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	CD Live / Bootleg Art Rock (Copland, arranged by Emerson/Lake/Palmer) (Parry/Blake, arranged by Emerson/Lake/Palmer) And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark satanic mills? Bring me my bow of burning gold Bring me my arrows of desire Bring me my Spear, o clouds unfold Bring me my chariot of fire I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand ‘Till we have built Jerusalem In England’s green and pleasant land 2) Stones of years Has the dawn ever seen your eyes? Have the days made you so unwise? Realize you are Had you talked to the winds of time? Then you’d know how the waters rhyme Taste of wine How can you know where you’ve been? In time you’ll see the sign And realize your sin Will you know how the seed is sown? All your time has been overgrown Never known Have you walked on the stones of years? When you speak is it you that hears? Are your ears full? You can’t hear anything at all The preacher said a prayer Saved every single hair on his head He’s dead The minister of hate Had just arrived too late to be spared Who cared? The weaver in the web that he made The pilgrim wandered in Commiting every sin that he could So good The cardinal of grief Was set in his belief he’d be saved From the grave The weaver in the web that he made The high priest took a blade To bless the ones that prayed And all obeyed The messenger of fear Is slowly growing nearer to the time A sign The weaver in the web that he made A bishops rings a bell A cloak of darkness fell across the ground Without a sound The silent choir sing And in their silence bring jaded sound Harmonic ground The weaver in the web that he made Clear the battlefield and let me see All the profit from our victory You talk of freedom, starving children fall Are you deaf when you hear the season’s call? Were you there to watch the earth be scorched? Did you stand beside the spectral torch? Know the leaves of sorrow turned their face Scattered on the ashes of disgrace Every blade is sharp, the arrows fly Where the victims of your armies lie Where the bladed of grass and arrows rain Then there will be no sorrow, be no pain Just take a pebble and cast it to the sea Then watch the ripples that unfold into me My face spill so gently into your eyes Disturbing the waters of our lives Shread of our memories are lying on your grass Wounded words of laughter are graveyards of the past Photographs are grey and torn, scattered in your fields Letters of your memories are not real Sadness on your shoulders like a wornout overcoat In pockets creased and tattered hang the rags of your hope The daybreak is your midnight, the colours have all died Disturbing the waters of our lives Of our lives Of our lives Lives, lives Of our lives Still. you turn me on Do you want to be an angel? Do you wanna be a star? Do you wanna play some magic on my guitar? Do you wanna be a poet? Do you wanna be my string? You could be anything Do you wanna be the lover of another undercover? You could even be the man on the moon Do you wanna be the player? Do you wanna be the string? Let me tell you something It just don’t mean a thing You see, it really doesn’t matter When you’re buried in disguise By the dark glass on your eyes Though your flesh has crystallised Still. you turn me on Still. you turn me on Still. you turn me on Do you wanna be the pillow Where I lay my head? Do you wanna be the feathers Lying on my bed? Do you wanna be the cover of a magazine? Create a scene Every day a little sadder A little madder Someone get me a ladder Do you wanna be the singer? Do you wanna be the song? Let me tell you something You just couldn’t be more wrong You see, I really have to tell you That it all gets so intense From my experience It just doesn’t seem to make sense Still. you turn me on Still. you turn me on Still. you turn me on He had white horses And ladies by the score All dressed in satin And waiting by the door Ooh, what a lucky man he was Ooh, what a lucky man he was White lace and feathers They made up his bed A gold covered mattress On which he was laid Ooh, what a lucky man he was Ooh, what a lucky man he was He went to fight wars For his country and his king Of his honor and his glory The people would sing Ooh, what a lucky man he was Ooh, what a lucky man he was A bullet had found him His blood ran as he cried No money could save him So he laid down and he died Ooh, what a lucky man he was Ooh, what a lucky man he was Jeremy Bender was a man of leisure Took his pleasure in the evening sun Laid him down in a bed of roses Finally decided to become a nun Talk with the sister, spoke in a whisper Threatened to fist her if she didn’t come clean Jumped on the mother just like a brother Asked one another if the other’s a queen Digging the sister, she was a mister Shouldn’t have kissed her but he couldn’t say no Wanted to leave her, couldn’t believe her So he picked up his suitcase and decided to go Wicked Josie rode away In the sunset covered sky A lynching mob had strung his friend up Right before his eyes He didn’t know what they’d both done He sure as hell would end up one A hot tin notch on the sheriff’s gun If he didn’t move on Get out of here The sheriff followed Josie’s journey From Kansas in the west He said he’d put a bullet Right through poor old Josie’s chest But Josie wasn’t like the rest He don’t like bullet holes in his vest In fact he’d do his very best Don’t want any arrest Don’t want to be the guest of the sheriff The nights got so damned cold He couldn’t stand the pace He looked again for sheriff’s men But couldn’t see the chase Josie found a nice warm place But then the sheriff solved the case Hoped to find Josie’s face And said: «Lookie here!» Sheriff rode him into town With Josie look inside He didn’t know about the six gun Wicked Josie had Then Josie drew his gun real fast Gave the sheriff one big blast And Josie was a song at last A legend from the past Nobody ever messed with the sheriff Cold and misty morning I heard a warning borne in the air About an age of power Where no one had an hour to spare Where the seeds have withered Silent children shivered in the cold Now their faces captured In the lenses of the jackals for gold I’ll be there I’ll be there I will be there Suffering in silence They’ve all been betrayed They hurt them and they beat them In a terrible way Praying for survival At the end of the day There is no compassion For those who stay I’ll be there I’ll be there I will be there There must be someone who can set them free To take their sorrow from this odyssey To help the helpless and the refugee To protect what’s left of humanity Can’t you see? Can’t you see? Can’t you see? I’ll be there I’ll be there I will be there To heal their sorrow To beg and borrow Fight tommorow Step inside, hello! We’ve the most amazing show You’ll enjoy it, all we know Step inside, step inside We’ve got thrills and shocks Supersonic fighting cocks Leave your hammers at the box Come inside, come inside Roll up Roll up Roll up See the show Left behind the bars Rows of bishop’s heads in jars And a bomb inside a car Spectacular, spectacular If you follow me There’s a speciality Some tears for you to see Misery, misery Roll up Roll up Roll up See the show Next upon the bill In our House of Vaudeville We’ve a stripper in a till What a thrill, what a thrill And not content with that With our hands behind our backs We pull Jesus from a hat Get into that, get into that Roll up Roll up Roll up See the show Welcome back, my friends To the show that never ends We’re so glad you could attend Come inside, come inside There behind a glass Is a real blade of grass Be careful as you pass Move along, move along Come inside, the show’s about to start Guaranteed to blow your head apart Rest assured you’ll get your money’s worth The greatest show in heaven, hell or earth You’ve got to see the show It’s a dynamo You’ve got to see the show It’s rock ‘n’ roll Right before your eyes We pull laughter from the skies And he laughs until he cries Then he dies, then he dies Come inside, the shows about to start Guaranteed to blow your head apart You’ve got to see the show It’s a dynamo You’ve got to see the show It’s rock ‘n’ roll Soon the gypsy queen In a glaze of vaseline Will perform on guillotine What a scene, what a scene Next upon the stand Will you please, extend a hand? To Alexander’s Ragtime Band Dixieland, dixieland Roll up Roll up Roll up See the show Performing on a stool We’ve a sight to make you drool Seven virgins and a mule Keep it cool, keep it cool We would like it to be known The exhibits that were shown Were exclusively our own All our own, all our own Come and see the show Come and see the show Come and see the show See the show Man alone, born of stone Will stamp the dust of time His hands strike the flame of his soul Ties a rope to a tree And hangs the universe Until the winds of laughter blows cold Fear that rattles in men’s ears And rears it’s hideous head Dread Death in the wind Man of steel, pray and kneel With fever’s blazing torch Thrust in the face of the night Draws a blade if compassion Kissed by countless kings Whose jewelled trumpet words blind his sight Walls that no man thought would fall The altars of the just Crushed Dust in the wind No man yields who flies in my ship «Danger!» Let the bridge computer speak «Stranger!» «Load your program» «I am yourself» No computer stands in my way Only blood can cancel my pain Guardians of a new clear dawn Let the maps of war be drawn Rejoice! Glory is ours Our young men have not died in vain Their graves need no flowers The tapes have recorded their names I am all there is «Negative!» «Primitive! «Limited!» But I gave you life «What else could you do?» To do what was right «I’m perfect! Are you?»

