Tuesday, August 23, 2011

ELP - 1972-04-10 - New York


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Dr. Forrester said...

Emerson Lake & Palmer
April 10th, 1972
Academy of Music, New York

Disc 1

01 Hoedown
02 Tarkus
03 Take a Pebble
04 Lucky Man
05 Take a Pebble (Conclusion)
06 Pictures at an Exhibition

Disc 2

01 Rondo

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This is one of the most enjoyable of ELP's 1972 concerts, I really enjoy listening to this show. The band usually raised their game for New York and this night was no exception. ELP played the Academy of Music on April 10th and 11th, performing two shows each night, at 8:00 and 11:30.

I'm uploading this in response to a request from Zeeker. Here are some of his recollections:

"My father was parked near the backstage entrance of the Academy, that night, waiting to pick up my brother & myself after the show. He blew my mind by telling us that he hung out & chatted with the band when they came out to get some air before the encore! Keith even had a few swigs from my dad's whiskey flask!

The opening bands were Mother Night (a funk band if I recall correctly) & Wild Turkey (with ex-Tull bassist Glen Cornick). I seem to recall that I attended the late show which is why my father offered to pick us up after the show. I was all of 15 seeing ELP for only the second time & my brother was but 13.

One of the clearest memories I retain of that night, besides my father's meeting the band, is Carl moving to a much larger kit for this tour. He had gone from 1 mounted tom & 2 floor toms to 6 mounted & 2 floor toms. He now was using a series of Ludwig single-headed concert toms in three different colors: black, silver & orange. This was a big change from just 5 months earlier & you could tell he was enjoying figuring how to deal with all of this new real estate.

I spent the next week figuring out the drum parts to Rondo having studied Carl's playing intently that evening. I also seem to remember running down the aisle to get a close glimpse of Keith when he jumped into the audience with the Moog Ribbon Controller."

August 23, 2011 at 7:58 AM
kike said...

Thanks Dr. F for sharing this concert on ELP.
Don't miss that one, people!
Dr. keep on rockin'!!

best, Kike.

August 23, 2011 at 1:05 PM

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