EMERSON LAKE & PALMER Emerson Lake & Palmer
(Original Master Recording limited edition 6-track LP
mastered by Krieg Wunderlich on the GAIN 2™ Ultra Analog
System at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, pressed on 180-gram
High Definition Vinyl at 33RPM. Supergroups existed
before Emerson, Lake & Palmer formed in 1970. And,
as we all know well, many came after. But few, if any,
matched the English trio’s chemistry and its elevated
combination of virtuosity, vision, and verve. Having
influenced a multitude of followers, ELP’s prowess was
obvious from the start. The band’s self-titled debut stands as
a towering statement of creative imagination, execution, and
discipline more than five decades after its original release,
and laid the foundations of progressive rock. Picture sleeve
individually gold-foil numbered and factory sealed)
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Emerson Lake & Palmer Emerson Lake & Palmer - Original Master Recording 180 Gram - Sealed US vinyl LP album (LP record)
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Mobile Fidelity’s Numbered-Edition 180g 33RPM LP Brings to Light the 1970 Album’s Epic Scope, Tonal Depth, and Precision Details
1/4” / 15 IPS analog copy to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe
Supergroups existed before Emerson, Lake & Palmer formed in 1970. And, as we all know well, many came after. But few, if any, matched the English trio’s chemistry and its elevated combination of virtuosity, vision, and verve. Having influenced a multitude of followers, ELP’s prowess was obvious from the start. The band’s self-titled debut stands as a towering statement of creative imagination, execution, and discipline more than five decades after its original release.
Mastered at MoFi’s California studio, housed in a Stoughton jacket, and pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition 180g 33RPM LP of Emerson, Lake & Palmer presents the benchmark album in audiophile sound. Clear, dynamic, and balanced, this collectible edition honors the perfectionist approaches that both informed the playing and recording of the record.
Distinguished with black backgrounds, this reissue brings to light the epic scope, tonal depth, and mind-bending degrees of musicianship on display. Aspects — textures, nuances, effects, melodies, tempo changes — that go hand-in-hand with the trio’s compositions and interplay are rendered amid broad soundstages and delivered with pinpoint detail. Whether you’ve owned multiple copies of this touchstone or seeking out your first version, you’ll relish the presence, separation, imaging, and crispness that help make every song come across as if the group has set up shop in your listening space.
Opening the door to the seemingly infinite possibilities of progressive rock while steering clear of excess, Emerson, Lake & Palmer achieved a rare feat in that its complex, cerebral music didn’t prevent it from attaining mainstream success. The gold-certified effort launched the career of a band that would sell tens of millions of records. It also landed a Top 50 single in the form of the ballad “Lucky Man,” whose vocal harmonies, folksy strumming, multi-tracked instrumentation, and breakthrough Moog solo almost feel quaint in the face of the other fare on the album.
Comprised of genre-defying originals and hybrid arrangements of two classical pieces, the album Rolling Stone originally and rightly said is “best heard as a whole” matches outrageous ambition with the otherworldly skills of three musicians who remain among the finest to ever pick up their respective instruments. While Emerson soon drew the lion’s share of headlines for his ability on keys — clavinet, Moog, piano, Hammond organ, and pipe organ included — Greg Lake’s aptitude on guitar and bass, along with well as Carl Palmer’s monster talents behind the kit, created a three-headed hydra that devoured everything in front of it.
That extends to the radical reinterpretation of Bela Bartok’s “The Barbarian” that begins the LP, a performance that in less than four-and-a-half minutes runs the gamut from distorted to churchy to angular and blustery. More classical flourishes, keyboard wizardry, hard-rock heaviness, and gothic signatures emerge throughout “Knife-Edge,” which reimagines music by Leos Janacek and J.S. Bach — and ultimately invites you to explore a cathedral of sound teeming with separate bursts of keys and percussion.
And did someone say “drumming”? Check out Palmer’s monster salvo on “Tank,” a rhythmic showcase that marches out with knee-bent notes and mirror-reflected passages. Or dive into the mythological suite “The Three Fates.” Replete with three parts and Emerson playing the pipe organ at Royal Festival Hall, it shoots off sonic fireworks via sophisticated arpeggios, jazz improvisations, dancing counter-meters, sizzling chords, and a few explosions. Please don’t hold anyone at MoFi responsible if your system cannot handle it; this is heady stuff.
Indeed, everything on Emerson, Lake & Palmer is there for a purpose. Whether you aim to attempt to dissect all of the notes, shifts, and polyrhythmic bluster or just want to absorb this album as one living, breathing organism, this version invites you to do both as many times as you desire.
Side One:
The Barbarian
Take a Pebble
Knife-Edge
Side Two:
The Three Fates
a. Clotho
b. Lachesis
c. Atropos
Tank
Lucky Man
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Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info. |
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| Year of Release: |
2025 |
| Artist: |
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| Format: |
vinyl LP album (LP record) |
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| Record Label: |
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab |
| Catalogue No: |
MFSL1-576 |
| Country of Origin: |
USA
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Date of Release: |
Unconfirmed
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
ELPLPEM878916 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Barcode : |
821797157612 |
| Genres: |
70s Rock, 70s Artists, Progressive
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| Related Artists: |
3, Carl Palmer, David O'List, Greg Lake, Jackson Heights, Keith Emerson, Lee Jackson, The Nice |
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