I saw this when it was released in 1973 it was on a show called Nova. Carl Palmer inspired Neil Peart who wasn't even with Rush when this was released. There was no one and I mean no one better than Carl Palmer back in the day. I started listening to them in 1971.
@@Irridia congratulations.. I saw them on that tour three times and prior to that I saw Journey Open up for them. The good journey by the way not the pop rock Steve Perry Journey. In 1973 I saw Brain Salad Surgery tour and before that in 1971 I saw Yes open up for them. The farther back you go the better they were. Thanks and peace:-)
Carl Palmer is a drum god. Saw him in 1979 when I was in sixth grade instantly became a drum idol. He is flawless a machine I had the highest honor and privilege to meet him back in 2016 at a fundraiser for his artwork prior to his concert I also have front row center and got to meet him after the concert as well with a bunch of autographs awesome I was in all the whole night
I finally got to see him with Asia in the 80's and man I had tears in my eyes! During his solo the whole place went nuts! I only went to see Carl play.
Carl is for all intents and purposes, a SUPER TALENT PERCUSSIONIST!! Everyone thought Neil was the 1st to have reviving drums. Guess WHAT!! Neil was GREAT! Carl is a phenomenon!!!
When someone hears the "Hut Of Baba Yaga" "The Curse Of Baba Yaga" and the "Hut Of Baba Yaga pt. 2" off of their album "Pictures At An Exhibition" and isn't convinced that Carl Palmer is not one of the greatest if not the greatest drummer of all time then I don't know what will.
should have been ranked by modern Drummer magazine in their top most influential Drummers of the twentieth century he definitely should be at least top five all time I know the tony Williams is in that spot but when you are responsible for the creation of electronic Drums that's incredible Carl Palmer has been an influence on me since I was seven years old. one of the Absolute Greatest Drummer's ever.
keechmabreeks disagree with you he didn't start using electronic Drums until 1986 Carl Palmer used and invented them and Carl Palmer is the only drummer that Buddy Rich said would be the best after he passed away.
an effort was started this year to get them inducted in 2019! and it is gaining momentum. YOU can help by writing a letter NOW (summer 2018) to the R&RHOF Nominating Committee, describing why/how ELP music influenced and/or affected you! Address is: Nominating Committee, R&R Hall of Fame, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York NY 10104. Then share this info to your own personal media sites (FB, twitter, instagram, etc). We are starting to get the support of some VERY important people, so it will -- AND CAN -- happen!
in fact, he was still learning new tricks as seen in some of his modern clips, includiing new stick tricks! Only JEFF BECK is another famous musician who is OLD AF yet still INNOVATING!
Unbelievable isn’t it. Playboys music poll of the decade of the seventies had Keith as #1 Keyboards, Carl #1 Drummer, and Greg #2 bass guitar second only to Paul McCartney. Not in Hall of Fame is a shame
Not only an all-time great drummer, Carl is an improviser and brilliant interpreter of ELP's music. When the one and only Buddy Rich said in the late 70s that CP was the only rock drummer he felt had the chops and feel of a great percussionist, that should say something. (Interestingly, Buddy, some 20 years later, also put the nonpareil Neil Peart in that elite category.
@@mikelinneman8799 : Neil never studied with Buddy personally. He did do a double tribute cd called 'Burning for Buddy" in 1994 featuring himself and many world=class drummers and he studied with a friend of Buddy's named Freddie Gruber who Steve Smith (Journey fame) referred him too.
Buddy died in ‘87 so your math doesn’t work out. Buddy never commented on Peart’s playing, especially in the late 90’s ten years after he had died. Kathy Rich stated that Buddy would have loved Neil but that is only her opinion. It was well known at the time that Buddy hated rock drummers.
@@mikelinneman8799Buddy never taught, he couldn’t even read music. He took lessons from a friend of Buddy’s named Bruce Gaylor in London, Buddy lived in L.A. when he wasn’t constantly on the road with his band.
Master technician and I use that not as a generic adjective but to describe his technical skills. I can't think of anyone better as like Mitch Mitchell he takes technical jazz skills and applies them to rock music. Brain Salad Surgery blew my mind.
WOW! I didn’t realize how great Carl Palmer is! And what a drum kit! He was a trendsetter and was way before his time when it came to technology! He had the first hybrid kit! Amazing!!
crazy fact: YOU CAN'T RECORD GONGS!! There's no way to capture the mountains of frequencies, which is a drag, b/c the gong is an incredible thing! (Listen to Cobham on Birds of Fire! His gong sounds like a trash can!! And that's what STARTS the album!) I was in this band called "CH*NK FLOYD" [tall asian frontman shaman with long black hair coined the name!] and we had a guy who ONLY PLAYED GONG!! (Twas a black dude!) Huge gong, and that thing was an orchestra all its own! But good luck capturing any of that with a recording device! (CRAP!)
