Live in Poland
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| Live album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer | ||
| Released | 1997 (Officially released - Austria: 2001, Rest of the world: 2003) | |
| Recorded | June 22, 1997 | |
| Genre | Progressive rock | |
| Length | 1:17:07 | |
| Label | Castle Records | |
| Producer(s) | ??? | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Emerson, Lake & Palmer chronology | ||
| King Biscuit Flower Hour: Greatest Hits Live (1997) |
Live in Poland (1997) |
Then & Now (1998) |
Live in Poland is a live album by the progressive rock group Emerson, Lake & Palmer. It features a performance in Katowice, Poland, during June 1997. The performance was originally released in 1997 as a bootleg. It would be released officially for the first time at Austria in 2001, and for the rest of the world during April 2003.
The setlist features all-time classics of the band (The classic concert opening from "Karn Evil 9", "Knife Edge", "Take a Pebble", "Lucky Man", and "Tarkus", the last one presented here in a medley with two sections from the Pictures at an Exhibition suite.), uncommon performances (A remake of the ELPowell classic "Touch and Go", and "Bitches Crystal") and solos by all the three members of the band (Emerson on track 6, on an 8-minute performance on Grand Piano, Lake on "From the Beginning" and "Lucky Man", and Palmer on a section of "Blue Rondo a la Turk").
The sound quality is good on this album. Because of this, and of the tracks included (The classics, especially), it is highly recommended.
[edit] Track listing
- "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2" (Emerson, Lake) – 5:26
- "Touch and Go" (Emerson, Lake) – 3:54
- "From the Beginning" (Lake) – 4:07
- "Knife Edge" (Emerson, Fraser, Janacek, Lake) – 5:44
- "Bitches Crystal" (Emerson, Lake) – 4:04
- "Piano Solo" – 7:57
- "Take a Pebble" (Lake) – 6:36
- "Lucky Man" (Lake) – 4:21
- "Medley" – 16:59
- "Tarkus":
- "Eruption" (Emerson)
- "Stones of Years" (Emerson, Lake)
- "Iconoclast" (Emerson)
- "Mass" (Emerson, Lake)
- "Pictures at an Exhibition":
- "The Hut of Baba Yaga" (Mussorgsky)
- "The Great Gates of Kiev" (Lake, Mussorgsky)
- "Tarkus":
- "Fanfare for the Common Man/Blue Rondo a la Turk" (Brubeck, Copland) – 17:54
- The Austrian edition is the unique which features Emerson's piano solo on a separate track, and presents Karn Evil 9 under the title "Welcome Back".
