~ 1972 ELP appeared at Seattle and Lake [the singer] was drunk, held up his drink and said, "This is eternal".

A professional rock singer [Farwest booking tavern circuit] was there with us and said Lake was singing everything an octave lower than on the album.

There is some better work by Lake in an earlier band, King Crimson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Crimson

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