The Nice - Elegy ( 1971 )

 

Track listing

Side one

1. "Hang On to a Dream" (Live) (Tim Hardin) – 12:43
2. "My Back Pages" (Bob Dylan) – 9:12

Side two

1. "Third Movement, Pathetique" (Group Only) (Tchaikovsky; arranged by The Nice) – 7.05
2. "America" (Live) (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, The Nice)  – 10:27

Personnel

The Nice

• Keith Emerson – piano, organ
• Lee Jackson – bass guitar, vocals
• Brian Davison – drums, percussion

The Nice - Five Bridges ( 1970 )

 

Track listing

Side one

1. "The Five Bridges Suite" (Keith Emerson, Lee Jackson) – 18:06

• "Fantasia 1st Bridge"
• "2nd Bridge"
• "Chorale 3rd Bridge"
• "High Level Fugue 4th Bridge"
• "Finale 5th Bridge"

Side two

2. "Intermezzo 'Karelia Suite'" (Sibelius, Arr. Emerson, Joseph Eger) – 9:01
3. "Pathetique (Symphony No. 6, 3rd Movement)" (Tchaikovsky, Arr. Emerson, Joseph Eger) – 9:23
4. "Country Pie/Brandenburg Concerto No. 6" (Bob Dylan, Johann Sebastian Bach) – 5:40
5. "One of Those People" (Emerson, Jackson) – 3:08

Personnel

The Nice

• Brian Davison – drums, percussion
• Keith Emerson – Keyboards
• Lee Jackson – vocals, bass guitar

with:

• Joe Harriott – saxophone
• Peter King – saxophone
• Chris Pyne – trombone
• Alan Skidmore – saxophone
• John Warren
• Kenny Wheeler – trumpet, flugelhorn
• The Sinfonia Of London orchestra conducted by Joseph Eger

The Nice - Nice ( 1969 )

 

Track listing

Side one

1. "Azrael Revisited" (Keith Emerson, Lee Jackson) – 5:52
2. "Hang on to a Dream" (Tim Hardin) – 4:46
3. "Diary of an Empty Day" (Music: Edouard Lalo arr. by Emerson, lyrics: Jackson) – 3:54
4. "For Example" (Emerson, Jackson) – 8:51

Side two

5. "Rondo '69'" (Brubeck, Emerson, Jackson, Davison) – 7:53 (8:27 on the first US version)
6. "She Belongs to Me" (Bob Dylan) – 12:15

Personnel

The Nice

• Keith Emerson – Hammond organ, pianos
• Lee Jackson – bass guitar, vocals
• Brian Davison – drums, percussion

The Nice - Ars Longa Vita Brevis ( 1968 )

 

Track listing

All songs written by Keith Emerson and Lee Jackson, except where noted.

Side one

1. "Daddy, Where Did I Come From" – 3:44
2. "Little Arabella" – 4:18
3. "Happy Freuds" – 3:25
4. "Intermezzo from the Karelia Suite" (Sibelius) – 8:57
5. "Don Edito el Gruva" (Emerson, Jackson, Brian Davison) – 0:13

Side two

6. "Ars Longa Vita Brevis" – 19:20

• "Prelude" (Emerson) – 1:49
• "1st Movement – Awakening" (Davison) – 4:01
• "2nd Movement – Realisation" (Jackson, David O'List, Emerson) – 4:54
• "3rd Movement – Acceptance "Brandenburger"" (J.S.Bach, Davison, Emerson, Jackson) – 4:23
• "4th Movement – Denial" (Davison, Emerson, Jackson) – 3:23
• "Coda – Extension to the Big Note" (Emerson) – 0:46

Personnel

The Nice

• Keith Emerson – keyboards, backing and lead (1, 2, 3) vocals
• Lee Jackson – bass guitar, lead vocals (all but 4)
• Brian Davison – drums

with:

• Malcolm Langstaff – guitar (6b)
• Robert Stewart – orchestral arranger, conductor

The Nice - The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack ( 1968 )

 

Track listing

Side one

1. "Flower King of Flies" (Keith Emerson, Lee Jackson) – 3:19
2. "The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack" (Emerson, David O'List) – 2:49
3. "Bonnie K" (Jackson, O'List) – 3:24
4. "Rondo" (Dave Brubeck, Emerson, O'List, Brian Davison, Jackson) – 8:22

Side two

5. "War and Peace" (Emerson, O'List, Davison, Jackson) – 5:13
6. "Tantalising Maggie" (Emerson, Jackson) – 4:35
7. "Dawn" (Davison, Emerson, Jackson) – 5:17
8. "The Cry of Eugene" (Emerson, Jackson, O'List) – 4:36

Personnel

The Nice

• Keith Emerson - organ, piano, harpsichord, vocals
• Lee Jackson - bass, guitar, vocals, timpani
• David O'List - guitar, trumpet, vocals (lead vocals on “Flower King of Flies”
• Brian Davison - drums, tubular bells, timpani

with:

• Billy Nicholls - uncredited harmony vocals on "Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack"