STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - EMERSON, LAKE, & PALMER - PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

[maggot]

Good morning Friday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we gleefully celebrate the 70th Birthday of drummer Carl Palmer, best known as the P in ELP, Emerson, Lake, & Palmer. Happy Birthday Carl ! With that in mind we spotlight ELP's hird LP, the live album, Pictures At An Exhibition. It was recorded in March of 1971 at  Newcastle City Hall and released in Nivember of that same year, on the Cotillion label and produced by guitarist Greg Lake. It charted at #3 in the UK and #7 in America. "Nut Rocker was released as a single (#70 Hot 100, #92 Cash Box).

1. "Promenade"  1:58
2. "The Gnome"  4:18
3. "Promenade"  1:23
4. "The Sage"  4:42
5. "The Old Castle"  2:33
6. "Blues Variation"  4:22

Side two

7. "Promenade"  1:29
8. "The Hut of Baba Yaga"  1:12
9. "The Curse of Baba Yaga"  4:10
10. "The Hut of Baba Yaga"  1:06
11. "The Great Gates of Kiev"  6:37
12. "Nut Rocker"  4:26

Emerson, Lake & Palmer :

Keith Emerson – pipe organ, Hammond (C3) and L100) organs, Moog modular synthesizer (ribbon controller), Clavinet

Greg Lake – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals

Carl Palmer – drums, percussion

Producer: Greg Lake
Engineer: Eddy Offord
Remastering: Joseph M. Palmaccio
Arrangers: Keith Emerson, Greg Lake

Recorded using the Pye Mobile Recording Unit
Cover design: William Neal
Cover painting: William Neal
Artwork: William Neal
Photography: Nigel Marlow, Keith Morris

Lyrics: Greg Lake, Richard Fraser