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From The Beginning Anthology (Import) (CD)

By: Greg Lake (Artist)

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DISC 1 for From The Beginning Anthology (Import) (CD) Album By Greg Lake (Artist)
1   Court Of The Crimson King (King Crimson)  
2   Cat Food (King Crimson)  
3   Knife Edge (Elp)  
4   Lucky Man (Elp)  
5   From The Beginning (Elp)  
6   Take A Pebble (Mar Y Sol) (Live) (Elp)  
7   Still (Pete Sinfield)  
8   Still You Turn Me On (Elp)  
9   Jerusalem (Elp)  
10   Karn Evil 9 1st Impression (Elp)  
11   I Believe In Father Christmas (Single Version)  
12   Cest La Vie  
13   Closer To Believing  
14   Watching Over You  
15   21st Century Schizoid Man (Live)  
16   Nuclear Attack  
17   Love You Too Much  
18   It Hurts  
19   Retribution Drive  
20   Lie  
21   Let Me Love You Once  
22   Manoueveres  
23   I Dont Why I Still Love You  
24   Touch And Go (Elp)  
25   Lay Down Your Guns (Elp)  
26   Love Under Fire  
27   Money Talks  
28   Black Moon (Elp)  
29   Paper Blood (Elp)  
30   Affairs Of The Heart (Elp)  
31   Daddy (Elp)  
32   Heart On Ice (Elp)  
 
DISC 2 for From The Beginning Anthology (Import) (CD) Album By Greg Lake (Artist)
1   Nuclear Attack  
2   Love Too Much  
3   It Hurts  
4   Retribution Drive  
5   Lie  
6   Let Me Love You Once  
7   Manoeuvres  
8   I Don't Know Why I Still Love You  
9   Touch And Go - Emerson Lake & Palmer  
10   Lay Down Your Guns - Emerson Lake & Palmer  
11   Love Under Fire  
12   Money Talks  
13   Black Moon - Emerson Lake & Palmer  
14   Paper Blood - Emerson Lake & Palmer  
15   Affairs Of The Heart - Emerson Lake & Palmer  
16   Daddy - Emerson Lake & Palmer  
17   Heart Of Ice - Emerson Lake & Palmer  
 

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Review

Classic Rock (04/06, p.88) - 8 (out of 10) - "...full of delights and surprises."

Title Note

King Crimson: Greg Lake (vocals, bass); Ian McDonald (vocals, woodwinds, reeds, Mellotron, keyboards, vibraphone); Michael Giles (vocals, drums, percussion); Robert Fripp (guitar, Mellotron); Mel Collins (saxophone, flute); Keith Tippet (piano); Peter Giles (bass).

Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Keith Emerson (keyboards); Greg Lake (vocals, bass, guitar); Carl Palmer (drums, percussion).

Emerson, Lake & Powell: Keith Emerson (keyboards); Greg Lake (vocals, bass, guitar); Cozy Powell (drums, percussion).

Additional personnel includes: Greg Lake, Gary Moore (vocals, guitar); Pete Sinfield (vocals, synthesizer); Tommy Eyre (vocals, keyboards); Steve Lukather, Dean Parks (guitar); Steve Dolan (bass); Min (drums, percussion).

Producers include: Greg Lake, King Crimson, Pete Sinfield, Tony Taverner, Geoff Downes, Mark Mancina, Keith Olsen, Tunc Erim.

Compilation producers: David McLees, Bruce Pilato.

Engineers include: Robin Thompson, Andy Hendriksen, Eddie Offord, Ray Hendriksen.

Includes liner notes by Bruce Pilato.

