In Concert (ELP album)

Infobox Album | Name = Emerson, Lake and Palmer In Concert
Type = Live album
Artist = Emerson, Lake & Palmer


Released = November 18, 1979
Recorded = 1977
Genre = Symphonic rock
Length = "In Concert": 43:12 / "Works Live": 1:27:39
Label = Atlantic Records
Producer = Greg Lake
Last album = "Love Beach"
(1978)
This album = "In Concert"
(1979)
Next album = "Black Moon"
(1992)
Reviews = |

"Emerson, Lake and Palmer In Concert" is a live album by Emerson, Lake and Palmer, recorded at the August 26, 1977 show at Montreal's Olympic Stadium which is featured on the album cover. It was released by Atlantic Records in October 1979 more as a contract-fulfilling album, since the band had broken up before then. It was later re-released and repackaged as "Works Live" in 1993.

Similar to most live albums, "In Concert" showcased fan favourites of previously released material. However, "Peter Gunn", ELP's take on the classic TV theme song, was never released on any of their other albums (a slightly edited version of this live recording was included on the 1980 "Best of" compilation and released as a single in some countries). ELP frequently opened with this song on the Works Volume II tour.

There has been some controversy as to the location of the recording of "Gunn". Listen closely to the final seconds of track 1 where the applause is obviously from that of a smaller hall. As the opening seconds of "Tiger" begins, there is a notable increase in crowd noise, reflecting the larger expanse and audience who witnessed the concert at the "Big O". While no one within the band or label will confirm or deny it, it is believedWho|date=August 2008 the track was recorded at a later concert at the Plattsburgh State University field house, an hour's drive south of Montreal.Fact|date=August 2008

The band hired a 70-piece orchestra for some concerts of this tour but eventually had to dismiss the orchestra due to budget constraints that almost bankrupted the group. On the original release, the orchestra performs on "C'est la Vie", "Knife Edge", on Keith Emerson's piano concerto, and on "Pictures at an Exhibition". "Works Live" adds other four songs performed with the orchestra: "Fanfare for the Common Man", "Abaddon's Bolero", "Closer to Believing" and "Tank".

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Track listing

"In Concert"

*Side One
#"Introductory Fanfare" (Emerson, Palmer) – 0:53
#"Peter Gunn Theme" (Mancini) – 3:37
#"Tiger in a Spotlight" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer, Sinfield) – 4:06
#"C'est la Vie" (Lake, Sinfield) – 4:12
#"The Enemy God" (Prokofiev) – 2:49
#"Knife Edge" (Emerson, Fraser, Janáček, Lake) – 5:14
*Side Two
#"Piano Concerto No. 1, Third Movement: Toccata con Fuoco" (Emerson) – 6:35
#"Pictures at an Exhibition" (Emerson, Lake, Mussorgsky, Palmer) – 15:43

"Works Live"

*Disc One
#"Introductory Fanfare" (Emerson, Palmer) – 0:52
#"Peter Gunn Theme" (Mancini) – 3:34
#"Tiger in a Spotlight" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer, Sinfield) – 4:08
#"C'est la Vie" (Lake, Sinfield) – 4:14
#"Watching Over You" (Lake, Sinfield) – 3:59
#"Maple Leaf Rag" (Joplin) – 1:14
#"The Enemy God" (Prokofiev) – 2:46
#"Fanfare for the Common Man" (Copland) – 10:54
#"Knife Edge" (Emerson, Fraser, Janáček, Lake) – 5:03
#"Show Me the Way to Go Home" (Campbell, Connelly) – 4:20
*Disc Two
#"Abaddon's Bolero" (Emerson) – 6:02
#"Pictures at an Exhibition" (Emerson, Lake, Mussorgsky, Palmer) – 15:40
#"Closer to Believing" (Lake, Sinfield) – 5:28
#"Piano Concerto No. 1, Third Movement: Toccata con Fuoco" (Emerson) – 6:40
#"Tank" (Emerson, Palmer) – 12:36

Personnel

Band members

*Keith Emerson -- keyboards, mixing
*Greg Lake -- vocals, bass, guitar
*Carl Palmer -- drums, percussion
*A 70-piece orchestra on tracks 4, 6, 7 and 8 of "In Concert", and tracks 4, 8, 9 of disc one and the entire disc two of "Works Live".

Others

*Godfrey Salmon -- conductor
*Michael Leveillee -- sound engineer
*Neil Preston -- inner sleeve photo
*Francois Rivard -- cover photography
*Bob Defrin -- art director

Release details

*1979, UK, Atlantic/WEA K50652, Release date 17-11-1979, LP
*1979, Japan, Atlantic/Warner-Pioneer P-10697A, Release date 21-111979, LP
*1996, UK, Essential/Castle ESDCD362, Release date ? ? 1996, CD (double release called "Works Live")
*1999, Japan, Manticore/Victor KVICP-60644, Release date ? ? 1999, CD

ingles

* Peter Gunn / Knife-Edge