Last night was my first listen to this title and it really had me going back and forth. I was trying a new (to me) quad of tubes in my Lampizator so I may have had to much going on in my head at the time! I did enjoy it though and will definitely listen to more of it!
When my older brother gave up vinyl (he was gradually replacing LPs with LaserDisks and hoping his wife would not notice), he passed his records on to me. Shamefully, I never listened much to the APP disks, but I have lately made up for lost time. One thing that tickles me about I Robot is the little note added to the price tag in a used record shop in Halifax, NS, somewhere in the late seventies:
ELP fans take note.
If you don’t know about Rachel Flowers you’re in for a mind blowing treat.
Blind since near birth, she was playing Bach by ear at 4.
She has a special affinity and mastery of the Keith Emerson ( bless him) catalog. Check Tarkus on solo piano.