Emerson Lake & Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition [Limited Edition]

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.

Mastered at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab's California studio, housed in a Stoughton gatefold jacket, and pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing, the fabled album comes to life with spectacular dimensionality, breadth, and detail on this numbered-edition 180g 33RPM LP. 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.

1/4' / 15 IPS Dolby A analog copy to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe. Numbered 180g 33RPM Vinyl LP NUMBERED SPECIAL EDITION

Track List:

Side One
Promenade
The Gnome
Promenade
The Sage
The Old Castle
Blues Variation
Side Two
Promenade
The Hut of Baba Yaga
The Curse of Baba Yaga
The Hut of Baba Yaga
The Great Gates of Kiev
THE END
Nutrocker