From the Beginning is a box set which presents aural and visual documentation celebrating Emerson, Lake & Palmer's career; consisting of five discs that include a number of single b-sides, significant live recordings, alternative studio mixes and material taken from band rehearsals, plus a bonus DVD featuring 'The Manticore Years' documentary, presented in a deluxe book-style sleeve complete with a 60-page picture booklet containing extensive sleeve notes by the band discussing the ELP years.

It also contains rare and previously unseen photographs and images.

The 2012 reissue omits the first track (Epitaph).

Its addition was done without permission from the rights holder, Discipline Global Mobile.

[1] (Live from the Mar y Sol Pop Festival, Manatí, Puerto Rico, 2 April 1972)