Track Listing:
CD 1: 1. Knife-Edge / 2. Lucky Man / 3. The Barbarian / 4. Take A Pebble / 5. Tarkus / 6. Bitches Crystal / 7. The Only Way (Hymn) / 8. Nutrocker / 9. Pictures At An Exhibition
CD 2: 1. Hoedown / 2. From The Beginning / 3. Trilogy / 4. The Endless Enigma, Part 1
5. Karn Evil 9 1st Impression, Part / 6. Karn Evil 9 1st Impression, Part / 7. Karn Evil 9 2nd Impression / 8. Jerusalem / 9. Still… You Turn Me On / 10. Piano Concerto No 1 / 11. Closer To Believing / 12. I Believe In Father Christmas
CD 3: 1. Fanfare For The Common Man / 2. C´est La Vie / 3. Pirates / 4. Watching Over You / 5. Tiger In A Spotlight / 6. Maple Leaf Rag / 7. Honky Tonk Train Blues / 8. Peter Gunn - Live / 9. Canario / 10. Taste Of My Love / 11. Romeo And Juliet / 12. Affairs Of The Heart / 13. Black Moon / 14. Daddy / 15. Hand Of Truth
Progressive rock´s first supergroup, Emerson Lake & Palmer fused together rock and classical music like no-one before. This 3CD set collects highlights from their entire career.
ELP were no strangers to extended instrumental suites and longer running times. ´Take A Pebble´ from their debut album ran for twelve and a half minutes, whilst the follow-up, ´Tarkus´, featured a twenty-minute title track. Piano and keyboard workouts by Keith Emerson, often adapted from the classical realm, dazzle on these longer pieces. Their UK #2 hit single ´Fanfare For The Common Man´ was inspired by an Aaron Copland work.
Bassist Greg Lake would contribute shorter tracks, often ballads, that would become known via radio play: US hit ´Lucky Man´, ´From The Beginning´ and a single that is familiar to all, ´I Believe In Father Christmas´.