When favourites of The Swede collide - Miles Davis sits in with ELP!
It's been a couple of months since I reached for a lengthy prog piece to fill the Monday Long Song slot, so here's one of the biggest names from the golden era of that most divisive of genres, Emerson Lake & Palmer, with the title track from their second LP 'Tarkus', recorded and released in 1971. Written in six days, recorded in four, the piece consists of seven movements and nearly brought the band to a premature end, with Greg Lake being initially unconvinced by Keith Emerson's musical vision. On release however, 'Tarkus' quickly became a fan favourite and remained a staple in the band's setlist up to their final reunion show in 2010.
Emerson Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
8 comments:
You did t cheat us today, Swede. Twenty-plus minutes! I’m going in...
Not for the faint-hearted, this one. I'm on 8 minutes 32 seconds, and it's still playing......
Haha...Bravo chaps, stick with it!
After 17 minutes I thought I might as well see it through
George - you are a braver man than me!
Chapeau for this long song Swede. I didn't listen to this prog-rock classic for ages. It was the sound of my very young days when classic and jazz trained friends brought me to ELP and it is still stressful to listen the whole 20 minutes but in it's unique way an experience.
Well done George and Walter. Come on CC, you're letting the side down!
I'm guessing they never jammed together? DELP was never a thing?
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