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)
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

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

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.