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Songs / Tracks Listing

LP 1 (31:52)
1. Hoedown (4:55)
2. Jerusalem (2:51)
3. Toccata (7:24)
4. Tarkus (16:42) :
— a. Eruption
— b. Stones of Years
— c. Iconoclast
— d. Mass
— e. Manticore
— f. Battlefield (incl. «Epitaph»)

LP 2 (42:21)
1. Tarkus (conclusion) (10:42) :
— g. Aquatarkus
2. Take a Pebble (incl. «Still. You Turn Me On» and «Lucky Man» ) (11:07)
3. Piano Improvisations (incl. «Fugue» and «Little Rock Getaway» ) (11:53)
4. Take a Pebble (conclusion) (3:33)
5. Jeremy Bender / The Sheriff (medley) (5:06)

LP 3 (35:19)
1. Karn Evil 9 (35:19) :
— a. 1st Impression (incl. percussion solo (Con Brio))
— b. 2nd Impression
— c. 3rd Impression

Total Time 109:32

Line-up / Musicians

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Numerous LP and CD reissues

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Posted Tuesday, January 6, 2004 | Review this album | Report (Review #14445)

Not a bad live album at all but too bad they did so much of their previous album as it did not much for me. Too bad that two albums are greatly ignored: Pictures (no tracks) and Trilogy (Hoedown and the forgettable Sheriff).

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Posted Thursday, February 5, 2004 | Review this album | Report (Review #14448)

An early live album from the band, originally sprawled over 3 LPs.

There is plenty of improvisation and expansion of the original tracks, to the extent that «Tarkus» and «Take a pebble» no longer fit on one side of an LP. The extension of «take a pebble» is through the inclusion of «Piano improvisations», and a general digression away from the original piece. Personally, I found the whole thing rather tedious, the original track already being rather spoilt by the bloated middle section. «Tarkus» on the other hand benefits from an extended «Aquatarkus» section, plus the inclusion of an extract from King Crimson’s «Epitaph» (which Greg Lake sang on originally of course).

A pretty faithful rendition of «Karn Evil 9» completes the trio of long pieces which dominate the album.

The quality of the recording, and the performance itself are, as would be expected of ELP, of a high standard. In all though, while the album is a good reminder of the band’s live prowess, I find the original studio albums, with their enhanced production and tighter arrangements, preferable.

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Posted Friday, March 19, 2004 | Review this album | Report (Review #14431)

At some point midway through, Emerson’s fingers should have fallen off; instead, he captivates from beginning to end, and neither Palmer nor Lake lag far behind. Concert highlights include «Karn Evil 9» and «Tarkus», plus new «Piano Improvisations» from Emerson. The combination of «Jeremy Bender» and «The Sheriff» is a cute idea, but they both get the bum’s rush here (better to stick with the originals). I may not listen to «Welcome. » as much as «Tarkus» or «Trilogy», but only because of the substantial investment in time it requires. When I do make the effort, I’m always rewarded for my troubles (which for elpee owners will include frequent trips to the turntable). Pound for pound their studio albums contained more magic, but no ELP release has left a deeper impression than this.

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Posted Monday, November 29, 2004 | Review this album | Report (Review #14440)

Years passed and CD’s came into the market, I was still very young but had a work to help me pay the university so I could afford to buy this triple (Now only double) album even if the price I had to pay was a month with a very small budget for fun expenses, never cared and bought it but was partially disappointed at a first moment, later this opinion has changed because there are more than one perspectives from which appreciate the album.

From a first perspective a live album should include not only the most famous tracks, but also some rarities that the band saved only for concerts, like Happy the Man or Twilight Alehouse in the case of Genesis Archives I, if not it’s only more of the same, specially in the case of ELP who’s live acts where very similar to the studio versions, of course there are some longer Emerson solos, but the essence of the tracks seems almost unaltered.

Different is the situation of Yessongs for example in which Yes improves most of the studio versions, creating a whole new experience. Welcome Back my Friends offers almost nothing new, except maybe the medley of the softer Lake tracks and Piano Improvisations by Keith Emerson which IMHO is much better than the confusing and lack of inspiration Piano Concerto N° 1, seems to me that Keith was born to play great composers music (in this case Gulda an Sullivan) instead of trying to create an original Classic suite like the one in Side A of Works I, a musical piece that has nothing original.

But from a different perspective, if a band can reproduce faithfully on stage without the help of countless gadgets available on studio what they have done on a safe environment where mistakes can be corrected, we’re in front of really talented musicians, and this is the case of ELP in Welcome Back my Friends..

But lets go to the album, Disk I is full of excellent tracks from Tarkus, Trilogy and Brain Salad Surgery, good choice to start a live album with something most of the fans know and love. Maybe the only substantial difference with the studio versions can be found in Tarkus, which is played in a faster speed for the purpose of keeping the audience interested in a track that’s a masterpiece but maybe a bit complex and demanding for hall full of fans that want to enjoy music but also to have fun without giving the attention required to understand something as demanding as Tarkus.

Disk two is IMO much better, the acoustic Lake medley Take a Pebble, Still You Turn Me On and Lucky Man is a highlight, Greg’s voice was at it’s peak and the three are very interesting songs, totally different to his later stuff which IMO is absolutely boring.

Piano Improvisations as I mentioned before is a great track where Keith shows his skills as performer and making arrangements to different classical musicians, absolutely great musical piece. Disk two ends with an interesting medley of Jeremy Bender and The Sheriff, two underrated tracks that act as a comedy relief always necessary, because Progressive Rock as any other genre needs a bit of humor.

Disk Three is probably the one I like more, always wanted to listen Karn Evil 9 as it was composed, a whole 29 minutes epic, not in parts as in BSS where I believe due to the limitations of the vinyl format had to played separated, and with this release I had the chance (even when this version is longer, lasts 35 minutes) don’t ask me where the extra 6 minutes of the song are inserted, because I don’t think I could answer that question, and this is another prove of the quality of ELP who could adapt several minutes to a live version without making evident is almost 20% longer than the original. Excellent way to close an album,

I believe four stars is the perfect rating for this great live album.

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Posted Wednesday, March 9, 2005 | Review this album | Report (Review #14454)

Now, this is one of the great live albums of the era. For me, the greatest live album ever is probably Yessongs, but this stands up fairly well. The songs have an energy that isn’t found on the studio tracks. That being said, I still prefer most of the studio cuts of these songs, but that’s just my tastes. I believe that Jerusalem and Toccata are better live, but that’s about it. I also find that it is almost pointless to review a live album song by song. All there is to say is that Hoedown is about 5000 times faster than the studio version, and while unnecessary, it’s still pretty good. And, as I said, Jerusalem and Toccata are better here than on Brain Salad Surgery.

I’ve also seen reviews saying that the live version of Tarkus is better than the studio version. Hmmm, I don’t think so. I don’t think anything can beat the Tarkus studio version. The same goes for Karn Evil 9.

Basically, ELP fans must have this. If you are not an ELP fan, then, obviously don’t buy it. But if you’re looking to get into them, I don’t think that this would be a bad place to start. It gives a good view of early ELP, and it gives you a taste of every album (excluding Pictures, of course).

And oh yeah, the ending to The Sheriff is amazing.

