and seiing the whole Anaheim ELP concert remastered, restaured and sold as a DVD; why does nobody do that?