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Ladies & Gentlemen (Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends)

Review

by François Couture & Bruce Eder

Upon its release, the 1973 LP Brain Salad Surgery had been hailed as Emerson, Lake & Palmer's masterpiece. A long tour ensued that left the trio flushed and begging for time off. Before disbanding for three years, they assembled a three-LP live set (something of a badge of achievement at the time, earned by Yes in 1973 with Yessongs and, somewhat more dubiously, Leon Russell with Leon Live). Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends gives a very accurate representation of ELP's shows at the time, including their uncertain sound quality. It isn't that the group didn't try hard to give a good show; they did, but left to just his two hands, …  » Read more

Releases

Year Type label Catalog #
CD Sanctuary 060
1996 CD Rhino 72228
2001 CD Castle Music Ltd. SMDDDD-060
2002 CD JVC Victor 607445
2005 CD Membran 230050
2005 CD Victor Records 631812
2006 CD JVC Compact Discs 63221
2007 CD Shout 10539
2009 CD Sanctuary 2712812