Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery (1973) [3CD+2DVD] {2014 Super Deluxe Leadclass Limited Edition}

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery (1973) [3CD+2DVD] {2014 Super Deluxe Leadclass Limited Edition}

Rock / Art Rock / Progressive Rock

Sony Music / Legacy Recordings have today, unveiled the full extent of the ultimate expansion of ‘Brain Salad Surgery’, the definitive and indispensible album by British rock giants Emerson Lake And Palmer (ELP). The Super Deluxe Edition of ‘Brain Salad Surgery’ will be released on 12 May 2014, and will contain a massive 6 discs, including previously unreleased versions, alternate takes, DVDA with Hi-Res original, stereo MLP lossless surround mix and 5.1 versions as well as a documentary and 180gm Vinyl. The ultimate ELP collectors dream. Originally announced on the 40th Anniversary of its original release, the Super Deluxe Edition of Brain Salad Surgery is the result of months of work delving into the archive with the full co-operation of Greg Lake, Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer. Packaged in a stunning hardcover 12” slipcase with inner gatefold and the original HR Giger artwork digitally restored and enhanced. Fully remastered throughout, as well as the original album, the package also contains an alternate album featuring five rare alternate versions, a disc of new stereo mixes and an incredible DVDA including High Resolution Original Mix Remastered, High Resolution Stereo Mix, MLP lossless surround mix, DTS 5.1 Surround Mix and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Mix. The super deluxe edition also features a DVD of the 1973 feature length Manticore Special Documentary with highlights from the 1973 World Tour and a photo gallery of imagery from the Brain Salad Surgery era. The package is completed with 180gm Vinyl, replica original release die-cut poster and a 20-page 12” booklet with photographs and new liner-notes. Greg Lake said, “My memories about making this album and indeed about this whole period in the bands history are something that I will always cherish and be extremely proud of. I still perform songs from this album in my show to this day and know how much some of these songs mean to the audience who grew up with them.” Carl Palmer said, “I think if you were to identify one album as being the masterwork of ELP it would have to be “Brain Salad Surgery”. For me it was our “Sergeant Pepper” moment. We were doing weird things to push the boundaries of experimentation and recording forward. We used every recording technique under the sun from recording percussion in the toilet to using custom designed electronic percussion. It’s my favourite album by far.” Keith Emerson commented, “We were on a real creative roll when we wrote and recorded ‘Brain Salad Surgery’. That album saw us push boundaries further than we’d ever done before and I listen to that music now and I wonder how we did it!” ‘Brain Salad Surgery’ is an album that saw Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer displaying more creativity than most bands achieve in their whole lifetime. Produced by Greg Lake, 1973’s Brain Salad Surgery was ELP’s first album on their own Manticore imprint. With its fold-out sleeve designed by HR Giger, it was all guns blazing, trophy taking, the karmic, the cosmic, the symphonic, all distilled into two sides of vinyl. From Greg Lake’s massively popular composition ‘Still You Turn Me On’ and their rendition of the William Blake/Hubert Parry hymn ‘Jerusalem’ to Emerson’s adaptation of Alberto Ginastera’s ‘Toccata’, this was a world-class album. And that is before the epic side and a half long ‘Karn Evil 9.’ It became their greatest statement, their calling card, the one every self-respecting music fan fell in love with, complete with their catchphrase in song, ‘Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends...”