ELP Digest Tuesday, 23 Jun 1992 Volume 2 : Issue 14 The "Turn your inside outside in" edition Today's Topics: La Chiesa, Smashing the Piano, my ELP history Black Moon: (brief) first impressions BLACK MOON First Impressions ELP ON WXRK FM IN NEW YORK ON 6/8! notes from Japan My life as an ELP fan... "More of the Best of British Rock" - buyer beware... ELP ON WNEW FM IN NEW YORK ON 6/10! ELP Article from 1977 Time Magazine ELP on WBCN in Boston Re: ELP on WBCN in Boston Greg Like Lyrics Re: ELP Digest V2 #13 (more comments on life as an ELP fan) "Affairs of the Heart" radio play... ELP (more on the orchestra tour, Steve Morse, etc.) ELP: on King Biscuit (probably a 70s performance) Black Moon airplay in Boston... Digest, mailing address, and administrative stuff to: J.Arnold@bull.com\ = for now, these are the same ELP-related info that you / want to put in the digest to: J.Arnold@bull.com Note: The opinions, information, etc. contained in this digest are those of the original message sender listed in each message below. They are not necessarily those of the mailing list/digest administrator or those of any institution through whose computers/networks this mail flows. ------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Jun 92 15:56:02 -0400 From: barrett@scooby.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett) To: arnold@thira.ma30.bull.com Subject: La Chiesa, Smashing the Piano, my ELP history Jim Smith writes: >[About "Live in Anaheim 1975"] >This sounds like it may be the same disc as the bootleg "Smashing The >Piano." What is the track listing? The track listings of "Live in Anaheim" and "Smashing the Piano" are identical, except for the (reported) track times. I haven't heard "Smashing" so I can't compare them any more than that. Jim Smith also writes: >"La Chiesa" on CD by Keith Emerson [is] in fact the soundtrack from >"The Church," with 4 out of 10 tracks by Emerson. A note of interest -- the other 6 tracks are by the Italian prog rock group "Goblin". I haven't heard the album, but Goblin has some excellent horror-related progrock out there. Check out the CD of "Suspira" or "Goblin's Greatest Hits" if you can. Our fearless leader :-) writes: >Readers: Care to tell us when you became an ELP fan? I was introduced to their music by a friend in 1978 (age 14). Several years later, I found their sheet music in a local music store and learned a lot of their tunes -- also learned a lot of them by ear. In college, my rock band(s) always played a few ELP tunes: "KE9 1st Impression Part 2", "Hoedown", "Eruption/Stones of Years", and others. My vote for "favorite ELP album" bounces between "Tarkus" and "Brain Salad Surgery" without a clear winner. I have never seen ELP in concert, but I have seen Palmer (in Asia), Emerson and Palmer (in "3"), and Emerson and Lake (in "ELPowell"). I hope to see ELP this August in Connecticut. Dan //////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ | Dan Barrett -- Dept of Computer Science, Lederle Graduate Research Center | | University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 -- barrett@cs.umass.edu | \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\///////////////////////////////////// ------------------------------ Subject: Black Moon: (brief) first impressions Date: Tue, 09 Jun 92 08:59:26 -0400 From: arnold Went to Tower Records Monday night and, at midnight (Tuesday am), the new releases went on sale. I grabbed the first 2 copies legitimately for sale in Boston (one for me, one for my brother) and was playing it in my car by 12:02. By the time I got home, I'd listened to the whole thing. In a word: excellent. An amalgam of everything I've ever liked about ELP. Nice-esque parts, ELP grandeur, Lake ballads. There's a little bit of everything here. I have no idea if the album will be popular (though it's obvious they've tried to put some songs on here that just might get some radio play). One thing's for sure: It is NOT an album put out just to milk some money from the fans. You can tell from the production that this was a musician's album. (About the best overall sound ever for ELP, I think. I found myself commenting the whole way home that the album has the best-defined sound of any ELP album. Each instrument is well-placed and crystal crystal clear (even the Hammond grunge) and perhaps the best recording of Palmer's drumming ever.) Unlike Yes's Union album that I never have played much, this is an album that will be in my `heavy rotation' pile for quite some time. - John - P.S. Tower Records in Boston also had one copy of the (imported) Black Moon CD single left so I bought their last copy. They did say, however, that they expected more in. So that's another source for the single that doesn't appear to have been released in the US yet. ------------------------------ From: Andy Moore Subject: BLACK MOON First Impressions Date: Tue, 9 Jun 92 13:52:24 EDT Just bought and listened to "Black Moon". I'll try to avoid subjective opinions and restrain my enthusiasm and be brief: WOW! It was worth the wait! And ELP is _new_! In my opinion, this is not 'like' original ELP, or ELPowell, or 3, or anything else I've ever heard, for that matter. So don't listen to me and anyone else, just go give the album a listen and judge for yourself... You won't be disappointed! p.s. A boxed note in the CD liner notes says: "The Official ELP Video Biography Available from September 1st, 1992" p.p.s. Nice ELP logo-thingy on the back, eh? ______________________________________________________________________________ Andy Moore "You'd better come in out of the rain before you get andy@ian.stx.com yourself soaked..." -- ELP, "Better Days" ------------------------------ Date: 09 Jun 92 01:05:19 EDT From: DAMIEN DESIMONE <71221.2364@CompuServe.COM> Subject: ELP ON WXRK FM IN NEW YORK ON 6/8! I was in my car about 2:00 this afternoon (6/8) listening to WXRK (92.3) FM in New York, and all of a sudden I heard "Coming up in a few minutes will be Emerson, Lake & Palmer live in our studio." (!) What followed was a half hour interview plus some music. Along with some old songs, three tracks from BLACK MOON were played, namely BLACK MOON, PAPER BLOOD (featuring "Muddy" Lake on harmonica!), and ROMEO AND JULIET. This was the first live interview with ELP in NY. The interview did not reveal too much new info, as they talked about how they got back together, what kind of show the fans can expect, etc., but Emerson said that ROMEO AND JULIET kinda reminded him of PURPLE HAZE (!) a bit, and he wanted to record it using that slant while keeping the integrity of the piece! Serious, folks! Greg told his story about how PAPER BLOOD came about, with the chauffer-driven dog and the man searching through the garbage for something to eat. Carl once again was asked to comment on the status of Asia, which he seemed to do reluctantly. All in all, it was an enjoyable interview. Will anybody out there be recording ELP on WBCN Boston on June 11? THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM THIS BAND! Adios, Damien DeSimone 71221.2364@compuserve.com ------------------------------ Subject: notes from Japan Date: Wed, 10 Jun 92 17:34:07 GMT From: Atsushi Shionozaki The Japanese release of Black Moon came out on June 3rd. It has the song "Blade of Grass" from the European Black Moon single release as a bonus track. Also on the same day a CD3 single of Paper Blood was release with Romeo and Juliet as the B-side. Tour dates for concerts in Tokyo have been announced and will go on sale this upcoming Sat. ELP will be playing in Tokyo on the Sept. 16, 18, 19. ASIA played a night in Osaka and two in Tokyo on June 5 and 6. I went to see them on the 5th. Of course, with the reformation of ELP Carl Palmer was not on drums. I do not remember the name of the drummer at the moment, but if anyone is interested in details of the concert like the set list and members please e-mail me. I don't want to spoil anybody who has plans to go and see them. One interesting note though: after the ASIA concert was over concert promoters were showing the video for Black Moon in the lobby of the concert hall. Tons of people were gathering around to get a peak! It's been 20 years since ELP last came to Japan, and we can't wait! shio ------------------------------ Subject: My life as an ELP fan... Date: Wed, 10 Jun 92 10:46:10 -0400 From: arnold To continue the thread started by Brian P., here's a brief synopsis of my life as an ELP fan. Actually, my older brother was the first ELP fan in my family. In the early 1970s, I was a Beatles fan and didn't really pay that much attention to music. My brother was coming at rock music from the classical direction. >From that point, our musical interests seemed to converge. We started to gather up albums by the Nice, the early King Crimson, and Atomic Rooster. A collector is born. The first ELP concert I attended was in the summer of 1974 at the Cape Cod Coliseum (Massachusetts). This was the tour that resulted in the 3-LP "Welcome Back..." tour. A highlight was going down to the Coliseum in the early afternoon to see if anything was happening. A friend and I waited around for a while and, eventually, 3 limos drove in. (Ah, the 3 limo days!) Keith, Greg, and Carl emerged (one from each). A few hours later, a few of us in the parking lot got to hear part of the soundcheck which included some of "Brandenburger" (from The Nice days). After that, I saw ELP on every tour they did (may times more than once a tour). The most memorable shows were the "historic" ones: the Montreal concert with Orchestra (featured on their latest live album) and (until this tour starts) the very last ELP concert ever in Providence, RI. The echo of the (real) trumpets in Olympic Stadium in Montreal to start the Fanfare for the Common Man encore is an indelible memory. The magnificent playing of "Pirates" and especially "Show Me the Way to Go Home" (as the last song of the Providence show) are up there at the top of my list of great ELP moments. When ELP failed to tour for "Love Beach" and eventually announced their break-up, I carried on by following their individual careers. This included the ELPowell and 3 tours. I had tickets to the Greg Lake concert in Boston (that was cancelled due to either bad weather or poor sales, I think) following his first solo album. Went to see Asia. Met Carl briefly at a drum clinic given in Worcester, Mass. (sponsored by Union Music, Remo drums) etc. etc. And now, Black Moon. It's worth giving up my claim to having seen the last ELP concert ever in order to hear/see them perform together again. So now I'm almost old enough to be President of the United States and still an ELP fan. In fact, an ELP fan who long ago thought there'd never be another ELP tour to get excited about. I'm glad I was wrong about that. - John - ------------------------------ Subject: "More of the Best of British Rock" - buyer beware... Date: Wed, 10 Jun 92 14:27:20 -0400 From: arnold About a month ago, I bought a CD titled "More of the Best of British Rock" on the Special Music Company Label (catalog # SCD-4941). It was in a CD `cut-out' section so only cost ~$6. The list on the CD claims to include 2 tunes by The Nice: I'm Not Saying and America. Since I've never heard of a Nice song called "I'm Not Saying" I decided to take the chance that it might be a rarity. Trust me, it's not. The song definitely has the words "I'm Not Saying" in its chorus but it is definitely not The Nice. I'll be sending a letter to the company soon asking them to fix the label. Till then, don't get your hopes up. (America is on the CD though.) - John - ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 92 17:36:16 EDT From: Damien DeSimone <71221.2364@CompuServe.COM> Subject: ELP ON WNEW FM IN NEW YORK ON 6/10! Welcome back (again) my friends! I am happy to say that ELP appeared *live* in the studios of WNEW FM in New York this afternoon (6/10)! They were on between 4:00 and 4:30, and they acted as DJs and introduced songs off of BLACK MOON. They took turns doing the song introductions. Carl introduced PAPER BLOOD (my favorite track on BLACK MOON) and said (in that cartoon-ish voice of his) "This song features "Muddy" Lake on harmonica!" Greg responded by saying, "Thanks, Carl!" It was rather funny. Emerson introduced ROMEO AND JULIET, and Lake introduced AFFAIRS OF THE HEART. Scott Muny, DJ at WNEW, said that the band looked very fit (C'mon, didn't he get a good look at Lake?!) and that they were physically and mentally ready to tour. Greg said that after they do the US tour, they will play Europe and Japan *and then return and play some more dates in the US*! The real treat came when Greg performed FROM THE BEGINNING live in the studio! It was great. After that, the band had to rush out of the studio because they were late for an appointment. Perhaps Greg was hungry, as it was nearing dinnertime... Anyway, another very enjoyable interview. I just want to throw in a comment or two about BLACK MOON. I have listened to it quite a few times, and it has taken me a little while to get used to the new sound. I must say that I think it is a great album. If I did have one complaint, it would be that I wish the band would have cut loose a little more, as in the track PAPER BLOOD. I love the overdriven Hammond on that track! I think Lake's voice has matured quite a bit, and the track FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW is a beautiful song. Well, I won't ramble on further with my opinions. Peace, Damien DeSimone 71221.2364@compuserve.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 00:21:13 CDT From: hoyme@src.honeywell.com (Ken Hoyme) Subject: ELP Article from 1977 Time Magazine I mentioned that I had seen an article in a 1977 Time Magazine about the Works Tour. This got me to looking through my old stuff and I was able to find it. I thought the group might be interested in this. Unfortunately, I did not keep the whole issue, only the article. And Time did not print the issue date on every page. This was written after their opening concert of the Works Tour. They came to Minnesota in June 1977, so I would guess that this article was run in March or April of that year. So, with the sounds of the "Black Moon" CD in my ears, here goes: Reprinted without permission. Forgive the typos -- they are all mine. ------- ELP: 72,000 Watts in the Name As the houselights dimmed in Detroit's Cobo Hall last week, the concertmaster signaled for the oboist's A, and the strings and woodwinds went about the squeaky business of tuning up. Then, like something out of an old Esther Williams spectacular, Conductor Godfrey Salmon rose 14 feet into the air atop a hydraulic podium. Silence reigned for a good second or two before the cries came from the audience: "Rock 