Product Overview
Elegy - The Nice / Features 6 Bonus Tracks / Virgin Audio CD 1990 / CASCD1030
UPC 077778738329
Product Details:
Elegy was the final official album release by the Nice, Keith Emerson having moved on to Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Lee Jackson to Jackson Heights and Brian Davison to Every Which Way. It consists of live versions of songs from earlier releases and a cover of "My Back Pages". Released after the Nice had disbanded, the album achieved number 5 in the UK album chart.
"Hang on to a Dream" and "America" were recorded live at Fillmore East, New York during the group's 1969 tour.
Editorial Review:
Comprised of songs cut during the final 13 months of the Nice's existence, Elegy is a must-own title for fans of Keith Emerson, offering his best live performance on piano ("Hang On to a Dream") ever to get a legal release, showcasing his organ playing on unique and beguiling arrangements of Tchaikovsky and Dylan material, and ending with a live version of the Nice's showstopper, "America." CD buyers should be aware, however, that the British compact disc release from Virgin Records offers superior sound and a lot more music (albeit from their psychedelic era) by the band.
Tracklist:
| 1 | Hang On To A Dream
Written-By – T Hardin |
12:42 |
| 2 | My Back Pages
Written-By – Bob Dylan |
9:10 |
| 3 | 3rd Movement
Arranged By – The Nice, Composed By – Tchaikovsky |
7:05 |
| 4 | America
Arranged By – Davison, Emerson, Jackson, Written-By – Bernstein, Sondheim |
10:17 |
| 5 | Diamond-Hard Blue Apples Of The Moon
Written-By – Emerson, Jackson |
2:46 |
| 6 | Dawn
Written-By – Davison, Emerson, Jackson |
5:05 |
| 7 | Tantalising Maggie
Written-By – O'List, Jackson |
4:19 |
| 8 | Cry Of Eugene
Written-By – O'List, Emerson, Jackson |
4:30 |
| 9 | Daddy Where Did I Come From
Written-By – Emerson, Jackson |
2:46 |
| 10 |
Azirial
Written-By – Emerson, Jackson |
3:46 |
More Details:
- Bass – Lee Jackson (2)
- Compiled By, Remastered By [Mastered For Cd] – Dave Turner, Harris Greenfield
- Drums – Brian Davison
- Engineer – Dave Henshaw (tracks: 1 to 4), Malcolm Toft (tracks: 1 to 4)
- Keyboards – Keith Emerson
- Producer – The Nice
About the Artist:
The Nice were an English progressive rock band active in the late 1960s. They blended rock, jazz and classical music and were keyboardist Keith Emerson's first commercially successful band.
The group was formed in 1967 by Emerson, Lee Jackson, David O'List and Ian Hague to back soul singer P. P. Arnold. After replacing Hague with Brian Davison, the group set out on their own, quickly developing a strong live following. The group's stage performances featured Emerson's Hammond organ showmanship and abuse of the instrument, such as playing rhythms while switching the reverb on and off while the spring unit was crashing about. Their compositions included radical rearrangements of classical music themes and Bob Dylan songs.
The band achieved commercial success with an instrumental rearrangement of Leonard Bernstein's "America", following which O'List left the group. The remaining members carried on as a trio, releasing several albums, before Emerson decided to leave the band in early 1970 in order to form Emerson, Lake & Palmer. The group briefly reformed in 2002 for a series of concerts.
