Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1970 album Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
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Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Carl Palmer
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Cymbals used by Carl Palmer on Emerson, Lake & Palmer
In the footage of Emerson, Lake & Palmer performing "Karn Evil 9" at California Jam in 1974, Carl Palmer can be seen using a Paiste 50" Symphonic Gong. The gong is clearly visible behind his stainless steel kit at the 5:02 mark in the video provided by Matt Cave on YouTube.
Avg price: $3,565.32
In a live photo of Carl Palmer performing with Emerson, Lake & Palmer in Zurich, Switzerland, on December 4, 1970, a Paiste Symphonic Gong 38" is visible behind him.
Snare Drums used by Carl Palmer on Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Ludwig No. 410 Super-Sensitive 5x14" Aluminum Snare Drum
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In the YouTube video attached, which shows a live performance of Rondo in Zurich, 1970, there's a drum solo in which you can see the majority of Palmer's drum kit at the time, thus showing his Ludwig No. 410.
Keith Emerson
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Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Keith Emerson on Emerson, Lake & Palmer
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Keith Emerson played a Hohner Clavinet L on tour in 1970 and 1971. This photo comes from ELP's 1970 concert at the Isle of Wight (Clavinet is on top of piano). He can also be seen playing a Clavinet L at the 12:29 mark of this video.
Additional photos of Keith and the Clavinet L here and here.
The following comes from a July 1984 article from One Two Testing:
Emerson Lake and Palmer, the album, arrived like a cultural bomb shell in the midst of 1971's fascination for the heaviness of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. It had been completed at Advision Studios with the final session using the organ at St Mark's Church, Finchley.
That year Emerson could be found touting around the Moog 1C, a Hammond C3 (for playing), a Hammond L100 (for stabbing), two Leslie 122 speaker cabs, a PRO 900 amp, two custom-built horns, a customized Leslie, two 100W Hiwatt amps and speakers, and a Hohner Clavinet L.