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  • He did everything to that organ but stab it, and then he stabbed it.

  • Keith Emerson: the Jimi Hendrix of the Hammond Organ

  • Awesome! I dig Carl's stick tricks at 7:37

  • All flash.

    No soul.

  • @peters9nine You have no idea. ELP became pompous, egotistical, and bombastic in later years, but at this early point they were on fire. They loved doing what they were doing, combining rock, jazz, and classical and going insane on stage. These were the glory years for ELP.

  • dalli caddosssssssssssssss!!!! XD

  • O_O Carl Palmer is a monster...

  • @massimoinzaghi1

    capire tutti quanti penso sia una vera impresa,però ancora non capisco cosa obbliga la gente a guardare un video se non piace....

  • Fanculo a tutti quelli che dicono che John Bonham è il miglior batterista del mondo....di sicuro non hanno sentito "Tank" degli ELP

  • @lolxD898

    dire solo Tank mi sembra poco...diciamo che magari non hanno mai ascoltato a fondo gli ELP...comunque Bonham e Palmer sono due batteristi con stili completamente differenti.Grazie per il commento

  • Gargantuan performance.

  • que buenos estos cabrones ....que viva la buena musica

  • how could 3 people not like this?!

  • hahahaha bonham aint got shit on palmer!!!!!!!!! Im 28

  • carl palmers solo iz one of the best ive ever heard or seen!!!greetz from austria

  • ELP,a must in music history!

  • does anyone know how in the world keith makes that organ sound like it has a whammy bar in it!?!?!? geez.

  • @Interst890 i think that has to do with those knives

  • i never like when a musician mistreates an instrument like mr emerson here , an instrument to me its like something sacred, apart many people would like to have such a beautiful thing and cant afford it !!

  • @mastrofell the musical gift is sacred, the whole concept about good music and the way to perform it making others feel empathy, THAT'S sacred, the instrument is just a instrument, its the way to achieve the glory. Good musicians don't even need instruments, and that's why they all can destroy everything on the stage, because in the end its just Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer on the stage, the rest is the rest.

  • @000miles000

    All right thanks for the tips I'll get them ASAP.

  • Carl Palmer, the english Buddy Rich

  • Keith Emerson outshines everybody in this performance!

  • @000miles000

    Couldn't find the Deluxe edition so I just got the regular one sounds pretty sweet I'll go and get more albums from them.

  • @Hazlenuts1991

    Get Tarkus now,then Trilogy,ELP then Brain Salad Surgery

  • Tarkus, Pictures, BSS.

    I'll be no one expected this at Isle Or Wright. ;P

  • how do you get rid of posts that you have mistakenly entered twice???

  • i would suggest Trilogy - then Pictures......., and it you want a real treat (depending on if you're a female), get the DVD of Pictures.. from 1970. Pure pretty boy prog rock, and the music is good too. Bonus. Greg Lake was something else back in the day xx

  • i would recommend Trilogy, then Pictures at........and if you want a real treat, get tth Pictures ....DVD :) 1970 prog rock pretty boy glamour at its finest! the music' good too ;) xx Greg Lake was something else back then.

  • I'm pretty sure Keith voided the warranty on that hammond...

  • @Interst890 If I'm not mistaken, after Rondo was shown on TV, the London Hammond repair center said not to come back.

  • @000miles000

    All Right Thanks

  • I'm just getting in to them and so far l like what I hear can anyone tell me what album I should get first?

  • @Hazlenuts1991

    I suggest you to start with Pictures At An Exhibition Deluxe Edition which is a double CD with 3 different versions of Pictures At An Rxhibition.The one I prefer is the one from December 1970 at the Lyceum in London

  • @000miles000

    Ah, yes, the Palmer solo tears ass on the Lyceum version - despite the tape speed screw up.

  • @Hazlenuts1991 i would say,that Trilogy, is not a heavy as other albus,and has also some magnific tunes,a good albun for you to get used to their sound

  • @Hazlenuts1991 also Welcome back My Friends their first Live 3 Disc set

  • Look at Carl trying to get Keith back onstage so he doesn't have to solo forever! He keeps looking over like "wtf?" Finally, he appears to yell at Keith to get back onstage!

  • When rock & roll was pure art.

  • Carl Palmer #1drummer!

  • Ah, Carl Palmer's solo's are so intense yet so musical! Love it.

  • If the English Team could only play as well as ELP, they probably would have won a lot more FIFA World Cups. God bless British Rock!

  • Carl Palmer the best of all time-a big call-he's fast and syncopated but a very light drummer-not a complete "sound" in my opinion

  • Emerson Lake and Palmer kicks Justin Bieber and Jonas Brothers all the way to Mars!