If I'm not mistaken this was on a British television show. He did a wonderful little interview before playing this solo wherein he described everything about the new drum kit. Too bad that wasn't included here.
Beautiful heavy gauge stainless kit never budged in all the vids I've seen. Very precise rebound control there for the taking, and Mr. Palmer makes the most of it! His current kit looks stable as hell, too.
If I remember correctly the clip is taken from the BBC TV Blue Peter show. It is preceded by an interview with Carl in which he describes the drum kit which weighs tonnes and is made mainly of steel.
Sorry Peart fans, but Carl Palmer is the number one rock drummer of all time and he is still killing us with his prowess nowadays and he is about 70 years old !!!!
Neil peart didn't ask to die from brain tumors..... It had to come from being so brilliant and a head of everyone in the world in every which way especially music drumming ability and lyrically presenting a vivid picture of what really matters in life
@@dumpygoodness4086 Search about Rachel Flowers. She is bliend and one of the best Keith Emerson cover player. She also was a friend of Keith and could play on his moog.
Carl Palmer is far more than a drummer. He's a percussionist probably the likes of mankind will never see again. He's the god of percussion. If you ever see him ranked with drummers you instantly realize it's a skewed pole. You can't place him in the same group with Any drummer because they aren't 'likes' You can only rank likes!
Anytime you talk about drummers, Carl's name should come up. He is that good! The melding of classically or jazz trained percussionists integrating percussion with rock drumset is something that always drew my attention. Ultimately this really led to the development of the genre of prog rock. The circles of drumming greats that could do this in the formative years were really; Bruford, Palmer, Pugwash, Barlow & Collins. Those 5 guys alone will give you enough to last for years. Peart came along right after these guys set the stage.
On stage, the band offers an unusual mix of musical virtuosity and spectacular staging. Their grandiloquent and sometimes aggressive performances are the subject of much criticism, although, in retrospect, they pale in comparison to later rock shows: the theatrical effects are limited to a Persian carpet, a rotating piano, a few strokes on Huge Chinese gongs and a Hammond organ mistreated on stage (it's still the same organ, a Hammond L100 repaired each night for the next gig). In addition, Emerson insists on bringing with him on tour a complete Moog synthesizer, the famous Moog Modular, a real logistical nightmare. During the Brain Salad Surgery album tour on November 20, 1973 in Roanoke, Virginia, the concert was canceled as a result of the collapse of the stage that could not support the two and a half tons of Carl Palmer's drums
Except Carl did it first faster and better. Rack tom system, electronic drums, gongs, bells, tympani, rotating 360 drumkit. All 10 years before Peart... Oh and he's 23 here.
@@brianlobo1512 He may have been slightly faster (at least regarding snare work), but Neil was far more adept at constructing dynamic drum parts, especially in regards to solos (his were more melodic and thematic rather than a mere technical exhibition). Also, throughout the years Neil had incorporated every single piece of equipment you mentioned (and more) and also experimented with electronic drums to a far more complex and involved degree than Palmer (as did Bruford), even if Carl used a simple loop trigger first. And no, this wasn't ten years before Neil Peart became known, not even close at all, as he joined Rush in 1974 and became well regarded soon after. He joined Rush at age 21 but was playing with other bands as earlier as 18, so I'm not sure why you are speaking as if Carl's age in this is relevant in that comparison. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Carl Palmer and ELP, but invariably in almost every comment section of a Palmer video there are unprovoked, reactionary, and stupid comments about Neil (which tells you everything). Case in point, the daft comment of the schmuck directly above me.
Their stage hand moved the tube bells off. Probably would have fell off the riser when it rotated. Saw them in 78. The bright white lights built into the riser gave the drum kit a floating effect. Just as well we had floor seats that night.
So many similarities with this kit and Peart's DW kit. Also, the revolving riser looks almost identical. Looks like Peart was inspired by Palmer in multiple ways. Cool.
Fora man of his talent,He drop the ball on this one,I heard no separation between the bassdrum and snare.Could have incorporated the toms at the same time .To much Jewry and no heart.
Kenneth Mills......if you love this kit so much, maybe you would consider buying it.......from Ringo Starr. I heard he loved it so much that he bought it from Carl.
Looks like the drums are mounted to an aluminum frame on the inside of the shell, rather than on the shell. Similar to a roto-tom. It seems like a great idea.
Were the electronic sounds done by running the drum mics through a VCS3 synth? Ian Wallace of King Crimson did that in 1971-72, you can hear it on Crimson's "Earthbound" live album.
No. They were custom built using IC chips manufactured by Texas Instruments with the intent of being used in pinball machines for sound effects and police car sirens etc. Nick Rose was given the credit on BSS. Radio Shack sold the chips for a while in the late 70's early 80's along with major electronic parts suppliers. Each drum triggered a seperate mini synthesizer built utililizing the IC chip. Carl had footswitches to turn on each one.
