Emerson Lake & Palmer Pictures At An Exhibition 1971

Pictures At An Exhibition is the first live album released by progressive rock group Emerson Lake & Palmer. It is their interpretation of the Mussorgsky classical composition and was recorded at a concert in Newcastle, England in March 1971.

Have ELP butchered a classic with their pretentious keyboard excesses or have they charmingly updated it?

I bought Pictures At An Exhibition as a teenager and I’ve always had a soft spot for it.

Emerson Lake & Palmer Pictures At An Exhibition

ELP Pictures At An Exhibition

Set List

  1. Promenade – 1:57
  2. The Gnome – 4:16
  3. Promenade – 1:23
  4. The Sage – 4:40
  5. The Old Castle – 2:31
  6. Blues Variation – 4:18
  7. Promenade – 1:30
  8. The Hut Of Baba Yaga – 1:12
  9. The Curse Of Baba Yaga – 4:09
  10. The Hut Of Baba Yaga – 1:06
  11. The Great Gates Of Kiev – 6:37
  12. Nutrocker – 4:22
  13. Pictures At An Exhibition – 15:29

The last track is claimed to be a studio recording although others say it is the live recording from the Isle Of Wight performance in 1970.

I will be writing more.

Here is a video of ELP performing Nutrocker live in concert in Switzerland in 1970.

And a short version (10 minutes) of Pictures of An Exhibition also live in 1971.

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Do you love what ELP did with this classical composition or does it typify exactly what’s wrong with the group?

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