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Posted Monday, May 23, 2005 | Review this album | Report (Review #14458)

The highlights beside these two behemoths are Take a Pebble parts one and two, the first part featuring excerpts from Lucky Man and Still. You Turn me On. The frightening, exaggerated cacaphony of Tocatta, and their rendition of Jerusalem. All of those are played with precision (although at times it sounds like Keith is playing with boxing gloves) and are excellent adaptations of their studio counterparts.

The only things I dislike on the album are the sound quality, which is sub-par, and the Piano Improvisations gets boring in the middle. Otherwise, this is a good live album that no ELP fan should be without. 3.5/5.

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Posted Tuesday, July 5, 2005 | Review this album | Report (Review #38528)

As I mentioned above, one of the reasons that I like this live album is the inclusion of my all-time ELP favorite track: «Karn Evil 9». Performed its entirety, this track consumes approx 35 minutes duration featuring : a) 1st Impression (Includes Percussion Solo (Con Brio), b) 2nd Impression, c) 3rd Impression. I enjoy the energy and passion projected by the band through this live performance especially this track. Despite the poor audio quality, this track is performed much better, more lively, more dynamic compared to the studio version.

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Posted Tuesday, August 23, 2005 | Review this album | Report (Review #44047)

This live album isn’t obviously likely to convert any ELP sceptics, but all open-minded proggers should think seriously about adding it to their collection. Dinosaur rock it might be, but who can deny the enduring fascination of those lumbering, long-extinct giants?

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Posted Sunday, July 30, 2006 | Review this album | Report (Review #85157)

The live record was of course not issued and I discovered for the first time, the words :»Welcome Back My friends To The Show That Never Ends, Emerson, Lake and Palmer» and here we go for a really lenghty concert.

The songs recorded for this (short) triple album (it could have fit on a double one actually) were only a part of the whole. I remember that the concert finished rather late that night even if no support act was playing (fortunately). The concert hall was far from being full, maybe 4,000 people out of a 7,000 capacity (but I am not even sure we were so many).

I do not remember which were the encores (sorry guys but it is a very long time ago, but we probably got «Pictures» partially or even in full). It was the time for Keith to perform all his excesses with the old organ devoted to this: jumping on it, playing with knifes, shaking it up and down like crazy. For sure, it was an integrant part of the show and the audience was very enthusiastic during these moments.

You know, in those days very little footage of rock bands were shown on the national Belgian TV (although we had a wonderful programme called Pop Shop where the greatest one will come and play in studio (Genesis, Supertramp and many, many others).

So, even if the fame of ELP shows had been described in the press, people were curious to check whether or not these stories were true. And believe me, they were. Nowadays, we can get this confirmed with the abundant ELP footage released on DVD.

As far as this live release is concerned, there will be some great (a lot), some good (a lot) and some very poor ones (the suite «Jeremy Bender & The Sheriff» of course). The whole of Brain Salad Surgery will be played. «Karn Evil» being even a bit extended (!) to thirty-five minutes. Actually, there was a Carl solo not featured on the studio album that is the cause of this.

As far as great moments are concerned, IMO «Jerusalem», «Tarkus» (the track in its entirety with a nice wink to «Epitaph» around minute fifteen), «Karn Evil One & Three» are the best numbers of this album. «Take A Pebble» is another very good moment as well. A bit behind maybe.

I mentioned in my review for «Brain. » that «Tocatta» works better live. I believe it is clearly demonstrated here. The same applies to «Karn Evil II» which I did not like to much in its original form.

I have a more mixed feeling about the «Piano Improvisations» and I really believe that «Hoedown» was not the best choice to open an ELP show (I would have preferred to get the classic «Barbarian» instead but since they have used it a lot in their early days, it was time to get another one (but still. ). But all in all this is a very good live album with a pretty good sound as well.

All in all, it was a great prog debut concert for me. The next one would be in April 1975 (on the twelve, same hall), to watch «The Lamb». But this is another story.

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Posted Monday, May 21, 2007 | Review this album | Report (Review #123024)

First of all, the full title of this issue is «Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends; Ladies And Gentlemen, Emerson, Lake And Palmer»! Let it be shown in all of it’s pompousness!

It’s a pompous, lengthy record, and great one at that.

Okay. If the best genre of music is progressive rock, and ELP are the best band within the genre and if we cherry-pick some of the band’s best songs in a greatest live version from the band’s catalogue, how would you rate it?

Don’t spare the superlatives! Obviously, I’m a fanboy. But childish defense aside, ELP were the core of the symphonic progressive rock movement. They had egos bigger than galaxies, alright, but they verified that quite successfully with their records.

Maybe I should start describing song by song, otherwise I will never stop saying how this thing great is.

The songs are SAVAGE, yet controlled. I admit, it’s possible to trace Keith’s sloppier keyboard playing here and there. That had the same reaction on me as cold shower; not because I was convinced that Mr. Emerson is imperfect (well..ehm, I was) but because that reminded me that I’m actually listening to something made by humans, from this planet. Which is not so easy to believe.

That is the sound, the atmosphere,the performances, my impressions in general. What about the substances?

I won’t repeat myself. Please check my reviews of other ELP records. They’re all justifying each other, including this one.

