''Emerson, Lake and Palmer in Concert'' (also known as simply ''In Concert'') is a live album by

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(ELP), recorded at their 26 August 1977 show at the

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which is featured on the album cover. It was released by

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in November 1979, following ELP's breakup. It was later re-released and repackaged as ''Works Live'' in 1993. Some of the tracks were not from the Montreal concert, but from other concerts during their 1977–1978 tour, such as "

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" and "Tiger in a Spotlight". "

" was nominated for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 23rd Annual Grammy Awards.

Content

Similar to most live albums, ''In Concert'' showcased fan favourites of previously released material. However, "Peter Gunn", ELP's take on the classic TV theme song, was never released on any of their other albums (a slightly edited version of this live recording was included on the 1980 '' The Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer'' compilation and released as a single in some countries). ELP frequently opened with this song on the ''

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'' tour. The band hired a 70-piece orchestra for some concerts of this tour but eventually had to dismiss the orchestra due to budget constraints that almost bankrupted the group. On the original release, the orchestra performs on "C'est la Vie", " Knife-Edge",

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's piano concerto, and "Pictures at an Exhibition". ''Works Live'' adds four other songs performed with the orchestra: "

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", "Abaddon's Bolero", "Closer to Believing", and "Tank".

Release

The original release of this album carried no producer credit; however, production and mixing of the album was largely carried out by Keith Emerson. While Emerson intended to release ''In Concert'' as a double LP, the band's imminent dissolution meant ELP's label, Atlantic Records, limited it to a single album. The 1993 re-release of the album, as the double CD ''Works Live'', restored Emerson's original intent to some extent.Macan, Edward (2006). ''Endless Enigma: A Musical Biography of Emerson, Lake & Palmer'', Open Court, , p.434.

Track listing

''In Concert''

''Works Live''

Personnel

Band members

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, mixing *

Greg Lake Gregory Stuart Lake (10 November 1947 – 7 December 2016) was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock bands King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP). Born and b ...

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

, bass,

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s *

Carl Palmer Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer (born 20 March 1950) is an English drummer best known as founding member and the last surviving member of the progressive rock supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer. He was also a founding member of progressive rock s ...

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*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 Leveillee –

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*Neil Preston – inner sleeve photo *Francois Rivard – cover

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*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

Notes

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