Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Emerson, Lake and Palmer album)

Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Live album by
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
ReleasedFebruary 1993[1]
RecordedOctober 2–3, 1992
Royal Albert Hall, London, England
GenreProgressive rock
Length70:22
LabelSanctuary Midline
Emerson, Lake & Palmer chronology
Black Moon
(1992) 		Live at the Royal Albert Hall
(1993) 		The Return of the Manticore
(1993)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer live chronology
Emerson, Lake & Palmer in Concert
(1979) 		Live at the Royal Albert Hall
(1993) 		King Biscuit Flower Hour: Greatest Hits Live
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Classic Rock[3]

Live at the Royal Albert Hall is a live album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer. It was recorded at two concerts at the Royal Albert Hall during the Black Moon tour in early October 1992.

The shows were the band's first concert appearances in their native England since 1974.[4] The concert was broadcast live on BBC Radio One, and the band was introduced on stage by DJ Alan "Fluff" Freeman,[5] audible at the beginning of the first track.

Highlights of the album include a 9-minute version of "Tarkus," the song "Black Moon," and "Finale," which is a medley of "Fanfare for the Common Man," "America," and "Rondo."

Track listing

  1. "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2" (Keith Emerson, Greg Lake) – 1:50
  2. "Tarkus" – 9:26
    • "Eruption" (Emerson)
    • "Stones of Years" (Emerson, Lake)
    • "Iconoclast" (Emerson)
  3. "Knife-Edge" (Leoš Janáček, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Richard Fraser) – 5:26
  4. "Paper Blood" (Emerson, Lake, Carl Palmer) – 4:09
  5. "Romeo and Juliet" (Sergei Prokofiev) – 3:41
  6. "Creole Dance" (Alberto Ginastera) – 3:20
  7. "Still...You Turn Me On" (Lake) – 3:13
  8. "Lucky Man" (Lake) – 4:38
  9. "Black Moon" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) – 6:31
  10. "Pirates" (Emerson, Lake, Peter Sinfield) – 13:21
  11. "Finale" – 14:40

Personnel

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)[6] and contains three tracks not included on the CD ("From the Beginning", "Honky Tonk Train Blues" 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.

After closely detailed comparisons, it actually turns out that only one performance is common to the CD and the DVD. This is Lucky Man. Even then the audio mix is quite different. In essence the CD and the DVD are two separate shows. That some songs show only minor differences only highlights the professionalism of the musicians.

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.[7]

DVD track listing:

  1. "Introduction"
  2. "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2"
  3. "Tarkus"
    • "Eruption"
    • "Stones of Years"
    • "Iconoclast"
  4. "Knife-Edge"
  5. "Paper Blood"
  6. "Creole Dance"
  7. "From the Beginning" (Lake)
  8. "Lucky Man"
  9. "Honky Tonk Train Blues" (Meade Lux Lewis)
  10. "Romeo and Juliet"
  11. "Pirates"
  12. "Pictures at an Exhibition"
    • "Promenade" (Modest Mussorgsky, 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)
  13. "Finale"
    • "Fanfare for the Common Man"
    • "America"
    • "Rondo"

Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 92
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[9] 89

References

  1. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (5 May 1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. ISBN 978-0-86241-541-9.
  2. ^ DeGagne, M. (2011). "Live at the Royal Albert Hall - Emerson, Lake & Palmer | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  3. ^ Fielder, Hugh (February 2005). "Eight by Three". Classic Rock. Vol. 76. London, UK: Future Publishing Ltd. p. 104.
  4. ^ "The Emerson, Lake & Palmer Concert Archive".
  5. ^ Welch, Chris (2001) - booklet from the 2004 Sanctuary reissue of the album.
  6. ^ "Emerson, Lake & Palmer Concert Setlist at Royal Albert Hall, London on October 2, 1992". setlist.fm.
  7. ^ Official DVD information: "Shout! Factory Store". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
  8. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Live at the Royal Albert Hall" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  9. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.