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Posted Tuesday, October 30, 2007 | Review this album | Report (Review #148204)

Copland’s ‘Hoedown’ is a stirring opener, the group sounding like they’d been playing together their whole lives. The pace is a bit rushed but only adds to the excitement and awe created by that unshakable feeling the players you’re hearing are so good that you can barely make sense of it, struggling to get your brain around what your witnessing. ‘Jerusalem’ fills the hall with its majesty next, Greg Lake doing a great job on voice and bass (his pure choirboy sound serving well), Emerson’s seemingly six-handed feats and Palmer’s firm-but-loose anchor, and ‘Tocatta’ extends outward with military campaigns and war drums. The Armadillo is presented in full and all its glory, revealing many of its secrets, loyal to the original but dotted with neat improvs from all three. thrilling, a must-hear. And the whole thing comes crashing down after 27 minutes. It is moments like this that remind just how friggin good they were, the mistakes and imperfections simply icing on the cake. A five-star performance on its own and worth the price of admission to this show that never ends. Disc One concludes with a Take a Pebble/Still You../Lucky Man medley featuring a magnificent solo from Keith that shows his genius, and Lake’s gift for songwriting is nothing to sneeze at either.

Getting down to business, though, is Keith Emerson’s extended solo which rivals anything by anyone at any time, a tour de force of invention, musicality, fire, fun and plenty of jazz. Oh yeah. give it to me Keith, you rock. And the man’s timing, don’t get me started. The band rejoins the party, a surprisingly good bop follows and as it dawns on you that they don’t make rock groups like this anymore, Mr. Bender and the Sheriff pay a visit. When you throw in one of the best pieces of prog on the planet, ‘Karn Evil 9’. well, you get the picture, and they play the crap out of it, giving it its due rather than the half-assed stuff typical of many legendary acts that were great in the studio but fatally flawed in concert, and this version is packed with some mad jazz skirmishes as well.

Mandatory, and but for a few tiresome moments, a fantastic document. Four and-a-half big shiny stars, easy.

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Posted Monday, February 11, 2008 | Review this album | Report (Review #161530)

The most important reason for getting this album is the stunning performances of ELP’s two biggest prog epics: Tarkus and Karn Evil 9. Both time in at extraordinary long lengths, 27:24 and 35:21 respectively (proof that the 30-minute long song existed before the Flower Kings). The unfortunate result of this was that the songs were split up on the original vinyl releases. I have yet to acquire this on CD and hope to someday assuming these songs are in their entirety as is suggested on the track listing.

Other than a couple bad selections, like Jerusalem and Jeremy Bender/The Sheriff, this is a really fantastic collection documenting ELP during its peak years. Highly recommended and a must-have for ELP fans. Easily four stars, maybe slightly more.

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Posted Monday, October 6, 2008 | Review this album | Report (Review #184873)

Homer Jay Simpson

1- Like almost every live release from the 70’s it sounds a little bit raw and muddy. This is a matter of taste.

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Posted Tuesday, December 30, 2008 | Review this album | Report (Review #196474)

As soon as you put this 109 prog feast on, you are instantly transported in to the bombastic, virtuoso world of ELP. Hoedown rips through the speakers with a frenetic pace and time signatures are off the scale throughout.

Jerusalem slows things down a bit to prepare for an absolutely wonderful version of Toccata, with Hammond stabs and screeching sounds that strike at the heart of mainstream pop. It is alienating but so captivating.

There is nothing mainstream here and the average pop fan would have been frightened off by now. Then a blistering version of bonafide classic Tarkus clocking in at just under 17 minutes cruises along effortlessly. This is so huge it requires a second CD to finish it.

Also on CD2 we have one of the greatest ELP tracks. Take A Pebble is superb as usual and I love Lake’s vocals here, the instrumental is decidedly different and blends in to Still. You Turn Me On and Lucky Man effectively. I could listen to this all day. Emerson has a chance to shine and show his virtuoso musicianship in Piano Improvisations, all 11 minutes of it feature incredible piano playing and includes Friedrich Gulda’s Fugue and Joe Sullivan’s Little Rock Getaway. Awesome is the word that comes to mind. Jeremy Bender / The Sheriff (Medley) is next and though I have never taken to these its a nice interlude in between 2 masterfully executed classics.

One CD left and it is full with a 35 minute epic, the quintessential ELP track, Karn Evil 9. I had never heard it played so well live since. Every moment of it sizzles with accomplished musicianship and Lake’s vocals are incredible throughout.

Virtually every moment of Karn Evil 9, this multi-movement suite, is awe inspiring. Rarely have a band been so precise, so in sync, so brilliant than this track. It moves through a series of impressions in the same way as a classical piece is structured. Like the astounding ‘Tarkus’, it is a long, highly complex example of virtuoso playing and showcases in particular Emerson’s incredible talents. It’s frenetic pace transfixes from beginning to end of the first impressions. It slows in the 2nd impression so that we have room to breathe within the wall of sound that is at times suffocating, but then picks up the pace again in the 3rd impression with Lake’s vocals dominating. I love the huge finale with the robot voice that seems to explode.

The booklet is informative and features some good photos. 3 CDs packed with the best of progenitors of prog ELP is irresistible.

I cannot recommend this more highly. It’s a masterpiece of rock, a masterpiece of live music, a masterpiece of prog.

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The band was in fantastic form for this tour. Every song here is a gem. It’s just too bad that the group imploded shortly after this great tour.

