Welcome Back My Friends, To The Show That Never Ends

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1-1	Hoedown (Taken From Rodeo) Arranged By – Emerson, Lake & PalmerWritten-By – Aaron Copland	4:30
1-2	Jerusalem Arranged By – Emerson, Lake & PalmerLyrics By – Blake*Written-By – Parry*	3:19
1-3	Toccata (An Adaptation Of Ginastera's 1st Piano Concerto, 4th Movement) Arranged By – Keith EmersonArranged By [Percussion Movement] – Carl PalmerComposed By – Ginastera*	7:23
Tarkus	(27:25)
1-4.1	Eruption Written-By – Emerson*
1-4.2	Stones Of Years Written-By – Lake*, Emerson*
1-4.3	Iconoclast Written-By – Emerson*
1-4.4	Mass Written-By – Lake*, Emerson*
1-4.5	Manticore Written-By – Emerson*
1-4.6	Battlefield (Including 'Epitaph') Written-By [Epitaph] – McDonald*, Giles*, Sinfield*, Fripp*Written-By, Written-By [Epitaph] – Lake*
1-4.7	Aquatarkus Written-By – Emerson*
1-5	Take A Pebble (Including Still... You Turn Me On And Lucky Man) Written-By – Lake*	11:08
2-1	Piano Improvisations (Including Friedrich Gulda's 'Fugue' And Joe Sullivan's 'Little Rock Getaway') Composed By [Fugue] – Friedrich GuldaComposed By [Little Rock Getaway] – Joe SullivanPiano, Soloist – Emerson*	11:56
2-2	Take A Pebble (Conclusion) Written-By – Lake*	3:14
2-3	Jeremy Bender / The Sheriff (Medley) Written-By – Lake*, Emerson*	5:24
Karn Evil 9	(35:18)
2-4.1	1st Impression Percussion, Soloist – Palmer*Vocals – Emerson*Written-By – Lake*
2-4.2	2nd Impression Written-By – Emerson*
2-4.3	3rd Impression Written-By – Lake*, Emerson*, Sinfield*

Credits

• Artwork [Package Concept, Design] – Miachael Ross*
• Coordinator [Project Co-ordinator] – Antony Amos, Steve Hammonds
• Design [Reissue Design] – Sarah Southin
• Engineer – Andy Hendriksen, Peter Granet
• Liner Notes – Bruce Pilato, Martyn Hanson
• Lyrics By – Lake* (tracks: 2-4.1 to 2-4.3), Sinfield* (tracks: 2-4.1 to 2-4.3)
• Music By – Emerson* (tracks: 2-4.1 to 2-4.3)
• Photography By – Carl Dunn
• Producer – Greg Lake

Notes

Recorded live at the Anaheim Convention Centre in California in february 1974 on Emerson, Lake & Palmer 1973/74 World Tour.

Comes in a 2-disc jewel case, containing a fold-out booklet with the liner notes.

The Name of Michael Ross is incorrectly spelled as "Miachael".

Copyright notices for recording/release:
An Essential Production for Castle Music, a label of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.
All tracks ℗ 1974 The copyright in these recordings is owned by Leadclass Ltd. under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.
© 2001 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.

Publishers:
CD1: Published by Leadchoise Ltd., except Hoedown & Toccata published by Boosey & Hawkes Music Publ. Ltd., Epitaph Published Leadchoice Ltd/BMG Songs Ltd.
CD2: Published by Leadchoice Ltd. except Little Rock Getaway Published by EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Fugue Published by Gulda/Friedrich Papageno Verlag

Made in England

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5 050159 120222
• Other (Label code): LC 6448
• Matrix / Runout (disc one): CMDDD202/A SANCTUARY *14638
• Matrix / Runout (disc two): CMDDD202/B SANCTUARY RECORDS *21239
• Other (Manufacturer): www.vdcgroup.com
• Other (SID code): IFPI LD13
• Other (SID code etched): IFPI 5007

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MC 3-200	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends ~ Ladies And Gentlemen ‎(3xLP, Album, PRC)	Manticore	MC 3-200	US	1974
MNT 63500	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends - Ladies And Gentlemen ‎(3xLP, Album)	Suzy, Manticore	MNT 63500	Yugoslavia	1975
MC 3-200	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends - Ladies And Gentlemen ‎(3xLP, Album, RE, SP,)	Manticore	MC 3-200	US	Unknown
88697830142	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends - Ladies And Gentlemen ‎(2xCD, Album, RE, RM)	Sony Music, Legacy, Manticore	88697830142	Europe	2011
50.061	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends - Ladies And Gentlemen ‎(3xLP, Album)	Atlantic	50.061	Venezuela	1974

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