Emerson Lake & Palmer: Birth Of A Band

Emerson Lake & Palmer: Birth Of A Band

In August 1970, 600,000 people, the largest audience in the history of pop music, attended the Isle of Wight Festival and experienced the debut performance of a new "supergroup": Emerson Lake & Palmer. With a spectacular stage show that included real cannons being fired over the heads of the audience they became overnight stars with the press raving about their virtuosity and daring.