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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack | |||
| 2. Azrial (Angel of Death) | |||
| 3. Sampler for the Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack LP | |||
| 4. Flower King of Flies | |||
| 5. Bonnie K | |||
| 6. Rondo | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Ars Longa Vita Brevis (Symphony for Group and Orchestra) /I) Prelude/II | |||
| 2. Brandenburger | |||
| 3. Azrael Revisited | |||
| 4. Hang on to a Dream | |||
| 5. Diary of an Empty Day | |||
| 6. For Example | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. America [Live Newcastle '68]: I) America/II) Second Amendment [#] | |||
| 2. Rondo [Live Newcastle '68] | |||
| 3. Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack [Long Version] | |||
| 4. Flower King of Flies [Alternative Version] | |||
| 5. Bonnie K [Alternative Version] | |||
| 6. America [Alternative Stereo Version]: I) America/II) Second Amendment | |||
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Editorial Reviews
Product Description
UK box-set for the British art-rock band. The first two discs from this release include all the music from their three Immediate albums in stereo while the third disc boasts previously unissued live tracks from the Immediate period plus various Immediate demo recordings & alternative mixes.
As a fanatical collector of Emerson, Lake, & Palmer material I can tell you first hand how the Nice should have gotten more accolades and into more record collections. When people discuss the birth of progressive rock they may talk about the Soft Machine or the brilliant second album by the Moody Blues ("Days Of Future Passed"). Factual history shows the Nice were formed and rehearsing music the same time the Moody Blues entered the studio for "Days Of Future Passed" (May 1967).
The Nice did sell their share of vinyl but it should have been in greater quantities. Even though many would discover the music after the fact as ELP's stellar albums and stage shows had the masses take note of the bands previous musical activities. Sometimes the only representation was a greatest hits package. While it gave an introduction to what the Nice were capable of, you need to fully digest the original recordings.
"Here Come the Nice: The Immediate Anthology", enables you to experience the first three releases- "The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack", "Ars Longa Vita Brevis", and "The Nice." As an added bonus you'll get to feast on previously unreleased live recordings, demos, alternates, etc. On the first record the band had four pieces, Keith Emerson, Lee Jackson on bass and vocals, Brian Davison on drums, and Davy O'List on guitar and vocals. Davy and Keith didn't always see eye to eye and the band would soon become a trio.
During the festivities you most likely will recognize the definitive versions of "Rondo" and "America" but there is a plethora of additional genius. "Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack" is mesmerizing in capturing a bit of psychedelia, pop, and progressive in a short time span, "Cry of Eugene" is spellbinding in the way it attacks the mind with ferocious sounds, "Brandenburger" gives an insight to Keith Emerson's magic touch on any piano or keyboard, Tim Hardin's "Hang On To A Dream" is hauntingly arranged, and "Diary Of An Empty Day" fits into the neighborhood of "Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack."
These are only a handful of the standouts. Be prepared to explore something nice, very nice.
Enjoy the music and be well,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"
PROS:
1. The Sampler for the Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack LP is an extremely rare radio promo for the great 1967 first album.
2. America : I) America/II) Second Amendment [Live Newcastle '68] is a rare live track that contains Davy O'List who is obviously on something here as he barely gets through the beggining of the number and is out of sync with the rest of the band, no wonder he was fired soon after this live recording.
3. Pathetique Symphony 4th [Live Fairfields Hall '69]- They had already released the Pathetique Symphony movement 3, this is the rarely performed movement 4 with Lee Jacksons eerie narration.
CONS:
1. single 4 minute version of the Brandenburger is right after the long version of ARS LONGA Vita Brevis(brandenburger suite) which is a little redundant, they should of placed it on the 3rd rarities disc.
2. Between Rondo "69" & She Belongs to Me (Live at Fillmore East, New York)there is an awful edit not heard on the original record "everything as nice as mother makes it" Keith originally says "this is a song by Bob Dylan call She Belongs to me" here he says "this is a song by Bo.......then the song starts abruptly,a bad edit of a classic live show from the Fillmore.
On a positive note, IF you get this, Five Bridges and Elegy, you'll have a complete Nice collection.
