When it comes to Emerson, Lake & Palmer, few bands have had the luxury they’ve enjoyed of being revisited in many ways in a short time. But they’ve been worth it. You may not need to replenish an already existing library as frequently as they’ve had their albums revisited, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have the opportunity or choice. I sure wish that many bands that I’ve loved over the years had just a portion of that attention to music.
(For years, I’ve envisioned a Deluxe Edition of Wishbone Ash’s magnificent Live Dates. With two discs of cherry-picked performance tracks from four shows, I’d LOVE to hear each show in their entirety. What a package that’s be!! Additionally, I have love for Crawler, the band that evolved from Back Street Crawler after Paul Kossoff’s death. I’d love to hear the original album (with “Stone Cold Sober”) remastered, as well as some live material, and perhaps some embryonic demos and alternate tracks. To hear “Stone Cold Sober” in its early form would be very, very cool!! And let’s not forget the insights a new booklet would provide us for both albums!)
On October 27, BMG will produce a Limited Edition Deluxe Box named Fanfare 1970-1997 that will house all eleven official ELP album releases (in their most recent remastering) within a lavish, numbered rigid matte-black Box with foil-blocked cover text. Those albums are:
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970)
- Pictures At An Exhibition (1971)
- Tarkus (1971)
- Trilogy (1972)
- Brain Salad Surgery (1973)
- Welcome Back , My Friends, To The Show That Never Ends (1974) (2CD)
- Works Volume 1 (1977) (2CD)
- Works Volume 2 (1977)
- Love Beach (1978)
- Black Moon (1992)
- In The Hot Seat (1994)
But nothing great sits alone. The box will also be blessed with:
- Live in Rome & Milan Italy 1973 (previously unreleased) as a gatefold vinyl 3LP set
- Previously unreleased CD albums, mastered by the
internationally celebrated studio engineering team of
Andy Pearce and Matt Wortham of:
– LIVE AT POCONO INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY,
LONG POND, PA, U.S.A., 9TH JULY 1972
– LIVE AT WATERLOO CONCERT FIELD,
STANHOPE NEW JERSEY, U.S.A., 13TH AUGUST 1992
– LIVE AT BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONIC HALL,
U.K., 27TH NOVEMBER 1992
– ON THE BBC: THE OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST 1979,
POP GOES SUMMER 1993
– LIVE AT ÉLYSÉE MONTMARTRE, PARIS, FRANCE, 2ND JULY 1997 - A Blu-ray Audio with hi-res Stereo and 5.1 Surround mixes of:
– Emerson, Lake & Palmer (STEVEN WILSON, 2012)
– Tarkus (STEVEN WILSON, 2012)
– Trilogy(JAKKO M JAKSZYK, 2015)
– Brain Salad Surgery (JAKKO M JAKSZYK, 2014) - Remastered 7″ vinyl singles wih reproduced original sleeve art of:
– Lucky Man b/w Knife-Edge (1970)
– Fanfare For The Common Man b/w Brain Salad Surgery (1977) - A Deluxe hardbound 12″ book with foil-blocked cover text containing photos, extensive notes and quotes
- a reprinted original1970 promo poster, a 1972 promo brochure, and 1974 and 1992 tour programs replications
- Metal and Enamel ELP logo pin badge
Overall, this Box contains 16CDs, 3LPs, 4BD-Audio, 2 7″ vinyl singles, as well as the previously mentioned printed material.
If you need the vast track-list, let me know, and I’ll get them to you.