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What makes this ELP record so good? It’s ENERGY! «Welcome Back My Friends» is a tour de force of showmanship and instrumental mastery. The group absolutely nails these songs, performing them with reckless enthusiasm. Emerson keyboards destroy expectations, sounding like he has grown extra hands. Given the concert’s speed and complexity, his tireless intensity really impresses. Lake and Palmer stun as well, their solos and presence felt throughout. Vocals are clear and powerful, and Palmer’s dazzling trapwork is boundless (very underrated!)

Second, is the «experience» of the recording, the extended solos, unique blending of songs, and live ambiance really transplanting the listener back to 1974 (when prog ruled!). Impressively, much of the band’s unique sonic experimentation comes through very nicely as well.

If you like anything about ELP, this is the album to get; you’ll almost certainly reach for it before any of their studio albums.

Setlist 4 Instrumental Performances 5 Stage Energy 5 Live Experience 5

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Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends was recorded right at the peak of Emerson Lake & Palmer’s career and features live versions of songs that originally appeared on the group’s first four studio albums. Highlights include an amazing version of Tarkus that sounds better here than the studio original and all three impressions of the out of this world Karn Evil 9. Also from Brain Salad Surgery comes Toccata and Jerusalem and from the self-titled debut comes Take A Pebble which included snippets of some other tunes as well as a long piano improvisation. Only Trilogy is sold a little short with Hoedown and The Sheriff being the only inclusions from that album.

It is of course debatable whether in each case the best songs have been chosen from every album, but what is here is of outstanding quality and showcases the band at its best in live performance. This is nothing short of a live masterpiece and one of the essential live records of the genre.

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ELP are of course, pretentious. You only need to look at the lenghty title of this super-duluxe-mega-triple-LP to realise that. But on stage, they have a right to be, because their playing is beyond virtuosic, their inter-personal tightness and rhythm is perfect, and their stage presence is aurally breath-taking (even better visually, I imagine). And this pompous chunk of live favourites captures such things in the most effective way possible, delivering a killer experience for any fan of the first four albums.

‘Hoedown’ seems to be obligatory, but it’s just a fun here as on ‘Trilogy’, if anything with even more lively interplay. ‘Jerusalem’ isn’t neccesary and Lake’s singing is slightly worrying at times. ‘Toccata’ is the first really good song; it’s less busy than the album version, and much more intimate as a result, working in it’s favour. Palmer’s synthesised percussion is wonderful here, and the whole feel of the song is reduced from confusing in the studio, to enjoyable on stage. Then it’s ‘Tarkus’, the band’s best song, which is even better in a live setting. The first 6 sections are all a bit faster and more fun than on the original album, and the closing section ‘Aquatarkus’ has to be heard to be appreciated. It’s potentially the best lengthy prog jam you will find on a live album. ‘Take A Pebble’ is split over the two discs because it’s so extended! The song starts in it’s normal fashion but soon becomes a vehicle for much of Emerson’s best piano improvisations and a couple a acoustic favourites from Lake, which provide a very neccesary period of more relaxed music before the HUGE ‘Karn Evil 9’ suite. Also, a quirky rendition of ‘Jeremy Bender’ and ‘The Sheriff’ are included for some comic relief.

The first impression of ‘KE9’ is pretty much as it is on ‘BSS’, only with a famously cosmic drum solo from Palmer. The second impression is more dynamic live and I love hearing it. The third (which never bothered me that much on ‘BSS’) is equally improved but not quite up there with the better two impressions. The fact that these sections are included as one single 35 minute track makes the whole suite seem more cohesive and epic than before.

The only minor issues with this album is that perhaps some of ‘Brain Salad Surgery’ could have been replaced by more of ‘Trilogy’, which is ill represented (although it’s probably quite hard to replicate some of those tracks on stage, with all the overdubbing). Other than that, this album has everything an ELP fan could wish for, especially within the three larger scale pieces. Four stars in general, but an extra one for the mind-blowing ‘Aquatarkus’.

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«Hoedown» and «Jerusalem» are not much different to the studio versions. The version of «Toccata» is better than the one on BSS. Some parts of «Tarkus» are better than the album version, but other parts not as good. The ‘Battlefield’ guitar solo is great. This includes Lake doing Crimson’s «Epitaph» on chorused guitar. I like the echoed vocals. The crowd eventually recognizes the song and applauds. ‘Aquatarkus’ is extended to allow some Moog soloing.

«Take A Peddle» is in two parts. The first part is a great version of the song. After Emerson’s piano section, Lake goes into «Still. You Turn Me On» on acoustic guitar. Then he does «Lucky Man» with some echoed vocals. «Piano Improvisations» is not the kind of thing you want to hear every day. Nice but nothing special. Starts off classical but later goes jazzy with Lake and Palmer joining in over halfway through. «Jeremy Bender/The Sheriff» is a nice mix of the two songs. The transition between the two is flawless. «Karn Evil 9» is fairly similar to the studio version. Includes a solo spot for Palmer.

The CD version is preferable because none of the music gets cut off. Apart from missing some key songs from their albums, this would almost be all the ELP most would need. This trio was at a peak here, and they never came close to it again. Great classic live album. 4 stars.