'n' Roll!" "Get it on!" " It's boogie time!" Not quite boogie time. The British rock group Emerson, Lake & Palmer had not brought along a full 58-piece symphony orchestra for just another evening of chug-a-chug rock. As Maestro Salmon gave the downbeat, 9,500 fans, many reared on the violent excesses of Alice Cooper and Iggy Pop, got the first sampling of what was in store for them. From 40 huge loudspeaker enclosures suspended from the ceiling came the mighty sounds of "Abaddon's Bolero", a work Composer-Pianist Keith Emerson has based on the same Spanish rhythm as the Ravel classic. After a few bars, a thick curtain of light, produced by intense lights rimming the stage, dissolved to reveal Keith Emerson, 32, Greg Lake, 29 and Carl Palmer, 27, hard at work on the center stage. There was Keith darting from Hammond organ to Moog synthesizer, and Greg picking away at his bass guitar. Between them sat Carl, confined along with his drums, snares, gongs and tubular bells in a percussion cockpit that resembled nothing so much as a mod four-poster converted into a padded cell for the phantom of the opera. The music built relentlessly, awesomely, powered by 72,000 watts worth of amplification -- enough to start a medium-sized radio station. The volume never reached the threshold of pain (130 decibels), but it was, in Salmon's words, "enough to peel an apple at ten feet." Emerson, Lake & Palmer are best known for their mastery of what is sometimes called classical rock, but what Emerson prefers to describe as "progressive rock with a lot of regard for the past." Their current tour of the U.S. and Canada is the first in 2 1/2 years. Understandably, the faithful at Cobo Hall were eager to discover what their heroes were up to these days. ELP, as they are also known, responded by offering a generous sampling from their new double LP album "Works, Volume 1." That included nothing less than a full-fledged "Piano Concert No. 1" by Emerson, which sounded more like Bartok than rock 'n' roll. The Detroit fans warmed up slowly to ELP's new, sophisticated stylings. Jim Richter, 22, was overheard saying to his date, "You said I'd love these guys. This sounds like something on PBS." All that changed when the group turned to some golden oldies from the years 1970 to 1974. The applause was thunderous for ELP's version of the "Pictures at an Exhibition," a monster hit of 1972. Drummer Palmer took the spotlight as soloist in the churning, pulsating, jazz-oriented "Tank". The stage suddenly went dark and then orange, red and yellow lights began to consume him from below, like a huge bonfire. The crowd screamed and shouted its approval. At the end of the concert, the aisles near the stage were jammed with girls sitting on the boy friends' shoulders, clapping their hands. That was more like an Emerson, Lake & Palmer reception. From the start, ELP has known how to get attention: their opening set at the 1970 Isle of Wight festival, the groups first major gig, was announced by the roar of two cannons. But the fireworks that have made ELP rich consist of an innovative, complex kind of rock that seems to carry on the adventure of the Beatles' 1967 precedent-shattering "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Right now ELP's aim is not noise but the successful blending of both rock group and orchestra. Those bands (Nice, Deep Purple, Moody Blues) that have tried similar collaborations have ended up with an overpowered orchestra, primarily because only the rockers were plugged directly into the amplification system. ELP solved the problem by equipping most instruments of the orchestra with a specially designed contact mike, ultimately feeding everything -- including their own sounds -- into the same mixing console. Total cost of the audio equipment: $750,000. Keith Emerson had the idea for a plugged-in orchestra while playing some of ELP's older records. "I listened to what I had been doing with all those synthesizers, and realized I was hearing an orchestra inside my head all along. And so I said, 'Don't kid yourself. If you want to hear it that way, then hear it that way. Be happy.' " The expenses of the tour (the cast and crew number 115 people, the tab for the orchestra alone is $40,000 a week) could eventually cost the three stars nearly $4 million. It is too early to tell whether they will get it back, let alone make a profit -- or take a bath. But for openers in Detroit, Emerson looked as happy as a kid with a gold-plated toy -- and so did L. and P. ----- The bottom third of the page is a photo of the stage with orchestra seated in their places, the crew standing in front, ELP grouped in the center with the caption: "Emerson, Lake & Palmer (center) surrounded by musicians, crew & production staff in Detroit's Cobo Hall". Thanks for the tour schedule. Major bummer that they will not get to Minnesota!! Since I spend 1/2 my life in Phoenix, my wife and I are making plans to