  • Hey, that gay cowboy is trying to break that organ! Oh wait, thats just Keith Emerson overshadowing most other Hammond players of the time. Seriously I have never seen anyone in person or on f'n youtube stand on an organ and ride it or take off their shirt mid drum solo without skipping a beat. This is legendary stuff right here. Too bad you don't see bands these days performing this hard.

  • @magtownrep I think Lawrence Gowan was inspired by Keith's madman act as he'll hop up on his synth and mess around. I've never seen Larry take a set of daggers to his boards, unlike Kith who brilliantly does so. I find it refreshing to know that ELP are still rocking now ... 40 years after they first came out with this :)

    And may I say Carl Palmer FTW ... he's an epic drummer and has more rhythm that most drummers nowadays. ProTools ... ELP don't need no stinking ProTools!

  • @magtownrep watch a mutemath's live versions of "break the same"

    they may not be as loud, but they get into it just as much

  • Far out.

  • This is hot!

  • The very beginning totally reminds me of deep purples space truckin or mandrake root when they have their massive solos at the end of the song!

  • hai ragione...Carl Palmer è sempre il numero 1...da sempre!

  • carl palmer numero 1 come velocità precisione applicazioni e permettetemi anche simpatia!

  • Their timing is insane.

  • bonzo es genial!... pero, para carl palmer, NO HAY PALABRAS!!!

  • Wow, I'm nearly 50 years old and I've never saw or even heard this before.

    I had a double keyboard Lowrey Holiday delux in the 70's, When I rocked it, the reverbero springs would smash onto the metal casing an cause an explosion sound, nice climax, unfortunatly twice it blew the power transistors.

    I understood then that there was some more fun to music than playing all the Christian crap, but shit it took me 40 years to discover it.

  • @saintpine lolol AHHH...sorry. Well it's like they say..."Hindesight is 20/20."

  • the first song of their second live performance : )

  • Peart>Palmer>Bonham

  • i know its a big call but i think Carl Palmer is the best of all time thought i would just put it out there

  • the opening hammond revs sends chills down my spine!! epic!

  • can anyone tell me if those cymbal stands are still available and what they are called? They have two cymbals on each stand, with one above the other. Thanks

  • Classifying classic rock drummers is a waste of time. They were all great, they were learned from and they continue. Finish my sentence...

  • Not only have I never seen this whole thing in its entirety, which was mind-blowing, but the quality is PERFECT! Where did you get it??? P.S. Carl Palmer = legend.

  • great drum solo!

  • Palmer solo is fantastic!!

  • Fabulosos Emerson, Lake y Palmer. Me he quedado tonto viendo el solo de bateria de Carl Palmer - Magnifico.

  • What????!!!!Bonham better than Carl!!!! never mind!!!!!

    I like Bonham but...Carl has more resources than Bonham!

  • @carlosromero5 im sorry but i have to respectfully disagree.

  • @carlosromero5 Carl is HE Drum God!

  • Emerson first did this with the Nice and carried it over to ELP. He was still playing it quite recently with the Nice/Keith Emerson reunion band. I like it, but prefer the original Brubeck version based on a Turkish 9/8 rhythm. This is4/4, so not really "A La Turk".

  • I like both versions. Jazz and rock. They are not the same. They should be so. Not exact copies.

    Great live performance for ELP!!

  • He was only 20 years old! genious!

  • this cover of blue rondo a la turk is just absolutely AMAZING!

    emerson lake and palmer were absolute kings of prog!

  • Great band.

  • Hey Keith, Liberace called, he wants his suit back!

  • deep purple's mandrake root jam smiliar to this

  • Holy shit! Carl Palmer was a superb drummer, didn't know he was that good. But I still prefer Bonham.

  • And I prefer Bruford. All of them were (and are in case of Palmer and Bruford) fantastic.

  • @HousesOfTheHolyV Yeah, there are better rock style drummers, but technically, Palmer was easily one of the absolute best (and still is).

  • @HousesOfTheHolyV

    No offense, but, Palmer outclasses Bonham. They are'nt even in the same league. He's classically trained where as Bonham was just a natural bad ass.

  • @HousesOfTheHolyV yes yes.

  • The highly edited version included on the 1997 release of this concert impressed me almost immediately. Now I come across this full version. I'm left speechless; ELP were good from beginning to end. Is this full version available on any CD release?

  • yes, you can buy their complete isle of wight performance on CD, i saw it in FYE a few weeks ago...

  • thanks!

  • The full length version is on the "Message to Love" soundtrack.

  • I was at this and was waiting to be really impressed after seeing the nice a lot, but apart from this and a few other bits I never got into them in the same way

  • Greg's bass is way out of tune.

  • I was there! Great performance. In "A lucky man" Emerson surprised the crowd with a new sound: the moog...

  • psicodelicamentechingon!

  • can someone tell me how he makes those sounds from 00:16 - 00:30 ?

