View basket “Starless & Bible Black” has been added to your basket. 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 King Crimson Live At The Orpheum Progressive | Panegyric | 1LP, 200g Released 4th March 2015 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders King Crimson Live At The Orpheum £21.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Panegyric SKU: DGMLV1 Formats: 1LP, 200g Released Date: 4th March 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Nice, The Elegy Progressive | Charisma | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 14th July 2022 £8.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Nice, The Elegy £8.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Charisma SKU: nn246072 Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 14th July 2022 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 Jon Anderson In The City of Angels Progressive | SPV Yellow Label | 180g, 1LP Released 20th March 2013 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jon Anderson In The City of Angels £15.00 Genre: Progressive Label: SPV Yellow Label SKU: SPV265021 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 20th March 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Emerson Lake & Palmer Singles Progressive | BMG | 7", Box Set Released 26th August 2022 £79.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Emerson Lake & Palmer Singles £79.00 Genre: Progressive Label: BMG SKU: 4050538772692 Formats: 7", Box Set Released Date: 26th August 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Spock's Beard The Kindness of Strangers Progressive | Sony | 180g, 2LP, Includes CD Released 8th January 2016 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Spock's Beard The Kindness of Strangers £21.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Sony SKU: 0500261 5052205002612 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Includes CD Released Date: 8th January 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Spock's Beard Snow Progressive | Sony | 180g, 3LP Released 8th January 2016 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Spock's Beard Snow £25.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Sony SKU: 0502191 Formats: 180g, 3LP Released Date: 8th January 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Steve Hillage The Glastonbury Experience Progressive | Madfish | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 28th October 2022 £35.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Steve Hillage The Glastonbury Experience £35.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Madfish SKU: SMALP1216 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 28th October 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Flying Colors Flying Colors Progressive | Music Theories | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 18th September 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Flying Colors Flying Colors £20.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Music Theories SKU: 0810020502565 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 18th September 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pineapple Thief, The Dissolution Progressive | Kscope | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 3rd November 2023 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pineapple Thief, The Dissolution £22.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Kscope SKU: KSCOPE988 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 3rd November 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Progressive Start again
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