Emerson, Lake & Palmer Brain Salad Surgery LP (Vinyl)

Replica Of Original Gatefold Jacket with Die Cut!

Considered by many to be one of rock's original first super-groups, Emerson Lake & Palmer formed in England in 1970 consisting of Keith Emerson (keyboards), Greg Lake (bass guitar, vocals, guitar) and Carl Palmer (drums, percussion). The band created a brand new world of music, combining classical and symphonic rock fused with beautiful vocals. Their penchant for appropriating themes from classical music and the group's more nuanced, textured approach to symphonic arrangements set ELP apart from their more bombastic guitar-based contemporaries of the time. This subtler and more sublime approach carries on today in the expansive atmospherics of Radiohead and Muse and also in the prog-influenced sphere of band's like Porcupine Tree, Dream Theatre, Opeth and many others, making ELP one of the more relevant torchbearers of the progressive rock sound. Along with Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, and Rush, Emerson Lake and Palmer ushered in the Prog era and as one of the most commercially successful rock bands of the 1970s having sold over 40 million albums. ELP's dramatic flair, sincere passion, labyrinthine song structures, and symphony-worthy virtuosity proved that classical rockers could compete for arena-scale audiences as the band headlined stadium tours around the world.

"Emerson, Lake & Palmer's most successful and well-realized album (after their first), and their most ambitious as a group, as well as their loudest, Brain Salad Surgery was also the most steeped in electronic sounds of any of their records. The main focus, thanks to the three-part "Karn Evil 9," is sci-fi rock, approached with a volume and vengeance that stretched the art rock audience's tolerance to its outer limit, but also managed to appeal to the metal audience in ways that little of Trilogy did. Indeed, "Karn Evil 9" is the piece and the place where Keith Emerson and his keyboards finally matched in both music and flamboyance the larger-than-life guitar sound of Jimi Hendrix. This also marked the point in the group's history in which they brought in their first outside creative hand, in the guise of ex-King Crimson lyricist Pete Sinfield... Greg Lake pulled out all the stops with his heaviest singing voice in handling them, coming off a bit like Peter Gabriel in the process. And amid Carl Palmer's prodigious drumming, it was all a showcase for Emerson, who employed more keyboards and more sounds here -- including electronic voices -- than had previously been heard on one of their records." - Bruce Eder, allmusic.com

Features:
• 140g Vinyl LP
• Newly cut from the 24 bit/96khz master files
• 2014 Remaster of original 1973 LP
• Original Gatefold Sleeve & Artwork, With Poster

Musicians:
Keith Emerson, Hammond organs, piano, harpsichord, accordion, Moog Modular synthesizer, Moog Minimoog synthesizer, Moog Constellation polyphonic ensemble, "computer" vocals (Karn Evil 9: 3rd Impression)
Greg Lake, vocals, 6-string & 12-string acoustic & electric guitars, bass guitar
Carl Palmer, drums, percussion, gongs, timpani, percussion synthesizers

Selections:
Side A:
1. Jerusalem
2. Toccata
3. Still...You Turn Me On
4. Benny The Bouncer
5. Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression - Part 1
Side B:
1. Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression - Part 2
2. Karn Evil 9: 2nd Impression
3. Karn Evil 9: 3rd Impression