TRACK LISTING
Side 1
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The Score |
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Touch & Go |
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Knife Edge |
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Side 2
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Pirates |
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From The Beginning |
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Lucky Man |
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Side 3
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Fanfare For The Common Man |
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Mars Bringer Of War / Drum Solo |
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Side 4
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Karn Evil 9 (2nd Impression) / America / Rondo - bonus track |
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Learning To Fly - bound track |
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Pictures At An Exhibition - bonus track |
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Still You Turn Me On - bonus track |
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Synopsis
Emerson, Lake & Powell emerged when a mid-1980s reunion of Emerson, Lake & Palmer was sidelined due to Carl Palmer’s contractual obligations to Geffen Records with his popular post-ELP group, Asia. So, with Palmer’s blessing and support, Emerson and Lake recruited fellow British skin basher Cozy Powell and decided to carry on. Powell had worked with several popular hard rock acts (from The Jeff Beck Group to Rainbow and Black Sabbath), and with him came a noticeably harder and more pronounced percussive approach. This recording was captured at the Lakeland Florida Civic Arena on November 4th 1986. The music was recorded under considerable duress from the band, which had fired its management mid-way through the tour due to several booking and administration snafus.
Though some dates on the tour were lost, the band quickly took control itself and forged ahead completing the U.S. leg. Emerson and Lake have always seemed to work best under pressure and this tour was no exception. Emerson played some of his best solos and Lake was arguably in his best live singing voice ever on this tour. Emerson, Lake & Powell Live In Concert is a testament to how impressive the band was. It was not the same ELP all of us have come to know and love (and many of the classic ELP songs like ‘Lucky Man’ were changed considerably for this tour), but the presence of Powell provided a metallic fury to the overall sound which is clearly evident on tracks like ‘Touch & Go’ and ‘Mars Bringer Of War’. Shortly after the tour ended, Emerson re-grouped with Palmer for a band called 3, and in 1991 Emerson, Lake & Palmer finally reunited. Sadly before the decade’s end, Cozy Powell would die in a car accident on a London highway. This album is a tribute to his powerful drumming.