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I bought this album onle recently. At the time I had not enough money to buy such expensive LP. I heard it at a friendґs house and I remember two things: they plyed great and the overall production was not good. My double CD copy however, has a great remastering and you can hear everything quite clear (and they still ask me why I rather have CDs than vinyls. ). Although the band at the time was quite a good example of rockґs excesses of that era, they had the chops to do so. Overblown, egoccentric, self indulgent and all, ok. But they were able to to handle it and still deliver fine music. I heard the whole 105 minutes of music and didnґt get bored once. Even the piano impovisations were good to my ears. Unfortunatly, these kind of noodling and explicit display of technique became a fashion or a rule at the time, and very few artist had the skills and/or the talent to do such thing without sounding tedious or simply awful. ELP was a rare breed indeed.

Recorded during the tour to promote their Brain Salad Surgery LP, the track selection is great and the band was in its prime, as several parts prove themselves better than their studio counterparts. Even Carl Palmer drum solos are an exemple that should be followed by others: interesting and short. lakeґs voice was also very warm and powerful live. Emerson manages to show off as usual, but always with elegance, style and good taste. Iґm really glad I bought this CD after all these years. It still sounds fresh and exciting as when it came out, pehaps even more so today.

One of the classic live albums of all time. If you like keyboard driven rock music this is an essential buy.

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The first consideration is that with a bit more of «Trilogy» it would have been perfect, mainly because Trilogy is my favorite ELP album and one of the first prog albums that I have heard when I was a boy. Then if I think to the tracklist I have to say that the period covered by the album includes almost all the possible best. Of course something will be missed.

Now let’s see what happens: after few words from the speaker, taken from Brain Salad Surgery and which give the album its name the music starts with an accelerated version of Hoedown. Apart the fact that it’s played really much faster it’s not different from the studio version if not for the added coda. What I like more is the production which let’s me appreciate the «live sound». It’s not the same of being in front of the stage but this kind of recording can transmit the good vibrations of an arena.

«Jerusalem», from Brain Salad Surgery follows. Also in this case I don’t hear big differences apart of a disturbing high pitched trumpet sound coming from Emerson. Lake’s voice is excellent as on the studio version. I have only noticed that on the final of the stanza he goes one octave higher instead of lower, exactly how it is performed by Par Lindh on Live in America.

As on BSS, «Toccata» comes after. Well, this live has been recorded during the promotional tour so it’s normal that the songs taken from BSS are almost identical to the studio versions even if especially Emerson can’t not add some riffs here and there not being limited (too much) by the vinyl size.

It’s good, instead, the way how «Tarkus» starts immediately after almost on the same chords. One couldn’t think that they are taken from different albums. The suite on this live version doesn’t respect the original lengths of its various parts as the band takes the freedom of elarging and shortening them and this is more than normal in a live performance of this kind.

A jump back to the past with «Take A Pebble». Also this song is partially rearranged with the finall piano section which sees Emerson in a great shape followed by the actually unreleased «Still. You Turn Me On» which will see the light on Works. Then Lake tunes his 12 strings guitar and the medley is completed by «Lucky Man». I don’t like the echo on the chorus and I think that this is a case where the studio version is better, also because this live version misses the final keyboard riff.

Now my favorite track: the Emerson’s piano improvisations: 12 minutes of a great piano performance. Nothing to say. Just listen. And if you were wondering about where the final part of Take a Pebble was gone, it comes now. Strange choice splitting it in this way.

«Jeremy Bender» is surely not the best ELP song but the live sound makes it more appreciable. It’s grouped with «The Sheriff» that’s the best ELP album’s filler, I think, but after them be prepared for a 35 minutes epic: that controversial Karn Evil #9 which somebody considers a masterpiece and somebody else thinks it’s just too pretentious. Well, I’m on the «masterpiece» side.

So what should my rating be? This is a «must have» album which contains several 5-stars songs, so even though I’m going for the full stars rating I think this is one of the albums for which the half-stars would have been useful. More than just an excellent addition, but not properly essential.

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This is my first review of a live album on this site and it’s also my first review of an Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s album. I’m sincerely a great fan of «Welcome Back My Friends, To The Show That Never Ends». In the 70’s, progressive rock music has produced excellent live albums. However, in my humble opinion, there are probably four live albums that deserve a special mention. Particularly, I’m talking about this album, and also about other three, «Playing The Fool» of Gentle Giant, «Yessongs» of Yes and «Seconds Out» of Genesis.

Usually I prefer studio albums instead live albums. Studio albums are better recorded and produced then the live albums. This is even truer when we are talking about the live albums from the 70’s. In those days, recording live concerts with the technical means of the 70’s were particularly a very difficult task and the final result wasn’t always positive. However, there are some good exceptions and this is certainly one of those cases.

«Welcome Back My Friends, To The Show That Never Ends, Ladies And Gentlemen: Emerson, Lake & Palmer» is, for sure, one of the most extensive names that any album ever had. It was released in 1974, as a three vinyl disk album in a gatefold cover, and the inside of which used the letters E, L and P, as retainers for the individual disks. It reached fourth on the Billboard album chart, making of it, the Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s highest charting album in U.S.A.

«Welcome Back My Friends, To The Show That Never Ends» was their last release during almost three years. Before that, they had recorded four more studio albums and another live album. After those releases, the group took an extended break to recover and pursue solo projects until their next common band’s project «Works» (Vol. 1 & 2), released in 1977. That break, and the advent of the punk rock movement eventually began with the decline of the group. Unfortunately, it was confirmed with their seventh studio album «Love Beach», released in 1978.

