Tag Archives: Greg Lake

Album review: EMERSON, LAKE & POWELL – Complete Collection

Posted on April 8, 2024 by GRTR! HQ

Spirit of Unicorn Music [Release date 12.04.24] Emerson Lake & Palmer had imploded by the mid-eighties and the age of prog and pomp ceremony was seemingly over. In the late seventies there had been a last flourish of excess with … Continue reading →

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Album review: CARL PALMER – Fanfare For The Common Man

Posted on March 3, 2024 by jason

BMG [Release date 05.04.24] Drummer Carl Palmer has had a long and distinguished career, most notably as a founder of prog rock super group Emerson Lake & Palmer. Prior to that he’d toured with Arthur Brown and co-founded Atomic Rooster, … Continue reading →

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Singles review: EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER – Singles (12 x 7″ singles box set)

Posted on August 3, 2022 by GRTR! HQ

BMG [Release date 26.08.22] It may be hard to believe that Emerson, Lake & Palmer, progressive rock titans, actually produced singles and - moreover – some became hits. This splendid box set includes a dozen of them from around the … Continue reading →

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Album review: EMERSON LAKE & PALMER – Out Of This World: Live (1970-1997)

Posted on October 9, 2021 by jason

BMG [Release date 29.10.21] Prog legends Emerson Lake & Palmer (ELP) were one of the early super groups (formed from the roots of The Nice, King Crimson and Atomic Rooster in 1970) and cemented their legacy in the first half … Continue reading →

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Album review: GREG LAKE – The Anthology

Posted on October 18, 2020 by jason

BMG [Release date 23.10.20] Famously, the late Greg Lake was an integral part of King Crimson and more substantially, of Emerson Lake and Palmer. Both bands have had such a deep impact on progrock and indeed rock music generally, that … Continue reading →

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News: WIN! EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER Anthology vinyl box set! (June 2019)

Posted on June 1, 2019 by GRTR! HQ

Throughout June we will be offering a 4-LP vinyl box set celebrating Emerson, Lake & Palmer in a new competition. The box set features 4 discs pressed on ‘galaxy effect’ coloured vinyl and includes tracks from all the key original … Continue reading →

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Album review: EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER – The Anthology 1970-1998 (4-LP Box set)

Posted on May 16, 2019 by GRTR! HQ

We’re giving away a copy of the boxed set in June – check out our Competitions section! David Randall chatted to Carl Palmer for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio in June 2018. This hour special features a selection of ELP … Continue reading →

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Book review: ON TRACK…ELP, DEEP PURPLE & RAINBOW

Posted on February 3, 2019 by jason

On Track … Emerson Lake & Palmer by Mike Goode [Publication date 18.12.18] Sonic Bond Publishing Two books in a series, that are subtitled “Every Album, Every Song”. These track by track intros to bands are not a new idea, … Continue reading →

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News: CARL PALMER’s ELP LEGACY – new album and radio interview (June 2018)

Posted on June 15, 2018 by GRTR! HQ

In this exclusive interview edit, Carl Palmer chats about progressive rock music (2:00) Carl Palmer releases a CD/DVD on 29 June (via BMG) celebrating the lives of Keith Emerson and Greg Lake. “Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy Live” features a CD … Continue reading →

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Album review: CARL PALMER’S ELP LEGACY – Live (CD/DVD)

Posted on May 27, 2018 by GRTR! HQ

In this exclusive, extended, interview edit, Carl Palmer chats about his formative years and the influence of his musical family in terms of career direction. (9:14) The full interview with Carl was broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on … Continue reading →

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Album review: EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER – Reissues (Works Vol.1 & 2, Love Beach)

Posted on May 7, 2017 by jason

BMG [Release date 26.05/17] Formed in 1970, Emerson, Lake & Palmer were one of the first progressive rock supergroups, and certainly one of the most successful. Keyboard player, pianist and keen advocate of the Moog Keith Emerson had previously played with … Continue reading →

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Album review: EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER – Reissues (2)

Posted on September 25, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

BMG [Release date 30.09.16] To many Emerson, Lake & Palmer represented the worst excesses of prog rock – a genre that was destined to have its collective arse kicked in the late-1970s. This latest tranche of remasters does demonstrate why … Continue reading →

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Album review: EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER – Reissues

Posted on July 9, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

BMG [Release date 29.07.16] In a year that has had its disproportionate share of rock/pop casualties, Keith Emerson’s passing was one of the saddest. And, inevitably, there is an immediate reflection on a long and varied back catalogue. This latest … Continue reading →

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Album review: GREG LAKE – London ’81

Posted on August 19, 2015 by GRTR! HQ

Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra Records [Release date 21.08.15] Now here’s an interesting find from the back pages of Greg Lake’s illustrious career. Recorded in 1981 with Gary Moore on guitar it is more than just a curios. Two years after ELP split, … Continue reading →

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DVD review: ELP – Special Edition (Pictures At An Exhibition, Isle Of Wight Festival 1970, Live At Montreux 1997)

Posted on June 3, 2014 by jason

Eagle Vision [Release date 14.10.13] If you like Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) then you are gonna love this new three DVD box set, comprising of “Pictures At An Exhibition”, “The Birth Of A Band- Isle of Wight Festival 1970” … Continue reading →

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Greg Lake at Orpheum Theatre on May 18th

Posted on March 21, 2012 by jason

Greg Lake at Orpheum Theatre on May 18th “Songs of a Lifetime 2012” tour. The show will feature an intimate autobiographical musical journey in song and story. The performance will feature some of the best-known songs from Emerson Lake and … Continue reading →