ELP Live in Tokyo 1972 | Tokyo
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ELP Live in Tokyo Setlist 01. Hoedown 02. Tarkus 03. Take a Pebble Pt 1 04. Lucky man 05. Take a Pebble Pt 2 06. Rondo 07. Pictures at an Exhibition
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R.I.P Greg Lake
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The BBC UK , cleaned up and and remastered the Pictures at an Exhibition, part, without the psychedelics and included it in their documentary "Prog at the BBC", If you like ELP, then give it a go, if not, don't bother.
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My Silver > EAC > WAV > FLAC Frontend > Flac
Disc 1, Hanshin Koshien Stadium, Hyogo, Japan - July 24th, 1972
(Audience Rec)
1. Sound check
2. Hoedown
* Tarkus *
3. Eruption
4. Stone Of Years
5. Iconoclast
6. Mass
7. Manticore
8. Battlefield
9. Epitaph
10.Aquatarkus
11.Take A Pebble
12.Lucky Man
13.Piano improvisation - Take A Pebble (conclusion)
Disc 2:
* Pictures At An Exhibition *
1. Promenade
2. Hut Of Baba Yaga
3. Curse Of Baba Yaga
4. Hut Of Baba Yaga
6. Great Gates Of Kiev
7. Rondo
8. Disturbance & Interruption
9. Announcement For Cancellation.
Bonus tracks, soundboard source remastered Korakuen Stadium, Tokyo,
Japan - July 22nd, 1972:
* Tarkus *
10.Eruption
11.Stone Of Years
12.Iconoclast
13.Mass
14.Manticore
15.Battlefield
16.Epitaph
17.Aquatarkus
* Pictures At An Exhibition *
18.Promenade
19.Hut Of Baba Yaga
20.Curse Of Baba Yaga
21.Hut Of Baba Yaga
22.Great Gates Of Kiev
23.Rondo
Emerson Lake & Palmer visited Japan only once during their halcyon
days in the seventies, and the Rock Explosion '72 trek co-headlining
with Free was only two dates in Tokyo on July 22nd and Osaka on July
24th. This short tour was right in the middle of a long tour of North
America and would return to the states right after for a show on
Friday, July 28th in Long Beach. Read The Riot Act is a prior release
of this show on the obscure label All Of The World (AOTW94004/005) .
Koshien Battlefield is a new audience tape that contains the entire
show plus riot and closing announcement. There is a cut in the tape
one minute in "Aquatarkus" . Due to the enormous sound system the band
used the music is clear and detailed despite the distance. Emerson's
between song announcements are a bit low in the mix and are hard to
hear but the music is loud enough. The band often mentions this show
in recollections about their career, usually to express how popular
they were in the early seventies.
Their constant touring in the early years ensures this being a hot
show and "Hoedown" is played with fire. "Tarkus", which is one of the
best progressive rock epics, contains a big blunder during
"Battlefield" . Keith loses the time signature and continues playing as
Lake sings the "every blade is sharp" line, which is usually sung a
capella. Palmer, who always took his cue from the keyboard, also
continues on until they stop in time for the singer to sing "Epitaph".
"Aquatarkus" was the time for Emerson to play all sorts of improvs on
the synth and in this show he engages in serious moog figures. The
audience becomes very loud during "Pictures At An Exhibition"
especially during "Great Gates Of Kiev" which continues during
"Rondo". The cheering drowns out the music during most of the song and
the drum solo becomes more faint until it stops and all that is heard
is the cheering. The announcer speaks over the PA in Japanese, there
is some booing and the tape ends.
It is definitely an interesting document and sounds much better than
the audience source from the Tokyo show. Mindwarp include as a bonus
fragments from the soundboard of the Tokyo show on July 22nd. It
contains the entire "Tarkus", "Pictures At An Exhibition" (with Lake's
"raindrops keep falling on my head" intro), and five minutes (out of
almost nineteen) of "Rondo". It is excellent quality and one wonders
where they found it? Koshien Battlefield is a rare silver release on
the Mindwarp label (who usually produce progressive rock cdrs), and is
an offshoot of King Stork. (The cd themselves have King Stork Records
(KSR-043/044) printed on them). Any ELP release on silver is great and
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The cameraman didn't even wipe his lens before filming. Brilliant.
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This footage will never see the commercial light of day. It has a multitude of technical problems with it and both the moog and Greg Lake's guitar go in and out of tune throughout. Thanks for posting but this is not one of ELP's finer moments.
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That bad, out-of-tune, nonsense guitar playing in Battlefield is not for real folks. It was dubbed in as a joke. There is no way a pro would continue to play an out-of-tune instrument like that once it was known the instrument was that far out. And it's more than the tuning; there are wrong notes and chords being played deliberately. Notice Lake's facial composure. At the time this was recorded, there was no problem with his guitar. On the video, the guitar doesn't even sound like it was recorded in the same room, never mind the bad notes.
Otherwise, this is one of the most flawless live performances of Tarkus I've ever heard.
Also, that jazz outburst at 37:00 is fantastic! -
Wowww!! The guitar really seemed to be out of tune around 16:30. :( Wonder if that was due to weather conditions...humidity, temperature, etc. ???
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Hey, this is a very legendary live performance outdoor under heavy rain at a baseball stadium in Tokyo. (BTW a year before it was also a rainy day when Grand Funk Railroad performed at the same site.) Though I knew it, I have never seen video. It was before market launch of VHS/Beta home recording devices. (Universal Studio sued Sony in 1976 for copyright infringement, which was later dismissed by the US Supreme Court in 1984 to establish so caked "fair use" doctrine.) Keith, Greg and Carl were all young and vivid. Wow, this post has quite a value despite CM insertion. Many thanks!
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This is a fantastic video. They were geniuses...thank you Keith for sharing...rest in peace...Love Marissa
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Long live Keith Emerson's muse! RIP.
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Keith Emerson.亡くなられたと聞いて、非常にショックです。ずっとファンでした...タルカス、悪の教典、石をとれ、海賊、ピアノコンチェルト第1番など、どれをとっても不朽の名作です。
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R.I.P to Keith and thank you from Japan!!
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OMG !!!! Keith Emerson ... I am so sad right now. : ( We all lost another great ! Two of the best musicians in prog Emerson and Chris Squire of Yes in 8 months, very sad.
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R.I.P. Keith Emerson.
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「Confusiono♫ 」 流れたときには叫んでいました。。 傘を掴んで!
キースエマーソン・・・ たくさんの思い出 音楽、、アリガト。。
ご冥福を お祈りいたします。。 -
If any UK based ELP fan guitarist/vocalists who can play & sing Greg's parts would like to get together and have a go then please message me here via Youtube. I have a lot of their numbers sorted on keyboards and also have a drummer waiting..! Hope to hear from some of you soon... Raffy.
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Guitar was playing a different tune to the band....Twang!!
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この時私は彼らの楽器を運ぶアルバイトをしていました。至近距離でこのステージを見ていました。こんな映像が残っているとは知りませんでした。貴重な映像をありがとうございました。
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Aquatarkus, never has a song been more apt from this downpour !