By a sad coincidence, I took delivery of the remastered CD of Brain Salad Surgery today.
I wanted to put the whole of Karn Evil 9 onto my Ipod so that I could listen to it in the car (or at home and not to have to faff about turning the LP over after part 1. Not that my turntable is currently plugged into the rest of the system.....).
Not the best of days since, like Jurek, ELP were part of my musical education.
I remember the Alan "Fluff" Freeman show on Saturday afternoons. He had "Welcome back my friends..." as a jingle and that's what led me to seek out ELP.
Ironically, the Fluff show also directed me towards punk courtesy of New Rose by the Damned; prog rock was everything that punk opposed yet I got into both through the same radio programme.
In the same delivery was a Savages CD. They're about the most punk band that I can think of atm.
Small world.
Yes, RIP Greg.
Fuck it. This deserves a separate thread.
