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2001 live album series by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults is a four-volume "
official bootleg " release by
Emerson, Lake & Palmer on
Castle Records
[1] containing live recordings.
[2] Each of the four volumes comprised four shows and contained seven or eight CDs. A two disc set of highlights from the first two volumes was released under the name Best of the Bootlegs in 2002.
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Volume One
Discs 1 & 2: "Stomping Encore"
Gaelic Park ,
Riverdale, Bronx ,
New York , 1 September 1971 Title Writer(s) 1. "
The Barbarian "
Keith Emerson ,
Greg Lake ,
Béla Bartók 5:37 2. "
Take a Pebble " (including "Piano Improvisation" (Emerson)) Lake 20:07 3. "
Tarkus " Emerson, Lake 25:31 4. "Knife-Edge" Emerson,
Richard Fraser ,
Leoš Janáček ,
J. S. Bach , Lake 7:08 5. "
Rondo "
Dave Brubeck , arr. by Emerson 18:47 6. "Piano Interlude" Emerson 1:23 7. "
Hoedown "
Aaron Copland , arr. by Emerson, Lake,
Carl Palmer 4:32
Discs 3 & 4: Louisville Town Hall,
Louisville, Kentucky , 21 April 1972 Title Writer(s) 1. "
Hoedown " Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 4:06 2. "
Tarkus " Emerson, Lake 25:53 3. "
Take a Pebble " Lake 5:00 4. "
Lucky Man " Lake 3:06 5. "Piano Improvisation" (including "Take a Pebble Conclusion" (Lake)) Emerson 11:14 6. "Abaddon's Bolero" Emerson 8:39 7. "
Pictures at an Exhibition "
Modest Mussorgsky , arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 15:41 8. "
Nut Rocker "
Kim Fowley ,
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 3:44 9. "
Rondo " Brubeck, arr. by Emerson 22:34
Discs 5 & 6:
Long Beach Arena ,
Long Beach, California , 28 July 1972 Title Writer(s) 1. "
Tarkus " Emerson, Lake 26:46 2. "The Endless Enigma" Emerson, Lake 8:34 3. "The Sheriff" Emerson, Lake 3:23 4. "
Take a Pebble /
Lucky Man " Lake 8:22 5. "
Take a Pebble (Reprise) " (including "Piano Improvisation" (Emerson)) Lake 10:22 6. "
Pictures at an Exhibition " Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 16:51 7. "
Hoedown " Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 3:49 8. "
Rondo " Brubeck, arr. by Emerson 19:51
Disc 7:
Saratoga Performing Arts Center ,
Saratoga Springs, New York , 13 August 1972 Title Writer(s) 1. "
Hoedown " Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 4:12 2. "
Tarkus " Emerson, Lake 22:53 3. "The Endless Enigma" Emerson, Lake 9:12 4. "The Sheriff" Emerson, Lake 3:24 5. "
Take a Pebble " (including "
Lucky Man " (Lake) and "Piano Improvisation" (Emerson)) Lake 21:13 6. "
Pictures at an Exhibition " Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 15:18
Volume Two
Discs 1 & 2:
Hammersmith Odeon , London, 26 November 1972 Title Writer(s) 1. "
Hoedown " Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 4:14 2. "
Tarkus " Emerson, Lake 25:20 3. "The Endless Enigma" Emerson, Lake 8:46 4. "
At the Sign of the Swinging Cymbal "
Brian Fahey 0:55 5. "The Sheriff" Emerson, Lake 3:57 6. "
Take a Pebble " Lake 6:23 7. "
Lucky Man " Lake 3:15 8. "Piano Improvisation" (including "Take a Pebble Conclusion" (Lake)) Emerson 12:18 9. "
Pictures at an Exhibition " Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 16:53 10. "
Nut Rocker " Fowley, Tchaikovsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 18:15
Discs 3 & 4:
Henry Levitt Arena ,
[note 1] Wichita, Kansas, 26 March 1974 Title Writer(s) 1. "
Hoedown " Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 3:41 2. "
Jerusalem "
William Blake ,
Hubert Parry , arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 2:53 3. "
