Album: A Tribute to Keith Emerson & Greg Lake
Artist: various artists
2020 Purple Pyramid Records (Cleopatra Records, Inc.)
CD: CLO 1539

Billy Sherwood: bass, additional guitars, vocals (3)
Jay Schellen: drums
Todd Rundgren: vocals (1)
Brian Auger: organ (1)
Leslie Hunt: vocals (2)
Derek Sherinian: Hammond C3 (2), Memorymoog (2), Mellotron (2)
David Sancious: piano (3), organ (3), synth (3)
Jon Davison: vocals (4)
Larry Fast: keys (4)
Thijs Van Leer: vocals (5), flute (5)
John Wesley: guitar (5)
Patrick Moraz: keys (6)
Sonja Kristina: vocals (7)
Steve Porcaro: keys (7)
Martin Turner: vocals (8)
Geoff Downes: keys (8)
Aaron Emerson: keys (9)
Ethan Emerson: keys (9)
Arthur Brown: vocals (10)
Jordan Rudess: keys (10)
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Richard Cottle (11)


Produced, recorded & mixed by Sherwood, except (11) produced by James Graydon/Cottle/Simon Hanhart
Assistant engineer: Scott Walton
Organ solo (1) produced & engineered by Karma Auger
Engineer: Colin Peterik (2), Downes (8)
Electronic arrangements recorded by Fast (4)
Recorded by Geert Scheijgrond (5)
Vocals recorded by Robert Norton (7)
Keyboards engineered and recorded by Cristian Van Schuerbeck (9)
Assistant to Patrick Moraz: Vince Addessa (6)
(11) recorded May 2014

A&R/artist relations: John Lappen
Front cover painting by Cynthia Blair
Graphic design & layout by Fendi Nugroho


Tracks:
LP side A:
1. "21st Century Schizoid Man" [Robert Fripp/Michael Giles/Greg Lake/Ian McDonald/Peter Sinfield] (4:18)
2. "A Time and a Place" [Keith Emerson/Lake/Carl Palmer] (3:19)
3. "The Sheriff" [Emerson/Lake] (3:03)
4. "C'est la Vie" [Lake/Sinfield] (4:13)
5. "From the Beginning" [Lake] (4:21)

LP side B:
6. "Hoedown" [Aaron Copland; arranged by Emerson/Lake/Palmer] (3:46)
7. "Still...You Turn Me On" [Lake] (2:57)
8. "Lucky Man" [Lake] (4:48)
9. "Fanfare for the Common Man" [Copland; arranged by Emerson/Lake/Palmer] (6:14)
10. "Karn Evil #9: 1st Impression, Part 2" [Emerson/Lake/Sinfield] (5:02)

CD bonus track:
11. "ELP Suite: Tarkus/From the Beginning/Tarkus (Reprise)" ["Tarkus": Lake/Emerson; "From the Beginning": Lake; arranged by Cottle] (6:39)



Notes: Another Cleopatra Records tribute album led by Billy Sherwood. It was released through Bandcamp on 18 Jan 2020, with a general release, including a coloured LP, following 10 Apr. (1) begins with the main section of the original track, but Auger's solo quotes multiple Keith Emerson parts. Aaron on (9) is Keith's son, and Ethan is Aaron's son, Keith's grandson. (11) is from some the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's Plays Prog Rock Classics (which Moraz and Van Leer guested on for other tracks).

ELP's music suits the tribute format because it comes with lots of soloing opportunities for your guest keyboardists. Compare also 1999's Encores, Legends and Paradox, with Downes, Banks and Khoroshev from Yes, which also had Sherinian and Rudess. (HP, 20 Mar 20; updated 12 Sep 20)

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