Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy
2015-11-22
Infinity Hall
Norfolk, CT

Carl Palmer - Drums
Paul Bielatowicz - Lead Guitar
Simon Fitzpatrick - Bass Guitar

A Kitty Lickin' Discs Production

Disc One
1. Intro
2. Ride Of The Valkyries
3. Karn Evil 9
4. Toccata And Fugue In D-Minor
5. Peter Gunn
6. The Barbarian
7. Mars, The Bringer Of War
8. 21st Century Schizoid Man
9. Jerusalem
10. Knife Edge
11. Claire de Lune (Paul Bielatowicz solo)

Disc Two
1. Trilogy
2. Rosanna (Simon Fitzpatrick solo)
3. Tarkus
4. Carmina Burana
5. Fanfare For The Common Man
6. Hoedown

Lineage: SP-CMC-2 > SP-SPSB-8 > Sony PCM-M10 > USB > Wavelab 6.1 > CDWAV > FLAC

Recorded by: Relayer35

Comments: I had last seen Carl Palmer's three piece band at this same venue four years ago, and I had this to say:

"I had seen Carl Palmer play live four times previously (six now), once with ELP back in '98 and three (five now) times with Asia recently. Each time I came away thinking that the drums were way too high in the mix, and this time was no different. Of course, this is called the "Carl Palmer" band after all. I was also pretty close to the stage (but pretty much everyone is in this venue), so I'm sure some of the sound captured here was coming directly from the stage. Carl hits the drums harder than anyone else I can recall, so don't be surprised at the extrememly loud drum sound on this one. I wasn't overly impressed with the new arrangements myself, I missed the nuance of the keyboards. Though some of that might be the fact the drums were mixed so loud, it was hard to tell what the two other musicians were playing. When they were given time to shine during their solo highlights in the set, it was obvious they were extremely talented musicians. It was an interesting take on old material however, and an enjoyable evening."

That pretty much sums up this effort as well. The recording came out nice and is an accurate representation of the sound I heard. If I could sum up Carl Palmer's playing in one phrase, it would be "over the top", but then again, isn't that what prog is all about? Highlights of the evening for me the full version of "Tarkus", and the bass solo was pretty cool. The guys sitting to my right almost crapped themselves when they found out that "21st Century Schizoid Man" was going to be played, but fortunately they were quiet the rest of the night. They were only loud right before the song started and were quiet for the song. So there is really no obnoxious crowd noise on this recording other than that.

- MP November 2015

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