  • I wanted to know too man, I don't know eitger

  • @gamegyro56 this was obtained with a combination of two things...first of all a particular regolation on the hammond (but i don't khnow it) and second shaking the hammond in that way...doing so he was shaking the vibrato section of the hammond and this was helping him to get that effect I suppose (also, i supposed he used a very significant distortion on the sound probably with a guitar amplifier connected to the hammond)

  • MMW's predecessors...

    these guys come highly recommended to all fans of keys/bass/drums free form music, like ELP

  • The doors performed at the same concert, it's like seen a mouse beside an ELPhant!

    Ha! That's what you see on festivals...

  • even supertramp mk 1 played here

    so did chicago

  • Dose any one know if Plamer was useing Paiste cymbals in 1970, cause I know that's what he uses now? Could anyone tell me, and if he did what line or lines was he useing? Thanks for what ever I get.

  • carl palmer #1

    kieth moon #2

    all the rest...

  • Sorry

    Ian Paice #1

    Carl Palmer #2

    Bill Bruford #3

    But not all the rest, just a few great drumers from some prgo/hard/rock from the seventies.

  • nice list rodrigito, but to me you have the first 2 drummers transposed.

  • @rodrigitotube Ian Paice above Palmer? Not in my book!

  • @stupididiot13 I agree!

  • Look at 4:16, Keith Emerson put a Knife in the hammond organ !

  • i was usual for him!:-)

  • @mtv70pn vorresti dire che tu sei andato a vedere questo concerto !

  • nono ho sbagliato a scrivere...volevo dire che keith era solito trattare così gli hammond eheheh io sono del dicembre '70 eheheh

  • Bene, visto che sei nato a Dicembre nel 1970, in questo mese di quell'anno gli ELP ebbero fatto un concerto a Bruxselles in Belgio ! E in che giorno sei nato ? E dove ? Rispondi a queste 2 domande, non ti scordare !

  • 8 dicembre a pordenone :-)

  • Questo concerto risale al 29-08-1970 quindi in quel periodo tu eri nella pancia di tua madre ? Dico bene ?!

  • esatto...perchè?

  • Perchè sono un grande ! E ho una memoria incredibile ! Beh come ti devo dire io sono forte come un re !

  • carl palmer is sick he can still deliver a crazy drum solo even to this day his skill is unmatchable

  • I would so agree! Carl Palmer is carrying Buddy Rich's torch! He's the closest thing to Buddy there is right now as far as I'm concerned.

  • This song was chopped down to 5 mins. in the album version "Live at the Isle of Wight 1970", but it's complete on the Birth of a Band DVD!? WTF?!

  • Nice to see Carl Palmer do a solo: he was in my view the best drummer of the time whose ability went beyond the rock genre. Can any modern rock drummer match his skill?

  • Honestly, nowadays I think there are plenty of rock drummers who could duplicate Carl's craziness while being better at regular groove playing. But Carl was a pioneer who took rock drumming from caveman simplicity to an integral, orchestral part of the band... we can thank him for bringing real technique and style to the forefront of rock music.

  • nobody beats kieth emerson

  • The drummer is just crazy

  • wow those hammonds were built like tanks, amazing performance!!!

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  • Blue Rondo.

  • I was there man, just out of this world.

  • glindatgw- a memory to never be forgotten. I just remember all the great kids from all over the world. Amazing!

  • Isle of wight ..... was somthing out of this world .. i saw some footage of it ... doors, jimmy hendrix .. my god i mean ... too bad i was born some 10 yrs later :)

  • 000miles000,

    You deleted my comment, but I was giving major props to Carl Palmer and Keith Emerson. My statement was meant to be positive in a major way. One of my all time favs is ELP. Superior muscians all. So, exhale, its all good.... no harm, no foul..

  • One of the best drummers in the world, doing an amazing solo. What more could any drumming fan want. Brilliant.

  • If you have Nut Rocker ELP Isle of Wight?

  • incredible drum solo

  • Carl Palmer was the drum teacher of John Bonham (Led Zeppelin).

  • really ?? where did you get that?

  • i doubt it

  • Are you so certain?

  • Absolutely, I read an interview with John Bonham (can't remember exactly when, think end of 70s) in the German musicians magazine Fachblatt and they talked about that.

  • hello friends¡ this is the melodic topic by dave brubeck the great jazzist and this piece call the blue rondo a la turk, its form the album where are some famous jazz pieces like take five, the katty waltz and the album calls time out of 1954, the best wishes from mexico edgar.

  • tahnks edgar i heared the blue rondo a la turk and it´s really cool

  • From the look of the drums I would say that they are gretsch round badge and their sizes are 13/14/16/22.

  • wrong they are slingerland

  • Nah dude, they got the Round Badge adn die cast style hoops.

