Working Live, Vol. 2 [Live]

1. Hoedown

2. Trilogy

3. J. Section

4. Tarkus & Aquatarakas

5. Carmina Burana

6. Fanfare & Drum Solo

Working Live, Vol. 2,Carl Palmer,Sanctuary Records,England,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

Working Live, Vol. 2 [Live]

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Intense listening
simply amazing
Carl Parlmer is Incredible One Man ELP
PREPARE TO BE AWED!

Working Live, Vol. 2
Carl Palmer
Manufacturer: Sanctuary Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Working Live, Vol. 1
The Carl Palmer Band
Hammer It Out: The Anthology
Anthology: Do Ya Wanna Play, Carl?
Off the Shelf

ASIN: B00066VU3Y
Release Date: 2004-11-09

Tracks:

Hoedown
Trilogy
J. Section
Tarkus & Aquatarakas
Carmina Burana
Fanfare & Drum Solo

Customer Reviews:

Intense listening.......2007-01-03

I am a fan of music made by real musicians (example Rush), and have appreciated Palmers drumming for quite some time.

I find this CD to be intense, with top notch musicianship and arrangements.

Not for the casual music fan, if you are into prog rock with a hard edge or appreciate good musicianship, this CD is for you.

simply amazing.......2006-06-29

This is a great CD, it was worth every penny. The musicianship is impeccable.

Carl Parlmer is Incredible One Man ELP.......2005-01-08

all i got to say is Tarkus/Aquatarkus is da Bomb! Fanfare Rules! 'Nuff Said

PREPARE TO BE AWED!.......2005-01-08

I admit it; I am a life-long ELP fan. I have attended over 200 concerts in my lifetime, dating back to 1972, and my favorite show ever was the Brain Salad Surgery Tour show at the Seattle Arena in the winter of 1974.

My enthusiasm for the band waned somewhat with the debut of the Works albums and Keith Emerson's move to polyphonic keyboards. To me, the band just never re-captured the BSS period/Tour's moment of greatness or that sound. This was reinforced when I saw them again at the Seattle Center Coliseum for the Works Tour, just after they had dropped the orchestra. It... just... wasn't... quite the same.

I found it interesting when I recently came across photos of Emerson with his new band: That custom Moog monster from the Salad tour had survived and he was utilizing it again. Cool!

But, I digress. I'm here to talk about Carl's new CD and direction.

A while back, a fellow ELP fan & friend had told me about the first "Working Live" CD. When he related how all the keyboard parts of the ELP numbers had been replaced by a guitar, I was naturally skeptical of the result. Then, I heard the CD.

Holy Smokin', Batman: Who is Shaun Baxter and where did he come from? I don't remember being so knocked out by the debut of an unknown guitarist since Allan Holdsworth debuted on Tony Williams "Believe It" album in the late 70's. This guy is an ABSOLUTE MONSTER on the instrument.

Not only does he successfully adapt all of Emerson's keyboard passages within the ELP pieces, he adds an entire new dimension to the ELP numbers. And that is no small feat.

I ran web searches of Baxter and came up with some dead links (hint, hint, Shaun). There was one article I found that mentioned a Shaun Baxter that had released a well-lauded album in 1994 called "Jazz Metal". I gotta find out if that's the same guy and get that CD.

(2006 UPDATE: www.shaunbaxter.com now exists where the Jazz Metal CD is now available for purchase.)

Of this CD: I cannot recommend it more highly. The band and the recording are amazing and Carl is in top form. This is no tired retread of some faded rock star. This is an amazing performance by three master musicians at the top of their game.

I also liked this CD slightly more than Volume 1. Just a personal preference, I though the set and performances jelled a little better.

My only "complaint", and really it is just an observation, is that the CD is only 41 minutes in length. But I have to admit these guys must have been exhausted from the frentic pace they keep on each number.

When the CD came to an end, I was just simply dying to hear more.

How many CD's can you say that about these days?

Average customer rating:

Working Live Vol 2
Carl Palmer
Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000N0KVUQ
Release Date: 2004-08-03

Average customer rating:

Working Live, Vol. 2
Carl Palmer
Manufacturer: Sanctuary
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002ADXK2
Release Date: 2004-08-03

Tracks:

Hoedown
Trilogy
J. Section
Tarkus & Aquatarakas
Carmina Burana
Fanfare & Drum Solo

Album Description

Import exclusive live release. Details TBA. Frontline. 2004.

Album Details

Carl Palmer is of Course One Third of Emerson, Lake and Palmer, One of the World's Biggest Progressive Rock Acts of the 70's. A Prodigiously Gifted Musician, Palmer Had Previously Been a Member of Atomic Rooster Andthe Crazy World of Aurther Brown. Recorded in the UK in 2003, this CD Includes Live Versions of Some of ELP'S Greatest Tracks, Complements 2003's "Working Live V.1" And Adds to this Masterpercussionists Increasingly Popular Solo Output.

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