Emerson, Lake & Palmer in Concert


Emerson, Lake and Palmer in Concert is a live album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, recorded at 26 August 1977 show at the Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada which is featured on the album cover. It was released by Atlantic Records in November 1979, following ELP's breakup. It was later re-released and repackaged as Works Live in 1993. Some of the tracks were not from the Montreal concert, but from other concerts the 1977–1978 Tour, like "Peter Gunn" and "Tiger in a Spotlight".

Content

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. ELP frequently opened with this song on the Works Volume 2 tour.
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 four other songs performed with the orchestra: "Fanfare for the Common Man", "Abaddon's Bolero", "Closer to Believing", and "Tank".

Release

The original release of this album carried no producer credit; however, production and mixing of the album was largely carried out by Keith Emerson.
While Emerson intended to release In Concert as a double LP, the band's imminent dissolution meant ELP's label, Atlantic Records, limited it to a single album. The 1993 re-release of the album, as the double CD Works Live, restored Emerson's original intent to some extent.

Trivia

Godfrey Salmon, the orchestra conductor, played violin on the last album by Jackson Heights, Bump n' grind, released in 1973. Emerson's former The Nice bandmate, Lee Jackson, formed that group after they disbanded in 1970 as a result of ELP's formation. Keith Emerson also performed on that album, on Moog programming.

Track listing

''In Concert''

''Works Live''

Personnel

Band members