attend that concert. What is 1500 miles to re-live our first date!! Ken Hoyme Honeywell Systems and Research Center (612)782-7354 3660 Technology Dr., Minneapolis, MN 55418 Internet: hoyme@src.honeywell.com ------------------------------ From: marshall@emavp04.webo.dg.com (Marshall Wood) Subject: ELP on WBCN in Boston Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 8:57:32 EDT Last night (6/11), ELP made a live appearance on WBCN radio here in Boston. Considering all the fuss the DJs had been making about the show all day long, I was expecting much more. It was basically just E, L & P and Phil Carson taking questions from callers and from people in the studio audience. Lake performed one song live ("From the Beginning"), and they played a couple of cuts from the new CD (not live), and a bit of old stuff (not live either). The callers' questions were mostly pretty lame -- one guy wanted to know what the group would be playing for the encore on the upcoming tour! Obviously, they didn't say (I think that they just hung up on the guy). So, after that sparkling review, I will say that I did manage to get the show on tape. It's about 45 minutes long, and I edited out the commercials and the songs they played, with the exception of the great live version of "From the Beginning". (I was really expecting more than just _one_ live song!) If anyone wants a copy of this, drop me a line and we'll work something out (marshall@fs03.webo.dg.com). --MWood ------------------------------ Subject: Re: ELP on WBCN in Boston Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 09:21:07 -0400 From: arnold Thanks (to Marshall) for typing up the synopsis of ELP's appearance on WBCN last night (6/11). Here are a few more details... * Someone asked Keith if he was planning to write any more classical pieces. Keith responded that he had started a few but never gotten any finished. He made mention of many bits and pieces of unfinished music at his house and indicated that his work with ELP is now his primary musical focus. * I asked (yes, that was me. I hope it didn't count as one of the lame questions!) if they had any plans for an (MTV) Unplugged-type thing during their current tour. Greg answered that they had discussed it but weren't sure yet. Perhaps, he said, they can try some things out during sound checks once they're on tour and see what happens. He then explained that the primary difficulties would be to (a) work out details such as his bass playing (the piano and drums are easy) on an acoustic bass and (b) figuring out which material best fit that type of arrangement. * Lake's playing of "From the beginning" was interesting and pretty funny. In between verses, he interjected a "how's it going so far" and got background laughs from Keith and Carl. After ELP had left, the DJ (Bradley J.) explained that Lake had played a Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar through a Trace Elliot acoustic guitar amp. To me, it sounded like like they had used the amp to fatten up the 6 string sound with some flanging (to get more of a 12-string effect) and some reverb. * One of the funnier moments was when one person (a drummer) told Carl that he was the epitome of percussion. After a brief pause, Carl said "is that good or bad?" and got some laughs from the people in the studion. * They seemed to let a small crowd in the studio (I knew I should have tried to get in!) to watch/listen and one of them won a trip to a dress rehearsal of their live show for a night in Philadelphia in late July. (I don't recall if this was a date before the tour's official start or if they're calling the first night the dress rehearsal.) So those of you in other cities be on the lookout in case they do this sort of thing near you. * It was interesting that Phil Carson (President of Victory Music) was there in person. It seems like, unlike their final few albums on Atlantic, ELP has found a record company that wants to get the word out about their albums and is taking an active interest in the band. - John - ------------------------------ From: Andy Moore Subject: Greg Like Lyrics Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 15:48:53 EDT Howdy, ELPers! Still enjoying the hell out of the new album... Has anyone besides me noticed that Greg Lake uses a LOT of simile and metaphor in his song lyrics. Sometimes to excess! Just listen to "Affairs of the Heart": "Emerging from a silk cocoon" "Her eyes were cunning like a fox" "Wings of passion fly on all frontiers" "Her face is like a ghost with eyes of jade" "[?] just like a falling star" "Like autumn leaves, they vanish in the air" "Love becomes a lethal weapon/Sharper than a dart" Just about every other line has "like" or a metaphor in it. I my not-so-humble opinion, he uses too many of these, and sometimes the ones he uses are strained or awkward. What do you all think? Another topic: Doesn't Carl's drumming sound especially precise on the