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All Music Guide - Ken Dryden
This LP, recorded for the Italian label Bubble, is probably Keith Emerson's most eclectic, with a sense of humor thrown in as well. The opening medley of Emerson's "Hello Sailor" and George Malcolm's Baroque-flavored "Bach Before the Mast" provides quite a contrast, moving from a subdued sea shantey to furious solo piano, and finally segueing into a full-fledged rocking strut with a Caribbean twist. He ventures into jazz by playing honky tonk piano and synthesizer on Billy Taylor's "Barrelhouse Shakedown," as Frank Scully plays various percussion instruments, including assorted kitchenware. Boogie-woogie great Meade "Lux" Lewis' "Yancey Special" is likewise played on honky ...
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All Music Guide - Ken Dryden
This LP, recorded for the Italian label Bubble, is probably Keith Emerson's most eclectic, with a sense of humor thrown in as well. The opening medley of Emerson's "Hello Sailor" and George Malcolm's Baroque-flavored "Bach Before the Mast" provides quite a contrast, moving from a subdued sea shantey to furious solo piano, and finally segueing into a full-fledged rocking strut with a Caribbean twist. He ventures into jazz by playing honky tonk piano and synthesizer on Billy Taylor's "Barrelhouse Shakedown," as Frank Scully plays various percussion instruments, including assorted kitchenware. Boogie-woogie great Meade "Lux" Lewis' "Yancey Special" is likewise played on honky tonk piano, but with more of a West Indian flavor. And "Rum-a-Ting" is a foot-tapping strut that proves to be rather catchy. Emerson was clearly in a playful mood during these sessions, throwing in a pseudo-broadcast of snippets of old standards, interspersed with commentary and lighthearted vocals, at the start of side two, and filling the album jacket with various campy photographs of himself. This release may be too diverse for fans of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, but its laid-back, devil-may-care attitude is nonetheless rather appealing.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 6/6/2006
  • Label: Castle Us
  • UPC: 021823625720
  • Catalog Number: 36257

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Hello Sailor Intro (1:59)
  2. 2 Bach Before the Mast (2:18)
  3. 3 Hello Sailor Finale (4:30)
  4. 4 Salt Cay (4:59)
  5. 5 Green Ice (6:18)
  6. 6 Intro-Juicing (0:24)
  7. 7 Big Horn Breakdown (2:11)
  8. 8 Yancey Special (4:31)
  9. 9 Rum-A-Ting (5:09)
  10. 10 Chickcharnie (6:20)
  11. 11 Jesus Loves Me (5:03)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Keith Emerson Primary Artist, Synthesizer, Keyboards, Hammond Organ, Vocals, Vocoder, Mini Moog, Piano (Grand)
Andrew Brennen Saxophone
Michael Hanna Vocals
Peter King Alto Saxophone
Shelley Lightbourn Vocals
Frank Scully Percussion, Drums
Kendal Stubbs Bass, Bass Guitar
Neil Symonette Percussion, Drums
Dick Morrisey Tenor Saxophone
Kyla Lockhart Singers Vocals
Technical Credits
Keith Emerson Arranger, Composer, Producer
Meade "Lux" Lewis Composer
Harry South Arranger
George Malcolm Composer
Jerry Ewing Liner Notes
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