Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus, Pt. 1 (Live, '72)

[r0gh3]

damn, i can't figure out how lake is playing the fast bassline of eruption, where exactly is he playing the notes

[gullwingdriver]

ELP truly one of the most epic bands of a generation. I had the good fortune of seeing their first California concert at the Hollywood bowl. I was 15 years old and seats were $5.00 a ticket for great seats. My first concert, the concert bill was Edgar Winter, Humble Pie and ELP. It doesn't get better than that

[TFIFH]

How is Palmer's right hand able to play that fast? And for a long time?

[weednlogic]

Gosh, Keith is just knocking the shit out of those keys and not missing a note. The absolute best musician in the business, then and now.

[MitjaShi]

what's keith doing at 9:00? I can see he's smashing something but what..?

[bze2nlz1]

@MitjaShi He's not smashing anything...he's playing part of the synthesizer called a ribbon controller. Keith usually does this on Tarkus as part of his act :)

[MitjaShi]

@bze2nlz1 ok

[missinformationage]

7:16 "woohooh.."

[wentkat]

This is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this. ELP has always been my favorite band!

[plocequ1]

This is so damn good. The 1970-72 Eddy Offord years were pure mind bliss. It all came together in 1972 for ELP with Trilogy. The most polished beautiful ELP album ever. After that, Something changed. I will go out on a limb and say Brain salad surgery was like Rushes moving pictures. The end of an era. Thank you my friend for this piece of pure talent.

[bze2nlz1]

@plocequ1 Thanks for the great comment...I think their best work was the early to mid 70's. I was sooo disappointed when 'Love Beach' came out. After 'Works' it was pretty much over.....

[GoblinGirl]

@bze2nlz1 I liked the Works albums (especially the first one), but Love Beach was abysmal for the most part. Memoirs is a great song, along with Canario, but that's it.

[TorontoChaser]

ty 4 posting !!

[BoBo0807]

Hey! Keith bobs his head just like Tony Banks!

This album was SUCH a prominent part of my growing up - - thanks for the post.

[larkydozer]

This is so freakin' awesome. I was 14 when I first heard ELP. I'll always love this group.

[Interst890]

this could be the only pre-1980 footage of tarkus live on youtube.

[criz4no1]

Thank you so much bze2nlz1 these videos actually gave me the chills !!!!

[tomtraveller]

Niiiiice find :)

[borisgalt]

I used to be in the loop, and have no idea where this came from, or who you are but, god bless you.

[bze2nlz1]

@borisgalt You are welcome! There used to be bits and pieces of this concert on YT a while back, and don't know whatever happened to them...

[stefanobudicin]

Wonderful!!!