This list represents the other side of Emerson, Lake and Palmer's recorded work, the so called "bootleg" material. There is an amazing legacy of live recordings of ELP, covering all phases of their career, from the Guild Hall in Plymouth 6 days prior to the Isle of Wight festival, to the 1998 USA/Canadian tour. Some are unique in that the material may never have been played before, or involving radical changes from the original studio version. The audio quality of many of these recordings is obviously not up to commercial standards in many cases, but this is often more than compensated for by they shear exuberence of the playing. There are, however, many recordings which are of an excellent audio standard, and at times surpassing the official live albums which may have been extensively remixed. This is one of the prime advantages of hearing these "bootleg" recordings : it gives the listener the opportunity to hear the band as they would normally sound in concert.
It should be noted that the following list does not include the numerous rereleases of these
some of these recordings, usually under different titles.
LP TITLE LOCATION TIME
21st Century Schizoid Rock USA 4-5/1971 30min
The Palms London 20/6/71 70min (2LP)
Sukrat As above 95min (2LP)
Live Karlsrhue 15/6/71 90min (3LP)
Live in Italy at Palasport Rome 25/6/72 90min
Live at Karakuen, Japan Tokyo 22/7/72 44min
Celestial Doggie : The Lobster Quadrille Long Beach Arena 28/7/72 100min (2LP)
The Callow and Crash and Idle Eyes Anaheim 10/2/74 55min
California Jam Ontario Speedway 6/4/74 45min
Looking Out for #1 Long Beach Arena 12/8/77 50min
Works 1/2 Wheeling 12/11/77 45min
CD TITLE LOCATION TIME
Smashing the Piano Anaheim 10/2/74 46min
Wheeling 12/11/77
Last Impression Wheeling 12/11/77 23min
Long Island 9/2/78 43min
Classics-Live Canada '77 Wheeling 12/11/77 50min
Exposure - Live in UK '71 London Lyceum 9/12/70
Beat Club 11/70 47min
Anaheim 10/2/74
Tortured Dream Saratoga 13/8/72 73min
Emerson, Lake and Palmer Same as official Pictures LP 36min
Live in London 1971 same as "Exposure" CD 47min
Rondo Anaheim 10/2/74 55min
"Palms" boot LP 20/6/71
Impressions Anaheim 10/2/74
Wheeling 12/11/77 74min
Bronx, NY 1/9/71
Tank Anaheim 10/2/74 72min
Wheeling 12/11/77
Classic Live 1971 Newcastle 26/3/71 36min
Mirrors Same as "Works 1/2" LP 50min
Pirates Puerto Rico 2/4/72
Wheeling 12/11/77 76min
Long Island 9/2/78
Carillon Wantaugh 25/7/92 76min
Rondo Osaka 14/9/92 100min (2CD)
Past and Present Long Island 9/2/78 72min
Pirates London 2/10/92 93min (2CD)
Live in New Haven New Haven 30/11/77 94min (2CD)
Rarities Various from 1967 to 1992 72min
Hoedown Tokyo 22/7/72 62min
Live at Jones Beach Wantaugh 25/7/92 106min (2CD)
Emerson, Lake and Palmer Verona, It 26/9/92 75min
Impressions Buffalo, NY 26/7/74 128min (2CD)
Black Affair Stuttgart 28/10/92 75min
Greatest Hits Live Same as Pictures LP 36min
Rock Goes Classic Same as above, plus Nice '69 55min
Live Same as Pictures LP 36min
Live in America Anaheim 10/2/74 52min
Live at the Wiltern Los Angeles 17/3/93 111min (2CD)
Anaheim '75 Anaheim 10/2/74 46min
Wheeling 12/11/77
C'est La Vie Same as above 60min
Coziness 1st CD same as "Rondo" above 55min
2nd CD ELPowell Lakeland 1986 73min
Essential Chicago 25/8/71 76min
Live Same as triple LP set above ????
Pictures at an Exhibition Saratoga 12/8/72 73min
Pictures at an Exhibition London 9/12/70 68min
Sukrat Same as double LP ????
Sinfonie Rock London 9/12/70 30min
Rondo Same as Pictures LP plus Nice 55min
Fanfare for America Stanhope 31/7/92 60min
Read the Riot Act Osaka 24/7/72 83min (2CD)
Nutrocker '72 London 26/11/72 ???? (2CD)
Best Works 7/77 ?? ????