Great presentation and better compilation of studio and live recordings.
However, three cds worth of Nice material is more than any but the most fanatical fans would want to hear - and, given the massive amount of material on the three cds, there is at least one essential tune missing - the live verson of "America" that appeared on "Keith Emerson With the Nice". Why it is not included is a mystery - the live version that is presented, taken from a 1968 concert in Newcastle, is not nearly as good.
So, what is worthwhile on these three cds...
Disk 1 - "Rondo", and a studio version of "America"...and not much else - though fans of really bad songs have "Daddy Where Did I Come From" and "Happy Freuds" to amuse them.
Disk 2 - Most of the second half of the disk, "Azrael Revisited", Hang on to a Dream", Diary of an Empty Day", and the two live cuts, "Rondo-69" and "She Belongs to Me". The last tune, a cover of the Dylan song (natch) is truly amazing - it includes a mid-song jam that seems to go in several different directions before suddenly being pulled back together, and is a highlight of the collection.
Disk 3 - The live "America" and "Rondo" from a 1968 Newcastle concert are good (though as noted above there is at least one better live version of "America"). After that, mostly mediocre songs, although the "alternative stereo" version of "America" is okay.
If you don't mind spending a lot of money for a 3 cd set, buy this collection, boil it down to one cds worth of really good music, and then add a star...
UK box-set for the British art-rock band. The first two discs from this release include all the music from their three Immediate albums in stereo while the third disc boasts previously unissued live tracks from the Immediate period plus various Immediate demo recordings & alternative mixes.
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ASIN: B00004Z1E7 Release Date: 2000-11-06 |
Tracks:
- Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack
- Azrial (Angel of Death)
- Sampler for the Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack LP
- Flower King of Flies
- Bonnie K
- Rondo
- War and Peace
- Tantalising Maggie
- Dawn
- Cry of Eugene
- America: I) America/II) Second Amendment
- Diamond Hard Blue Apples of the Moon
- Daddy Where Did I Come From
- Little Arabella
- Happy Freuds
- Intermezzo from the Karelia Suite
- Don Edito el Gruva
Tracks:
- Ars Longa Vita Brevis (Symphony for Group and Orchestra) /I) Prelude
- Brandenburger
- Azrael Revisited
- Hang on to a Dream
- Diary of an Empty Day
- For Example
- Rondo "69" [Live at Fillmore East, New York]
- She Belongs to Me (Live at Fillmore East, New York)
Tracks:
- America : I) America/II) Second Amendment [Live Newcastle '68][#]
- Rondo [Live Newcastle '68]
- Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack [Long Version]
- Flower King of Flies [Alternative Version][Alternate Take]
- Bonnie K [Alternative Version][Alternate Take]
- America : I) America/II) Second Amendment [Alternative Stereo Version:
- Dawn [Alternative Version][Alternate Take]
- Tantalising Maggie [Alternative Version][Alternate Take]
- Cry of Eugene [Alternative Version][Alternate Take]
- Daddy Where Did I Come from [Alternative Version][Alternate Take]
- Brandenburger (Demo Version)
- Pathetique Symphony 4th [Live Fairfields Hall '69]
- Lt Kije (The Troika) /Rondo [Live Fairfields Hall '69]
Album Description
UK box-set for the British art-rock band. The first two discs from this release include all the music from their three Immediate albums in stereo while the third disc boasts previously unissued live tracks from the Immediate period plus various Immediate demo recordings & alternative mixes.Album Details
Triple CD Set Includes 40 Tracks, Some Previously Unissued, as Well as their Three Complete Albums for the Label.Customer Reviews:
"She Belongs To Me" and hopefully you too soon!.......2007-06-05
As a fanatical collector of Emerson, Lake, & Palmer material I can tell you first hand how the Nice should have gotten more accolades and into more record collections. When people discuss the birth of progressive rock they may talk about the Soft Machine or the brilliant second album by the Moody Blues ("Days Of Future Passed"). Factual history shows the Nice were formed and rehearsing music the same time the Moody Blues entered the studio for "Days Of Future Passed" (May 1967).