Let's face it -- no matter how far he gets stylistically from his work with Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and he has gotten very far afield from it at times, Greg Lake's fandom is always going to be rooted in his work with the prog rock trio during the 1970s and its various incarnations since. So it's no surprise that the entire first half of this two-and-a-half-hour double-CD set is devoted to his music with King Crimson and ELP in one form or another. The down side for fans is that most people who would buy this double-CD set will already have many of the tracks on the first disc -- the only exceptions are the live 1972 version of "Take a Pebble" from the Mar y Sol Festival, which was a better showcase for Lake than for Emerson or Palmer, and "Still," the title track from Pete Sinfield's 1973 solo album, on which Lake shared the lead vocals with Sinfield; the producers were also obviously limited in what they could license of Lake's King Crimson work, or else they might well have included "Epitaph," but "Catfood" is a good substitute, as an unusually hard-rocking track off of the second Crimson album, which they're less likely to own. That all might be enough to lure ELP fans to buy this set -- if it isn't, however, then the second disc comes into play in terms of interest, devoted to Lake's harder-rocking solo material, as well as his forays with Emerson, Lake & Powell and the latter-day, re-formed Emerson, Lake & Palmer into the 1990s. His 1981 solo reinterpretation of Crimson's "Schizoid Man," which closes out the first disc, lacks the urgency of the 1969 Crimson original -- in those days, Robert Fripp would even jape at Lake for performing the song. But the solo tracks on disc two successfully show off Lake's heavier guitar-oriented sound, featuring Thin Lizzy alumnus Gary Moore, and could be a revelation for casual ELP fans who know Lake best as a romantic balladeer. The whole package works through its contrasts, the first disc covering the familiar with a few rarities while the second offers the highlights of what most casual ELP fans will likely not own, including one very beautiful previously unreleased solo track, "Love Under Fire." In the end, the distillation of the later material pays off for fans whose interest is centered on Lake's classic sides, and there are just enough rarities from that period to put the set over as essential for fans (it's not as though the Mar y Sol album is going to be reissued anytime soon). In 2005, the 32-song set was reissued in the U.K. by Castle Music with updated notes and CD-ROM enhancement for the first disc. ~ Bruce Eder

Album Description

Let's face it -- no matter how far he gets stylistically from his work with Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and he has gotten very far afield from it at times, Greg Lake's fandom is always going to be rooted in his work with the prog rock trio during the 1970s and its various incarnations since. So it's no surprise that the entire first half of this two-and-a-half-hour double-CD set is devoted to his music with King Crimson and ELP in one form or another. The down side for fans is that most people who would buy this double-CD set will already have many of the tracks on the first disc -- the only exceptions are the live 1972 version of "Take a Pebble" from the Mar y Sol Festival, which was a better showcase for Lake than for Emerson or Palmer, and "Still," the title track from Pete Sinfield's 1973 solo album, on which Lake shared the lead vocals with Sinfield; the producers were also obviously limited in what they could license of Lake's King Crimson work, or else they might well have included "Epitaph," but "Catfood" is a good substitute, as an unusually hard-rocking track off of the second Crimson album, which they're less likely to own. That all might be enough to lure ELP fans to buy this set -- if it isn't, however, then the second disc comes into play in terms of interest, devoted to Lake's harder-rocking solo material, as well as his forays with Emerson, Lake & Powell and the latter-day, re-formed Emerson, Lake & Palmer into the 1990s. His 1981 solo reinterpretation of Crimson's "Schizoid Man," which closes out the first disc, lacks the urgency of the 1969 Crimson original -- in those days, Robert Fripp would even jape at Lake for performing the song. But the solo tracks on disc two successfully show off Lake's heavier guitar-oriented sound, featuring Thin Lizzy alumnus Gary Moore, and could be a revelation for casual ELP fans who know Lake best as a romantic balladeer. The whole package works through its contrasts, the first disc covering the familiar with a few rarities while the second offers the highlights of what most casual ELP fans will likely not own, including one very beautiful previously unreleased solo track, "Love Under Fire." In the end, the distillation of the later material pays off for fans whose interest is centered on Lake's classic sides, and there are just enough rarities from that period to put the set over as essential for fans (it's not as though the Mar y Sol album is going to be reissued anytime soon). In 2005, the 32-song set was reissued in the U.K. by Castle Music with updated notes and CD-ROM enhancement for the first disc. ~ Bruce Eder

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