ELP Digest Thursday, 23 Jan 1992
Volume 2 : Issue 2
Today's Topics:
Re: H.R. Giger
au privave and Sceriffo o Bandito
Re: Carl in PM (and Asia)
Brain Salad Surgery Question
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Return-Path: rbhardin@descartes.waterloo.edu
From: Ron Harding <rbhardin@descartes.waterloo.edu>
Subject: Re: H.R. Giger
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 92 11:48:37 EST
Another tidit bit on H.R. Giger, and more directly E.L.P. related:
In Giger's book, _Biomechanics_, there is a group of paintings which look
like covers for an ELP album. Some of them have the Sacred Initials and a
title painted in. The title is "The Environment." The paintings are mostly
of a waterfall with a sexy pair of lips in it. Some include a faint hint of
a penis subtly pointed at the lips. (Giger just can't resist those phallic
symbols!)
Judging by the date of the paintings (mid 80's) I'd say this was a proposed
cover for ELPowell. It would have been great if they'd used it. I wonder
why they didn't :-)
Incidentally, Biomechanics also includes a bunch of Giger's design sketches for
Poltergeist 2, and the aforementioned Debbie Harry painting.
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Date: Mon, 13 Jan 92 17:45:26 pst
From: Jim Smith <smithj@hpsadlu.sad.hp.com>
Subject: au privave and Sceriffo o Bandito
I have seen a couple of references to a piece performed in the late
80's by Keith Emerson, called "au privave." Apparently he performed this
on the Italian show "DOC Special" in 1989, and a fragment of it was published
in a European (French or Italian) edition of "Keyboard" magazine.
Has anyone ever heard this piece? Does anyone have a recording of it?
Does anyone have any more information? I'm curious about it.
One of the songs that Emerson performed with Italian pop singer Jovanotti
is called "Sceriffo o Bandito." It is interesting to note the parallels
between this song and ELP's "The Sheriff." Both begin with good-natured,
spoken goofing-around. Jovanotti whistles at the beginning of Sceriffo..
Both are about a sheriff and a bandit. I don't speak Italian, but there
is a line in the chorus of Sceriffo o Bandito that sounds like "Say you
no sceriffo yo bandito." Both use a storytelling narrative style in their
lyrics (at least it sounds that way to me). The song form is the same, with
a rollicking lead (by Emerson) in the middle (He does a bit of barrelhouse
piano, followed by a synthesized parody of a Spaghetti Western soundtrack
in Sceriffo), and a piano tag (At the end of Sceriffo, Emerson plays a bit
of the Maple Leaf Rag). All of this makes me wonder if Sceriffo o Bandito
was meant as a sort of tribute to ELP, or if it was just a cheap rip! heh..
I recently visited the Tower Records store in Mountain View, California,
and noted that they had quite a few albums by The Nice there, on CD:
The Nice, Ars Longa Vita Brevis, Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack, and maybe
one more. They also had the CHORD CD of Honky, and a copy of Keith Emerson
With The Nice, inside of a CD package that was mislabeled as Elegy. (Come
to think of it, every copy of the "KE with the Nice" CD that I've ever seen
was inside a package mislabeled as Elegy, and I've never seen a REAL copy
of the Elegy CD!)
The November issue of "Keyboard" magazine was devoted to the Hammond organ.
Lots of interesting history and technical information on the Hammond, and
a bit of information on Keith Emerson's use of the organ, including a couple
of drawbar settings. I emulated these drawbar settings on my synthesizer,
and they do indeed sound like the most common organ sound (minus rotating
speakers and distortion and other "stuff") used by Emerson. There was also
a statement in that issue that Emerson preferred the Hammond L-100 over the
C3, because it was easier to haul around, but I suspect that this is untrue,
since he used a C3 for most of the organ parts he played after he acquired
it.
- Jim Smith smithj@hpsad.sad.hp.com
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Return-Path: John.McCartney@EBay.Sun.COM
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 92 15:07:46 PST
From: John.McCartney@EBay.Sun.COM ( The Lion of Symmetry )
Subject: Re: Carl in PM (and Asia)
PM: 1 PM
Yeah, I've got it, I believe I picked it up for about $2.
Believe me, that's about all it's worth - generic lifeless
pop-rock.....
Asia: Mockba - Live 09-X1-90
>it's a Japanese import
Actually not, it states "product of the ECC", but I suspect UK
origins as the label is Cromwell Records.
Overall, it's ok, but nothing outstanding. Kari-anne is so-so, an
Alpha or Astra outtake by the sound of it. The King Crimson songs
are not too badly done, a pleasant surprise. They're The Book Of
Saturday and Starless.
scorch
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Return-Path: amix@gvlf6.GVL.Unisys.COM
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 92 09:47:13 EST
From: amix@gvlf6.GVL.Unisys.COM (Andy Mix)
Subject: Brain Salad Surgery Question
I remember reading on the net a while ago that there's a version
of the Brain Salad Surgery CD from Germany(?) on the Manticore(?)
label that does NOT split Karn Evil 9 1st Impression into two parts
like the record and cassette have to do. Does anybody have this
version and/or could verify the fact. If so, does anybody know
where I could get a copy? Or at least a definite way of identifying
the version if I were to mail order it somehow.
Thanks,
Andy
amix@gvl.unisys.com
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