{"id":12741,"date":"2015-08-10T13:31:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T12:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=12741"},"modified":"2015-08-10T13:31:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T12:31:29","slug":"greg-lakes-1981-hammersmith-odeon-show-to-be-issued-on-cd-and-vinyl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/08\/greg-lakes-1981-hammersmith-odeon-show-to-be-issued-on-cd-and-vinyl\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Lake’s 1981 Hammersmith Odeon Show To Be Issued On CD & Vinyl"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Purple Pyramid Records will be releasing\u00a0legendary Greg Lake’s live album from the Hammersmith Odeon in London, November 5, 1981, featuring guitar hero Gary Moore on CD & vinyl! The concert recording features ELP and King Crimson classic tracks such as \u201cLucky Man\u201d, \u201cKarn Evil 9\u201d, \u201c21st<\/sup>\u00a0Century Schizoid Man\u201d and \u201cIn The Court of The Crimson King\u201d, as well as songs from his critically acclaimed first solo album from 1981.\u00a0As a founding member of King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Greg Lake has been a major force in music for over 40 years. He has long been considered a legendary voice and musical powerhouse whose impact changed the landscape of rock and roll. Many simply refer to him as \u201cThe Voice\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Greg Lake Band made its live debut on one of the biggest stages available to it, the annual Reading Festival in England in August 1981. Much of the set was new to the audience \u2013 Greg’s first solo album would not be released for another month. But the band received a wild reception regardless, and there were enough old favourites on display to ensure the fans remained happy\u2026including the show opener \u201cFanfare for the Common Man,\u201d truly one of the most effective showstoppers ever to have opened a concert.<\/p>\n

The band’s full tour kicked off in October. Purposefully, Lake demanded smaller venues, the theaters and universities that truly represented a refreshing change from the monster domes he’d visited the last time he hit the road in 1977 with ELP. The string of shows launched in Wales, at Aberystwyth University, then moved onto Cardiff University, Dunstable Queensway Hall, Norwich University, Liverpool Royal Court Theatre, Newcastle Mayfair, Glasgow University, Edinburgh Playhouse, Sheffield Lyceum, University of Kent Canterbury, Birmingham Odeon, Leicester Polytechnic, Bournemouth Winter Gardens, Exeter University, St Austell Cornwall Coliseum, Crawley Leisure Centre and, finally, London’s Hammersmith Odeon.<\/p>\n

It was not an extravagant performance – no lasers, no levitating keyboards, no priceless Persian carpets. The myths and legends that surrounded ELP when they toured were all firmly locked away. The Greg Lake Band toured like a\u00a0band<\/em>, and on stage they simply took up their positions and played. Brilliantly.<\/p>\n

That last date on the tour is where this disc was recorded, in front of 2,000 fans who now had every note of Greg’s new album memorised, and the rest of the set firmly entrenched in their DNA: the snatch of \u201cKarn Evil 9\u201d that eased out of the opening \u201cFanfare\u201d; \u201cLove You Too Much,\u201d the song Lake co-wrote with Dylan in what remains another of\u00a0the<\/em>\u00a0tantalising collaborations of the age; \u201cRetribution Drive\u201d and \u201cThe Lie\u201d from\u00a0Greg Lake<\/em>. \u201c21st Century Schizoid Man\u201d and \u201cThe Court Of The Crimson King,\u201d from Lake\u2019s stint with King Crimson, wrapped up the evening in positively rhapsodic fashion, and, finally, \u201cC’est La Vie,\u201d from ELP’s\u00a0Works<\/em>. (The version of this track included on the CD is taken from a show in New York City 1981).<\/p>\n

Purchase the\u00a0CD<\/a>,\u00a0Vinyl<\/a>, and digital\u00a0download<\/a>. \u00a0Visit Greg’s official\u00a0website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Purple Pyramid Records will be releasing\u00a0legendary Greg Lake’s live album from the Hammersmith Odeon in London, November 5, 1981, featuring guitar hero Gary Moore…<\/p>\n

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