20CD – Keith Emerson – Variations Encore Records Ltd

“Keith Emerson invented progressive rock. I know because I was there at the time” Lee Jackson, Emerson’s long-time friend and one-time band mate in The Nice, once told Prog Magazine. Considered one of the greatest keyboard players of all time, Keith Emerson is revered as a genius by both fans and fellow musicians the world over.

• 20 CD set presented in 10 x 10” box with 48 page book.

• This 20 CD box set is the definitive Keith Emerson collection, featuring virtuoso performances from throughout his incredible career. The set features material from his time in The Nice, Emerson Lake & Palmer alongside his ventures into composing and performing movie soundtracks as well as his solo works.

• This deep dive into the creative life of Emerson is divided into 5 parts, beginning with his early years in The Nice and Emerson Lake & Palmer. The collection moves onto Keith’s solo albums, his soundtracks and collaborations and finally ends with a set of stunning live performances which present his breath-taking keyboard skills to full effect.

• Presented in a 10 x 10” box, this definitive collection is accompanied by sleeve notes written by Jerry Ewing, Editor of Prog Magazine who casts a magnifying glass over the immense catalogue of this once-in-a-generation artist. Ewing speaks with many of Emerson’s collaborators and delivers a fascinating history of the man behind the keyboard.

• The collection is also presented with a 48 page book containing many never-before-seen photos taken directly from the Emerson family archive.

• All 20 CD’s have been mastered from the best available sources by renowned engineer Andy Pearce and contains a previously unreleased show from BB Kings in 2004.

• This incredible collection has been curated with the full involvement and blessing of the Emerson family, which has allowed for the inclusion of some unique and rare material.

• Whether you are a seasoned fan or just starting out on your Keith Emerson journey, there is no finer, deeper or more definitive collection available on the market. A tribute, in the truest sense, to one of the greatest musicians of all time.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE
PART ONE: THE EARLY YEARS / THE BANDS
1 Medley – Keith Emerson (Age 14)
2 Rock Candy – The T Bones with Chris Barber
3 Lament For Tony Stratton Smith – Keith Emerson
4 America / 2nd Amendment – The Nice
5 The Three Fates – ELP
6 The Old Castle / Blues Variations – ELP
7 Fugue – ELP
8 Karn Evil 9 2nd Impression – ELP
9 Piano Improvisations (Live) – ELP
10 Fanfare For the Common Man – ELP
11 Barrelhouse Shakedown – ELP
12 Honky Tonk Train Blues – ELP
13 Introductory Fanfare / Peter Gunn Theme (Live) – ELP

DISC TWO
PART TWO: THE SOLO ALBUMS Honky
1 Hello Sailor – Includes Bach Before the Mast Part 1
2 Hello Sailor – Includes Bach Before the Mast Part 2
3 Hello Sailor – Includes Bach Before the Mast Part 3
4 Salt Cay
5 Green Ice
6 Intro Juicing
7 Big Horn Breakdown
8 Yancey Special
9 Rum A Ting
10 Chickcharnie
11 Jesus Loves Me

DISC THREE
Changing States
1 Shelter From the Rain
2 Another Frontier
3 Ballade
4 The Band Keeps Playing
5 Summertime
6 The Church
7 Interlude
8 Montagues And Capulets
9 Abaddon’s Bolero (Orchestral Version)
10 The Band Keeps Playing (Aftershock Mix)

DISC FOUR
Emerson Plays Emerson
1 Vagrant
2 Creole Dance
3 Solitudinous
4 Broken Bough
5 A Cajun Alley
6 Prelude To Candice
7 A Blade of Grass
8 Outgoing Tide
9 Summertime
10 Interlude
11 Roll’n Jelly
12 B & W Blues
13 For Kevin
14 The Dreamer
15 Hammer It Out
16 Ballad For a Common Man
17 Barrelhouse Shakedown
18 Nilu’s Dream
19 Soulscapes
20 Close To Home
21 Honky Tonk Train Blues
22 Medley
23 Nicola
24 Silver Shoes
25 I’ll See You in My Dreams

DISC FIVE
Keith Emerson Band
1 Ignition
2 1st Presence
3 Last Horizon
4 Miles Away Pt. 1
5 Miles Away Pt. 2
6 Crusaders Cross
7 Fugue
8 2nd Presence
9 Marche Train
10 Blue Inferno
11 3rd Presence
12 Prelude To a Hope
13 A Place to Hide
14 Miles Away Pt. 3
15 Finale
16 The Art of Falling Down
17 Malambo (From “Estancia Suite”)
18 Gametime
19 The Parting

DISC SIX
PART THREE: THE SOUNDTRACKS
Inferno
1 Inferno (Main Title Theme)
2 Rose’s Descent into The Cellar
3 Taxi Ride (Rome)
4 The Library
5 Sarah In the Library Vaults
6 Bookbinder’s Delight
7 Rose Leaves the Apartment
8 Rose Gets It
9 Elisa’s Story
10 A Cat Attic Attack
11 Kazanian’s Tarantella
12 Mark’s Discovery
13 Mater Tenebrarum
14 Inferno Finale
15 Cigarettes, Ices, Etc.
16 Inferno (#1)
17 Inferno (#2)
18 Inferno (#3)
19 Inferno (#4)
20 Inferno (#5)

DISC SEVEN
Nighthawks
1 Nighthawks (Main Title Theme)
2 MeanStalkin’
3 The Bust
4 Nighthawking
5 The Chase
6 I’m A Man
7 The Chopper
8 Tramway
9 I’m Comin’ In
10 Face To Face
11 The Flight of A Hawk

