New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Razor & Tie Media) On the 40th anniversary of its release, Razor & Tie are proud to announce that Brain Salad Surgery, the definitive and indispensible album by Prog rock giants Emerson Lake &Palmer (ELP), will receive its greatest expansion ever. A Super
Deluxe Edition of Brain Salad Surgery will be released on April 8, 2014, with 180 gram vinyl in original packaging and EXCLUSIVE 40th Anniversary shirts available now at elp.merchnow.com.
Featuring the original HR Giger artwork, brand new 5.1 mixes and previously unreleased material, Brain Salad Surgery will receive a 40th anniversary celebration worthy of its genre defining place in history. Brain Salad Surgery is an album that saw Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer displaying more creativity than most bands achieve in their whole lifetime.
"We are amazed that after 40 years, so much of the original recordings, photos and artwork are still usable. Some of it has never been releasedbefore, but it's fascinating to hear how the recording progress. We are delighted that this new version will reveal some of these transitions," says Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
1973's Brain Salad Surgery, was ELP's first album on theirown Manticore imprint. With its fold-out sleeve designed by HR Giger, it was all guns blazing, trophy taking, the karmic, the cosmic, the symphonic, all distilled into two sides of vinyl. From their rendition of the
William Blake/Hubert Parry hymn 'Jerusalem' to Emerson's adaptation of Alberto Ginastera's "Toccata", this was a world-class album. And that is before the side and a half long "Karn Evil 9." It became their greatest statement, their calling card, the one every self-respecting music fan fell in love with, complete with their catchphrase in song, "Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends . . ."
Full details of the 40th Anniversary expansive edition of 'Brain Salad Surgery' will be revealed early in 2014
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