Emerson, Lake & Palmer

i like it because of the variety of sound. I understand, it may of been the Peel Sessions. It is alleged ELP was and I paraphrase a type of noise. It is good noise, in fact some nice songs which took thought and strong composition.

Excellent service. Album arrived earlier than expected.

Sounded brilliant

Still own the original on Island label. As Amazon have reduced the prices I decided to buy it on double CD and vinyl. Good record not a great record. The vinyl is flat and has no surface noise. Cover is fantastic. By the way for those interested it’s 140 gm vinyl and there is an explanation why it wasn’t decided to issue it on 180 gm by Greg Lake. God rest his soul.

They have done a great job with this.........ish? The vinyl is a good pressing. There are a couple of crackly bits side 2 track 1. Nothing to be too alarmed about. Just a shame. As for the tone - Everything is really clear, maybe too much. The downside is Greg Lake's vocal recording has suffered greatly due to whatever they have done during the remaster. The 's' factor is really annoying. every time the letter s is pronounced it is that prominent it goes into distortion. I am playing the original LP from way back as I type. Unfortunately, I prefer the original. It has more body and easier to listen to. No distractions. The vocals are great explaining why I have never noticed before. I cannot foresee me playing the new copy very often, if at all. I thought I would try something. I transferred it to my PC. I used a de-esser on the whole thing. It worked. I messed about with the EQ also using The Abbey Road mastering suite. It is tuned to my stereo now and sounds absolutely brilliant. I suppose I have 'Demastered' it. I am now the proud owner of ELP's first album remastered only played twice. Tarkus to try next?

I bought this with high expectations. In the blurb it ticked several boxes, remastered from a high resolution digital master, newly cut and pressed, etc.etc.I have to say that my original analogue, first pressing copy on the pink Island label was long gone, so, out of curiosity I had bought one from a charity shop for £4.00 just for a reference point. ( perhaps I should also mention that I am an audio producer and musician )I was anticipating that this would be an awesome experience compared to a 52 year old copy.First, I cleaned some surface dust off the charity copy, not a thorough clean by any means. So I set it away. Rich, full and smooth. A great depth and power to the bass and clean, detailed high frequencies. Amazing for a 52 year old LP record.Then I played the brand new copy.I was aghast! Thin bass, poor dynamics and, as other commentators and reviewers have noted, awful sibilance, particularly to the vocals.What kind of engineers and mixers came up with this garbage, which really spoils a fine album. I can only guess that the mastering was done for CD and that the vinyl was an afterthought. This is simply bad....very bad. Perhaps the cut was inferior in terms of level, but really, when a half century old, dusty, charity shop copy sounds way better than this new pressing there is something seriously amiss.I am beginning to appreciate that present day vinyl records are generally of variable quality. I bought a brand new copy of Kate Bush's "Never For Ever" and it sounds excellent. I bought a brand-new vinyl pressing of Crowded House's "Dreamers Are Waiting" and it was unlistenable; yet the CD of that album is sounding superb.Vinyl, when it is done right, mixed and mastered correctly for the format, is a beautiful sounding artefact. Too often modern pressings are a pale imitation of what they could be.Manufacturers, pressing plants, audio producers please take note!!!!