EMERSON LAKE & PALMER Pictures At An Exhibition 1971 UK 1st PRESS - NEAR MINT
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EMERSON LAKE & PALMER Pictures At An Exhibition 1971 UK 1st PRESS - NEAR MINT
EMERSON LAKE & PALMERPictures At An Exhibition
UK ISLAND (HELP 1) FIRST PRESSING (November 1971)
SUPERB ORIGINAL COPY DELIVERING THE CLEANEST SOUND I HAVE EVER HEARD FOR THIS FIRST ISSUE
A FINAL UPGRADE
PRESSED WITH THE BLACK ISLAND HELP LABELS
FIRST PRESS WITH NO "ISLAND RECORDS LTD" UNDERNEATH THE HELP 1 CATALOGUE NUMBER
MATRIX: HELP 1 A-1U PORKY / HELP 1 B-1U PECKO
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL HEAVY GAUGE MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE MADE BY "Howards Printers (Slough) Ltd." WITH A FACTORY SEALED AND FOLDED UNDER LEFT SIDE EDGE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PALE BLUE POLY-LINED ISLAND COMPANY INNER SLEEVE
Pictures at an Exhibition was one of the seminal documents of the progressive rock era, a record that made its way into the collections of millions who never heard of composer Modest Mussorgsky and knew nothing of Russia's Nationalist "Five" or artist/architect Victor Hartmann, whose work was the inspiration for Mussorgsky.
Chronologically, it was Emerson, Lake & Palmer's third LP release (they didn't regard it as an "official" album, as it was comprised of only part of a longer live performance)
It worked on several levels that allowed widely divergent audiences to embrace it, it teased the brain with its mix of melody and heavy rock, and for anyone with some musical knowledge, serious or casual, it was a sufficiently bold use of Mussorgsky's original to stimulate hours of delightful listening.
It wasn't the first treatment of a classical piece in this manner by any means -- Keith Emerson had done several previously with his earlier group the Nice -- but it was the first to reach a mass audience or get heavy radio play (at least of excerpts), and introduced the notion of "classical rock" to millions of listeners, including the classical community, most of whose members regarded this record as something akin to an armed assault.
Those with less hidebound sensibilities appreciated Emerson's rollicking and delightful "Blues Variations" -- which bridged the gap between Tarkus and Trilogy -- and Greg Lake's lyrical adaptations of "Promenade," "The Sage," and "The Great Gates of Kiev." It does some violence to Mussorgsky in the process, but it is also the most concise, energetic, and well-realised live release in ELP's catalogue
SIDE 1: Promenade / The Gnome / Promenade / The Sage / The Old Castle / Blues Variation
SIDE 2: Promenade / The Hut of Baba Yaga / The Curse of Baba Yaga / The Hut of Baba Yaga / The Great Gates of Kiev (The End) / Nut Rocker
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with just a few spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new with nothing but a couple of harmless light marks and hairlines
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Lovely copy and my play-check at volume found nothing to fault the crystal clear, strong sound.
No scratches, clicks, ticks or pops and exceptionally clean for this first pressing.
The finest I have heard and very highly recommend indeed
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Crisp, clean, sharp and fresh with little wear to speak of.
A really fine example
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