S.O.D. "From The Beginning" Emerson, Lake & Palmer

1/2/2015   This one was written and produced by Greg Lake who also provided lead vocals.  One of their best known songs and their highest charting single, #39 on the Billboard Hot 100.  Considered to be a mix of art rock and folk rock, the 1972 track combines a mix of layered rhythm and lead guitar, bass guitar, a non-cymbal drum line played with tympani mallets, and synthesizer coming in stronger at the end.   

     The British super group formed in Croydon, London in 1970 and after a huge hiatus from 1979-1991, would reunite and make music until 1998.  They released 9 albums in all.