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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Elegy
| name = Elegy
| Type = Studio Album
| type = Live Album
| Artist = [[The Nice]]
| artist = [[The Nice]]
| Cover = Niceelegy.jpg
| cover = Niceelegy.jpg
| Released = April 1971
| alt =
| released = April 1971
| Recorded = 19–20 December 1969<br>live at The Fillmore East, New York
| recorded = 19–20 December 1969
| Genre = [[Progressive rock]]
| Length = 39:27<ref name="Discogs"/>
| venue = [[Fillmore East]], New York City
| studio =
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| Label = UK: [[Charisma Records|Charisma]] CAS 1030<br>US: [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] SR 61324<br>France, Germany: [[Philips Records|Philips]]
| Producer = The Nice
| genre = [[Progressive rock]]
| length = 39:27
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| Last album = ''[[Five Bridges]]''<br/>(1970)
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| label = UK: [[Charisma Records|Charisma]] CAS 1030<br>US: [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] SR 61324<br>France, Germany: [[Philips Records|Philips]]
| This album = '''''Elegy'''''<br/>(1971)
| producer = The Nice
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| Next album = ''[[Autumn '67 - Spring '68]]''<br/>(1972)
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| prev_title = [[Five Bridges]]
| prev_year = 1970
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| next_title = [[Autumn '67 – Spring '68]]
| next_year = 1972
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r45608|pure_url=yes}} |title=allmusic ((( Elegy > Overview ))) |publisher=www.allmusic.com |accessdate=3 October 2009 }}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r45608|pure_url=yes}} |title=AllMusic ((( Elegy > Overview ))) |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=3 October 2009 }}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Discogs]]
| rev2 = George Starostin's Only Solitaire
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Discogs">{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Nice-Elegy/release/496172 |title=Nice, The – Elegy (LP) at Discogs |publisher=www.discogs.com |accessdate=3 October 2009 }}</ref>
| rev2Score = 8/15<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nice |url=https://starlingdb.org/music/nice.htm#Elegy |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=starlingdb.org}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
| rev3 = [[TopTenReviews]]
| rev3Score = {{Rating|8|15}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toptenreviews.com/scripts/eframe/url.htm?u=http%3A%2F%2Fstarling.rinet.ru%2Fmusic%2Fnice.htm%23Elegy |title=TopTenReviews – External Link |publisher=www.toptenreviews.com |accessdate=5 December 2009 }}</ref>
}}
}}
'''''Elegy''''' was the final official album release by [[The Nice]], [[Keith Emerson]] having moved on to [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]], [[Lee Jackson (bassist)|Lee Jackson]] to [[Jackson Heights (band)|Jackson Heights]] and [[Brian Davison (drummer)|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=2823 |title=Chart Stats – The Nice – Elergy |publisher=www.chartstats.com |accessdate=3 October 2009 }}</ref>
'''''Elegy''''' was the final official album release by [[The Nice]], [[Keith Emerson]] having since moved on to [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]], [[Lee Jackson (bassist)|Lee Jackson]] to [[Jackson Heights (band)|Jackson Heights]] and [[Brian Davison (drummer)|Brian Davison]] to Every Which Way. It consists of live versions of songs from earlier releases, a studio take of a [[Tchaikovsky]] piece ("Pathetique") that had been released live on the previous album and a previously unheard cover of Dylan's "[[My Back Pages]]". Released a year after The Nice's final show in March 1970 in an attempt to capitalize on ELP's burgeoning success, the album achieved number 5 in the UK album chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/archive/official-albums-chart/ |title=The Official Charts Company – The Nice – Elegy |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |accessdate=3 October 2009 }}</ref>


"[[How Can We Hang On to a Dream|Hang on to a Dream]]" and "[[America (West Side Story song)|America]]" were recorded live at [[Fillmore East]], New York during the group's 1969 tour. It was during this tour that [[The Nice]] shared a bill with [[King Crimson]], which led to [[Keith Emerson]] and [[Greg Lake]] hooking up to form a new band, [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]]. "[[How Can We Hang On to a Dream|Hang On To A Dream]]" features extensive use of Emerson striking the interior piano strings, while "[[America (West Side Story song)|America]]" closes with several minutes of Hammond organ feedback. The two studio outtakes, "[[My Back Pages]]" and "Third Movement, Pathetique" had been recorded in 1969; "My Back Pages" featured a section which would be requoted on ELP's "Blues Variations" while a live orchestrated version of "Pathetique" had already seen release on ''[[Five Bridges]]''.
"Hang on to a Dream" and "[[America (West Side Story song)|America]]" were recorded live at [[Fillmore East]], New York during the group's 1969 tour.

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==Cover art==

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The UK edition came in a [[gatefold]] sleeve. It was designed by [[Hipgnosis]] ([[Storm Thorgerson]] and [[Aubrey Powell (designer)|Aubrey Powell]]), well known as designers of album covers for [[Pink Floyd]] and other [[progressive rock]] bands. The front and back covers show a Sahara desert scene with a line of fifty red footballs (credited to Mettoy Playcraft) receding towards a distant dune. The inside of the cover shows, in the distance, a mesa or plateau; in front is a gravelly landscape strewn with memorabilia of the Nice such as older album covers, publicity shots, press releases and a scrapbook of press cuttings.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==


===Side one===
===Side one===
# "Hang on to a Dream" (Live) ([[Tim Hardin]])&nbsp;– 12:43
# "[[Hang On to a Dream]]" (Live) ([[Tim Hardin]])&nbsp;– 12:43
# "[[My Back Pages]]" ([[Bob Dylan]])&nbsp;– 9:12
# "[[My Back Pages]]" ([[Bob Dylan]])&nbsp;– 9:12


===Side two===
===Side two===
# "Third Movement, Pathetique" (Group Only) ([[Tchaikovsky]] arr by The Nice)&nbsp;– 7.05
# "Third Movement, Pathetique" (Group Only) ([[Tchaikovsky]]; arranged by The Nice)&nbsp;– 7.05
# "[[America (West Side Story song)|America]]" (Live) ([[Leonard Bernstein|Bernstein]]/[[Stephen Sondheim|Sondheim]]/The Nice) &nbsp;– 10:27
# "[[America (West Side Story song)|America]]" (Live) ([[Leonard Bernstein]], [[Stephen Sondheim]], The Nice) &nbsp;– 10:27


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===CD-release 1990===
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The CD release 1990 contains six additional bonus tracks taken from 1972 compilation [[Autumn '67 - Spring '68]] and the length of the original four tracks is slightly different.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Nice-Elegy/release/1803733 |title=Nice, The&nbsp;— Elegy (CD, Album, RE, RM) at Discogs |publisher=www.discogs.com |accessdate=3 October 2009 }}</ref>
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|CD release 1990
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# "Hang on to a Dream" (Live) ([[Tim Hardin]])&nbsp;– 12:42
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|The CD release 1990 contains six additional bonus tracks taken from 1972 compilation ''[[Autumn '67 – Spring '68]]'' and the length of the original four tracks is slightly different.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}
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# "Hang On to a Dream" (Live) ([[Tim Hardin]])&nbsp;– 12:42
# "My Back Pages" ([[Bob Dylan]])&nbsp;– 9:10
# "My Back Pages" ([[Bob Dylan]])&nbsp;– 9:10
# "Third Movement, Pathetique" (Group Only) ([[Tchaikovsky]] arr by The Nice)&nbsp;– 7;05
# "Third Movement, Pathetique" (Group Only) ([[Tchaikovsky]]; arranged by The Nice)&nbsp;– 7;05
# "America" (Live) ([[Leonard Bernstein|Bernstein]]/[[Stephen Sondheim|Sondheim]]/The Nice) &nbsp;– 10:17
# "America" (Live) ([[Leonard Bernstein|Bernstein]], [[Stephen Sondheim|Sondheim]], The Nice) &nbsp;– 10:17
# "Diamond-Hard Blue Apples of the Moon" (Emerson, Jackson)&nbsp;– 2:46
# "Diamond-Hard Blue Apples of the Moon" (Emerson, Jackson)&nbsp;– 2:46
# "Dawn" (Davison, Emerson, Jackson)&nbsp;– 5:05
# "Dawn" (Davison, Emerson, Jackson)&nbsp;– 5:05
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"Azrial" had been the B-side of the single release "The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack," and "Diamond-Hard Blue Apples of the Moon" that of "America."
"Azrial" had been the B-side of the single release "The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack," and "Diamond-Hard Blue Apples of the Moon" that of "America."


The arrangement of "My Back Pages" was inspired by [[Keith Jarrett]]'s 1968 Atlantic recording of the song but the majority is Emerson's creation. The performance is in two parts with the first featuring piano and the second featuring Hammond organ.
The arrangement of "My Back Pages" was inspired by [[Keith Jarrett]]'s 1968 [[Somewhere Before|Vortex recording]] of the song but the majority is Emerson's creation.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} The performance is in two parts with the first featuring piano and the second featuring Hammond organ.}}


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===2009 Digital Remaster===
| headerstyle = text-align:left; font-size: 125%;
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The 2009 Digital Remastered CD contains only two additional bonus tracks and the length of the original four tracks is slightly different.
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|2009 Digital Remaster
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|The 2009 Digital Remastered CD contains only two additional bonus tracks and the length of the original four tracks is slightly different.


# "Hang on to a Dream" (Live) ([[Tim Hardin]])&nbsp;– 12:41
# "Hang On to a Dream" (Live) ([[Tim Hardin]])&nbsp;– 12:41
# "My Back Pages" ([[Bob Dylan]])&nbsp;– 9:12
# "My Back Pages" ([[Bob Dylan]])&nbsp;– 9:12
# "Third Movement, Pathetique" (Group Only) ([[Tchaikovsky]] arr by The Nice)&nbsp;– 7;07
# "Third Movement, Pathetique" (Group Only) ([[Tchaikovsky]]; arranged by The Nice)&nbsp;– 7;07
# "America" (Live) ([[Leonard Bernstein|Bernstein]]/[[Stephen Sondheim|Sondheim]]/The Nice) &nbsp;– 10:22
# "America" (Live) ([[Leonard Bernstein|Bernstein]], [[Stephen Sondheim|Sondheim]], The Nice) &nbsp;– 10:22
# "Country Pie" (BBC Radio 1's "Sounds of the Seventies") ([[Bob Dylan]]) – 4:57
# "Country Pie" (BBC Radio 1's "Sounds of the Seventies") ([[Bob Dylan]]) – 4:57
# "Pathetique (Symphony No. 6, 3rd Movement)" (BBC Radio 1's ''Sounds of the Seventies'') ([[Tchaikovsky]] arr by The Nice) – 6:59
# "Pathetique (Symphony No. 6, 3rd Movement)" (BBC Radio 1's ''Sounds of the Seventies'') ([[Tchaikovsky]]; arranged by The Nice) – 6:59}}

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==Cover art==

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The UK edition came in a [[gatefold]] sleeve. It was designed by [[Hipgnosis]] ([[Storm Thorgerson]] and [[Aubrey Powell (designer)|Aubrey Powell]]), well known as designers of album covers for [[Pink Floyd]] and other [[progressive rock]] bands. The front and back covers show a Sahara desert scene with a line of fifty red footballs (credited to Mettoy Playcraft) receding towards a distant dune. The inside of the cover shows, in the distance, a mesa or plateau; in front is a gravelly landscape strewn with memorabilia of The Nice such as older album covers, publicity shots, press releases and a scrapbook of press cuttings.


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
;The Nice
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* [[Keith Emerson]] – piano, organ
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* [[Lee Jackson (bassist)|Lee Jackson]] – bass guitar, vocals
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* [[Brian Davison (drummer)|Brian Davison]] – drums, percussion


==Charts==
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* [[Keith Emerson]] – keyboards
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
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* [[Lee Jackson (bassist)|Lee Jackson]] – bass guitar, guitar, vocals
|-
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* [[Brian Davison (drummer)|Brian Davison]] – drums
! Chart (1971)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
{{Album chart|UK2|5|date=19710418|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 June 2024}}
|}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 04:21, 3 August 2024

Elegy
Live album by
The Nice
ReleasedApril 1971
Recorded19–20 December 1969
VenueFillmore East, New York City
GenreProgressive rock
Length39:27
LabelUK: Charisma CAS 1030
US: Mercury SR 61324
France, Germany: Philips
ProducerThe Nice
The Nice chronology
Five Bridges
(1970) 		Elegy
(1971) 		Autumn '67 – Spring '68
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
George Starostin's Only Solitaire8/15[2]