Cut the Organ London 26/11/72 105min (2CD)
The 1972 American Tour Long Beach 28/7/72 100min (2CD)
Radio City Music Hall New York 4/2/93 ???? (2CD)
Debut Isle of Wight 29/8/70 65min
********VARIOUS CASSETTE CONCERT RECORDINGS*********
Date Location Details
23-08-70 Plymouth, UK (1st show, 2nd half) Cass 20m B-
09-12-70 London, UK (Copy of Pictures film) Cass 85m A
??-12-70 West Germany Cass 90m C
12-08-71 Chicago, Il. Cass 45m B
01-09-71 Gaelic Park, NYC Cass 90m B+
17-12-71 Birmingham, UK Cass 35m B
22-07-72 "Hoedown" Tokyo, JP Cass 70m B+
28-07-72 Long Beach Arena, CA Cass 100m B+
13-08-72 "Tortured Dream" Saratoga USA Cass 75m A-
31-03-73 Dusseldorf, W. Germany Cass 25m
??-??-74 Brain Salad Surgery interview Cass 15m B+
06-04-74 "California Jam", Ontario, CA Cass 40m A-
26-06-74 Buffalo, NY Cass 135m B
31-05-77 Detroit, USA (with Orchestra) Cass 60m B-
09-07-77 Madison square Garden, NYC (w Orch) Cass 140m B+
30-11-77 New Haven, USA Cass 90m A-
09-02078 Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, NY Cass 120m B+
??-??-92 ?????????? Black Moon Tour Cass 90m B
25-07-92 Jones Beach, NY Cass 110m A-
02-10-92 Royal Albert Hall, London Cass 120m A
19-08-96 Toronto, CAN Cass 60m B-
??-08-96 Unviversal Amphitheatre, LA Cass 55m A-
ELP - RETRO ROCK 45min
1. Hoedown
2. Tarkus
3. C est La Vie
4. Tiger in the Spotlight
5. Lucky Man
6. Take a Pebble
7. Watching Over You
8. Nutrocker
ELP - LOOKING OUT FOR NO. 1 (Long Beach Arena 12/8/77) 49min
1. Karn Evil 9
2. Hoedown
3. Tarkus
4. Take a Pebble/Piano Concerto No. 1
5. C est La Vie
6. Lucky Man
7. Knife Edge
ELP - NEW HAVEN (30th NOVEMBER 1977) 90min
1. Peter Gunn
2. Hoedown
3. Tarkus
4. Take a Pebble/Piano Concerto
5. Maple Leaf Rag
6. C est La Vie/Lucky man
7. 1st Impression Pt 2
8. Tiger in the Spotlight
9. Watching Over You
10. Nutrocker
11. Pirates
12. Fanfare for the Common Man
ELP - CELESTIAL DOGGIE : THE LOBSTER QUADRILLE (Long Beach 28/7/72) 100min
1. Tarkus
2. The Endless Enigma
3. The Sheriff
4. Take a Pebble/Lucky Man
5. Piano Improvisation
6. Take a Pebble (Reprise)
7. Pictures at an Exhibition
9. Hoedown
10.Rondo
ELP - KORAKUEN STADIUM, TOKYO, JAPAN (22nd JULY 1972)
1. Hoedown
2. Tarkus
3. Take a Pebble Pt 1
4. Lucky man
5. Take a Pebble Pt 2
6. Pictures at an Exhibition
7. Rondo
ELP - TORTURED DREAM (SARATOGA SPRINGS) 13/8/72 73min
1. Hoedown
2. Tarkus
3. The Endless Enigma Pt 1
4. Fugue
5. The Endless Enigma Pt 2
6. The Sheriff
7. Take a Pebble
8. Piano Improvisation
9. Take a Pebble (conclusion)
10. Pictures at an Exhibition
11. Rondo
ELP - LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL (2/10/92) 115min
1. Karn evil 9 First Impression Pt 2
2. Tarkus
3. Knife Edge
4. Paper Blood
5. Black Moon
6. Close to Home
7. Creole Dance
8. From the Beginning
9. Still....You Turn Me On
10. Lucky Man
11. Honky Tonk Train Blues
12. Romeo and Juliet
13. Pirates
14. Pictures at an Exhibition
15. Fanfare for the Common Man
16. America
17. Rondo
ELP - LIVE AT THE WILTERN, LA (17/3/93)
1. Karn Evil 9 - 1st Impression Pt 2 1:49
2. Tarkus 8.51
3. Knife Edge 5:43
4. Black Moon 4:56
5. Close to Home 3:53
6. Creole Dance 4:25
7. Still...You Turn me On 3:52
8. C Est La Vie 5:05
9. Lucky Man 4:52
10. Honky Tonk Train Blues 2:01
11. Touch and Go 3:24
12. Pirates 15:00
13. Hoedown 3:48
14. Pictures at an Exhibition+Drum Solo)23:00
15. Fanfare for the Common Man (including
America - Rondo) 17:36
ELP - PAST AND PRESENT (Long Island,USA) 9/2/78
