''Live at the Royal Albert Hall'' is a live album by

Emerson, Lake & Palmer Emerson, Lake & Palmer (informally known as ELP) were an English progressive rock supergroup formed in London in 1970. The band consisted of Keith Emerson (keyboards), Greg Lake (vocals, bass, guitar, producer) and Carl Palmer (drums, percus ...

. It was recorded at two concerts at the

Royal Albert Hall The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London. One of the UK's most treasured and distinctive buildings, it is held in trust for the nation and managed by a registered charity which receives no govern ...

during the ''

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'' tour in early October 1992. The shows were the band's first concert appearances in their native

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since 1974. The concert was broadcast live on

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, and the band was introduced on stage by DJ Alan "Fluff" Freeman, audible at the beginning of the first track. Highlights of the album include a 9-minute version of "

Tarkus ''Tarkus'' is the second studio album by English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in June 1971 on Island Records and on Cotillion Records (Atlantic) in August in the U.S. Following their 1970 European tour, the group ret ...

," the song "Black Moon," and "Finale," which is a medley of "

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," "

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," and "

Rondo The rondo is an instrumental musical form introduced in the Classical period. Etymology The English word ''rondo'' comes from the Italian form of the French ''rondeau'', which means "a little round". Despite the common etymological root, rondo ...

Track listing

Karn Evil 9 "Karn Evil 9" is an extended work by progressive rock group Emerson, Lake & Palmer, appearing on the album ''Brain Salad Surgery''. A futuristic fusion of rock and classical themes, it was written by band members Keith Emerson and Greg Lake with fo ...

: 1st Impression, Pt. 2" (

Keith Emerson Keith Noel Emerson (2 November 1944 – 11 March 2016) was an English keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer. He played keyboards in a number of bands before finding his first commercial success with the Nice in the late 1960s. He becam ...

Greg Lake Gregory Stuart Lake (10 November 1947 – 7 December 2016) was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock bands King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP). Born and ...

) – 1:50 #"

" – 9:26 #*"Eruption" (Emerson) #*"Stones of Years" (Emerson, Lake) #*"Iconoclast" (Emerson) #"Knife-Edge" (

Leoš Janáček Leoš Janáček (, baptised Leo Eugen Janáček; 3 July 1854 – 12 August 1928) was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist, and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and other Slavic musics, including Eastern European f ...

, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Richard Fraser) – 5:26 #"Paper Blood" (Emerson, Lake,

Carl Palmer Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer (born 20 March 1950) is an English drummer best known as founding member and the last surviving member of the progressive rock supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer. He was also a founding member of progressive rock s ...

) – 4:09 #"

Romeo and Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with ''Ham ...

" (

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) – 3:41 #"Creole Dance" (

Alberto Ginastera Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (; April 11, 1916June 25, 1983) was an Argentinian composer of classical music. He is considered to be one of the most important 20th-century classical composers of the Americas. Biography Ginastera was born in Buenos ...

) – 3:20 #" Still...You Turn Me On" (Lake) – 3:13 #" Lucky Man" (Lake) – 4:38 #"Black Moon" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 6:31 #"Pirates" (Emerson, Lake,

Peter Sinfield Peter John Sinfield (born 27 December 1943) is an English poet and songwriter. He is best known as the co-founder and former lyricist of King Crimson, whose debut album '' In the Court of the Crimson King'' is considered one of the first and mo ...

) – 13:21 #"Finale" – 14:40 #*"

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Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (, ; November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later a conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as "the Dean of American Com ...

, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer) #*"

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Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein ( ; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first America ...

Stephen Sondheim Stephen Joshua Sondheim (; March 22, 1930November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. One of the most important figures in twentieth-century musical theater, Sondheim is credited for having "reinvented the American musical" with sho ...

) #*"

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Dave Brubeck David Warren Brubeck (; December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Often regarded as a foremost exponent of cool jazz, Brubeck's work is characterized by unusual time signatures and superimposing contrasti ...

, arr. by Emerson)

Personnel

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

–

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

Video Release

A DVD version of the concert is also available. Originally released in 1996, it has a slightly different running order (Closer to the actual setlist for the tour) and contains three tracks not included on the CD ("From the Beginning", "

Honky Tonk Train Blues "Honky Tonk Train Blues" is a song written by Meade Lux Lewis, and first recorded in 1927. A proto boogie-woogie song, it has many of the traits that would come to be identified with rock and roll. It is also the first recorded use of the term "h ...

" and "Pictures at an Exhibition"), but omits "Still...You Turn Me On" and "Black Moon". Some performances also differ from their CD counterparts, probably due to the use of material from the other concert. The original DVD cover showed pictures of the band members, but the most recent reissue (from early 2009 by Shout! Factory, who has also reissued much of the band's CD catalog) was changed to match the CD cover.Official DVD information: DVD track listing: #"Introduction" #"Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2" #"Tarkus" #*"Eruption" #*"Stones of Years" #*"Iconoclast" #"Knife-Edge" #"Paper Blood" #"Creole Dance" #" From the Beginning" (Lake) #"Lucky Man" #"

" ( Meade Lux Lewis) #"Romeo and Juliet" #"Pirates" #"

Pictures at an Exhibition ''Pictures at an Exhibition'', french: Tableaux d'une exposition, link=no is a suite of ten piano pieces, plus a recurring, varied Promenade theme, composed by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874. The piece is Mussorgsky's most famous pia ...

" #*"Promenade" (

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, arr. by Emerson) #*"The Gnome" (Mussorgsky, Palmer) #*"Promenade" (Mussorgsky, Lake) #*"The Hut of Baba Yaga" (Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson) #*"Drum Solo" #*"The Hut of Baba Yaga" #*"The Great Gates of Kiev" (Mussorgsky, Lake) #"Finale" #*"Fanfare for the Common Man" #*"America" #*"Rondo"

Charts

References

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