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Philip Wilding

“We made bad albums. Two of them should be melted down into flowerpots. But how many great pieces of artwork are you going to create in your career?” What Carl Palmer really thinks of ELP

Rock musicians (from left to right) Greg Lake (1947 - 2016), Keith Emerson (1944 - 2016), and Carl Palmer, of the group Emerson Lake And Palmer receive their awards at the 1972 Melody Maker Pop Poll; readers of the weekly music paper voted ELP the World's Top Group, and between then they won seven awards, 30th September 1972. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images).

Emerson, Lake and Palmer appeared to be enjoying a resurgence in 2020. Sole surviving member Carl Palmer was assembling a live show based on 1992 footage, which was to be edited so that he and his band could be seen playing live along with Keith Emerson and Greg Lake on video screens.

Meanwhile discussions were underway to make a sci-fi movie from some of the concepts ELP covered in Brain Salad Surgery, a new documentary was being produced, and Palmer was putting the finishing touches on his memoir, Fanfare For The Common Man.

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