# From the Beginning (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)

From the Beginning is een 6-disc retrospectief van de band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, uitgebracht in 2007 en bevat zowel studio-opnamen als live opnamen.

## Bezetting

* Keith Emerson op toetsinstrumenten
* Greg Lake op basgitaar, contrabas, cello, akoestische en elektrische gitaar, zang
* Carl Palmer op drums en percussie

## Disc 1

* Epitaph - King Crimson (Robert Fripp/Michael Giles/Greg Lake/Ian McDonald/Peter Sinfield) - 8:45
* Decline and Fall - Atomic Rooster (Crane/Palmer/Graham) - 5:47
* Fantasia: Intermezzo Karelia Suite - The Nice (Sibelius) - 8:51
* Lucky Man (Lake) - 4:38
* Tank (Emerson/Palmer) - 6:48
* Take a Pebble (Lake) - 12:28
* The Barbarian (Emerson/Lake/Palmer/Bela Bartók) - 5:20
* Knife Edge (Emerson/Lake/Janáček) - 8:01
* Rondo (Emerson/O'List/Davison/Jackson) - 17:78

## Disc 2

* Tarkus - 20:40
    a) Eruption (Emerson)
    b) Stones of Years (Emerson)
    c) Iconoclast (Emerson)
    d) Mass (Emerson)
    e) Manticore (Emerson)
    f) The Battlefield (Lake)
    g) Aquatarkus (Emerson)
* Bitches Crystal (Emerson)
* 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) (A. Copland/Arr. Emerson, Lake & Palmer) - 3:54
* Jerusalem (First Mix) (Parry/Blake/Arr. 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 3

* Karn Evil 9 - 29:42
    a) 1st Impression Pt.1 (Lake)
    b) 1st Impression Pt.2 (Emerson/Lake)
    c) 2nd Impression (Emerson)
    d) 3rd Impression (Emerson/Lake)
* Jeremy Bender/The Sheriff (Emerson/Lake) - 5:03
* C'est La Vie (Early Version) (Lake/Sinfield) - 4:16
* I Believe in Father Christmas (Lake/Sinfield/Prokofiev) - 3:29
* The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits (Prokofiev/ Arr. Emerson, Lake & Palmer) - 3:20
* Piano Concerto No.1 (Emerson) - 18:25
* Pirates (Non Orchestral Live Version) (Emerson/Lake/Sinfield) - 13:23

## Disc 4

* Aaron Copland Interview 1977 (From Keith Emerson's Archives) - 1:37
* Fanfare for the Common Man (A. Copland/Arr. 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/Mancini) - 4:26
* Canario (Rehearsal) (Rodrigo) - 3:57
* Mars - The Bringer of War (Holst/Arr. Emerson, Lake & Powell) - 7:54
* Desede La Vida (Emerson/Berry/Palmer) - 7:06
* La Vista (Emerson)
* Sangre De Toro (Emerson/Palmer)
* 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) (Prokofiev/Emerson) - 3:32
* Man in the Long Black Coat (Dylan/Arr. Emerson) - 4:12
* Daddy (Lake) - 4:42
* Hang On To a Dream (Hardin/Aber) - 4:28
* Touch and Go (Live in Poland) (Emerson/Lake) - 3:53

## Disc 5

* Hoedown (A. Copland/Arr. Emerson, Lake & Palmer) - 4:18
* Tarkus - 22:33
    a) Eruption (Emerson)
    b) Stones of Years (Emerson)
    c) Iconoclast (Emerson)
    d) Mass (Emerson)
    e) Manticore (Emerson)
    f) The Battlefield (Lake)
    g) Aquatarhus (Emerson)
* Take a Pebble (Lake) - 4:36
* Lucky Man (Lake) - 3:00
* Piano Improvisation (Emerson) - 9:44
* Pictures at an Exhibition - 14:39
    a) Promenade (Mussorgsky/Lake)
    b) The Gnome (Palmer)
    c) Promenade - Vocal (Mussorgsky/Emerson/Lake)
    d) Hut of Baba Yaga (Mussorgsky/Emerson)
    e) Great Gates of Kiev (Emerson/Lake)
* Rondo (Emerson/O'List/Davison/Jackson)
* Live op het Mar Y Sol Festival, Puerto Rico, 4 januari 1972.

## Disc 6

* "The Manticore Special" - DVD bevat highlights van de World Tour uit 1973.
** Regisseur - Nick Hague
** Montage - Chris Fraser
** Cameraman - John Rosenberg
** Productiemanager - Peter Jaques
** Geluidstechnicus - Tony Jackson
** Productie - Miker Rosenberg