EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER - PROVIDENCE, RI 1977
EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER
Providence 1977 [Dan Lampinski Recording, 2CD]
Live at the Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI, July 14, 1977. Very good audience recording.
If the first half of the ’70s were good years for Emerson, Lake And Palmer (and generally to prog rock), the latter half of the decade saw a different scene. Disco was big; New Wave was making a mark and symphonic rock had to take a back seat. When ELP started their 1977 American tour, they had a full orchestra with them. But to cut expenses, they dropped the orchestra and soldiered on.
Without the orchestra, ELP had to work harder to create that full sound. The result, as heard on this Providence show, is a band giving its all. No corners were cut; instead of a full-fledged orchestral work it was a piano concerto that was equally involving; C’est La Vie easily had the audience grooving along and Carl Palmer continued to impressed with his solo performance.
Thanks to djscomics for sharing the lossless tracks on the Dime site. Above all, thanks to Dan Lampinski, Carl Morstadt (who mastered the tracks), Kev, ethiessen1 and the rest of the Lampinski crew.
Disc 1
Track 101. Karn Evil 9 First Impression part II
Track 102. Hoedown
Track 103. Tarkus
Track 104. Take a Pebble > Piano Concerto (excerpt)
Track 105. Still… You Turn Me On
Track 106. Knife Ege (spliced)
Track 107. Pictures at an Exhibition
Track 108. C’est La Vie
Disc 2
Track 201. Lucky Man
Track 202. Tank > Carl Palmer Drum Solo
Track 203. Nutrocker
Track 204. Pirates (spliced)
Track 205. E: Fanfare For the Common Man
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