Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends

Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends
Live album by Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Publication (s)	1974
Label (s)	Manticore Records / Rhino Records
Format (s)	LP , CD
Genre (s)	Progressive rock
Title (number)	9
running time	109: 20
occupation	Keith Emerson : Keyboard Greg Lake : vocals , electric and acoustic guitar , bass Carl Palmer : drums , percussion
production	Greg Lake
chronology Brain Salad Surgery (1973) Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends Works Volume I (1977)

Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends ~ Ladies and Gentlemen is a live album by British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake and Palmer . The album was first released on three LPs in 1974 and later on two CDs .

In 1973 and 1974, Emerson, Lake and Palmer performed worldwide on their Someone Get Me a Ladder tour. The title of the album comes from the first line of text of the song "Karn Evil 9: First Impression, Part 2" and was used to greet the fans at the beginning of the concerts. The album reached number 4 on the Billboard charts and thus the best chart position for an ELP album in the USA.

Track list

Track list of the LP version

Side one

1. Hoedown
2. Jerusalem
3. Toccata

Side two

1. Tarkus - 16:42

Page three

1. Tarkus (Conclusion) - 10:42
2. Take a Pebble , including Still ... You Turn Me On / Lucky Man

Page four

1. Piano improvisations
2. Take a Pebble (Conclusion)
3. Jeremy Bender / The Sheriff

Page five

1. Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression - 17:26

Page six

1. Karn Evil 9: 2nd Impression - 7:36
2. Karn Evil 9: 3rd Impression - 10:17

Title list of the CD version

CD 1

1. Hoedown Taken from Rodeo ( Aaron Copland , arr. Keith Emerson , Greg Lake & Carl Palmer ) - 4:27
2. Jerusalem ( Charles Hubert Hastings Parry , William Blake , arr.Emerson Lake & Palmer) - 2:51
3. Toccata An adaptation of Ginastera's 1st piano Concerto, 4th movement ( Alberto Ginastera , arr.Emerson) - 7:22
4. Tarkus - 27:24
   • Eruption (emerson)
   • Stones of Years (Emerson, Lake)
   • Iconoclast (Emerson)
   • Mass (Emerson)
   • Manticore (Emerson)
   • Battlefield (Lake) including Epitaph ( Robert Fripp , Ian McDonald , Lake, Michael Giles , Peter Sinfield )
   • Aquatarkus (Emerson)
5. Take a Pebble (Lake) including Still ... You Turn Me On (Lake) and Lucky Man (Lake) - 11:06

CD 2

1. Piano Improvisations Including Friedrich Gulda ´s Fugue and Joe Sullivan's Little Rock Getaway (Emerson) - 11:53
2. Take a Pebble (Conclusion) (Lake) - 3:14
3. Jeremy Bender / The Sheriff (Emerson, Lake) - 5:05
4. Karn Evil 9 (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield) - 35:58
   • Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield)
   • Karn Evil 9: 2nd Impression (Emerson)
   • Karn Evil 9: 3rd Impression (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield)

Web links

• Reviews of Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends on the Babyblauen Seiten
• Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends at Allmusic (English)