Emerson, Lake & Palmer - From The Beginning (2012) CD-Rip

Like the armour-plated tank/armadillo hybrid that graced their album, Tarkus, ELP for a short period bestrode the earth, destroying all in their wake. To young ears it probably now seems impossible that a three mere mortals could have wielded such power, but this was the early 70s.
They were famously branded by John Peel as a ‘waste of talent and electricity’, and to be fair he was in part correct with the comment’s assumption that the trio did have ability in spades; they just had a tendency to not know when to stop. Emerson’s old band, the Nice, and Lake’s King Crimson had already produced ambitious work that successfully attempted to fuse European classical tradition with electricity. It took the addition of a precocious young Palmer (from Atomic Rooster) to set the seal on their plan for world domination. Cue unforeseen stage spectacle and cutting edge (for the time) technology harnessed to propel 20-minute epics into the minds of a hairy fanbase who loved to marvel at the dexterity of this bunch.

Tracklist
Disc 1

01. Atomic Rooster – Decline And Fall (5:47)
02. The Nice – Fantasia: Intermezzo Karelia Suite (8:52)
03. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Lucky Man (4:39)
04. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tank (6:49)
05. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Take A Pebble (12:29)
06. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – The Barbarian (Live in London 9/12/70) (5:21)
07. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Knife Edge (Live in London 9/12/70) (8:02)
08. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Rondo (Live in London 9/12/70) (18:00)

Disc 2

01. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus (20:41)
02. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Bitches Crystal (03:55)
03. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – A Time And A Place (Single B-Side Version) (02:58)
04. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – 'Oh, My Father' (Recorded 1971) (4:08)
05. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – The Endless Enigma (Part One) (06:44)
06. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Fugue (01:54)
07. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – The Endless Enigma (Part Two) (02:00)
08. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – From The Beginning (Single Version) (04:13)
09. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Trilogy (08:52)
10. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Abaddon's Bolero (08:07)
11. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Hoedown (Recorded Live In Italy 1973) (03:54)
12. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Jerusalem (First Mix) (02:54)
13. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Still You Turn Me On (First Mix) (02:51)
14. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – When The Apple Blossoms (Single B-Side Version) (03:56)

Disc 3

01. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Karn Evil 9 (29:43)
02. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Jeremy Bender/The Sheriff (05:03)
03. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – C'est La Vie (Early Version) (04:16)
04. Greg Lake – I Believe In Father Christmas (Early Version) (03:29)
05. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – The Enemy God Dances With The Black Spirits (03:20)
06. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Piano Concerto No. 1 (18:25)
07. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Pirates (1978 Live Version) (13:23)

Disc 4

01. Aaron Copeland – Aaron Copland Interview - 1977 (01:37)
02. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Fanfare For The Common Man (09:42)
03. Keith Emerson – Honky Tonk Train Blues (03:09)
04. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tiger In A Spotlight (04:33)
05. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Watching Over You (03:54)
06. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Introductory Fanfare / Peter Gunn Theme (Live) (04:26)
07. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Canario (Rehersal) (03:57)
08. Emerson, Lake & Powell – Mars - The Bringer Of War (07:54)
09. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Black Moon (Single Version) (4:50)
10. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Black Moon (Single Version) (04:47)
11. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Footprints In The Snow (03:51)
12. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Romeo And Juliet (Live At The Albert Hall) (03:32)
13. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Man In The Long Black Coat (04:12)
14. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Daddy (04:42)
15. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Hang On To A Dream (04:28)
16. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Touch And Go (Live In Poland) (03:53)

Disc 5 Live At Mar Y Sol Festival, Puerto Rico 4th January 1972

01. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Hoedown (04:18)
02. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus (22:53)
03. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Take A Pebble (04:36)
04. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Lucky Man (03:00)
05. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Piano Improvisation (09:44)
06. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Pictures At An Exhibition (14:39)
07. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Rondo (18:30)