From the Beginning: +DVD

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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 5050749415592 Format: Box set Label: Castle Manufacturer: Castle Number Of Discs: 6 Publisher: Castle Release Date: 2007-09-10 Studio: Castle
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Welcome Back My Friends Comment: Me being an Elp fan for the past 30 years I could not pass this opportunity up by buying this for a bargain £30.00 odd quid. The Book and booklet that house the Cds is fantasic and could not be bettered , also the notes from Keith , Greg and Carl are refreshing and honest and adds to the general product. The only downside is some of the choice of tracks i.e Tarkus , Karn Evil, Take a Pebble etc all heard on the return of the manticore. What I would have liked would be the stuff left off the terrible in the hot seat ,ie the full version of Man In The Long Coat , the Karelia Suite,etc . Never mind the Mar Y Sol more than makes up for these errors , absolutly brilliant and also the Greg Lake ballad Oh My Father, what a great discovery . This would have been great on Tarkus. Customer Rating: Summary: Talent and electricity was never so gloriously wasted ! Comment: ELP get the full boxed set treatment they deserve, thanks to some real effort by Sanctuary to pull out all the stops in the wake of a bevy of less than essential compilations. Immaculately researched and compiled, this serves as a comprehensive resume whilst revealing a hitherto unheard jewel in the crown for the diehards, namely the complete set from the Mar-Y-Sol Festival 1972. It is around this 80 minute blast of ELP at their peak that many potential purchaser's decision will hinge. So often a newly excavated tape as `incentive to buy' turns out to be barely better than bootleg standard. Not THIS time ! Prepare to turn up the hi-fi and be blown away by the sheer power and pristine quality of this multitrack recording. Honestly, by the time `Tarkus' is in full flow (and WHAT a version) with it's astonishing Hammond runs and truly earth-shattering Moog assaults you may be moved to exclaim "it's the end of the world!" as Mr Moog himself was heard to say when he first witnessed the beast he had unleashed on Keith Emerson. The set also peppers several other hitherto unheard recordings throughout the chronologically laid out first four discs, the Lyceum recordings of 1970 sounding especially fantastic. There's a previously unheard title "Oh My Father" which turns out to be a perfectly acceptable Greg Lake ballad tribute to his late father. One can see why the subject matter kept it off the Tarkus LP, but it's nice to hear it here. There is a killer live version of Hoedown from 1973, but the studio recordings advertised as `previously unreleased' are merely alternative mixes of already familiar material, and nothing to get too excited about. It works it's way all the way through to the bitter end, without overly dwelling on the latter less savoury material, and also throws in a bonus DVD of the legendary 1973 special following the guys on tour and surely a major inspiration for Spinal Tap in the nicest possible way. If you've not seen it, it's real treat. It's a shame they couldn't have sourced the pristine print held by the BBC Film Library but you'll get the general idea. Like someone on here said it all adds up to a whole lot of ELP, those bemoaning the lack of even more rare material need to understand that there just isn't any more of it. People didn't keep vast archives in those days, the recording media was too expensive. The fact that Mark Powell did the tape research reassures me of this. With Xmas coming up, it's the perfect treat for the guy of a certain age who is still known to attempt blistering `air Moog' solos when no one's looking. As a package it looks and sounds spectacular, just like the band really. A fitting tribute. Customer Rating: Summary: The Missed Opportunity Box Set Comment: Gutted! Here we had the perfect opportunity to give ELP fans what they want - rarities, demos, unreleased tracks, alterative versions etc. Not a tall order when you consider that ELP [or their record company] have previosuly released a box set. Well, that opportunity has passed. Okay, there are some 'rare' tracks, ["Oh, My Father" being rather nice] but not enough to justify the £30+ price tag. Unfortunately, this box set is just another [yes, yet another] 'best of'. All the usuals are here - don't get me wrong, they are GREAT - but I've already bought them in triplicate. And I wonder if anybody will actually listen to Disc four? I'm just curious as to how many more 'live' versions of Hoedown I'll have to listen to before the next 'best of' re-packaging! Gutted! Customer Rating: Summary: Whole Lotta ELP Comment: At the time of writing this review Led Zeppelin will reform to play a one off concert, you can imagine the demand for tickets, and "why" well because they are a amazing band that play superb music,just like this super 6 disk offering from ELP. About 50% of the meterial I havn,t heared before disk 5 for example is a complete concert from Mar Y Sol 1972 The sound quality is exellent much better than Welcome Back its great to hear Tarkus and Picture,s live, they really were on top form in this period 70-74. There really is so much meterial on offer hear with each disk 70+ mins long plenty of live stuff and old favs and unrealesed gems. oh a word about the presentation box its comes with its superb quality, a double gatefold with the six CD's on one side and 58 Page booklet on the other, its packed with photoe,s and with very honest comments from the band members themselves. So should I buy this well at just under 40 quid you get ELP at their best right from the beggining to the end, if this was on good old vynyl you would be looking at 12 lp,s its the mother of all box sets. Customer Rating: Summary: At last Comment: Finally, EL&P has a retrospective to match the band's music. 5 CDs and 1 DVD, the CDs basically chronologically arranged. The set includes unheard mixes and an excellent unreleased Tarkas-era track that would have benefitted that album greatly. After a raft of chances missed where presenting the 'band that never ends' were concerned, the record label has, as this review's title says, At last made up for it all. Anyone hearing these CDs and watching the DVD will be unable to laugh at the band or take them lightly. Emerson, Lake and Palmer truly were the greatest progressive act on earth. And, now, here's the proof. More Reviews