Oil Well Bootlegs - RSC CD: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition Oil Well RSC 027 CD

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition
Oil Well RSC 027 CD

1 Hoedown 4:02
2 Tarkus 7:05
3 The Endless Enigma Part 1 / Fugue / The Endless Enigma Part 2 9.19
4 The Sheriff 3:16
5 Take A Peeble #1 4:58
6 Lucky Man 3:15
7 Piano Solo 10:19
8 Take A Peeble #2 2:43
9 Pictures At An Exhibition 15:16
10 Rondo '69 12:34

Note:
All songs by Keith Emerson/ Greg Lake unless noted.
~~Live in Denver, August 3, 1972~~
Live at Arts Center, Saratoga, NY, USA, August 13th 1972.

Lineup:
Keith Emerson – pipe organ, Hammond (C3) and L100) organs, Moog modular synthesizer, Clavinet
Greg Lake – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
Carl Palmer – drums, percussion

This CD is identical to "The Silver Sheriff", which is released on the same label.
In addition, it is identical to the bootleg "Tortured Dream" - Dynamite Studio, Italy 1991.
This Oil Well version has a fine cover, fine quality. Fold-out insert shows details of other CDs in the series. Limited to 200 copies only. Due to its rarity and good quality, this disc is recommended.
The best release of this show is "Endless Enigma" (2 CDs) - where 'Tarkus' is complete.
Interestingly the publisher have written "All songs by Emerson/Jackson/Davison unless noted".
And the only track where nothing is noted, is 'Rondo' (which really is written by Dave Brubeck).

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© Official released material:
Tracks 1-10 have been releasd officially on: "The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults: Volume One" CD7
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The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults
The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults is a four-volume "official bootleg" release by Emerson, Lake & Palmer on Castle Records[1] containing live recordings.[2] Each of the four volumes comprised four shows and contained seven or eight CDs. A two disc set of highlights from the first two volumes was released under the name Best of the Bootlegs in 2002

The quality varies wildly from rough on the Gaelic Park show.. though still VERY listenable to very good in the latter shows. I love the first show in particular being such a HUGE fan of their debut album, the Barbarian in particular. The energy and power that made Emerson Lake and Palmer's show such an event are very apparent on listening to the shows. Particularly interesting are how they tackle Tarkus with small but noticeable changes in the arrangements first from the studio version then through the year and a half that this set covers. Yes there are 4 versions of Tarkus here, but the piece evolves over the course of the year and a half that this set covers.

Amoung my favorite moments here is the performance of The Endless Enigma (speaking of...fabulous versions of) during the Saratoga set when the crowd was going SO wild during the beginning of the Fugue section that...being pretentious prog musicians that Emerson Lake and Palmer could be hahah.... stopped Fugue right in the middle of an Emerson piano figure and Greg Lake shuts the crowd up and gets them settled down... and the Emerson goes right back into fugue..as if nothing had happened. Awesome hahahha. Another split review for Micky... for me and fans of ELP 5 stars. It's essential for the ELP fan. For the forum at large... 4 stars. Having this in your collection might clue you in to why us old farts hold Emerson Lake and Palmer in such high regard over some of the stuff that is being issued today in the name of prog.

Who are Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer were progressive rock's first supergroup. Greeted by the rock press and the public as something akin to conquering heroes, they succeeded in broadening the audience for progressive rock from hundreds of thousands into tens of millions of listeners, creating a major radio phenomenon as well. Their flamboyance on record and in the studio echoed the best work of the heavy metal bands of the era, proving that classical rockers could compete for that arena-scale audience. Over and above their own commercial success, the trio also paved the way for the success of such bands as Yes, who would become their chief rivals for much of the 1970s.

Keyboardist Keith Emerson planted the seeds of the group in late 1969 when his band the Nice shared a bill at the Fillmore West with King Crimson, and the two first spoke of the possibility of working together. After the Crimson lineup began disintegrating during their first U.S. tour, Lake opted to leave the group. Upon officially teaming in 1970, Emerson and Lake auditioned several drummers before they approached Carl Palmer, not yet 20 years old and already an overpowering talent, as well as a former member of the Crazy World of Arthur Brown and Atomic Rooster.

Emerson, Lake & PalmerThe trio's first rehearsals mostly picked up from the Nice's and King Crimson's respective repertoires, including such well-known numbers as "Rondo" and "21st Century Schizoid Man." In August of 1970, ELP played their first show at the Plymouth Guildhall, just ahead of the Isle of Wight Festival in August of 1970, where they astonished more than half-a-million onlookers with their sound and instrumental prowess. One month later, the group finished their debut album, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, comprised of their strongest early originals and two dazzling classical adaptations filled with rippling piano and synthesizer playing by Emerson along lightning-fast drumming by Palmer, anchored around Lake's bass work. That album was an instant success, rising to the Top Five in England and the Top 20 in America with considerable help from a last-minute addition -- pressed to fill out the running time of the album, the group settled on a composition that Lake had written as a boy, called "Lucky Man." The latter became their debut single and made the Top 50 in America.