Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition (CD) UK IMPORT

Pictures at an Exhibition is a live album by English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in November 1971 on Island Records. It features the group's rock adaptation of Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky, performed at Newcastle City Hall on 26 March 1971. The band had performed the Mussorgsky piece since their live debut in August 1970, after keyboardist Keith Emerson had attended an orchestral performance of the piece several years before and pitched the idea to guitarist and frontman Greg Lake and drummer Carl Palmer, who agreed to adapt it while contributing sections to the arrangement. The album concludes with the concert's encore, "Nut Rocker", a rock adaptation of The Nutcracker originally arranged by Kim Fowley and recorded by B. Bumble and the Stingers in 1962.

Pictures at an Exhibition went to number 3 on the UK Albums Chart and number 10 on the US Billboard 200. In 2001, it was reissued as a remastered Edition with extensive sleeve notes.

Tracks 1 to 12 recorded live, Newcastle City Hall, 26th March 1971.

The Bonus Track is a studio re-recording of the Pictures At An Exhibition suite from 1993.

EAN: 5050159116720

CAT#: CMRCD167

Sanctuary Records, 2001

CD: Near Mint / Like New

Booklet/Sleeve: Near Mint

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