Emerson Lake &Palmer Live At the Lyceum 1970 DVD/CD Package
1970 saw the debut of the British progressive Rock band Emerson Lake &Palmer. The band had come together from three popular rock bands of the time, The Nice (Keith Emerson), King Crimson (Greg Lake) and Atomic Rooster (Carl Palmer). ELP, as they became known made its official live debut at the 1970 Isle Of Wight Festival in August 1970. Four months later in London the band were filmed at The Lyceum theatre by Lindsay Clennell with Nicholas Ferguson directing. The resulting film gained a theatrical release in February 1971 alongside films by The Strawbs and The Scaffold. The film captures what was then the real rawness of an Emerson Lake and Palmer show with a little bit of theatrical danger thrown in. There was a power cut during the performance however in the musical tradition of “The Show Must Go On”, the band continued, powered by generators used by television companies for outside broadcasts. The band would again commit a performance of Pictures At An Exhibition to tape in March 1971 at Newcastle City Hall. It was this performance that made up the official album of the same name which was released to the public as a budget release in December 1971. This package however will contain the DVD of the film and also the soundtrack from the film on CD of the December 9th 1970 concert at the Lyceum. Both DVD and CD will contain the entire show rather than the edited show that has been the norm on this release over the years. As 2010 will be the fortieth Anniversary of the formation of Emerson Lake and Palmer the band are due to reform for a number of high profile concerts.
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