Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP)

Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP) (1970 - 1978)
  • Keith Emerson - keyboards - b. November 1, 1944, Todmorden, England - formerly with Gary Farr and the T-Bones and The Nice.
  • Greg Lake - bass/guitar/vocals - b. November 10, 1948, Bournemouth, England - formerly with Unit Four, The Time Checks, The Gods, and King Crimson.
  • Carl Palmer - drums/percussion - b. March 20, 1947, Birmingham, England - formerly with Atomic Rooster.
Albums:
  1. "Emerson, Lake and Palmer" (1970) - Single: "Lucky Man"
  2. "Tarkus" (1971)
  3. "Pictures at an Exhibition" (live) (1971)
  4. "Trilogy" (1972) - Single: "From the Beginning"
  5. "Brain Salad Surgery" (1973)
  6. "Welcome Back, My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends - Ladies and Gentlemen, Emerson, Lake and Palmer" (live) (2-CDs) (1974)
  7. "Works, Volume 1" (1977)
  8. "Works, Volume 2" (1977)
  9. "Love Beach" (1978)
  10. "Emerson, Lake and Palmer In Concert" (1979)
  11. "Live at The Isle of Wight Festival (1970)" (1998)
Group disbands.  Carl Palmer joins Asia.
Emerson, Lake and Powell (ELP) (1985 - 1986)
  • Keith Emerson - keyboards
  • Greg Lake - bass/guitar/vocals
  • Cozy Powell - drums - b. December 29, 1947, Cirencester, England; d. April 5, 1998, England - formerly with The Sorcerers, The Jeff Beck Group, Bedlam, Cozy Powell's Hammer, Rainbow, The Michael Schenker Group, Whitesnake, and Black Sabbath.
Album:
  1. "Emerson, Lake and Powell" (1986)
Cozy Powell later plays with Peter Green (formerly with Fleetwood Mac).
Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP) (1987)
  • Keith Emerson - keyboards
  • Greg Lake - bass/guitar/vocals
  • Carl Palmer - drums/percussion
Carl Palmer rejoins Asia.
3 (1988)
  • Keith Emerson - keyboards
  • Robert Berry - bass/guitar/vocals
  • Carl Palmer - drums/percussion
Album:
  1. "To the Power of Three" (1988)
Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP) (1992 - Present) (reformed)
  • Keith Emerson - keyboards
  • Greg Lake - bass/guitar/vocals
  • Carl Palmer - drums/percussion
Albums:
  1. "Black Moon" (1992)
  2. "Works Live" (1993)
  3. "In the Hot Seat" (1994)
  4. "Live at The Royal Albert Hall" (1996)
  5. "King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents...Emerson, Lake and Palmer" (live) (2-CDs) (1997) - contains a complete live version of Karn Evil 9, along with CD-ROM information about ELP.  Great live album!
Compilations:
  1. "The Best of ELP" (1980)
  2. "The Atlantic Years" (2-CDs) (1992)
  3. "The Best of Emerson, Lake and Palmer" (1994)
  4. "The Return of the Manticore" (4-CD box set) (1995)
  5. "Best of Emerson, Lake and Palmer" (1996)
  6. "Then and Now" (live) (2-CDs) (1998) - recorded in 1974 and 1997-1998.
Greg Lake solo:
  1. "Greg Lake" (1981)
  2. "Manoeuvres" (1983)
  3. "King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents...Greg Lake" (1996)
  4. "From the Beginning: The Greg Lake Retrospective" (2-CDs) (1997)
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