The Nice - 3rd Movement - Acceptance "Brandenburger" (1968)

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Featuring stunning  Keith Emerson ( later to found Emerson, Lake & Palmer ) at age 24...

 

Likely greatest keyboardist in  pop-rock history....RIP

 

Right after him  for me there's Rick Van Der Linden-RIP of Dutch band Ekseption...JMHO

 

Got so overwhelmed when I heard this for the 1st time......I was around 14 / 15.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nice

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Country Pie (B.Dylan) intertwined with Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (by J.S.Bach, who composed also 1st track)...Live

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach

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From "Five Bridges" live and studio (beautiful) album

 

Fugue: 4th Bridge

 

 

 

 

 

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This is the original ( composed by K.Emerson)....

 

Then Dutch band "Ekseption" (with awesome keyboardist Rick Van Der Linden - RIP) made its own version which is as  good...More modern somehow....

 

 

 

 

 

Agree on the fact bass player & vocalist Lee Jackson has apparently a terrible voice esp on this particular track.....

[umbertino]

 

 

From  beautiful ( yes I know...Repeating myself...But I do like them enormously) "Elegy" album

 

Awesome piano ( as usual) and tambourine ( somehow essential imo....You be the judge)

 

To me ( I'm very biased mind you) a dropdead track...Esp the 1st half...JMHO

 

Fillmore East, NYC late 1969 (Keith was 25 years old...Just saying...)

 

Voice here appears to be much better...I don't know who's the vocalist .....Sure enough doesn't sound like  Jackson at all...But again...I just don't know...

 

 

 

 

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