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Pictures At An Exhibition (Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered) album cover
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Pictures At An Exhibition
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – MFSL 1-031
Series: Original Master Recording –
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, Gatefold
Country: US
Released: May 1980
Genre: Rock
Style: Prog Rock
Tracklist
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A1 Promenade
Written-By – Mussorgsky*
A2 The Gnome
Written-By – Palmer*, Mussorgsky*
A3 Promenade
Written-By – Lake*, Mussorgsky*
A4 The Sage
Written-By – Lake*
A5 The Old Castle
Written-By – Emerson*, Mussorgsky*
A6 Blues Variation
Written-By – Emerson / Lake & Palmer*
B1 Promenade
Written-By – Mussorgsky*
B2 The Hut Of Baba Yaga
Written-By – Mussorgsky*
B3 The Curse Of Baba Yaga
Written-By – Emerson / Lake & Palmer*
B4 The Hut Of Baba Yaga
Written-By – Mussorgsky*
B5 The Great Gates Of Kiev
Written-By – Lake*, Mussorgsky*
B6 The End/Nutrocker
Written-By – Kim Fowley
Companies, etc.
Licensed From – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Manufactured By – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Distributed By – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Recorded At – Newcastle City Hall
Credits
Arranged By – Keith Emerson
Cover, Painting – William Neal (2)
Engineer – Eddy Offord
Lacquer Cut By – SR/2*
Lyrics By – Fraser*, Lake*
Photography By – Keith Morris (8), Nigel Marlow
Producer – Greg Lake
Notes
Recorded Live, Newcastle City Hall, March 26, 1971.
Pressed in Japan
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A etched): MFSL-031-A3 T ORTOFON SR/2
Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped): MFSL 1031 A 131
Matrix / Runout (Side B etched): MFSL-031-B3 T ORTOFON SR/2
Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped): 131 +
Matrix / Runout (Side A etched: variant 2): MFSL-031-A3 T ORTOFON SR/2
Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped: Variant 2 (square) = an actual stamped square): MFSL 1031 A 131 + (square)
Matrix / Runout (Side B etched: variant 2): MFSL-031-B3 T ORTOFON SR/2
Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped: variant 2): 132+
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Track Listings ..................
Side One ..................
1. Promenade ..................
2. The Gnome ..................
3. Promenade ..................
4. The Sage ..................
5. The Old Castle ..................
6. Blues Variation ..................
Side Two
1. Promenade ..................
2. The Hut of Baba Yaga ..................
3. The Curse of Baba Yaga ..................
4. The Hut of Baba Yaga ..................
5. The Great Gates of Kiev ..................
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....................... Album Notes: ...................
Emerson, Lake & Palmer perform Mussorgsky's "Pictures At An Exhibition".Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Keith Emerson (keyboards); Greg Lake (vocals, guitar, bass); Carl Palmer (drums, percussion).Much was made of early prog-rock's fusion of rock with classical music, but ELP was one of the only bands to take that task seriously, and never more so than on PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION. The well-known Mussorgsky piece is a staple of the classical music diet, and a prime example of "program music," where related sections of a piece combine to tell a story. True to the spirit of the times, ELP attacked "Pictures" with both classically trained respect and rocker irreverence. The album, recorded live in 1971, finds the band turning Mussorgsky's work inside out, not just restructuring it but reinventing it for their rock audience.While sections like "Promenade" and The Hut of Baba Yaga" are essentially electrified, rocked-up versions of the original melodies, the band injects plenty of their own original (but not unrelated) motifs into the piece, including Greg Lake's moody ballad "The Sage" and the self-explanatory "Blues Variation." ELP is to be commended as much for its brash ambition as for its achievement in attempting a Moog-ified revamping of such a well established piece as PICTURES. ..................
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1) Test Press - These are the actual 1st press - These do exists from MFSL in plain white cover with Test Press Labels. These would be the absolute cleanest copy but are Very Rare and not many copies are even made
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2) Demonstration Copy - These are the 2nd press - These are printed prior to the very first copy of the record is pressed for the consumer to purchase. These are inspected to make sure they are perfect so they can be used as a Demo Disc. Rare
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3) Standard Numbered or Limited Press - These are the 3rd press - These are the copies you can or could purchase.
If you want an early press a press prior to the standard press for absolute best quality then a Test Press or Demonstration Copy is what you should seek. I was the former Mobile Fidelity Representative these have been in storage for 20 plus years.
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