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 Mars Volta, The Tremulant Progressive | Clouds Hill | 12", Coloured Vinyl, EP/Mini Album Released 25th February 2022 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Mars Volta, The Tremulant £13.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Clouds Hill SKU: 4250795605027 Formats: 12", Coloured Vinyl, EP/Mini Album Released Date: 25th February 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rush Permanent Waves 180g Edition Progressive | Mercury | 180g, 1LP Released 14th July 2015 £39.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Rush Permanent Waves 180g Edition £39.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Mercury SKU: AMER8073 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 14th July 2015 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Dream Theater Awake Progressive | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 2LP Released 22nd July 2016 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dream Theater Awake £24.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1258 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 22nd July 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Yes Close To The Edge Progressive | Rhino | 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 29th October 2012 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Yes Close To The Edge £25.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Rhino SKU: 0081227971571 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 29th October 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Porcupine Tree The Sky Moves Sideways Progressive | Kscope | 180g, 2LP Released 5th May 2017 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Porcupine Tree The Sky Moves Sideways £21.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Kscope SKU: KSCOPE949 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 5th May 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Caravan Waterloo Lily Progressive | Decca | 180g, 1LP Released 1st November 2019 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Caravan Waterloo Lily £18.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Decca SKU: 801681 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 1st November 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tangerine Dream Quantum Key Progressive | Invisible Hands Music | 1LP Released 4th November 2016 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tangerine Dream Quantum Key £24.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Invisible Hands Music SKU: IH69 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th November 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Soft Machine Six Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 27th May 2016 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Soft Machine Six £24.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1549 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 27th May 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Robin Trower Twice Removed From Yesterday: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Progressive | Chrysalis | 2LP Released 18th August 2023 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Robin Trower Twice Removed From Yesterday: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition £26.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Chrysalis SKU: CRVX1533 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 18th August 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Iamthemorning Belighted Progressive | Kscope | 1LP Released 28th October 2016 £23.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Iamthemorning Belighted £23.00 Genre: Progressive Label: Kscope SKU: KSCOPE940 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 28th October 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Progressive Start again
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