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Byz, if you haven't given the live "Welcome Back My Friends" a good listen, try it sometime. I find that one disc (okay, three disc set) far superior to anything else in ELP's catalog. I don't know what they were doing in the studio, but they gave up much of the power and precision of their live efforts to play silly effects games in the mixing booth. For example, I find the studio version of "Tarkus" almost unlistenable, but the live version is one of my favorite pieces of music. (And I was glad they released a live version of "Pictures at an Exhibition.)
I do like their first album, though...less foolishness with the effects.
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