From the Beginning (box set)

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From the Beginning
From the Beginning cover
Box set by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Released 2007
Genre Progressive rock
Symphonic rock
Length CD: 6:30:26
DVD: approx. 53 minutes
Label Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.
Producer Keith Emerson
Greg Lake
Carl Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer chronology
The Essential Emerson, Lake & Palmer
(2007)		 From the Beginning
(2007)

From the Beginning is a box set which presents aural and visual documentation celebrating Emerson, Lake & Palmer's career; consisting of five albums that include a number of single b-sides, significant live recordings, alternative studio mixes and material taken from band rehearsals, plus a bonus DVD featuring the 'The Manticore Years' documentary, presented in a deluxe book-style sleeve complete with a 60-page picture booklet containing extensive sleeve notes by the band discussing the ELP years. It also contains rare and previously unseen photographs and images.

Contents

[edit] Members

[edit] Disc one

  1. Epitaph - King Crimson (Fripp/Giles/Lake/McDonald/Sinfield) - 8:45
  2. Decline and Fall - Atomic Rooster (Crane/Palmer/Graham) - 5:47
  3. Fantasia: Intermezzo Karella Suite - The Nice (Sibelius) - 8:51
  4. Lucky Man (Lake) - 4:38
  5. Tank (Emerson/Palmer) - 6:48
  6. Take a Pebble (Lake) - 12:28
  7. The Barbarian (Emerson/Lake/Palmer/Bartok) - 5:20
  8. Knife Edge (Emerson/Lake/Janáček) - 8:01
  9. Rondo (Live Version) (Emerson/O'List/Davison/Jackson) - 17:78

[edit] Disc two

  1. Tarkus - 20:40
    a) Eruption (Emerson)
    b) Stones of Years (Emerson)
    c) Iconoclast (Emerson)
    d) Mass (Emerson)
    e) Manticore (Emerson)
    f) The Battlefield (Lake)
    g) Aquatarkus (Emerson)
  2. Bitches Crystal (Emerson)
  3. A Time and a Place (B-side Single Version) (Emerson/Lake/Palmer) - 3:55
  4. "Oh, My Father" (Previously Unreleased) (Lake) - 2:58
  5. The Endless Enigma (Part One) (Emerson/Lake) - 4:04
  6. Fugue (Emerson/Lake) - 4:54
  7. The Endless Enigma (Part Two) (Emerson/Lake) - 2:00
  8. From the Beginning (Lake) - 4:13
  9. Trilogy (Emerson/Lake) - 8:52
  10. Abbadon's Bolero (Emerson) - 8:07
  11. Hoedown (Live Version) (A. Copland/Arr. Emerson, Lake & Palmer) - 3:54
  12. Jerusalem (First Mix) (Parry/Blake/Arr. Emerson, Lake & Palmer) - 2:54
  13. Still You Turn Me On (First Mix) (Lake) - 2:51
  14. When the Apple Blossoms (B-side Single Version) (Emerson/Lake/Palmer) - 3:56

[edit] Disc three

  1. Karn Evil 9 - 29:42
    a) 1st Impression Pt.1 (Lake)
    b) 1st Impression Pt.2 (Emerson/Lake)
    c) 2nd Impression (Emerson)
    d) 3rd Impression (Emerson/Lake)
  2. Jeremy Bender/The Sheriff (Emerson/Lake) - 5:03
  3. C'est La Vie (Early Version) (Lake/Sinfield) - 4:16
  4. I Believe in Father Christmas (Lake/Sinfield/Prokofiev) - 3:29
  5. The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits (Prokofiev/ Arr. Emerson, Lake & Palmer) - 3:20
  6. Piano Concerto No.1 (Emerson) - 18:25
  7. Pirates (Non Orchestral Live Version) (Emerson/Lake/Sinfield) - 13:23

[edit] Disc four

  1. Aaron Copland Interview 1977 (From Keith Emerson's Archives) - 1:37
  2. Fanfare for the Common Man (A. Copland/Arr. Emerson, Lake & Palmer) - 9:42
  3. Honky Tonk Train Blues (Lewis) - 3:09
  4. Tiger In a Spotlight (Emerson/Lake/Palmer/Sinfield) - 4:33
  5. Watching Over You (Lake/Sinfield) - 3:54
  6. Introductory Fanfare/Peter Gunn Theme (Live Version) (Emerson/Mancini) - 4:26
  7. Canario (Rehearsal) (Rodrigo) - 3:57
  8. Mars - The Bringer of War (Holst/Arr. Emerson, Lake & Powell) - 7:54
  9. Desede La Vida (Emerson/Berry/Palmer) - 7:06
  10. Black Moon (Single Version) (Emerson/Lake/Palmer) - 4:47
  11. Footprints in the Snow (Emerson/Lake/Palmer) - 3:51
  12. Romeo and Juliet (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) (Prokofiev/Emerson) - 3:32
  13. Man in the Long Black Coat (Dylan/Arr. Emerson) - 4:12
  14. Daddy (Lake) - 4:42
  15. Hang On To a Dream (Hardin/Aber) - 4:28
  16. Touch and Go (Live in Poland) (Emerson/Lake) - 3:53

[edit] Disc five

  1. Hoedown (A. Copland/Arr. Emerson, Lake & Palmer) - 4:18
  2. Tarkus - 22:33
    a) Eruption (Emerson)
    b) Stones of Years (Emerson)
    c) Iconoclast (Emerson)
    d) Mass (Emerson)
    e) Manticore (Emerson)
    f) The Battlefield (Lake)
    g) Aquatarkus (Emerson)
  3. Take a Pebble (Lake) - 4:36
  4. Lucky Man (Lake) - 3:00
  5. Piano Improvisation (Emerson) - 9:44
  6. Pictures at an Exhibition - 14:39
    a) Promonade (Mussorgsky/Lake)
    b) The Gnome (Palmer)
    c) Promonade - Vocal (Mussorgsky/Emerson/Lake)
    d) Hut of Baba Yaga (Mussorgsky/Emerson)
    e) Great Gates of Kiev (Emerson/Lake)
  7. Rondo (Emerson/O'List/Davison/Jackson)
  • Live at Mar Y Sol Festival, Puerto Rico, April 2nd 1972.

[edit] Disc six

  • "The Manticore Special" - DVD containing highlights from the 1973 World Tour.
  • Written and directed by Nick Hague
  • Edited by Chris Fraser
  • Director of photography - John Rosenberg
  • Production manager - Peter Jaques
  • Sound recordist - Tony Jackson
  • Produced by Miker Rosenberg
v • d • e
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Keith Emerson · Greg Lake · Carl Palmer
Cozy Powell · Robert Berry · Peter Sinfield
Studio albums
Live albums
Pictures at an Exhibition · Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends · In Concert (also known as Works Live) · Live at the Royal Albert Hall · King Biscuit Flower Hour: Greatest Hits Live · Live in Poland · Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 · Then and Now · The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults: Volume One · The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults: Volume Two · The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults: Volume Three · The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults: Volume Four
Compilations albums
The Best of Emerson, Lake and Palmer · The Very Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer · The Atlantic Years · The Ultimate Collection · The Essential Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Box Sets
The Return of the Manticore · From the Beginning
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