Toccata "
Alberto Ginastera , arr. Emerson 7:25 4. "
Tarkus " Emerson, Lake 30:44 5. "Benny the Bouncer" Emerson, Lake,
Peter Sinfield 2:17 6. "
Jeremy Bender " Emerson, Lake 4:13 7. "
Take a Pebble " Lake 5:43 8. "
Still...You Turn Me On " Lake 3:08 9. "
Lucky Man " Lake 2:46 10. "Piano Improvisation" Emerson 14:49 11. "
Take a Pebble (Conclusion) " Lake 3:13 12. "
Karn Evil 9: First Impression " Emerson, Lake 21:49 13. "
Karn Evil 9: Second Impression " Emerson 4:34 14. "
Karn Evil 9: Third Impression " Emerson, Lake, Sinfield 10:25
Discs 5 & 6:
Rich Stadium , Buffalo, New York, 26 July 1974 Title Writer(s) 1. "
Hoedown " Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 4:02 2. "
Jerusalem " Blake, Parry, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 3:08 3. "
Toccata " Ginastera, arr. Emerson 7:48 4. "
Tarkus " Emerson, Lake 30:38 5. "
Take a Pebble " Lake 4:40 6. "
Still...You Turn Me On " Lake 3:02 7. "
Lucky Man " Lake 3:03 8. "Piano Improvisation" Emerson 11:51 9. "
Take a Pebble (Conclusion) " Lake 2:38 10. "
Karn Evil 9: First Impression " Emerson, Lake 18:22 11. "
Karn Evil 9: Second Impression " (incomplete recording) Emerson 4:02 12. "
Karn Evil 9: Third Impression " Emerson, Lake, Sinfield 9:34 13. "
Pictures at an Exhibition " Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 24:06
Discs 7 & 8: New Haven Civic Centre, New Haven, Connecticut, 30 November 1977 Title Writer(s) 1. "
Peter Gunn "
Henry Mancini , arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 3:15 2. "
Hoedown " Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 4:11 3. "
Tarkus " Emerson, Lake 17:47 4. "
Take a Pebble " Lake 3:11 5. "
Piano Concerto No. 1, First Movement " Emerson 5:00 6. "
Maple Leaf Rag "
Scott Joplin 1:13 7. "
Take a Pebble (Conclusion) " Lake 2:52 8. "C'est la Vie" Lake, Sinfield 4:16 9. "
Lucky Man " (incomplete recording) Lake 2:28 10. "
Karn Evil 9: First Impression, Pt. 2 " Emerson, Lake 4:30 11. "
Tiger in a Spotlight " Emerson, Lake, Palmer, Sinfield 4:30 12. "Watching Over You" Lake, Sinfield 4:10 13. "
Nut Rocker " Fowley, Tchaikovsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 3:30 14. "Pirates" Emerson, Lake, Sinfield 13:07 15. "
Fanfare for the Common Man " Copland, arr. Emerson, Lake, Palmer 14:37
Volume Three
Disc One:
Anaheim Convention Center , California, 10 February 1974 and Wheeling Colosseum 1977 Title Writer(s) 1. "
Hoedown " Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 4:18 2. "
Tiger in a Spotlight " Emerson, Lake, Palmer, Sinfield 4:14 3. "C'est la Vie" Lake, Sinfield 4:16 4. "
Still...You Turn Me On " Lake 3:10 5. "
Lucky Man " Lake 2:42 6. "Tank/The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits" Palmer,
Sergei Prokofiev , arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 2:59 7. "
Karn Evil 9: First Impression " Emerson, Lake 4:48 8. "
Karn Evil 9: Second Impression " Emerson 9:58 9. "
Fanfare for the Common Man " Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 8:08 10. "
Take a Pebble " Lake 6:28 11. "
Pictures at an Exhibition " Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 9:03
Discs 2 & 3:
Royal Albert Hall , London, England, 2 October 1992 Title Writer(s) 1. "
Tarkus " Emerson, Lake 9:36 2. "Knife-Edge" Emerson, Fraser, Janáček, Bach, Lake 5:55 3. "Paper Blood" Emerson, Lake, Palmer 4:17 4. "Black Moon" Emerson, Lake, Palmer 6:50 5. "Close to Home" Emerson 4:15 6. "Creole Dance" Ginastera 3:20 7. "
From the Beginning " Lake 3:02 8. "
Still...You Turn Me On " Lake 4:09 9. "
Lucky Man " Lake 4:48 10. "
Honky Tonk Train Blues "