DISC EIGHT
Murderock
1 Murderock
2 Tonight, Is Your Night
3 Streets To Blame
4 Not So Innocent
5 Prelude To Candice
6 Don’t Go in The Shower
7 Coffee Time
8 Candice
9 New York Dash
10 Tonight, Is Not Your Night
11 The Spillone
12 Murderock (Part 1)
13 Murderock (Part 2)
14 Murderock (Part 3)
15 Murderock (Part 4)

DISC NINE
1 Best Revenge
2 Orchestral Suite To Best Revenge (Instrumental)
3 Playing For Keeps
4 The Dreamer – Love Theme (Instrumental)
5 Wha’dya Mean (Instrumental)
6 Outgoing Tide
7 For Those About to Win
8 The Runner (Instrumental)
9 La Chiesa
10 The Church (Main Theme)
11 The Possession
12 Prelude 24
13 La Chiesa Revisited

DISC TEN
Iron Man
1 Iron Man Main Title Theme
2 And The Sea Shall Give Up It’s Dead
3 I Am Ultimo, Thy Deliverer
4 Data In Chaos Out
5 Silence My Companion, Death My Destination
6 Iron Man Theme Alternative

DISC ELEVEN
Harmagedon / Godzilla
1 Harmagedon
2 Theme Of the Floi
3 Jo And Michiko
4 Sonny’s Skate State
5 Zamedy Stomp
6 Challenge Of the Psionic Fighters
7 Children Of the Light
8 Godzilla
9 Godzilla Vs. Gotengo
10 Godzilla Final Wars Titles
11 EDF Headquarters Fight
12 EDF Museum
13 Infant Island
14 Rodan Attacks NYC
15 Earth Defense Forces Theme
16 Motorcycle Battle
17 Godzilla Awakens
18 Love Theme
19 Monster Zero Theme
20 Cruising The Cirro Stratu
21 Godzilla Theme
22 Godzilla Final Wars End Titles

DISC TWELVE
PART FOUR: COLLABORATIONS
Three Fates Project
1 The Endless Enigma Suite 1
2 The Endless Enigma Suite 2
3 American Matador
4 After All of This
5 Walking Distance
6 Tarkus (Concertante)
7 Malambo
8 The Mourning Sun
9 Abaddon’s Bolero
10 Fanfare For the Common Man (Pt. 1)
11 Fanfare For the Common Man (Pt. 2)

DISC THIRTEEN
Beyond the Stars
1 Toccata Con Fuoco
2 Beyond The Stars
3 Glorietta Pass
4 The Dreamer
5 Endless Enigma Suite Pt 1
6 The Fugue
7 Endless Enigma Suite Pt 2
8 Malambo, Op. 7
9 The Mourning Sun
10 After All of This
11 Walking Distance
12 Fanfare For the Common Man Pt 1
13 Fanfare For the Common Man Pt 2

DISC FOURTEEN
PART FIVE: LIVE COLLABORATIONS
Boys Club (Live from California)
1 Afterburner
2 Long Journey Home
3 Hoedown
4 A Whiter Shade of Pale
5 White Noise
6 Cover Me
7 Nutrocker
8 Tarkus
9 Dreams
10 Middle Of a Dream

DISC FIFTEEN
Moscow Pt 1
1 Karn Evil 1st Impression Pt. 2
2 Piano Concerto (3rd Movement)
3 Bitches Crystal
4 Malambo
5 Touch And Go
6 Lucky Man
7 Miles Away Pt.1
8 Miles Away Pt. 2
9 Crusaders Cross
10 Fugue
11 Marche Train
12 Finale

DISC SIXTEEN
Moscow Pt 2
1 The Barbarian
2 Tarkus
3 Nutrocker Suite
4 Moscow Fantasia
5 Malambo (Orchestral Version)

DISC SEVENTEEN
Live from Manticore Hall
1 From The Beginning
2 Introduction
3 I Talk to The Wind
4 Bitches Crystal
5 The Barbarian
6 Take A Pebble
7 Tarkus
8 C’est La Vie
9 Pirates
10 Moog Solo / Lucky Man

DISC EIGHTEEN
Off the Shelf
1 Abaddon’s Bolero Orchestral
2 Pictures At an Exhibition
3 And Then January
4 Rio
5 Straight Between the Eyes
6 Don’t Be Cruel
7 Au Privave
8 Walter L
9 Rhythm-A-Ning
10 Asian Pear
11 Motor Bikin’
12 America
13 Lumpy Gravy
14 Up The Elephant & Round the Castle
15 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

DISC NINETEEN
Live at BB Kings – 21/05/2004
1 America / Rondo
2 Country Pie
3 Hang Onto a Dream
4 Bitches Crystal
5 Touch And Go
6 Piano Interlude
7 Karelia Suite
8 Blade Of Grass
9 A Cajun Alley
10 Creole Dance
11 Quango Story
12 Just Crazy

DISC TWENTY
B.B.Kings – NYC – 21/05/2004 / The Keith Emerson Trio
Live At BB Kings
1 Lucky Man
2 Hoedown
3 Tarkus
The Keith Emerson Trio
4 You Say You Care
5 There Will Never Be Another You
6 Teenies Blues
7 Winkle Picker Stamp
8 56 Blues
9 You Came a Long Way from Saint-Louis
10 Soul Station Single
11 We Three Kings
12 Captain Starship Christmas