# From the Beginning (box set)

From the Beginning is a box set which presents aural and visual documentation celebrating Emerson, Lake & Palmer's career; consisting of five discs that include a number of single b-sides, significant live recordings, alternative studio mixes and material taken from band rehearsals, plus a bonus DVD featuring 'The Manticore Years' documentary, presented in a deluxe book-style sleeve complete with a 60-page picture booklet containing extensive sleeve notes by the band discussing the ELP years. It also contains rare and previously unseen photographs and images.

## Track listing
### Disc one

The 2012 reissue omits the first track (Epitaph). Its addition was done without permission from the rights holder, Discipline Global Mobile.
* "Epitaph" – King Crimson (Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield) – 8:45
* "Decline and Fall" – Atomic Rooster (Vincent Crane, Carl Palmer, Nick Graham) – 5:47
* "Fantasia: Intermezzo Karelia Suite" – The Nice (Jean Sibelius, arr. by Keith Emerson, Joseph Eger) – 8:51
* "Lucky Man" (Lake) – 4:38
* "Tank" (Emerson, Palmer) – 6:48
* "Take a Pebble" (Lake) – 12:28
* "The Barbarian" (Live version - Lyceum Theatre, 1970) (Emerson, Lake, Palmer, Béla Bartók) – 5:20
* "Knife-Edge" (Live version - Lyceum Theatre, 1970) (Emerson, Lake, Leoš Janáček) – 8:01
* "Rondo" (Live version - Lyceum Theatre, 1970) (Dave Brubeck, arr. by Emerson) – 18:18

### Disc two

* "Tarkus" – 20:40
    a) "Eruption" (Emerson)
    b) "Stones of Years" (Emerson, Lake)
    c) "Iconoclast" (Emerson)
    d) "Mass" (Emerson, Lake)
    e) "Manticore" (Emerson)
    f) "The Battlefield" (Lake)
    g) "Aquatarkus" (Emerson)
* "Bitches Crystal" (Emerson) – 3:54
* "A Time and a Place" (B-side single version) (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 3:55
* "Oh, My Father" (Previously unreleased) (Lake) – 2:58
* "The Endless Enigma (Part One)" (Emerson, Lake) – 4:04
* "Fugue" (Emerson, Lake) – 4:54
* "The Endless Enigma (Part Two)" (Emerson, Lake) – 2:00
* "From the Beginning" (Lake) – 4:13
* "Trilogy" (Emerson, Lake) – 8:52
* "Abbadon's Bolero" (Emerson) – 8:07
* "Hoedown" (Live version - Milan, 1973) (Aaron Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 3:54
* "Jerusalem" (First mix) (Hubert Parry, William Blake, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 2:54
* "Still...You Turn Me On" (First mix) (Lake) – 2:51
* "When the Apple Blossoms" (B-side single version) (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 3:56

### Disc three

* "Karn Evil 9" – 29:42
    a) "1st Impression Pt.1" (Emerson, Lake)
    b) "1st Impression Pt.2" (Emerson, Lake)
    c) "2nd Impression" (Emerson)
    d) "3rd Impression" (Emerson, Lake, Peter Sinfield)
* "Jeremy Bender/The Sheriff" (Live) (Emerson, Lake) – 5:03
* "C'est la Vie (Early version)" (Lake, Sinfield) – 4:16
* "I Believe in Father Christmas" (Early version) (Lake, Sinfield, Sergei Prokofiev) – 3:29
* "The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits" (Prokofiev, arr. by Palmer) – 3:20
* "Piano Concerto No.1" (Emerson) – 18:25
** First Movement: "Allegro Giocoso"
** Second Movement: "Andante Molto Cantabile"
** Third Movement: "Toccata Con Fuoco"
* "Pirates (Non-orchestral live version - Nassau Coliseum, 1978)" (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield) – 13:23

### Disc four

* "Aaron Copland Interview 1977" (From Keith Emerson's archives) – 1:37
* "Fanfare for the Common Man" (Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 9:42
* "Honky Tonk Train Blues" (Lewis) – 3:09
* "Tiger in a Spotlight" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer, Sinfield) – 4:33
* "Watching Over You" (Lake/Sinfield) – 3:54
* "Introductory Fanfare/Peter Gunn Theme (Live version)" (Emerson, Henry Mancini) – 4:26
* "Canario (Rehearsal)" (Joaquín Rodrigo) – 3:57
* "Mars – The Bringer of War" (Gustav Holst, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Cozy Powell) – 7:54
* "Desede La Vida" (Emerson, Robert Berry, Palmer) – 7:06
** "Desede La Vida"
** "LaVista"
** "Sangre De Toro"
* "Black Moon (Single version)" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 4:47
* "Footprints in the Snow" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 3:51
* "Romeo and Juliet (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1992)" (Prokofiev, arr. by Emerson) – 3:32
* "Man in the Long Black Coat" (Bob Dylan, arr. by Emerson) – 4:12
* "Daddy" (Lake) – 4:42
* "Hang on to a Dream" (ELP cover of a song from The Nice) (Tim Hardin, Aber) – 4:28
* "Touch and Go" (Live in Poland, 1997) (Emerson, Lake) – 3:53

### Disc five

(Live from the Mar y Sol Pop Festival, Manatí, Puerto Rico, 2 April 1972)
* "Hoedown" (Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 4:18
* "Tarkus" – 22:33
    a) "Eruption" (Emerson)
    b) "Stones of Years" (Emerson, Lake)
    c) "Iconoclast" (Emerson)
    d) "Mass" (Emerson, Lake)
    e) "Manticore" (Emerson)
    f) "The Battlefield" (Lake)
    g) "Aquatarkus" (Emerson)
* "Take a Pebble" (Lake) – 4:36
* "Lucky Man" (Lake) – 3:00
* "Piano Improvisation - 'Take a Pebble' conclusion" (Emerson) – 9:44
* "Pictures at an Exhibition" – 14:39
    a) "Promenade" (Modest Mussorgsky, Lake)
    b) "The Gnome" (Palmer)
    c) "Promenade – Vocal" (Mussorgsky, Emerson, Lake)
    d) "The Hut of Baba Yaga" (Mussorgsky, Emerson)
    e) "The Great Gates of Kiev" (Emerson, Lake)
* "Rondo" (Brubeck, arr. by Emerson) – 18:29

### Disc six

* "The Manticore Special" – DVD containing highlights from the 1973 World Tour.
   * Written and directed by Nick Hague
   * Edited by Chris Fraser
   * Director of photography – John Rosenberg
   * Production manager – Peter Jaques
   * Sound recordist – Tony Jackson
   * Produced by Miker Rosenberg

## Personnel

* Keith Emerson – keyboards (Hammond Organ, Mini Moog, Moog Modular, Grand Piano, Upright Piano)
* Greg Lake – guitars, bass guitar, vocals
* Carl Palmer – drums, percussion