Emerson, Lake & Palmer/CA, USA 1977

What the heck is this!? Introducing a shocking, super-excellent video that will make you unable to believe your own eyes and ears. Such a shocking work was filmed at “Fresno performance on August 5, 1977.” This is the audience shot. If you are familiar with the record history of rock, you will be surprised just by the fact that it is a “70s audience shot”, but the quality is far from that, so you will be taken aback. This is really shocking. I couldn’t help but get upset, but I’ll try to calm myself down and explain it to you from the beginning. First of all, the show position. This work is an act of EL&P’s last tour “WORKS TOUR” in its heyday. As always, let’s take a look back at the schedule from that time. 1977《“Tetralogy” released on March 17th》・May 24th-August 26th: North America #1 (64 performances) ←★Coco★・October 15th-November 30th: North American #2 ( 32 performances) [“Work No. 2” released on November 1st] January 16th – March 13th, 1978: North America #3 (48 performances) [Summer production of “Love Beach” → EL&P disbanded] This is The journey from the announcement of the “Tetralogy” to its dissolution. Although this tour is famous for co-starring with orchestras, most of the shows are actually just trios. The Fresno performance of this work was the 46th concert of “North America #1” in the first half. Now, onto the main topic. The quality of this work allows you to witness such a show. As you might imagine from the fact that it’s a 70’s audience shot, this film was shot on film. In the 70s, video was not yet widespread, so the idea of ​​filming from the audience seats was not widespread, and most of the remaining footage of some bands is on 8mm film. However, the shooting time for such films is short, ranging from a few seconds to a minute in most cases. Although the image quality and color reproduction were more beautiful than the video, it required some preparation to watch. However, this work overturns that common sense. As expected, it is not a full show shooting, but one cut easily lasts nearly 10 minutes, and it does not feel like it is cut into pieces. It’s at a level where you can fully immerse yourself in each song. And the camera work. As mentioned above, in the 1970s, filming itself was unconventional, so neither the camera nor the tripod were hidden, but perhaps because it was so close to the stage, Greg got a great close-up of the shot with a sense of stability. You can clearly see Karl’s stick handling behind him. Of course, Keith is also captured shaking the camera. Since EL&P itself is a band that does not move from a fixed position, all three can be witnessed up close. Even more impressive is the audio. This is exactly what the hell is going on!? There is no sense of distance, and there is no blur from the sound of the hall. Close-up sound that is closer than the sense of distance in sight. The separation of each instrument is also strangely vivid, and to be honest, I can’t say whether it’s a sound board or a super audience. Moreover, the degree of synchronization of the audio is also amazing. Normally, I would synchronize a one-minute video with a sense of searching and thinking, “Maybe it’s this song,” but in this work, one cut is long, so there was no hesitation at all. Even the sound of Carl’s hitting and Greg’s lips are perfectly synchronized. It’s possible that the film was shot with an audio track, but I don’t think it would be possible to record this audio with a camera and microphone (the sound is that amazing). More than the quality is super superb, it is a video that makes you unable to stop swirling around in a large amount of questions such as “How was it recorded?” “Is this possible in the audience seats of the 70s?” There is no need to say much about the contents of the set and the performance. Although EL&P has the same excitement as before 1974, it is far superior in terms of skill. I think you know how great they are from their many live albums. In this work, you can witness the scene as a moving scene. It may seem like a no-brainer, but I never thought something like this could be done with film photography in the 1970s. I never thought it would be possible to record sounds like this with the equipment of the time. And to think that it was left until 2020… It’s like having a very auspicious first dream. First appearance video! ! The video and sound are incredible! ! ! Live at Selland Arena, Fresno, CA, USA 5th August 1977 AMAZING SHOT!!!!!! 1. Karn Evil 9 2nd Impression Part 2 2. Tarkus 3. Piano Improvisations/Piano Concerto No. 1/Take A Pebble 4. C’est La Vie 5. Knife Edge 6. Lucky Man 7. Drum Solo 8. Pirates COLOR NTSC Approx.29min.