One of the most influential and innovative drummers of his generation and a founder member of not just Emerson, Lake & Palmer, but of proto-proggers Atomic Rooster and chart-topping 80s AOR powerhouse Asia, Carl Palmer’s long and often extraordinary career is covered here by three CDs of music, a Blu-ray ‘scrapbook’ documentary, and a 200-page autobiography.
The tracklisting of the first two CDs is almost identical to the 2001 anthology Do Ya Wanna Play, Carl? Beyond the iconic Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Part 2, the first disc is mostly concerned with ELP’s instrumental output either adapted from or influenced by classical and orchestral music.
