Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends

Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends ~ Ladies and Gentlemen ist ein Livealbum der britischen Progressive-Rock-Band Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Das Album wurde 1974 zunächst auf drei LPs, später auf zwei CDs veröffentlicht.

Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends
Livealbum von Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Veröffent- lichung(en)	19. August 1974
Aufnahme	Februar 1974
Label(s)	Manticore Recordss / Rhino Records
Format(e)	LP, CD
Genre(s)	Progressive Rock
Titel (Anzahl)	9
Länge	109:20
Besetzung	Keith Emerson: Keyboard Greg Lake: Gesang, E-Bass, E-Gitarre, akustische Gitarre Carl Palmer: Schlagzeug, Perkussion
Produktion	Greg Lake
Studio(s)	Wally Heider Studios
Aufnahmeort(e)	Anaheim Convention Center, Kalifornien USA

1973 und 1974 traten Emerson, Lake and Palmer auf ihrer Someone Get Me a Ladder-Tour weltweit auf. Der Titel des Albums stammt von der ersten Textzeile des Liedes „Karn Evil 9: First Impression, Part 2“ und diente am Beginn der Konzerte zur Begrüßung der Fans. Das Album erreichte Platz 4 der Billboard-Charts und damit die beste Chartplatzierung eines Albums von ELP in den USA.

Titelliste

Titelliste der LP-Version

Seite eins

1. Hoedown
2. Jerusalem
3. Toccata

Seite zwei

1. Tarkus – 16:42

Seite drei

1. Tarkus (Conclusion) – 10:42
2. Take a Pebble, including Still...You Turn Me On / Lucky Man

Seite vier

1. Piano Improvisations
2. Take a Pebble (Conclusion)
3. Jeremy Bender / The Sheriff

Seite fünf

1. Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression – 17:26

Seite sechs

1. Karn Evil 9: 2nd Impression – 7:36
2. Karn Evil 9: 3rd Impression – 10:17

Titelliste der CD-Version

CD 1

1. Hoedown Taken from Rodeo (Aaron Copland, arr. Keith Emerson, Greg Lake & Carl Palmer) – 4:27
2. Jerusalem (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, William Blake, arr. Emerson Lake & Palmer) – 2:51
3. Toccata An adaptation of Ginastera's 1st piano Concerto, 4th movement (Alberto Ginastera, arr. Emerson) – 7:22
4. Tarkus – 27:24
   • Eruption (Emerson)
   • Stones of Years (Emerson, Lake)
   • Iconoclast (Emerson)
   • Mass (Emerson)
   • Manticore (Emerson)
   • Battlefield (Lake) including Epitaph (Robert Fripp, Ian McDonald, Lake, Michael Giles, Peter Sinfield)
   • Aquatarkus (Emerson)
5. Take a Pebble (Lake) including Still...You Turn Me On (Lake) and Lucky Man (Lake) – 11:06

CD 2

1. Piano Improvisations Including Friedrich Gulda´s Fugue and Joe Sullivan´s Little Rock Getaway (Emerson) – 11:53
2. Take a Pebble (Conclusion) (Lake) – 3:14
3. Jeremy Bender / The Sheriff (Emerson, Lake) – 5:05
4. Karn Evil 9 (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield) – 35:58
   • Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield)
   • Karn Evil 9: 2nd Impression (Emerson)
   • Karn Evil 9: 3rd Impression (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield)

Weblinks

• Rezensionen zu Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends auf den Babyblauen Seiten
• Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends bei AllMusic (englisch)
• Welcome Back, My Friends, To The Show That Never Ends - Ladies And Gentlemen (1974) bei Musik-Sammler.de
• Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends - Ladies And Gentlemen bei Discogs
• Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends. Progarchives.com (englisch)

Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Keith Emerson Greg Lake Carl Palmer
Studioalben	Emerson, Lake & Palmer Tarkus Trilogy Brain Salad Surgery Works Volume I Works Volume II Love Beach Black Moon In the Hot Seat
Livealben	Pictures at an Exhibition Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends Emerson, Lake & Palmer in Concert Live at the Royal Albert Hall On Tour with Emerson, Lake & Palmer Works Live Live in Poland King Biscuit Flower Hour Then & Now Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults Vol. One Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults Vol. Two Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults Vol. Three The Show That Never Ends Live Fanfare – The 1997 World Tour Fanfare: The Best of Emerson Lake & Palmer – Live From the Front Row … Live! Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults Vol. Four High Voltage Festival A Time and a Place Live at the Mar Y Sol Festival ’72 Live at Nassau Coliseum ’78 Live in California 1974 Live in Montreal 1977
Kompilationen	The Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer The Ultimate Collection Out of This World: Live (1970–1997) Emerson, Lake & Palmer The Atlantic Years The Return of the Manticore The Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer Classic Rock Featuring „Lucky Man“ Lucky Man and Other Hits Extended Versions (The Encore Collection) The Very Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer Fanfare for the Common Man Best of the Bootlegs Lucky Man Gold An Introduction to … Emerson, Lake & Palmer Come and See the Show: The Best of Emerson Lake & Palmer High Voltage The Essential Emerson Lake & Palmer Original Album Classics From the Beginning: The Best of Emerson Lake & Palmer From the Beginning The First Five: Picture Disc Collection
Remixalben	Re-Works
Videoalben	Live at Montreux 1997 Pictures at an Exhibition Welcome Back Live at the Royal Albert Hall Inside Emerson, Lake & Palmer 1970–1995: An Independant Critical Review Masters from the Vaults Works Orchestral Tour: Manticore Special Beyond the Beginning Music in Review The Definitive Critical Review Live in Concert: Italy 1993 40th Anniversary Reunion Concert: High Voltage Fest On a Knife Edge
Singles	Lucky Man Nutrocker From the Beginning Fanfare for the Common Man Stone of Years Jerusalem Brain Salad Surgery Tiger in a Spotlight All I Want Is You Canario (Fantasia para un gentilhombre) Peter Gunn (Instrumental) Peter Gunn (Live) Black Moon Affairs of the Heart I Believe in Father Christmas
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