Greg Lake

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Rick Wakeman, Chris Wright, Ian Anderson
“We couldn’t get a deal for Jethro Tull. The one person interested would only sign them if they dropped the flute player”: How Chrysalis rose from a booking agency to a leading prog record label

By Mike Barnes Published

Chris Wright operated a business model that was more like a balancing act, with jail as the penalty for toppling - but Procol Harum, Trevor Rabin, Gentle Giant and others benefited from the approach

Interviews
Prog Tracks
Prog's ultimate Christmas Tracks Of The Week

By Jerry Ewing Published

It's your chance to choose your favourite prog Christmas song in this week's seasonal poll

Tracks & Singles
Greg Lake - Magical box set
“The esteem in which his talent was held is reflected… Yet some of the most fascinating tracks here are by his pre-fame 60s bands”: Greg Lake’s Magical box set

By James McNair Published

7-disc compilation celebrates his solo endeavours in style

Bands & Artists
Jethro Tull
"Christmas is overlaid onto the winter solstice, and that nods towards our pagan past.” Why Christmas is prog's favourite time of the year...

By Malcolm Dome Published

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat… And out roll the usual suspects trying to crack the festive Top 40. Still, it isn’t all about Slade, The Snowman and Sir Cliff. Prog rockers seem to enjoy Christmas more than most...

Bands & Artists
Greg Lake
Limited edition career-spanning Greg Lake box set to be released

By Jerry Ewing Published

Magical, a 91-track celebration of the work of Greg Lake is to be released in November

Bands & Artists
Greg Lake
“I shrugged off advice and instead went headlong into experimenting with different musical ideas. Not my best ever move”: Greg Lake’s faltering reboot after ELP split

By Malcolm Dome Published

He later described his disappointing debut solo album as “actually about who I’m not, rather than who I am”

Albums
Emerson Lake And Palmer
Carl Palmer announces Return Of ELP US live dates for July

By Jerry Ewing Published

Carl Palmer resurrects prog supergroup Emerson, Lake and Palmer with modern technology for US live dates

Concerts & Shows
Kate Bush and Ian Anderson
Five times prog music brilliantly embraced Christmas

By Joe Banks Published

From Jethro Tull's typically oddball Top Of The Pops performance to Kate Bush in red pyjamas, prog isn't immune to getting as festive as the rest of us

Bands & Artists
Emerson, Lake And Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer announce remastered vinyl singles box set

By Jerry Ewing Published

Emerson, Lake & Palmer will release Singles, a deluxe colour vinyl box set in August

Bands & Artists
ELP
"My hair still stands up on the back of my neck!": The making of ELP's Tarkus

By Sid Smith Last updated

Emerson, Lake & Palmer's second studio album Tarkus served as a blueprint for their sound. But it almost never happened

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