emerson, lake & palmer - same (33rpm lp)

Name: emerson, lake & palmer - same (33rpm lp)
SKU: MFSL 1-576
Price: 47.50 EUR
Availability: InStock

Shipping time:
4 days + Delivery

4 days + Delivery

47,50 EUR

VAT exempt according to current tax regulations excl. Shipping costs

Description

Description

MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 180gr (black Vinyl) 33rpm lp
CONDITION sealed
COVER Standard
CONDITION COVER M mint
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
SERIALNUMBER Yes
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Stereo
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE emersonlakepalmer.com

Keith Emerson – hammond organ, piano, clavinet, pipe organ, moog modular synthesizer
Greg Lake – vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Carl Palmer – drums, percussion

the barbarian - 4:27
take a pebble - 12:32
knife-edge - 5:04

the three fates
clotho - 1:48
lachesis - 2:43
atropos - 3:15

tank - 6:49
lucky man - 4:37

Supergroups existed before Emerson, Lake & Palmer formed in 1970

And, as we all know well, many came after

But few, if any, matched the English trio’s chemistry and its elevated combination of virtuosity, vision, and verve

Having influenced a multitude of followers, ELP’s prowess was obvious from the start

The band’s self-titled debut stands as a towering statement of creative imagination, execution, and discipline more than five decades after its original release

Mastered at MoFi’s California studio, housed in a Stoughton jacket, and pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition 180g 33RPM LP of Emerson, Lake & Palmer presents the benchmark album in audiophile sound

Clear, dynamic, and balanced, this collectible edition honors the perfectionist approaches that both informed the playing and recording of the record

Distinguished with black backgrounds, this reissue brings to light the epic scope, tonal depth, and mind-bending degrees of musicianship on display

Aspects — textures, nuances, effects, melodies, tempo changes — that go hand-in-hand with the trio’s compositions and interplay are rendered amid broad soundstages and delivered with pinpoint detail

Whether you’ve owned multiple copies of this touchstone or seeking out your first version, you’ll relish the presence, separation, imaging, and crispness that help make every song come across as if the group has set up shop in your listening space

Opening the door to the seemingly infinite possibilities of progressive rock while steering clear of excess, Emerson, Lake & Palmer achieved a rare feat in that its complex, cerebral music didn’t prevent it from attaining mainstream success

The gold-certified effort launched the career of a band that would sell tens of millions of records

It also landed a Top 50 single in the form of the ballad “Lucky Man,” whose vocal harmonies, folksy strumming, multi-tracked instrumentation, and breakthrough Moog solo almost feel quaint in the face of the other fare on the album

Comprised of genre-defying originals and hybrid arrangements of two classical pieces, the album Rolling Stone originally and rightly said is “best heard as a whole” matches outrageous ambition with the otherworldly skills of three musicians who remain among the finest to ever pick up their respective instruments

While Emerson soon drew the lion’s share of headlines for his ability on keys — clavinet, Moog, piano, Hammond organ, and pipe organ included — Greg Lake’s aptitude on guitar and bass, along with well as Carl Palmer’s monster talents behind the kit, created a three-headed hydra that devoured everything in front of it

That extends to the radical reinterpretation of Bela Bartok’s “The Barbarian” that begins the LP, a performance that in less than four-and-a-half minutes runs the gamut from distorted to churchy to angular and blustery

More classical flourishes, keyboard wizardry, hard-rock heaviness, and gothic signatures emerge throughout “Knife-Edge,” which reimagines music by Leos Janacek and J.S. Bach — and ultimately invites you to explore a cathedral of sound teeming with separate bursts of keys and percussion

And did someone say “drumming”? Check out Palmer’s monster salvo on “Tank,” a rhythmic showcase that marches out with knee-bent notes and mirror-reflected passages

Or dive into the mythological suite “The Three Fates”

Replete with three parts and Emerson playing the pipe organ at Royal Festival Hall, it shoots off sonic fireworks via sophisticated arpeggios, jazz improvisations, dancing counter-meters, sizzling chords, and a few explosions

Please don’t hold anyone at MoFi responsible if your system cannot handle it; this is heady stuff

Indeed, everything on Emerson, Lake & Palmer is there for a purpose

Whether you aim to attempt to dissect all of the notes, shifts, and polyrhythmic bluster or just want to absorb this album as one living, breathing organism, this version invites you to do both as many times as you desire

RECORDING July – September 1970 at Advision Studio, London
ENGINEERING Eddy Offord
LABEL Island
RE MASTERING --
MASTER SOURCE 1/4” / 15 IPS analog copy to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe
RE RELEASED 2025
AVERAGE RATING -- Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Fidelity Record Pressing
MADE IN USA
STYLE Progressive Rock / Hard Rock / Classical / Art Rock
AVAILABLE as long as inventory stock

For more information, please visit the home page for this product.