The Nice did sell their share of vinyl but it should have been in greater quantities. Even though many would discover the music after the fact as ELP's stellar albums and stage shows had the masses take note of the bands previous musical activities. Sometimes the only representation was a greatest hits package. While it gave an introduction to what the Nice were capable of, you need to fully digest the original recordings.
"Here Come the Nice: The Immediate Anthology", enables you to experience the first three releases- "The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack", "Ars Longa Vita Brevis", and "The Nice." As an added bonus you'll get to feast on previously unreleased live recordings, demos, alternates, etc. On the first record the band had four pieces, Keith Emerson, Lee Jackson on bass and vocals, Brian Davison on drums, and Davy O'List on guitar and vocals. Davy and Keith didn't always see eye to eye and the band would soon become a trio.
During the festivities you most likely will recognize the definitive versions of "Rondo" and "America" but there is a plethora of additional genius. "Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack" is mesmerizing in capturing a bit of psychedelia, pop, and progressive in a short time span, "Cry of Eugene" is spellbinding in the way it attacks the mind with ferocious sounds, "Brandenburger" gives an insight to Keith Emerson's magic touch on any piano or keyboard, Tim Hardin's "Hang On To A Dream" is hauntingly arranged, and "Diary Of An Empty Day" fits into the neighborhood of "Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack."
These are only a handful of the standouts. Be prepared to explore something nice, very nice.
Enjoy the music and be well,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"
Perhaps too much Nice.......2007-02-19
Well worth the money for Keith Emerson fans.......2007-02-14
PROS:
1. The Sampler for the Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack LP is an extremely rare radio promo for the great 1967 first album.
2. America : I) America/II) Second Amendment [Live Newcastle '68] is a rare live track that contains Davy O'List who is obviously on something here as he barely gets through the beggining of the number and is out of sync with the rest of the band, no wonder he was fired soon after this live recording.
3. Pathetique Symphony 4th [Live Fairfields Hall '69]- They had already released the Pathetique Symphony movement 3, this is the rarely performed movement 4 with Lee Jacksons eerie narration.
CONS:
1. single 4 minute version of the Brandenburger is right after the long version of ARS LONGA Vita Brevis(brandenburger suite) which is a little redundant, they should of placed it on the 3rd rarities disc.
2. Between Rondo "69" & She Belongs to Me (Live at Fillmore East, New York)there is an awful edit not heard on the original record "everything as nice as mother makes it" Keith originally says "this is a song by Bob Dylan call She Belongs to me" here he says "this is a song by Bo.......then the song starts abruptly,a bad edit of a classic live show from the Fillmore.
On a positive note, IF you get this, Five Bridges and Elegy, you'll have a complete Nice collection.
specially made for The Nice fans!.......2006-11-04
Great presentation and better compilation of studio and live recordings.
More nice than necessary..........2005-03-14
However, three cds worth of Nice material is more than any but the most fanatical fans would want to hear - and, given the massive amount of material on the three cds, there is at least one essential tune missing - the live verson of "America" that appeared on "Keith Emerson With the Nice". Why it is not included is a mystery - the live version that is presented, taken from a 1968 concert in Newcastle, is not nearly as good.
So, what is worthwhile on these three cds...
Disk 1 - "Rondo", and a studio version of "America"...and not much else - though fans of really bad songs have "Daddy Where Did I Come From" and "Happy Freuds" to amuse them.
Disk 2 - Most of the second half of the disk, "Azrael Revisited", Hang on to a Dream", Diary of an Empty Day", and the two live cuts, "Rondo-69" and "She Belongs to Me". The last tune, a cover of the Dylan song (natch) is truly amazing - it includes a mid-song jam that seems to go in several different directions before suddenly being pulled back together, and is a highlight of the collection.
Disk 3 - The live "America" and "Rondo" from a 1968 Newcastle concert are good (though as noted above there is at least one better live version of "America"). After that, mostly mediocre songs, although the "alternative stereo" version of "America" is okay.
If you don't mind spending a lot of money for a 3 cd set, buy this collection, boil it down to one cds worth of really good music, and then add a star...
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