Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed)
SKU
41-MOFY617.1
Pictures At An Exhibition was 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 at the time.
“Mastered at MoFi's California Studio and Housed in a Stoughton Gatefold Jacket: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab's Numbered-Edition 180g 33RPM LP Teems with Breadth, Presence, and Dimensionality. 1/4' / 15 IPS Dolby A analog copy to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe.”
“Emerson, Lake & Palmer were so committed to their visionary interpretation of Modest Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' that the group recorded it twice. Unsatisfied with the quality of what was supposed to serve as the take for a concert album, ELP booked a different venue to stage another show. Following hours of rehearsals and sound checks, the trio delivered a performance for the ages.
Issued five months after the band's sophomore LP Tarkus, Pictures at an Exhibition - bolstered by three additions to the original suite and a 'Nutrocker' encore that's a playful rock 'n' roll take on Tchaikovsky's 'Nutcracker' - blurs lines between genres and epitomizes the collective's virtuosity and verve.
Featuring dead-quiet surfaces, it doubles as an admission ticket that never expires to the band's March 26, 1971 date at Newcastle City Hall.
The primary difference from not being there in person? The levels of clarity, presence, and separation are such that you'll immediately be grateful nobody is impeding your view or gabbing beside you as you soak in one of the most celebrated crossover experiments in history.”
- LabelMobile Fidelity
- UPC821797161718