Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition Deluxe Edition (expanded) 2 x CDs
SKU
28-BGRT241513.2
This new edition of Pictures At An Exhibition, one of the group's best for my taste, and their third album. It was recorded live at Newcastle City Hall on March 26, 1971, but presented as their 'new album', which it was, as it was all unreleased material, has been remastered and includes the soundtrack of their extremely rare video release "Rock 'n' Roll Your Eyes", which was the same material, but recorded 3 months earlier: December 9, 1970, at the Lyceum Theatre, London and which has never been available before except as the film soundtrack (and the film is quite flawed visually, but not sonically, given the time frame of when it was recorded).
"One of the seminal documents of the progressive rock era, a record that made its way into the collections of millions of high-school kids who never heard of Modest Mussorgsky and knew nothing of Russia's Nationalist "Five." It does some violence to Mussorgsky, but Pictures at an Exhibition is also the most energetic and well-realized live release in Emerson, Lake & Palmer's catalog, and it makes a fairly compelling case for adapting classical pieces in this way. At the time, it introduced "classical rock" to millions of listeners, including the classical community, most of whose members regarded this record as something akin to an armed assault. The early-'70s live sound is a little crude by today's standards, but the tightness of the playing (Carl Palmer is especially good) makes up for any sonic inadequacies. Keith Emerson is the dominant musical personality here, but Greg Lake and Palmer get the spotlight enough to prevent it from being a pure keyboard showcase."-AllMusic
- Disc 1 -
the Original 1971 Album Live at Newcastle City Hall, 26.3.71 (2016 Remaster)
Bonus Tracks - Live at the Mar y Sol Festival, Puerto Rico, 4.12.72
- Disc 2 -
Live at the Lyceum Theatre, London, UK, 9.12.70
- LabelBMG Rights
- UPC4099964202717