London ’81 Gregg Lake SKU: CLP22281 Barcode: 741157222814 22.00 £22.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Purple Pyramid Records Released Date: 16th December 2015 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Purple Pyramid Records will be releasing legendary Greg Lake’s live album from the Hammersmith Odeon in London, November 5, 1981, featuring guitar hero Gary Moore on CD & vinyl! The concert recording features ELP and King Crimson classic tracks such as “Lucky Man”, “Karn Evil 9”, “21st Century Schizoid Man” and “In The Court of The Crimson King”, as well as songs from his critically acclaimed first solo album from 1981. As a founding member of King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Greg Lake has been a major force in music for over 40 years. He has long been considered a legendary voice and musical powerhouse whose impact changed the landscape of rock and roll. Many simply refer to him as “The Voice”. The Greg Lake Band made its live debut on one of the biggest stages available to it, the annual Reading Festival in England in August 1981. Much of the set was new to the audience – Greg’s first solo album would not be released for another month. But the band received a wild reception regardless, and there were enough old favorites on display to ensure the fans remained happy…including the show opener “Fanfare for the Common Man,” truly one of the most effective showstoppers ever to have opened a concert. The band’s full tour kicked off in October. Purposefully, Lake demanded smaller venues, the theaters and universities that truly represented a refreshing change from the monster domes he’d visited the last time he hit the road in 1977 with ELP. The string of shows launched in Wales, at Aberystwyth University, then moved onto Cardiff University, Dunstable Queensway Hall, Norwich University, Liverpool Royal Court Theatre, Newcastle Mayfair, Glasgow University, Edinburgh Playhouse, Sheffield Lyceum, University of Kent Canterbury, Birmingham Odeon, Leicester Polytechnic, Bournemouth Winter Gardens, Exeter University, St Austell Cornwall Coliseum, Crawley Leisure Centre and, finally, London’s Hammersmith Odeon. It was not an extravagant performance – no lasers, no levitating keyboards, no priceless Persian carpets. The myths and legends that surrounded ELP when they toured were all firmly locked away. The Greg Lake Band toured like a band, and on stage they simply took up their positions and played. Brilliantly. That last date on the tour is where this disc was recorded, in front of 2,000 fans who now had every note of Greg’s new album memorized, and the rest of the set firmly entrenched in their DNA: the snatch of “Karn Evil 9” that eased out of the opening “Fanfare”; “Love You Too Much,” the song Lake co-wrote with Dylan in what remains another of the tantalizing collaborations of the age; “Retribution Drive” and “The Lie” from Greg Lake. “21st Century Schizoid Man” and “The Court Of The Crimson King,” from Lake’s stint with King Crimson, wrapped up the evening in positively rhapsodic fashion, and, finally, “C’est La Vie,” from ELP’s Works. (The version of this track included on the CD is taken from a show in New York City 1981) “A single night at the tail end of a single tour, alive with promise, bristling with presence. And welcoming back some new friends, too” – Dave Thompson, writer Artist Gregg Lake Genre Progressive Label Purple Pyramid Records Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Medley: Fanfare For The Common Man / Karn Evil 9 Nuclear Attack The Lie Retribution Drive Lucky Man Parisienne Walkways You Really Got A Hold On Me Love You Too Much 21st Century Schizoid Man In The Court Of The Crimson King Bonus Track: C’est La Vie (Live in NYC 1981) Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Progressive View Product Quick View Yes Yessingles Progressive | Rhino Atlantic | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 6th October 2023 £28.00 - £33.00 Select options Yes Yessingles £28.00 - £33.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Rhino Atlantic Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 6th October 2023 Read More Select options Nearly New View Product Quick View Marillion The Best Of Both Worlds 1982-1988 Progressive | EMI | 2LP, Picture Disc Released 23rd April 2024 £100.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Marillion The Best Of Both Worlds 1982-1988 £100.00 Genre: Progressive Label: EMI SKU: nn285476 Formats: 2LP, Picture Disc Released Date: 23rd April 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Pineapple Thief, The Your Wilderness Progressive | Kscope | 180g, 1LP Released 19th January 2019 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pineapple Thief, The Your Wilderness £19.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Kscope SKU: KSCOPE1010 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 19th January 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Muse Drones Progressive | Warner Bros | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 3rd June 2015 £39.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Muse Drones £39.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Warner Bros SKU: 0825646121229 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 3rd June 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Second Hand Death May be Your Santa Claus Progressive | Sunbeam | 1LP Released 9th March 2011 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Second Hand Death May be Your Santa Claus £18.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Sunbeam SKU: SBRLP 5069 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th March 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Saga Steel Umbrellas Progressive | Earmusic | 1LP Released 29th October 2021 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Saga Steel Umbrellas £21.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Earmusic SKU: 0215539EMU Formats: 1LP Released Date: 29th October 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Porcupine Tree Lightbulb Sun Progressive | Kscope | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 27th October 2017 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Porcupine Tree Lightbulb Sun £21.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Kscope SKU: KSCOPE965 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 27th October 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Blackfield Blackfield V Progressive | Kscope | 1LP, Picture Disc Released 12th August 2022 £21.00 - £32.00 Select options Blackfield Blackfield V £21.00 - £32.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Kscope Formats: 1LP, Picture Disc Released Date: 12th August 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Gong Pulsing Signals Progressive | Kscope | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 18th March 2022 £32.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gong Pulsing Signals £32.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Kscope SKU: KSCOPE1143 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 18th March 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Saga Worlds Apart Progressive | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 18th September 2015 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Saga Worlds Apart £20.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1280 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 18th September 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Progressive Start again
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