My first contact with this album was in the 70’s. In those times, I had a group of friends which occasionally met at the home of one of us. Usually we were playing cards and talking about music. One of my friends, the owner of the house, had bought a new tape recorder, a Dual, and he asked me if I didn’t care if he records a copy of my original vinyl discs. I said there was no problem, and after he recorded it, every day that we met at his home, he always put his recorded cassette version. He was a fanatic of the band, especially by this live album. As we frequently gathered in his house, we always listened to the album and talking about the band. The guy was so persistent, that he managed to convince me, to sell him my original vinyl copy. Obviously, now I’m regretful by my act. However, I’ve already got a new version of the album, but this time on a CD version.

«Welcome Back My Friends, To The Show That Never Ends» has nine tracks. «Hoedown» is from «Trilogy». «Jerusalem» and «Toccata» are from «Brain Salad Surgery». «Tarkus» is from «Tarkus» and includes «Epitaph» from «In The Court Of The Crimson King» of King Crimson. «Take A Pebble» is from «Emerson, Lake & Palmer» and includes «Still?You Turn Me On» from «Brain Salad Surgery» and «Lucky Man» from «Emerson, Lake & Palmer». «Piano Improvisations» is an original track by Emerson with arrangements of different classical pieces of music, which includes Friedrich Gulda’s «Fugue» and Joe Sullivan’s «Little Rock Getaway». «Jeremy Bender/The Sheriff» is a medley from «Tarkus» and «Trilogy», respectively. «Karn Evil 9» is from «Brain Salad Surgery».

As I wrote above, with this triple live album Emerson, Lake & Palmer finished their best and most creative years. I honestly think that many views about this album changed all over the years. It became an album loved by some and hated by others. Personally, I’m still thinking the live versions are better than the studio. The musical quality of the album is superb, giving us 2 hours of some of the best moments over the progressive rock ever recorded.

Conclusion: This is a fantastic live album with a great sound. The songs on this live album are almost all from the two best studio albums of the band, «Emerson, Lake & Palmer» and «Brain Salad Surgery». The exception is the music suite «Tarkus», which is simply, in my humble opinion, their best piece of music. However, I sincerely regret that «Trilogy» be an album very few represented on this live work. I wanted the three band members had chosen their trilogy piece «The Endless Enigma (Part One)», «Fugue» and «The Endless Enigma (Part Two)» or the title track «Trilogy» instead of «Jeremy Bender/The Sheriff», which I never was a big fan. This is clearly and in my humble opinion their best musical work. Surely isn’t very common the best album from a band be a live album. Sincerely, I really think that we are in presence of one of the greatest albums ever.

Prog is my Ferrari. Jem Godfrey (Frost*)

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Like I said, my big problem with Brain Salad Surgery is that, after Tarkus briefly brought the different musical forces at work in ELP and got them pulling together in a distinctive direction on its title track, Brain Salad Surgery has them going at full speed in all different directions. Conversely, Welcome Back My Friends. manages the difficult task of encompassing all the dimensions of ELP whilst, amazingly, making it all work reasonably well together.

The other thing which makes the album work is that the live versions of the material here are absolute corkers. This is especially true of the two epics represented. Karn Evil 9’s first and third impressions have an injection of raucous live energy which makes them feel less stilted and plastic than their studio incarnations; even the second impression makes a bit more sense in context, since the improvisations here go to somewhat darker places than the jazzy tinkling of the studio version, and we’re already in the context of a live set where ample time elsewhere is set aside for Emerson to improvise on piano so it’s less jarring in context. The version of Tarkus, meanwhile, is greatly expanded on the original, with even a detour into King Crimson’s Epitaph partway through the story which actually makes a lot of sense in context.

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Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends

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Emerson Lake Palmer Jerusalem Toccata Live 1974 HQ Audio Welcome Back My Friends

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Karn Evil 9 I 1st Impression Ii 2nd Impression Iii 3rd Impression Live 1974 2016

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Karn Evil 9 1st Impression Pt 2 2014 Stereo Mix Alternate Version

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Samples For Samplers Emerson Lake Palmer ELP Welcome Back My Friends Intro Sampler

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Emerson Lake Palmer Toccata Live 1974 Vinyl Rip

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Hoedown Taken From Rodeo Live 1974 2016 Remaster

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Jerusalem Live 1974

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Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends Carol Palmer ELP Legacy With Mark Stein

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E L P Toccata Welcome Back My Friends Wmv

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ELP WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS TO THE PUPPET SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS 1977

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Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends

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Curtis Collects Vinyl Records ELP Simple Man Book Review The Show That Never Ends

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Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends SNAP

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The Show That Never Ends Wmv

Emerson Lake Palmer Full Concert Live In Zurich 1970 Remastered

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Karn Evil 9 Drum Cover

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CORNEL CHIRIAC METRONOM 74 EMERSON LAKE PALMER Partea A Treia

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Emerson Lake Palmer Live In California 1974 2012

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E L P Piano Improvisations Take A Pebble Live Welcome Back My Friends

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TarkusLive Oct 18 2012 Complete Show

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Emerson Lake Palmer Fanfare For The Common Man

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Emerson Lake Palmer In Concert 1979 US Vinyl Rip Full Album

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Hoedown Taken From Rodeo Live

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Carl Palmer S ELP Legacy Karn Evil 9 Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends

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