Pictures at an Exhibition is a live album by English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in November 1971 on Island Records. It features the group’s rock adaptation of Pictures at an Exhibition, the piano suite by Modest Mussorgsky, performed at Newcastle City Hall on 26 March 1971. The band had performed the Mussorgsky piece since their live debut in August 1970, after keyboardist Keith Emerson had attended an orchestral performance of the piece several years before and pitched the idea to guitarist and frontman Greg Lake and drummer Carl Palmer, who agreed to adapt it while contributing sections to the arrangement. The album concludes with the concert’s encore, “Nut Rocker”, a rock adaptation of The Nutcracker originally arranged by Kim Fowley and recorded by B. Bumble and the Stingers in 1962. Pictures at an Exhibition went to number 3 on the UK Albums Chart and number 10 on the US Billboard 200. In 2001, it was reissued as a remastered edition that included a studio version of the piece recorded in 1993.
Tracklisting
| Position | Title |
|---|---|
| A1 | Promenade |
| A2 | The Gnome |
| A3 | Promenade |
| A4 | The Sage |
| A5 | The Old Castle |
| A6 | Blues Variation |
| B1 | Promenade |
| B2 | The Hut Of Baba Yaga |
| B3 | The Curse Of Baba Yaga |
| B4 | The Hut Of Baba Yaga |
| B5 | The Great Gates Of Kiev |
| B6 | Nutrocker |
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Release Information
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia URL | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictures_at_an_Exhibition_(Emerson,_Lake_%26_Palmer_album) |
| Format | 1× Vinyl LP, Album, Reissue |
| Label | Manticore |
| Catalog Number | K 33501 |
| Notes | Recorded Live, Newcastle City Hall, March 26, 1971. Original release date 1971. |
| Discogs URL | Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition |