{"id":7262,"date":"2025-01-30T13:41:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T18:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/?p=7262"},"modified":"2025-01-31T16:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T21:25:09","slug":"from-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/?p=7262","title":{"rendered":"From the Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A cover of the single from my favorite Emerson Lake and Palmer album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/all-songs\/mp3\/From_The_Beginning_2025.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ELP-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ELP-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ELP-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<strong>From the Beginning<\/strong>&#8221; is a song written by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greg_Lake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greg Lake<\/a>&nbsp;and performed by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Progressive_rock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">progressive rock<\/a>&nbsp;trio&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emerson,_Lake_%26_Palmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emerson, Lake &amp; Palmer<\/a>. It was released on their 1972 album&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trilogy_(Emerson,_Lake_%26_Palmer_album)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trilogy<\/a><\/em>. It hit #39 in the United States and was their highest-charting single there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Composition\">Composition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song was written in the key of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_minor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A minor<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/From_the_Beginning_(song)#cite_note-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[2]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;It is driven by an acoustic guitar line with layers of electric guitar (both rhythm and lead), electric bass guitar, and sung by Lake, with some backing on drums (played by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carl_Palmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carl Palmer<\/a>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Congas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">congas<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tympani#Sticks_and_mallets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tympani mallets<\/a>&nbsp;and without&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cymbals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cymbals<\/a>), and with a distinctive closing synthesizer solo from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keith_Emerson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keith Emerson<\/a>, accompanied by overdubbed synthesizer sounds.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/From_the_Beginning_(song)#cite_note-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/From_the_Beginning_(song)#cite_note-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[4]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;This song was originally intended for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King_Crimson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King Crimson<\/a>&#8216;s debut album&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/In_the_Court_of_the_Crimson_King\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In the Court of the Crimson King<\/a><\/em>, but band leader&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Fripp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Fripp<\/a>&nbsp;didn&#8217;t think it would fit into the album&#8217;s context.&nbsp;<sup>[<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Citation_needed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citation needed<\/a><\/em>]<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Record_World\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Record World<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;said that &#8220;Greg Lake gets a great sound out of his band on this acoustically jazzy number that highlights his voice and fine lyrics.&#8221;<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/From_the_Beginning_(song)#cite_note-rw-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Personnel\">Personnel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n[<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=From_the_Beginning_(song)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">edit<\/a>]\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keith_Emerson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keith Emerson<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moog_synthesizer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moog synthesizer<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greg_Lake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greg Lake<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric bass<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carl_Palmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carl Palmer<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; drums, percussion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Charts\">Charts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n[<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=From_the_Beginning_(song)&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">edit<\/a>]\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Chart (1972)<\/th><th>Peak<br>position<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><th>Canada Top Singles (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RPM_(magazine)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RPM<\/a><\/em>)<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/From_the_Beginning_(song)#cite_note-sc_Canadatopsingles_-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/th><td>34<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>US&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_Hot_100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Billboard<\/em>&nbsp;Hot 100<\/a><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/From_the_Beginning_(song)#cite_note-sc_Billboardhot100_Emerson_Lake_Palmer-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/th><td>39<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>US&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cashbox_(magazine)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cashbox<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;Top Singles<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/From_the_Beginning_(song)#cite_note-Cashbox-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[8]<\/a><\/sup><\/th><td>40<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<script>\nvar zbPregResult = '0';\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cover of the single from my favorite Emerson Lake and Palmer album. &#8220;From the Beginning&#8221; is a song written by&nbsp;Greg Lake&nbsp;and performed by the&nbsp;progressive rock&nbsp;trio&nbsp;Emerson, Lake &amp; Palmer. It was released on their 1972 album&nbsp;Trilogy. It hit #39 in the United States and was their highest-charting single there. Composition The song was written in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7262"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7265,"href":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7262\/revisions\/7265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}