Emerson, Lake & Palmer in Concert

Emerson, Lake and Palmer in Concert
Live album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Released	16 November 1979 [1]
Recorded	26 August 1977 Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genre	Progressive rock, symphonic rock
Length	43:12 (In Concert) 87:39 (Works Live) 86:53 (DVD) 102:40 (Live in Montreal 1977)
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Keith Emerson
Emerson, Lake & Palmer chronology
Love Beach (1978) Emerson, Lake and Palmer in Concert (1979) Black Moon (1992)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer live chronology
Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends - Ladies and Gentlemen (1974) Emerson, Lake & Palmer in Concert (1979) Live at the Royal Albert Hall (1993)

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Introductory Fanfare" (Keith Emerson, Carl Palmer)	0:53
2.	"Peter Gunn" (Henry Mancini, arr. by Emerson, Greg Lake, Palmer)	3:37
3.	"Tiger in a Spotlight" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer, Peter Sinfield)	4:06
4.	"C'est la Vie" (Lake, Sinfield)	4:12
5.	"The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits" (Sergei Prokofiev, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer)	2:49
6.	"Knife-Edge" (Emerson, Richard Fraser, Leoš Janáček, Lake)	5:14

Side two

No.	Title	Length
7.	"Piano Concerto No. 1, Third Movement: Toccata con fuoco" (Emerson)	6:35
8.	"Pictures at an Exhibition" (Emerson, Lake, Modest Mussorgsky, Palmer)	15:43

The re-released and expanded CD "Works Live"

Works Live

For other uses, see Works and List of albums titled Live.

Disc One

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Introductory Fanfare"	0:52
2.	"Peter Gunn"	3:34
3.	"Tiger in a Spotlight"	4:08
4.	"C'est la Vie"	4:14
5.	"Watching Over You" (Lake, Sinfield)	3:59
6.	"Maple Leaf Rag" (Scott Joplin)	1:14
7.	"The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits"	2:46
8.	"Fanfare for the Common Man" (Aaron Copland)	10:54
9.	"Knife-Edge"	5:03
10.	"Show Me the Way to Go Home" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly)	4:20

Disc Two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Abaddon's Bolero" (Emerson)	6:02
2.	"Pictures at an Exhibition"	15:40
3.	"Closer to Believing" (Lake, Sinfield)	5:28
4.	"Piano Concerto No. 1, Third Movement: Toccata con Fuoco"	6:40
5.	"Tank" (Emerson, Palmer)	12:36

Live '77 / Works Orchestral Tour (video)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Abbadon's Bolero"
2.	"The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits"
3.	"Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression Part 2" (Emerson)
4.	"Pictures at an Exhibition"
5.	"C'est la Vie"
6.	"Lucky Man" (Lake)
7.	"Piano Concerto No. 1, 3rd Movement"
8.	"Tank"
9.	"Nutrocker" (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Kim Fowley)
10.	"Pirates" (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield)
11.	"Fanfare for the Common Man (including Rondo)"

Live in Montreal 1977

Disc One

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Abbadon's Bolero"	6:03
2.	"Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression Part 2"	4:38
3.	"The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits"	2:58
4.	"C'est la Vie"	4:36
5.	"Lucky Man"	3:15
6.	"Pictures at an Exhibition"	15:43
7.	"Piano Concerto No. 1, 3rd Movement"	6:51
8.	"Closer to Believing" (Lake, Sinfield)	5:29

Disc Two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Knife-Edge"	5:03
2.	"Tank"	13:22
3.	"Nutrocker"	3:59
4.	"Pirates"	13:38
5.	"Fanfare for the Common Man (including Rondo)"	17:30

Personnel

Band members

• Keith Emerson – keyboards, mixing
• Greg Lake – vocals, bass, guitars
• Carl Palmer – drums, percussion
• A 70-piece orchestra on tracks 4, 6, 7 and 8 of In Concert, and tracks 4, 8, 9 of disc one and the entire disc two of Works Live.

Others

• Godfrey Salmon – conductor
• Michael Léveillée – sound engineer
• Neil Preston – inner sleeve photo
• François Rivard – cover photography
• Bob Defrin – art director

Release details

• 1979, UK, Atlantic/WEA K50652, Release date 17 November 1979, LP
• 1979, Japan, Atlantic/Warner-Pioneer P-10697A, Release date 21 November 1979, LP
• 1996, UK, Essential/Castle ESDCD362, Release date ? ? 1996, CD (double release called "Works Live")
• 1999, Japan, Manticore/Victor KVICP-60644, Release date ? ? 1999, CD
• 2002, US, Manticore, double sided DVD ("Works Orchestral Tour / The Manticore Special")
• 2013, US, Shout! Factory 826663-14432, double CD ("Live in Montreal 1977")

Singles

• Peter Gunn / Knife-Edge
• Peter Gunn / Tiger in a Spotlight (USA release)

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [6]	80
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7]	3
US Billboard 200 [8]	73

Notes

1. "In Concert".
2. "ELP singles".
3. Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). "Emerson, Lake & Palmer/Emerson, Lake & Powell". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. pp. 387–388. ISBN   1-57859-061-2.
4. "Album Reviews: Emerson, Lake & Palmer — In Concert" (PDF). Music Week . Gwent: Pensord Press Ltd. 17 November 1979. p. 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 September 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2025– via WorldRadioHistory.com.
5. Macan, Edward (2006). Endless Enigma: A Musical Biography of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Open Court, ISBN   0-8126-9596-8, p. 434.
6. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 6863b". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
7. "Dutchcharts.nl – Emerson, Lake & Palmer – In Concert" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
8. "Emerson Lake Palmer Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2023.