From the Beginning (box set)
From the Beginning is a box set which presents aural and visual documentation celebrating Emerson, Lake & Palmer's career; consisting of five discs that include a number of single b-sides, significant live recordings, alternative studio mixes and material taken from band rehearsals, plus a bonus DVD featuring 'The Manticore Years' documentary, presented in a deluxe book-style sleeve complete with a 60-page picture booklet containing extensive sleeve notes by the band discussing the ELP years. It also contains rare and previously unseen photographs and images.
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Released | 17 September 2007 | |||
Genre | Progressive rock Symphonic rock | |||
Length | CD: 390:26 DVD: approx. 53 minutes | |||
Label | Sanctuary Records Group Ltd. | |||
Producer | Keith Emerson Greg Lake Carl Palmer | |||
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Track listing
Disc one
The 2012 reissue omits the first track (Epitaph). Its addition was done without permission from the rights holder, Discipline Global Mobile.[1]
- "Epitaph" – King Crimson (Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield) – 8:45
- "Decline and Fall" – Atomic Rooster (Vincent Crane, Carl Palmer, Nick Graham) – 5:47
- "Fantasia: Intermezzo Karelia Suite" – The Nice (Jean Sibelius, arr. by Keith Emerson, Joseph Eger) – 8:51
- "Lucky Man" (Lake) – 4:38
- "Tank" (Emerson, Palmer) – 6:48
- "Take a Pebble" (Lake) – 12:28
- "The Barbarian" (Live version - Lyceum Theatre, 1970) (Emerson, Lake, Palmer, Béla Bartók) – 5:20
- "Knife-Edge" (Live version - Lyceum Theatre, 1970) (Emerson, Lake, Leoš Janáček) – 8:01
- "Rondo" (Live version - Lyceum Theatre, 1970) (Dave Brubeck, arr. by Emerson) – 18:18
Disc two
- "Tarkus" – 20:40
- a) "Eruption" (Emerson)
- b) "Stones of Years" (Emerson, Lake)
- c) "Iconoclast" (Emerson)
- d) "Mass" (Emerson, Lake)
- e) "Manticore" (Emerson)
- f) "The Battlefield" (Lake)
- g) "Aquatarkus" (Emerson)
- "Bitches Crystal" (Emerson) – 3:54
- "A Time and a Place" (B-side single version) (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 3:55
- "Oh, My Father" (Previously unreleased) (Lake) – 2:58
- "The Endless Enigma (Part One)" (Emerson, Lake) – 4:04
- "Fugue" (Emerson, Lake) – 4:54
- "The Endless Enigma (Part Two)" (Emerson, Lake) – 2:00
- "From the Beginning" (Lake) – 4:13
- "Trilogy" (Emerson, Lake) – 8:52
- "Abbadon's Bolero" (Emerson) – 8:07
- "Hoedown" (Live version - Milan, 1973) (Aaron Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 3:54
- "Jerusalem" (First mix) (Hubert Parry, William Blake, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 2:54
- "Still...You Turn Me On" (First mix) (Lake) – 2:51
- "When the Apple Blossoms" (B-side single version) (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 3:56
Disc three
- "Karn Evil 9" – 29:42
- a) "1st Impression Pt.1" (Emerson, Lake)
- b) "1st Impression Pt.2" (Emerson, Lake)
- c) "2nd Impression" (Emerson)
- d) "3rd Impression" (Emerson, Lake, Peter Sinfield)
- "Jeremy Bender/The Sheriff" (Live) (Emerson, Lake) – 5:03
- "C'est la Vie (Early version)" (Lake, Sinfield) – 4:16
- "I Believe in Father Christmas" (Early version) (Lake, Sinfield, Sergei Prokofiev) – 3:29
- "The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits" (Prokofiev, arr. by Palmer) – 3:20
- "Piano Concerto No.1" (Emerson) – 18:25
- First Movement: "Allegro Giocoso"
- Second Movement: "Andante Molto Cantabile"
- Third Movement: "Toccata Con Fuoco"
- "Pirates (Non-orchestral live version - Nassau Coliseum, 1978)" (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield) – 13:23
Disc four
- "Aaron Copland Interview 1977" (From Keith Emerson's archives) – 1:37
- "Fanfare for the Common Man" (Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 9:42
- "Honky Tonk Train Blues" (Lewis) – 3:09
- "Tiger in a Spotlight" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer, Sinfield) – 4:33
- "Watching Over You" (Lake/Sinfield) – 3:54
- "Introductory Fanfare/Peter Gunn Theme (Live version)" (Emerson, Henry Mancini) – 4:26
- "Canario (Rehearsal)" (Joaquín Rodrigo) – 3:57
- "Mars – The Bringer of War" (Gustav Holst, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Cozy Powell) – 7:54
- "Desede La Vida" (Emerson, Robert Berry, Palmer) – 7:06
- "Desede La Vida"
- "LaVista"
- "Sangre De Toro"
- "Black Moon (Single version)" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 4:47
- "Footprints in the Snow" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 3:51
- "Romeo and Juliet (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1992)" (Prokofiev, arr. by Emerson) – 3:32
- "Man in the Long Black Coat" (Bob Dylan, arr. by Emerson) – 4:12
- "Daddy" (Lake) – 4:42
- "Hang on to a Dream" (ELP cover of a song from The Nice) (Tim Hardin, Aber) – 4:28
- "Touch and Go" (Live in Poland, 1997) (Emerson, Lake) – 3:53
Disc five
(Live from the Mar y Sol Pop Festival, Manatí, Puerto Rico, 2 April 1972)
- "Hoedown" (Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 4:18
- "Tarkus" – 22:33
- a) "Eruption" (Emerson)
- b) "Stones of Years" (Emerson, Lake)
- c) "Iconoclast" (Emerson)
- d) "Mass" (Emerson, Lake)
- e) "Manticore" (Emerson)
- f) "The Battlefield" (Lake)
- g) "Aquatarkus" (Emerson)
- "Take a Pebble" (Lake) – 4:36
- "Lucky Man" (Lake) – 3:00
- "Piano Improvisation - 'Take a Pebble' conclusion" (Emerson) – 9:44
- "Pictures at an Exhibition" – 14:39
- a) "Promenade" (Modest Mussorgsky, Lake)
- b) "The Gnome" (Palmer)
- c) "Promenade – Vocal" (Mussorgsky, Emerson, Lake)
- d) "The Hut of Baba Yaga" (Mussorgsky, Emerson)
- e) "The Great Gates of Kiev" (Emerson, Lake)
- "Rondo" (Brubeck, arr. by Emerson) – 18:29
Disc six
- "The Manticore Special" – DVD containing highlights from the 1973 World Tour.
- Written and directed by Nick Hague
- Edited by Chris Fraser
- Director of photography – John Rosenberg
- Production manager – Peter Jaques
- Sound recordist – Tony Jackson
- Produced by Miker Rosenberg
Personnel
- Keith Emerson – keyboards (Hammond Organ, Mini Moog, Moog Modular, Grand Piano, Upright Piano)
- Greg Lake – guitars, bass guitar, vocals
- Carl Palmer – drums, percussion