Quoting myself from my review of Greg Lake’s Magical career retrospective box set: “I’ve never listened to the Emerson, Lake & Powell album for much the same reason I’ve never listened to any of Lake or Emerson’s solo stuff before,…
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I became a fan of progressive rock in 2008… wait, I’ve said that before haven’t I? When I was reviewing Keith Emerson’s mammoth 20CD Variations set, I wondered what made Emerson so special when his long-time bandmate Greg Lake died…
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In 2017, the long-awaited autobiography of singer/bassist/composer/producer Greg Lake was finally released. Unfortunately, too late for the protagonist to experience himself: “Gregory Stuart Lake died of cancer on Wednesday December 7, 2016 at the age of 69, a few months…
View More Greg Lake – Lucky Man: The Autobiography
Anthology literally means ‘selection’, the best an artist has to offer. Usually a tribute to the artist and, more often, after his/her death. Unfortunately, that is also the case with Greg Lake’s The Anthology: A Musical Journey. It is the…
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To pinch a quote from fellow TPA scribe Graham Thomas… So the burnin’ question on your lips must be… “Do we need another ELP compilation release?” Well having waded my way through this release, several times now, I’m inclined to…
View More Various Artists – Tribute to Keith Emerson & Greg Lake
I guess like many I was drawn to the music of Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer in the early 1970s when I was in my youth, and especially to the Brain Salad Surgery and Pictures At An Exhibition…
View More Emerson Lake & Palmer – Black Moon / In The Hot Seat [2017 Remasters]
Works, Volume 1 [2017 Remaster] By Leo Trimming “Welcome Back my Friends to the Show that Never Ends” is a phrase forever associated with Emerson, Lake and Palmer, the legendary progressive rock supergroup. Apart from being the title of their…
View More Emerson Lake & Palmer – Works, Vol.1 / Works, Vol.2 / Love Beach [2017 Remasters]