Elegy [Import]

The Nice | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 2, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B000025JQT
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64,480 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hang On To A Dream

2. My Back Pages

3. 3rd Movement

4. America

5. Diamond-Hard Blue Apples Of The Moon

6. Dawn

7. Tantalising Maggie

8. The Cry Of Eugene

9. Daddy Where Did I Come From

10. Azirial

Editorial Reviews

Japanese only SHM paper sleeve pressing. Includes two bonus tracks. EMI. 2010. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Live version of America makes it a "must have" for ELP fans., June 7, 2005

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notatthistime "notatthistime" (notatthistime) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elegy (Audio CD)

This is one of those Cd's you better buy now. Once the IPOD nation takes over, I seriously doubt you'll be able to find this to download. The version of America is everything. As a kid listening to this album for the first time, I couldnt imagine how he was getting those sounds out of the organ. I assumed he had some sort of Moog or Arp involved. When a friend pointed out that on stage synths didnt exist at the time this was recorded, I realized Keith's genius! Theres a fire & rage is his early playing thats as wicked as Hendrix and as punk as Steve Jones!

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Leftover Masterpieces !, April 15, 2008

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PHILIP S WOLF (SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elegy (Audio CD)

When I ordered this LP from my Record Club in 1971, The Nice had been a Memory for over a Year's Time. "Jackson Height's", was Up-And-Running, as was a Group called: "Emerson,Lake & Palmer". But, as a Fan of The Nice, {since 1969} it was a pleasant surprise to see this...the Last Release, by a Sixties Band that was so different from everyone else, and a Band that could play circles around just about everybody else in the Music Business, had One more Record left for us.

With the Piano of the Opening Track: "Hang On To A Dream", we here have what is widely regarded, as Keith Emerson's finest moment on Stage with the Nice. With just Bass Guitar, Triangle and Traps, and Mr. Emerson {The Man with 12 Hands}, this Re-Working of the Tim Hardin Classic, is almost a History Lession of the last 100 Years of Popular Music. This 12+ Minute Track, with Keith going Gonzo, and backed by the Amazing Walking Bass Lines of Lee Jackson and the Subtle Percussion of Brian Davison, is Fantastic, and ELP aside...this is one of Keith's Best Moments on any Record, by far my Favorite Track by The Nice.

Track Two is: "My Back Pages", a Bob Dylan Tune, that was a Minor Hit for The Byrds in 1966. This Selection almost made onto: "Five Bridges", but was left off that gem at the last minute. Keith is still on Piano for the first half of this Number, but in Dramatic Fashion he switches to his Hammond, and it is here where it all takes off, Mood & Timing...The Nice were Masters of this!

Side Two begins with "Pathetique", which I had heard before on: "Five Bridges" with the full Orchestra. Now this Version of The Tchaikovsky Classic is performed by Keith, Lee & Brian, without assistance and allows the Trio to show the World as nice as the Orchestra was, the Nice don't need one to sound like one. This is the Third Great Track in a row.

The Closer is of course: "America" with Keith creating just a little bit of Drama here {He Rapes The Organ} and finds some Sounds inside his Hammond that no other Musician has ever found. The Final Minute or so of: "America", is Quite Frankly the Finest Musical Noise this Side of Jimi Hendrix, on Record. Played at a Breakness Pace: "America" is the Number that The Nice will always be remembered for...This is Exciting Stuff!

This Edition of: "Elegy" features 6 Bonus Tracks. Five of those Tracks are from an EP called: "Charisma Perspective" issued in the UK in 1968.
And as they are a little outta place here on "Elegy", I am glad they have been included as they are Amazing Early Works by this Band. "Dawn" is a Wonderful Find, this one is a Mindmelter, all by itself. Many of the things that Keith plays here will show again as parts of ELP Songs, years later. Any Early Music from The Nice is important to what was to later become: "Progressive Rock". And with an Alternate Version of "Azirial" tacked on at the end, so closes this Expanded Edition of: "Elegy".

Again, this is not an Album of Left-Overs and Odds & Sods. It was a great LP in 1971, and today in a Brand New Century, it is STILL GREAT !

Forget all the "Tags" that are stuck on Popular Music as there is Only Good Music & Bad Music...."Elegy" is Overflowing with Great Music !!!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice!, January 9, 2007

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R. Pevlor "Bob" (Tampa, FL.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elegy (Audio CD)

This is certainly the best of the collection.Outstanding performances of "Hang On To A Dream","My Back Pages"and "3rd Movement". This version of "America" is their absolute best.The six extra cuts from previous works fill out the album nicely.A truly great work!