Elegy was the final official album release by The Nice, Keith Emerson having since 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, a studio take of a Tchaikovsky piece ("Pathetique") that had been released live on the previous album and a previously unheard cover of Dylan's "My Back Pages". Released a year after The Nice's final show in March 1970 in an attempt to capitalize on ELP's burgeoning success, the album achieved number 5 in the UK album chart.[3]

"Hang on to a Dream" and "America" were recorded live at Fillmore East, New York during the group's 1969 tour. It was during this tour that The Nice shared a bill with King Crimson, which led to Keith Emerson and Greg Lake hooking up to form a new band, Emerson, Lake & Palmer. "Hang On To A Dream" features extensive use of Emerson striking the interior piano strings, while "America" closes with several minutes of Hammond organ feedback. The two studio outtakes, "My Back Pages" and "Third Movement, Pathetique" had been recorded in 1969; "My Back Pages" featured a section which would be requoted on ELP's "Blues Variations" while a live orchestrated version of "Pathetique" had already seen release on Five Bridges.

Cover art

[edit]

The UK edition came in a gatefold sleeve. It was designed by Hipgnosis (Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell), well known as designers of album covers for Pink Floyd and other progressive rock bands. The front and back covers show a Sahara desert scene with a line of fifty red footballs (credited to Mettoy Playcraft) receding towards a distant dune. The inside of the cover shows, in the distance, a mesa or plateau; in front is a gravelly landscape strewn with memorabilia of the Nice such as older album covers, publicity shots, press releases and a scrapbook of press cuttings.

Track listing

[edit]

Side one

[edit]
  1. "Hang On to a Dream" (Live) (Tim Hardin) – 12:43
  2. "My Back Pages" (Bob Dylan) – 9:12

Side two

[edit]
  1. "Third Movement, Pathetique" (Group Only) (Tchaikovsky; arranged by The Nice) – 7.05
  2. "America" (Live) (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, The Nice)  – 10:27
CD release 1990

The CD release 1990 contains six additional bonus tracks taken from 1972 compilation Autumn '67 – Spring '68 and the length of the original four tracks is slightly different.[citation needed]

  1. "Hang On to a Dream" (Live) (Tim Hardin) – 12:42
  2. "My Back Pages" (Bob Dylan) – 9:10
  3. "Third Movement, Pathetique" (Group Only) (Tchaikovsky; arranged by The Nice) – 7;05
  4. "America" (Live) (Bernstein, Sondheim, The Nice)  – 10:17
  5. "Diamond-Hard Blue Apples of the Moon" (Emerson, Jackson) – 2:46
  6. "Dawn" (Davison, Emerson, Jackson) – 5:05
  7. "Tantalising Maggie" (Emerson, Jackson) – 4:19
  8. "Cry of Eugene" (O'List, Emerson, Jackson) – 4:30
  9. "Daddy Where Did I Come From?" (Emerson, Jackson) – 2:46
  10. "Azirial" (Emerson, Jackson) – 3:46

"Azrial" had been the B-side of the single release "The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack," and "Diamond-Hard Blue Apples of the Moon" that of "America."

The arrangement of "My Back Pages" was inspired by Keith Jarrett's 1968 Vortex recording of the song but the majority is Emerson's creation.[citation needed] The performance is in two parts with the first featuring piano and the second featuring Hammond organ.
2009 Digital Remaster

The 2009 Digital Remastered CD contains only two additional bonus tracks and the length of the original four tracks is slightly different.

  1. "Hang On to a Dream" (Live) (Tim Hardin) – 12:41
  2. "My Back Pages" (Bob Dylan) – 9:12
  3. "Third Movement, Pathetique" (Group Only) (Tchaikovsky; arranged by The Nice) – 7;07
  4. "America" (Live) (Bernstein, Sondheim, The Nice)  – 10:22
  5. "Country Pie" (BBC Radio 1's "Sounds of the Seventies") (Bob Dylan) – 4:57
  6. "Pathetique (Symphony No. 6, 3rd Movement)" (BBC Radio 1's Sounds of the Seventies) (Tchaikovsky; arranged by The Nice) – 6:59

Personnel

[edit]
The Nice

Charts

[edit]
Chart (1971) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[4] 5

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "AllMusic ((( Elegy > Overview )))". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  2. ^ "The Nice". starlingdb.org. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  3. ^ "The Official Charts Company – The Nice – Elegy". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  4. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
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