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Live Albums By Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Emerson Lake & Palmer (usually shortened to ELP) were one of the most notorious progressive rock bands.

One of the ways they showed that excess was with the release of their triple live album Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends… Ladies and Gentlemen, Emerson, Lake & Palmer at a time when releasing a double live album was seen as extravagant.

Studio Albums By Emerson Lake & Palmer

ELP have only released nine studio albums:
1970 – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1971 – Tarkus
1972 – Trilogy
1973 – Brain Salad Surgery
1977 – Works Volume 1
1977 – Works Volume 2
1978 – Love Beach
1992 – Black Moon
1994 – In The Hot Seat

If you like this intense keyboard driven prog rock, the first four albums from 1970 to 1973 are the most important and the most consistently inspired.

Live Albums By Emerson Lake & Palmer

There are a lot of Emerson Lake & Palmer live albums and the archive box sets include many individual concert recordings. ELP have done lovers of live albums proud.

1970 – Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
1970/98 – A Time And A Place
1971 – Pictures at an Exhibition
1971/72 – The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults vol 1
1972 – Live at the Mar Y Sol Festival ’72
1972/77 – The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults vol 2
1973/74 – Welcome Back, My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends
1973/77 – King Biscuit Flower Hour: Greatest Hits Live
1974 – Live In California 1974
1974/93 – The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults vol 3
1977 – In Concert
1977 – Works Live (an expanded version of In Concert)
1977/92 – The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults vol 4
1978 – Live at Nassau Coliseum ’78
1986 – Live In Concert (Cozy Powell replaced Carl Powell to create Emerson, Lake and Powell for a short period)
1992 – Live at the Royal Albert Hall
1997 – Live in Poland
1997/98 – Then and Now
2010 – High Voltage
2010 – Keith Emerson and Greg Lake Live From Manticore Hall

To help find your way through the best of these live recordings, I have created a readers poll to find the best Emerson Lake & Palmer live albums

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Buying Albums By Emerson, Lake & Palmer

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Other Progressive Rock Groups

If you like ELP, you need to try early Genesis and Yes as the other two really big groups from the early 1970s.

Van Der Graaf Generator are very intense and brooding.

The Best Live Albums Of All Time

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Because there are so many great progressive rock live albums I have split the poll into two and you may find some of your favourites in the second division. Albums will be promoted when they get enough votes.

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Best Emerson Lake & Palmer Live & Studio Albums

This page has two readers polls to find the best live album by Emerson Lake & Palmer and the best studio album.

What Is The Best Emerson Lake & Palmer Live Album?

Emerson Lake & Palmer (or ELP as they are better known) have issued a lot of live albums. Which are the best?

I wish many groups and artists would issue more live albums to show how their concerts have changed over the years. ELP are at the other extreme along with groups like The Grateful Dead.

There are too many for all but the most dedicated of fans.

Unfortunately with so many, it is difficult to pick the best although the former triple album Welcome Back My Friends is probably the obvious place to start.

This is where I hope you can help my other readers who want to get to know more about ELP so please vote in the poll.

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Emerson Lake & Palmer Welcome Back My Friends 1974

The full title is of this live album by ELP is Welcome Back My Friends, To The Show That Never Ends… Ladies And Gentlemen, Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

When I was a young lad I used to look at this album and Yessongs by Yes and dream about the days when I could afford to buy a triple LP. It seemed so extravagant.

These two bands, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull and Genesis were at the very top of progressive rock’s list of dinosaurs.

Welcome Back My Friends was recorded on the 1973/74 world tour to promote the Brain Salad Surgery album. It was ELP’s second live album to be released after Pictures At An Exhibition.

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