Meade "Lux" Lewis 3:58 11. "
Romeo and Juliet " Prokofiev 3:37 12. "Pirates" Emerson, Lake, Sinfield 13:41 13. "
Pictures at an Exhibition " Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 10:41 14. "
Fanfare for the Common Man " Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 14:43
Discs 4 & 5:
Wiltern Theater , Los Angeles, California, March 1993 Title Writer(s) 1. "
Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2 " Emerson, Lake 1:18 2. "
Tarkus: Eruption " Emerson 2:22 3. "
Tarkus: Stones of Years " Emerson, Lake 4:36 4. "
Tarkus: Iconoclast " Emerson 1:52 5. "Knife-Edge" Emerson, Fraser, Janáček, Bach, Lake 5:43 6. "Paper Blood" Emerson, Lake, Palmer 4:11 7. "Black Moon" Emerson, Lake, Palmer 4:55 8. "Close to Home" Emerson 3:54 9. "Creole Dance" Ginastera 4:24 10. "
Still...You Turn Me On " Lake 3:52 11. "C'est la Vie" Lake, Sinfield 5:08 12. "
Lucky Man " Lake 4:49 13. "Honky Tonk Train Blues" Lewis 2:02 14. "Touch and Go" Emerson, Lake 3:06 15. "Pirates" Emerson, Lake, Sinfield 14:50 16. "
Hoedown " Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 3:48 17. "Promenade" Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson 1:40 18. "The Gnome" Mussorgsky, Palmer 2:11 19. "Promenade" Mussorgsky, Lake 1:38 20. "The Hut of Baba Yaga" Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson 1:24 21. "Carl Palmer Solo" Palmer 8:01 22. "The Great Gates of Kiev" Mussorgsky, Lake 7:06 23. "
Fanfare for the Common Man " Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 17:34
Volume Four
Discs 1 & 2:
Hartford Civic Center , Connecticut, 10 July 1977 Title Writer(s) 1. "
Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2 " Emerson, Lake 4:37 2. "
Hoedown " Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 4:12 3. "
Tarkus " Emerson, Lake 16:24 4. "
Take a Pebble " (including "Piano Concerto No. 1, 1st Movement" (Emerson)) Lake 10:54 5. "
Still...You Turn Me On " Lake 4:12 6. "Knife-Edge" Emerson, Fraser, Janáček, Bach, Lake 5:23 7. "
Pictures at an Exhibition " Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 15:54 8. "C’est la Vie" Lake, Sinfield 4:23 9. "
Lucky Man " Lake 2:19 10. "Tank" Emerson, Palmer 9:58 11. "
Nut Rocker " Fowley, Tchaikovsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 3:35 12. "Pirates" Emerson, Lake, Sinfield 13:13 13. "
Fanfare for the Common Man " Copland, arr. Emerson, Lake, Palmer 15:03
Discs 3 & 4: Chicago 1978 Title Writer(s) 1. "
Peter Gunn " Mancini, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 4:11 2. "
Hoedown " Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 4:12 3. "
Tarkus " Emerson, Lake 17:03 4. "
Take a Pebble " (including "Piano Concerto No.1, 3rd Movement" (Emerson) and "Maple Leaf Rag" (Joplin)) Lake 13:03 5. "C'est la Vie" Lake, Sinfield 4:24 6. "
Lucky Man " Lake 3:08 7. "
Pictures at an Exhibition " Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 15:48 8. "
Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2 " Emerson, Lake 5:05 9. "
Tiger in a Spotlight " Emerson, Lake, Palmer, Sinfield 4:11 10. "Watching Over You" Lake, Sinfield 4:27 11. "Tank/The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits" Palmer, Prokofiev, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 13:14 12. "
Nut Rocker " Fowley, Tchaikovsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 3:52 13. "Pirates" Emerson, Lake, Sinfield 13:12 14. "
Fanfare for the Common Man /
Rondo " Brubeck, Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 16:02 15. "
Show Me the Way to Go Home "
L. James Campbell, Reginald Connelly 4:09
Discs 5 & 6: Pennsylvania, 22 July 1992 Title Writer(s) 1. "