1. Tarkus 17:01
2. Take a Pebble 11:04
3. C Est La Vie 4:09
4. Lucky Man 2:45
5. Pictures at an Exhibition 14:06
6. Watching Over You 4:02
7. Tank 8:58
8. The Enemy God 2:43
9. Nutrocker 3:32
ELP - SMASHING THE PIANO (Anaheim 10/2/74 & Wheeling 12/11/77)
1. Hoedown 4:18
2. Tiger in the Spotlight 4:11
3. C'est La Vie 4:21
4. Still....You Turn me On 3:20
5. Lucky Man 2:38
6. Tank/The Enemy God 3:10
7. Karn Evil 9 - 1st Impression 14:52
8. Fanfare for the Common Man 8:20
ELP - RONDO (Anaheim 10/2/74 & London 20/6/71)
1. Hoedown 4:11
2. Still....You Turn Me On 3:01
3. Lucky man 2:35
4. Karn Evil 9 25:28
5. Rondo 18:55
ELP - THE CALLOW AND CRASH AND IDLE EYES (Anaheim, Cal.) 10/2/74
1. Hoedown 4:07
2. Still....You Turn Me On 2:56
3. Lucky Man 2:31
4. Jerusalem 2:51
5. Toccata 7:17
6. Brain Salad Surgery (studio) 3:01
7. Karn Evil 9 - 1st, 2nd and 3rd Impressions 25:22
ELP - WORKS 1/2 (Wheeling) 12/11/77
1. Peter Gunn Theme 3:37
2. Tiger in a Spotlight 4:01
3. C Est La Vie 4:31
4. Piano Concerto No. 1 4:32
5. Maple Leaf Rag 1:23
6. The Enemy God 4:09
7. Watching Over You 3:59
8. Pirates 13:22
9. Fanfare for the Common man 7:30
ELP - LIVE (Karlsrhue, GER) 15/6/71
1. Pictures at an Exhibition 36:00
2. Take a Pebble 23:00
3. Knife Edge 6:00
4. Rondo 12:00
5. Nutrocker 4:00
6. The Endless Enigma 10:00
7. Tarkus 20:00
ELPOWELL - BACK IN AMERICA (LIVE IN LAKELAND 4/10/86)
1. The Score 8:52
2. Knife Edge 5:24
3. Still....You Turn Me On 1:59
4. Watching Over You 2:28
5. Learning to Fly 3:04
6. Pirates 13:22
7. From the Beginning 3:23
8. Lucky Man 4:07
9. Fanfare for the Common Man 7:22
10. Mars, the Bringer of War 12:35
11. America 3:21
12. Rondo 5:37
GREG LAKE WITH GARY MOORE - LONDON 30/10/81 45min
1. Fanfare for the Common Man
2. Karn Evil 9 - 1st Impression Pt 1
3. Nuclear Attack
4. The Lie
5. Retribution Drive
6. Lucky Man
7. I Love You Too Much
8. 21st Century Schizoid Man
9. In the Court of the Crimson King
THREE - LIVE AT BOULDER'S COAST (BOULDER, COLORADO 2nd MAY 1988)
1. Fanfare for the Common Man
2. Desde La Vida
3. Lover to Lover
4. Hoedown
5. You Do or You Don't
6. Talkin' About
7. Dream Runner
8. Creole Dance
9. (Standing In) The Shadows of Love
10. America/Rondo (including Drum solo)
11. Eight Miles High
ELP - Colefield, Maryland (22nd October 1977)
1. Peter Gunn
2. Hoedown
3. Tarkus
4. Take a Pebble/Piano Concerto
5. Maple Leaf Rag
6. Take a Pebble (conclusion)
7. C'est La Vie
8. Lucky Man
9. Pictures at an Exhibition
10. Karn Evil 9 - 1st Impression Part 2
11. Tiger in a Spotlight
12. Watching Over You
13. Tank/The Enemy God
14. Nutrocker
15. Pirates
16. Fanfare for the Common Man/Rondo
17. Show Me the Way to Go Home
ELPowell - New Jersey (13th September 1986)
1. The Score
2. Learning to Fly
3. Pirates
4. Knife Edge
5. Touch and Go
6. Mars, Bringer of War
7. Tarkus/Pictures at an Exhibition
8. Dream Runner
9. Creole Dance
10. Still...You Turn Me On
11. From the Beginning
12. Lucky Man
13. Fanfare for the Common Man
14. Karn Evil 9 - 1st Imp. Pt 2/Rondo
ELP - Milan, Italy 21st November 1992
1. Karn Evil 9 - 1st Imp. Pt 2
2. Tarkus
3. Knife Edge
4. Paper Blood
5. Black Moon
6. Close to Home
7. Creole Dance
8. From the Beginning
9. Still...You Turn Me On
10. Lucky Man
11. Honky Tonk Train Blues
12. Romeo and Juliet
13. Pirates
14. Pictures at an Exhibition
15. fanfare for the Common Man/America/Rondo
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