Although considered an “album” band, Emerson, Lake & Palmer created some great 7” singles during their career. On August 26, 2022, BMG released the group’s first singles box set, a deluxe collection featuring 12 reproduced 2-sided 7” colored vinyl singles pulled from U.K. and international pressings, complete with rare original picture sleeves and label artwork.
The box set also contains an extended booklet with detailed notes, a foreword from Carl Palmer, rare band photos, plus twelve 7″ companion art cards, inspired from the original single sleeves.
Watch the official video for the set
Released in celebration of ELP’s 50th anniversary, the 1971-1992 career spanning collection of 45’s have all been remastered by the band’s renowned mastering engineer, Andy Pearce. The songs include such favorites as “Lucky Man,” “Jerusalem,” “From the Beginning,” and “Fanfare For the Common Man.” (The complete track listing is below.)
The single edit of “Fanfare” features Keith Emerson’s Yamaha GX1 synth after the trumpet intro, and a punchy dynamic to Greg Lake and Carl Palmer’s powerful rhythm section.
Palmer noted in the announcement, “This box set of singles is very important to the development of ELP. The music that you will hear opened the door to radio around the world, and then the musical concept of ELP was born.”
Watch the lyric video for “Lucky Man”
Related: Our Album Rewind of ELP’s Brain Salad Surgery
BMG’s comprehensive ELP series included the 2021 release of Out of This World: Live (1970 – 1997).
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