#2989 The Nice - Live at the Fillmore East December 1969

turns out keith emerson can play. The whole band's tight, dipping down as many wormholes as it takes to keep you tripping. Mastery on full display. But the limitations of the three-piece lineup show through - those millions of notes get numbing after the first half hour, and they don't elevate into any particular arc or revelation, just one showoff after another 3/5