Emerson, Lake & Palmer ‎– Works Volume 1

RARE/2HAND VINYL ON ARIOLA RECORDS 1977.

28 613 XU made in Germany.

2xLP gatefold.

Vinyl VG. Cover VG.

Though no one talked about it at the time of its release, this album reflected a growing split within the group. Originally, the trio's members, tired of sublimating their musical identities within the context of ELP, each intended to do a solo album of his own. Reason prevailed, however, probably aided by the group's awareness that the combined sales of the solo albums issued by the five members of Yes the previous year were a fraction of the sales of Yes' most recent records. The result was this double LP; essentially three solo sides and one group side, it is the most complex and demanding of the group's albums. Keith Emerson's "Piano Concerto" is on the level of a good music-student piece, without much original language. Where Emerson, in conjunction with his conductor and co-orchestrator, John Mayer, succeeds admirably is in writing beautiful virtuoso passages for the piano.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson,_Lake_%26_Palmer

Tracklist.

A1 First Movement: Allegro Giojoso 9:18
A2 Second Movement: Andante Molto Cantabile 2:09
A3 Third Movement: Toccata Con Fuoco6:50
B1 Lend Your Love To Me Tonight 4:00
B2 C'est La Vie 4:17
B3 Hallowed Be Thy Name 4:35
B4 Nobody Loves You Like I Do 3:56
B5 Closer To Believing 5:34
C1 The Enemy God Dances With The Black Spirits (Excerpt From "The Scythian Suite") 3:16
C2 L.A.Nights 5:42
C3 New Orleans 2:45
C4 Two Part Invention In D Minor 1:53
C5 Food For Your Soul 3:58
C6 Tank 5:09
D1 Fanfare For The Common Man 9:38
D2 Pirates 13:20