new album? Some parts almost sound quantized, but I wouldn't believe that he would do that. Still, it's quite a contrast to me; his early drumming had a certain amount of 'looseness' to it... Yet another topic: Where's my best bet for seeing the "Black Moon" video? I just got cable and have been watching MTV and VH-1, but neither has shown it or anything even in that vein. MTV seems to be all rap and heavy metal... ______________________________________________________________________________ Andy Moore "Let this sleepin' dog lie, son. Dog gone it, I'm dog andy@ian.stx.com tired. I'm tired of leadin' a dog's life 'n fightin' like cats n' dogs against cats n' dogs n' young pups doggin' my trail tryin' to become top dog. I'm goin' to the dogs in a dog-eat-dog world. I'm so far over the hill, I'm on the bottom of the other side..." - Sheriff Wylee Burp, "Fievel Goes West" ------------------------------ From: ex.heurikon.com!daves%heurikon.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu (Dave Scidmore) Subject: Re: ELP Digest V2 #13 Date: Wed, 17 Jun 92 14:58:28 CDT >> Also, do you know what the audience is on the Digest? Specifically, >> it would be interesting to know what people have been exposed to >> E/L/P the longest: For instance, if you have seen ELPalmer, when >> where, etc... My first show was 1/29/78 in Springfield MA. >> >>[ Readers??? Care to tell us when you became an ELP fan? Feel free to >> start/continue a thread of conversation so we can learn more >> about you and your interest in ELP... - John - ] I become interested in them about the time Tarkus came out, so I guess I could be called an old timer. My brother was into ELP and so I heard that album all the time, and it just kept growning on me. I remember when Brain Salad Surgery came out we bought the album locked ourselves in the basement and gave it a whirl. I hate to admit it but I came away thinking wow its going to take a few listens before I get a handle on this. It was just too much material at too fast a pace in too short a time for my tender young brain to assimilate it. The first time I caught ELP was when they toured with the orchestra. I came early and sat in the front row about 20 feet from Emerson. The show started with Abadans Bolero (sp??). They started with just the orchestra and built up the energy till the last two time through the main theme when ELP came on and Emerson ripped through the synth solo at the end. It was extremely impressive and that moment is etched on my brain. The only other time I managed to catch Emerson was when 3 toured. I heard the announcement in the afternoon that 3 would be at a bar in Milwaukee called Billies Old Mill. A friend and I popped on over and were treated to a couple of hours of ELP material with a couple 3 songs thrown in because it was a 3 tour after all. we stood in front of a little stage with the band so close you could practically touch them (I've been fortunate enough to catch Rick Wakeman and Renessance in small venues as well). You could clearly see the perspiration rolling down Palmers face. As far as the new album goes, I would say that it is still quite a ways from much of their older material. It lacks the complexity and excitement, substituting instead a heavy handedness more remeniceint of ELPowell. >From the interview in Keyboard with Mr. Emerson it sounds like Palmer and Lake kept holding him back saying "do something more simple." It is as if Palmer (and maybe even Lake) are still stuck in the "Asia" syndrome. I hate to say it, but despite their protestations to the contrary, it smacks of material designed to walk a line between ELP and the material you hear on "Classic Rock" stations. It's like they didn't want to get to far from there original sound, and not too far from something that would fit in a four minute slot on the radio either. Why do classic progressive bands like ELP and Yes seem to be forgetting what got them where they are today and seem to be aiming more for mass market appeal. -- Dave Scidmore DaveS@Heurikon.Com ------------------------------ Subject: "Affairs of the Heart" radio play... Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 13:44:35 -0400 From: arnold While driving to lunch with a friend today, I heard a "soft rock" station in Boston (WBOS-fm) play "Affairs of the Heart". It's the first I'd heard it played other than Rockline and various ELP appearances at radio stations. If anyone on the list gets/reads Billboard, I'd be interested to know how Black Moon (the album and the single) and any of the other new songs are doing on the charts. It's heartening to hear the album get some airplay around Boston, though. As much or more than any of ELP's later albums got, I think. - John - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jun 92 12:45:26 PDT From: Mark.McCarron-Fraser@Corp.Sun.COM (Mark McCarron-Fraser) Subject: ELP ELP Comrades - Wow! Lot's of exciting stuff. I've got