'' is an album by
British Progressive Rock band
Emerson, Lake & Palmer , released in 1971 as a live album and re-released in 2001 as a remastered edition including both live and studio versions of
Mussorgsky 's classical piece
Pictures At An Exhibition . The original live album was recorded at
Newcastle City Hall in North East England. The opening track of the album was played on a
Harrison & Harrison pipe organ which was installed in the City Hall in 1928.
There was also a video made of a different live performance. This had a limited
Theatrical release in 1973, and a remastered
DVD release with
Dolby Surround sound in 2000. This performance is notable for its technical problems; Keith Emerson's voltage-controlled
Synthesizer sometimes plays the wrong notes, apparently due to power supply problems.
The original album cover used a gatefold sleeve depicting, on the outside, blank picture frames labeled with the titles of the pieces: "The Old Castle", "The Gnome", etc. On the inside all the pictures were revealed, but one remains blank: "Promenade". (The musical piece, of course, is not about a picture, but represents a walk through the gallery.)
Some CD covers use only the "revealed" version.
#"Promenade" (Emerson, Mussorgsky) - 1:58
#"The Gnome" (Mussorgsky, Palmer) - 4:18
#"Promenade" (Lake, Mussorgsky) - 1:23
#"The Sage" (Lake) - 4:42
#"The Old Castle" (Emerson, Mussorgsky) - 2:33
#"Blues Variation" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) - 4:22
#"Promenade" (Mussorgsky) - 1:29
#"The Hut of Baba Yaga" (Mussorgsky) - 1:12
#"The Curse of Baba Yaga" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer) - 4:10
#"The Hut of Baba Yaga" (Mussorgsky) - 1:06
#"The Great Gates of Kiev/The End" (Lake, Mussorgsky) - 6:37
#"Nutrocker" (Tchaikovsky, Fowley) - 4:26
##"The Gnome"
##"Promenade"
##"The Sage"
##"The Hut of Baba Yaga"
##"The Great Gates of Kiev"
- This track, recorded in 1993, is only available on the 2001 remastered edition.
- Producer: Greg Lake
- Engineer: Eddie Offord
- Remastering: Joseph M. Palmaccio
- Arrangers: Keith Emerson, Greg Lake
- Cover design: William Neal
- Cover painting: William Neal
- Artwork: William Neal
- Photography: Nigel Marlow, Keith Morris
-
Billboard (North America)
Mussorgsky's ''Pictures at an Exhibition'' was also performed in a different electronic arrangement by
Isao Tomita .