  • first of all it is Concerto for Group and Orchestra...and it is by Deep Purple,not just Jon Lord.Second,for your information,The Five Bridges Suite is by The Nice....former Keith Emerson's group

  • Hey kids.. Jon Lord composed two prog rock pieces by the late sixties:Concierto for rock group and ochestra and the Five bridges Suite..Try to listen Sarabande of his first solo release

  • You got right..Lapsus mentis..I was referering to Gemini Suite..Thanks for your reply

  • To think that I was listening to Rick Wakeman before coming here, there's not Comparison. Rick is a Snob compared to this guy. Too bad Hendrix died.

  • Man... his drums sound so good.... Any one know if those are 14 and 16 inch floor toms? or 16 and 18?

  • Probably 13/16/16/24 or 13/16/18/24, like Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa. Many British drummers set themselves up that way, I've read, because that was how they'd seen their favorite American drummers set up.

  • Keith looks like a fooking christmas tree

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  • Utter b*llocks! Whats wrong with you lot! The only good bit is Hendrix doing Machine Gun. Nice hat though Keith. And Carl, you play those drums so well. Lol!.

  • Awsome, to bad virtuosism isn't apreciated these days.

  • the drum is FANATSTIC

  • lol he looks like SRV

  • yeah, except SRV was probably a teenager when this was happening, so maybe it's the other way around???

  • Have to disagree. Brubeck's original (real) version of this, of the amazing "Time Out" album, showed how jazz was one of the first transitions that led to prog in the late 60s and early 70s especially. While this version certainly shows off Emerson's chops, the original Brubeck reigns supreme. After all, the original is in 9/8 time signature - a main characteristic of classic prog...

  • but Keith's rondo is not just Blue Rondo A la Turk

    It's a amazing interpration of the beginning of 3rd movement from Italian concerto nº 1 and another bach pieces, including tocatta & fugue in d minor...

    It's just amazing

  • I love them both, but this is not really so much a cover as it is a pure piece of stagecraft and chops-busting. Emerson takes this song as source material and makes it his bitch while he performs his Hammond pillage routine.

    Not that there's anything wrong with that. :D

  • Emerson knew his way round a C3 like no one else. Really took the instrument to amazing places. Great!!

  • ...this was good but I'd say Jon Lords playing was heavier with better grooves.....check out the live video from 1970 submitted by Kleynan called "Mandrake root part 1" ...his ability is stunning

  • better grooves??? heavier???

    I'm sorry, Jon Lord was a total and complete hack when compared with Keith Emerson...

  • yes, well, I think the way you think is quite apparent, it must very much hurt to be you..

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  • John Lord didn't followed his muse unter later on and after Deep Purple. That was his mistake. Can you tell me a prog rock piece composed by him. I'm not a big Fan of him and just recently discovered that he actually composed for orchesta.

  • Could John Lord actually please Aaron Copeland with his own version of Fanfarre for the common man? Tell me more about him since I want to make a fair comparison. BTW NOthing related to DP. 20 versions of the same song are enough.

  • obviously yes however since you seem to have your mind made up whats the point...I could attempt to explain that ELP had talent but never had that raw edge that certain DP songs had , I could go on further with all sorts of points that are strictly my point of view however I don't usually throw out musicians or bands as being better or worse due to the extreme degree of subjectiveness associated with music however if provoked I'll typically respond to those that do.

  • I listened to Dp at least 7 years before I listened to ELP. And since our appreciation is based on preferences all I can say is as far as keyboard goes I prefer Emerson to Lord because I haven't found anything from Lord that realy pleases my ear more than Emerson's work.

  • BTW you should be happy that is so. That means they're at the same level and "being better" becomes a blur decided by preference and not talent. Now compare any of those guys to Duran Duran. And I'm being conservative, since my intention is not to bash Duran Duran. You could do the same with them and American Idol.

  • Keith would have been crushed if he had tried to flip around a C3 like that! Its a solid state Hammond, L100 maybe.

  • it's a l100, but he has already played rondo in a C3 ;P

    and... yes, he had been crushed XD

  • tremendo batero¡¡¡¡se nota el corazon para tocar...

  • Thank You Thank You Thank You I didn't get to see these guys back in the 70's But I listened intently everyone else was into Led Zepplin, but I thought these guys were tops! Thank You again

  • 'Keith, you tryin' to break that thing or what!?'

  • "No, I'm just rocking like a crazy"

  • Damn Carl what a solo!---Holy s*%#!

  • so glad to see carl graduated to a larger kit though, this was the junior deluxe set for him! lol! [still genious playing though!]

  • i want to play like Emerson...

  • holy shit!

  • I wonder if Brubeck has ever heard/seen this performance. I'm sure he would be a fan.

  • this guys drum solo is out of this fuckn world 1 of the greatest drummers 2 ever live

  • I am so glad that Greg and Carl let Keith play this one from his previous band.

  • ELO???????