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The Diamond Hard Blue Apples Of The Moon |
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![]() | America 7", 45 RPM, Single | Immediate – IM 068 | UK | 1968 | UK — 1968 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | America 7", Single, 45 RPM | Immediate – IM 068 | Netherlands | 1968 | Netherlands — 1968 | ||||
![]() | America (2nd Amendment) (Adapted From West Side Story) 7", 45 RPM, Single | Immediate – IMF 513, Immediate – IMF 513 L | France | 1968 | France — 1968 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | America (2nd Amendment) 7", 45 RPM, Single, Mono | Immediate – IM 23 921 | Germany | 1968 | Germany — 1968 | New Submission | |||
![]() | America (From "West Side Story") 2nd Amendment 7", 45 RPM, Promo | Immediate – ZS7 5008 | US | 1968 | US — 1968 | New Submission | |||
![]() | America (From "West Side Story") 2nd Amendment 7", 45 RPM, Single | Immediate – ZS7 5008 | US | 1968 | US — 1968 | New Submission | |||
![]() | America 7", 45 RPM, Misprint, Mono, Solid Centre | Immediate – IM 068 | UK | 1968 | UK — 1968 | New Submission | |||
![]() | America 7", Single | Immediate – IM 068 | Sweden | 1968 | Sweden — 1968 | New Submission | |||
![]() | America 7", 45 RPM, Single, Mono, label typeface/layout variation | Immediate – IM 068 | UK | 1968 | UK — 1968 | New Submission | |||
![]() | America 7", Single | Immediate – IM.069 | New Zealand | 1968 | New Zealand — 1968 | New Submission | |||
![]() | America (From "West Side Story") 2nd Amendment 7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo | Immediate – ZS7 5008 | US | 1968 | US — 1968 | New Submission | |||
![]() | America 7", 45 RPM, Single, Mono | Immediate – IM 068 | UK | 1968 | UK — 1968 | New Submission | |||
![]() | America 7", 45 RPM, Single, Solid Centre | Immediate – IM 068 | UK | 1968 | UK — 1968 | New Submission | |||
![]() | America 7", 45 RPM, Single, Red Vinyl | Immediate – IR-2348 | Japan | 1968 | Japan — 1968 | New Submission | |||
![]() | America 7", 45 RPM, Single | Stateside – ESS. 82 | India | 1968 | India — 1968 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | America 7", Single | Immediate – IM 068 | UK | 1968 | UK — 1968 | New Submission | |||
![]() | America (2nd Amendment) 7", 45 RPM, Single, Mono | Immediate – IM 068 | UK | 1968 | UK — 1968 | New Submission | |||
America/The Diamond Hard Blue Apples Of The Moon 7", 45 RPM, Single | Immediate – IM-8597 | Australia | 1968 | Australia — 1968 | New Submission | ||||
![]() | America 7", 45 RPM, Single | Immediate – IM-8597 | Australia | 1968 | Australia — 1968 | New Submission | |||
America 7", 45 RPM, Single | Immediate – IM 068 | Australia | 1968 | Australia — 1968 | New Submission | ||||
![]() | America 7", 45 RPM, Single, Test Pressing | Immediate Records – IM 23 921 | Germany | 1968 | Germany — 1968 | New Submission | |||
![]() | America 7", 45 RPM, Single | Immediate – IM 068 | UK | 1968 | UK — 1968 | New Submission | |||
![]() | America (From "West Side Story") 2nd Amendment 7", 45 RPM, Promo | Immediate – ZS7 5008 | US | 1968 | US — 1968 | New Submission | |||
![]() | America (From "West Side Story") / 2nd Amendment 7", 45 RPM, Single, Pitman Pressing | Immediate – ZS7 5008 | US | 1968 | US — 1968 | New Submission | |||
![]() | America 7", 45 RPM, Single, Mono, Label Variation | Immediate – IM 068 | UK | 1968 | UK — 1968 | New Submission | |||
![]() | America 7", 45 RPM, Single | Immediate – 3C 006 - 92654 M | Italy | 1971 | Italy — 1971 | New Submission | |||
America 7", Single, Reissue | Immediate – IM 068 | UK | UK | Needs Changes | |||||
![]() | America 7", Single, Reissue, Solid center | Immediate – IM 068 | UK | UK | New Submission |
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Reviews
referencing America (7", 45 RPM, Single, Mono) IM 068
These labels aren't lilac, they look very much like the white labels on the version I have.- Edited 10 years ago
referencing America (7", 45 RPM, Single) IM 068
OK, so the A-Side is a totally Niceified cover of Leonard Bernstein's "America" from West Side Story. It sounds a lot like a prototypical Emerson, Lake & Palmer, which really isn't surprising given this was Keith Emerson's previous group. This was an instrumental song so you for those who can't stand Lee Jackson's singing, can breathe a sigh of relief here, and it's certainly one of the band's big highlights too.
The B-Side, "Diamond Hard Blue Apples of the Moon" is a real baffler to me. Not the music here, as it's much more in the pop psychedelic style. What baffles me is the presence of the Mellotron. Emerson has been very open about his dislike for the Mellotron, and whatever Mellotron sightings seen with ELP, it was with Greg Lake (there is photographic proof), and not Emerson (apparently some 1972 live performance of "Abbadon's Bolero" had Lake using the Mellotron, but nothing solid to confirm). But there's no mistaking the Mellotron on "Diamond Hard Blue Apples". For all I know Emerson didn't play it, but some hired studio hand, but there isn't a shred of evidence for that. This is one of the great mysteries. Right there with Tony Kaye and Badger's One Live Badger, and Vangelis with Aphrodite's Child's End of the World, both albums with its fair share of Mellotron played by keyboardists who had an open dislike for the Mellotron.
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