ELP tickets for the Universal Amphitheater and UC Irving. I'll be getting tickets for Sacramento and Concord when they go on sale. I hope to see some of you there! Enough of me. In the last issue of this wonderful digest (THANKS JOHN!!) Ken Hoyme asked about the end of the 1977 tour with the orchestra. They did pitch the orchestra, but they finished the tour as a three piece. I caught two of those shows on the West Coast. They averted financial ruin by a close margin, so close that they did a mini-tour of the East Coast in early 1978. This is the now legendary Works 1 & 1/2 Tour. They played material from Works Volume 2, and opened with Peter Gunn, minus the Fanfare heard on "In Concert". There is an incredibly high quality bootleg from this tour called "Works 1/2". There should be a note thanking Glen? for a fine recording. The record contains: Peter Gunn, Tiger In a Spotlight, The Maple Leaf Rag (very fast), The Enemy God (~4:00, starts with a drum solo), Watching Over You (really cool), Pirates (Phenomenal), and Fanfare For The Common Man (~8:00, Amazing). They also planned a tour for the Love Beach album, but of course, it never came off. Though they did sell merchandise for it - satin jackets, running shorts, and such - through an insert in the Love Beach sleave. Anybody remember that? Who is Steve Morse that writes for the Boston Globe? Not the same Steve Morse of the Dixie Dregs and Kansas? Who ever this person is, he's a bozo. "The music was nullified by the punk movement of the '70s and the dance-pop trend of the '80s." I suppose this means that Beathoven is completely out of it, and no one should ever read of view a Shakespear play. ". . . unexpected dose of social consciousness." Does this guy live in a cave? Has he never heard an ELP album before? How about "Battlefield", "The Only Way", "Knife Edge", "Karn Evil 9", "The Miracle", "Touch and Go", "Lay Down Your Guns"? Or Lake's solo albums, "Nuclear Attack", Retribution Drive, "For Those Who Dare", "It's You, You've Gotta Believe". Oh well, at least he had nice things to say, even if he is terminally stupid. [ Editor's note: No, it's not the same Steve Morse as the Dixie Dregs. Also, having read some really scathing reviews of ELP, I'm willing to cut reviewers some slack as long as they listen to it and appreciate what they're trying to accomplish. I remember the Rolling Stone review of Love Beach where they said something along the lines of "this album makes washing dishes seem like a creative activity." I'll settle for Morse's review any day. - John - ] More than enough for now. Have Fun! - Mark ------------------------------ From: Subject: ELP stuff Date: 22 June 1992 Article: 945 From: mcmahan@cs.unca.edu (Scott McMahan -- Genesis mailing list owner) Newsgroups: alt.music.progressive Subject: ELP: on King Biscuit Date: 21 Jun 92 18:32:33 GMT NEXT WEEK's KING BUSCUIT will feature a live performance by ELP. Dunno when it was recorded or anything..but I'm looking forward to it cos I haven't heard anything by them! Scott [ Editor's note: We are assuming that this will be live ELP from the King Biscuit Flower Hour archives, not a new appearance. ELP was the King Biscuit Flower Hour a number of times in the 70s. Still, it may be worth checking out especially if you never heard those performances. By chekcing with some local sources, we found people who think it's on 2 stations in the Northeast. I don't know (and haven't been able to get stations/times for any other areas of the country. Here's what we found about King Biscuit in the Mass./New Hampshire area (obtained from various sources and edited here): KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR: >>> Boston: WZLX 100.7 Sundays at 1:00 am >>> I believe that WGIR in Manchester, NH (101.1 FM) also carried the >>> King Biscuit Flower Hour. On Sunday nights, somewhere around 9:00pm >>> or 10:00pm I think, although you might want to double check that with >>> the station... ] ------------------------------ Subject: Black Moon airplay in Boston... Date: Tue, 23 Jun 92 13:02:59 -0400 From: arnold Black Moon is continuing to receive good airplay in Boston. This week, the song "Black Moon" is WBCN's Big Mattress Song of the Week. This means that it gets played at a specific time each day during "The Big Mattress" which is one of (if the THE) top-rated morning drive-time shows in Boston radio. Hosted by long-time 'BCN dj Charles Laquidera, this is a show that has national recognition and could help start some action for Black Moon in Billboard and other charts. This distinction (Song of the Week) also ties in with the album being featured on sale at the local Lechmere chain of stores. The PR folks have really done a good job at getting the song talked about and played here. I hope their work follows through to other markets. - John - ------------------------------ End of elp Digest [Volume 2 Issue 14] *************************************