From the Beginning is a box set which presents aural and visual documentation celebrating Emerson, Lake & Palmer's career; consisting of five albums that include a number of single b-sides, significant live recordings, alternative studio mixes and material taken from band rehearsals.
- Keith Emerson (originally from The Nice) keyboards
- Greg Lake (originally from King Crimson) guitars, bass guitar, vocals
- Carl Palmer (originally from Atomic Rooster) drums, percussion
Disc one
- Epitaph - King Crimson (Fripp/Giles/Lake/McDonald/Sinfield) - 8:45
- Decline and Fall - Atomic Rooster (Crane/Palmer/Graham) - 5:47
- Fantasia: Intermezzo Karelia Suite - The Nice (Sibelius) - 8:51
- Lucky Man (Lake) - 4:38
- Tank (Emerson/Palmer) - 6:48
- Take a Pebble (Lake) - 12:28
- The Barbarian (Emerson/Lake/Palmer/Bartok) - 5:20
- Knife Edge (Emerson/Lake/Janáček) - 8:01
- Rondo (Live Version) (Emerson/O'List/Davison/Jackson) - 17:78
Disc two
- Tarkus - 20:40
- a) Eruption (Emerson)
- b) Stones of Years (Emerson)
- c) Iconoclast (Emerson)
- d) Mass (Emerson)
- e) Manticore (Emerson)
- f) The Battlefield (Lake)
- g) Aquatarkus (Emerson)
- Bitches Crystal (Emerson)
- A Time and a Place (B-side Single Version) (Emerson/Lake/Palmer) - 3:55
- "Oh, My Father" (Previously Unreleased) (Lake) - 2:58
- The Endless Enigma (Part One) (Emerson/Lake) - 4:04
- Fugue (Emerson/Lake) - 4:54
- The Endless Enigma (Part Two) (Emerson/Lake) - 2:00
- From the Beginning (Lake) - 4:13
- Trilogy (Emerson/Lake) - 8:52
- Abbadon's Bolero (Emerson) - 8:07
- Hoedown (Live Version) (A. Copland/Arr. Emerson, Lake & Palmer) - 3:54
- Jerusalem (First Mix) (Parry/Blake/Arr. Emerson, Lake & Palmer) - 2:54
- Still You Turn Me On (First Mix) (Lake) - 2:51
- When the Apple Blossoms (B-side Single Version) (Emerson/Lake/Palmer) - 3:56
Disc three
- Karn Evil 9 - 29:42
- a) 1st Impression Pt.1 (Lake)
- b) 1st Impression Pt.2 (Emerson/Lake)
- c) 2nd Impression (Emerson)
- d) 3rd Impression (Emerson/Lake)
- Jeremy Bender/The Sheriff (Emerson/Lake) - 5:03
- C'est La Vie (Early Version) (Lake/Sinfield) - 4:16
- I Believe in Father Christmas (Lake/Sinfield/Prokofiev) - 3:29
- The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits (Prokofiev/ Arr. Emerson, Lake & Palmer) - 3:20
- Piano Concerto No.1 (Emerson) - 18:25
- Pirates (Non Orchestral Live Version) (Emerson/Lake/Sinfield) - 13:23
Disc four
- Aaron Copland Interview 1977 (From Keith Emerson's Archives) - 1:37
- Fanfare for the Common Man (A. Copland/Arr. Emerson, Lake & Palmer) - 9:42
- Honky Tonk Train Blues (Lewis) - 3:09
- Tiger In a Spotlight (Emerson/Lake/Palmer/Sinfield) - 4:33
- Watching Over You (Lake/Sinfield) - 3:54
- Introductory Fanfare/Peter Gunn Theme (Live Version) (Emerson/Mancini) - 4:26
- Canario (Rehearsal) (Rodrigo) - 3:57
- Mars - The Bringer of War (Holst/Arr. Emerson, Lake & Powell) - 7:54
- Desede La Vida (Emerson/Berry/Palmer) - 7:06
- Black Moon (Single Version) (Emerson/Lake/Palmer) - 4:47
- Footprints in the Snow (Emerson/Lake/Palmer) - 3:51
- Romeo and Juliet (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) (Prokofiev/Emerson) - 3:32
- Man in the Long Black Coat (Dylan/Arr. Emerson) - 4:12
- Daddy (Lake) - 4:42
- Hang On To a Dream (Hardin/Aber) - 4:28
- Touch and Go (Live in Poland) (Emerson/Lake) - 3:53
Disc five
- Hoedown (A. Copland/Arr. Emerson, Lake & Palmer) - 4:18
- Tarkus - 22:33
- a) Eruption (Emerson)
- b) Stones of Years (Emerson)
- c) Iconoclast (Emerson)
- d) Mass (Emerson)
- e) Manticore (Emerson)
- f) The Battlefield (Lake)
- g) Aquatarkus (Emerson)
- Take a Pebble (Lake) - 4:36
- Lucky Man (Lake) - 3:00
- Piano Improvisation (Emerson) - 9:44
- Pictures at an Exhibition - 14:39
- a) Promonade (Mussorgsky/Lake)
- b) The Gnome (Palmer)
- c) Promonade - Vocal (Mussorgsky/Emerson/Lake)
- d) Hut of Baba Yaga (Mussorgsky/Emerson)
- e) Great Gates of Kiev (Emerson/Lake)
- Rondo (Emerson/O'List/Davison/Jackson)
- Live at Mar Y Sol Festival, Puerto Rico, April 2nd 1972.