Fanfare for the Common Man " Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 7:06 2. "
Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2 " Emerson, Lake 1:25 3. "
Tarkus " Emerson, Lake 8:24 4. "Knife-Edge" Emerson, Fraser, Janáček, Bach, Lake 5:34 5. "Paper Blood" Emerson, Lake, Palmer 4:42 6. "Black Moon" Emerson, Lake, Palmer 6:44 7. "Creole Dance" Ginastera 2:55 8. "Close to Home" Emerson 3:19 9. "Affairs of the Heart"
Geoff Downes , Lake 4:08 10. "
From the Beginning " Lake 3:45 11. "Romeo and Juliet" Prokofiev 9:07 12. "Greg Plays" 0:59 13. "Farewell to Arms" Emerson, Lake 5:43 14. "Pirates" Emerson, Lake, Sinfield 13:54 15. "
Lucky Man " Lake 5:01 16. "
Pictures at an Exhibition " Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 18:40 17. "Medley: Changing States/
America /
Rondo " Emerson, Bernstein, Brubeck, arr. by Emerson 8:21 18. "Another Frontier" Emerson 6:23
Discs 7 & 8:
Jones Beach , New York, 25 July 1992 Title Writer(s) 1. "
Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2 " Emerson, Lake 1:49 2. "
Tarkus " Emerson, Lake 9:16 3. "Knife-Edge" Emerson, Fraser, Janáček, Bach, Lake 5:51 4. "Paper Blood" Emerson, Lake, Palmer 4:41 5. "Black Moon" Emerson, Lake, Palmer 7:03 6. "Creole Dance" Ginastera 4:15 7. "Piano Instrumental" Emerson 4:02 8. "
From the Beginning " Lake 2:59 9. "Affairs of the Heart" Downes, Lake 4:12 10. "Romeo and Juliet" Prokofiev 3:55 11. "Farewell to Arms" Emerson, Lake 6:01 12. "Pirates" Emerson, Lake, Sinfield 14:09 13. "
Lucky Man " Lake 5:10 14. "
Pictures at an Exhibition " Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 18:25 15. "
Fanfare for the Common Man " Copland, arr. Emerson, Lake, Palmer 13:28
Best of the Bootlegs
Disc One Title Writer(s) 1. "
Hoedown " (from Volume 1 – Saratoga) Copland, arr. Emerson, Lake, Palmer 4:03 2. "Knife-Edge" (from Volume 1 – Gaelic Park) Emerson, Lake 7:09 3. "
Pictures at an Exhibition " (from Volume 1 – Long Beach) Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 16:55 4. "
Take a Pebble /
Lucky Man " (from Volume 1 – Long Beach) Lake 8:23 5. "
Tarkus " (from Volume 1 – Louisville) Emerson, Lake 25:18 6. "The Endless Enigma" (from Volume 1 – Saratoga) Emerson, Lake 9:05 7. "
Nut Rocker " (from Volume 1 – Louisville) Fowley, Tchaikovsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 3:51
Disc Two Title Writer(s) 1. "
Jerusalem " (from Volume 2 – Wichita) Blake, Parry, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer 2:54 2. "Pirates" (from Volume 2 – New Haven) Emerson, Lake, Sinfield 13:07 3. "
Karn Evil 9: First Impression " (from Volume 2 – Wichita) Emerson, Lake 21:50 4. "
Still...You Turn Me On " (from Volume 2 – Buffalo) Lake 3:04 5. "
The Barbarian " (from Volume 1 – Gaelic Park) Emerson, Lake, Bartók 5:20 6. "C'est la Vie" (from Volume 2 – New Haven) Lake, Sinfield 4:15 7. "
Fanfare for the Common Man " (from Volume 2 – New Haven) Copland, arr. Emerson, Lake, Palmer 14:37
Notes
^ Misnamed "Henry Lewitt Arena" in packaging
References
^ Easton, Casey.
The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults, Vol. 1 – Emerson, Lake & Palmer at
AllMusic . Retrieved 27 Aug 2015.
^ Easton, Casey.
The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults, Vol. 2 – Emerson, Lake & Palmer at
AllMusic . Retrieved 27 Aug 2015.
^ Thompson, Dave.
The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults, Vol. 3 – Emerson, Lake & Palmer at
AllMusic . Retrieved 27 Aug 2015.
^
Best of the Bootlegs – Emerson, Lake & Palmer at
AllMusic . Retrieved 8 Sep 2015.
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