Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends [Remaster]

Performer: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Engineer: Peter Granet; Andy Hendriksen
Producer: Greg Lake; Derek Dressler (Reissue)
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Keith Emerson (keyboards); Greg Lake (vocals, guitar, bass); Carl Palmer (drums, percussion). Audio Remasterer: Andy Pearce. Recorded on a tour that took the band around the world in 1973 and '74, WELCOME BACK is the definitive live ELP document, capturing the pomp and circumstance of the seminal prog-rock band in all its glory. Initially released as a six-sided LP, WELCOME BACK contains eight lengthy pieces (how's that for ambitious?). The more song-oriented, Lake-composed ballads are combined in a medley ("Take a Pebble/Still You Turn Me On/Lucky Man"). Otherwise, epics are the name of the game. From the pseudo-classical "Tarkus" to the classic three-part "Karn Evil 9," ELP's technical mastery and complex compositional abilites are finely showcased. Also in evidence are the band's showmanship tendencies (including lots of gonzo instrumental grandstanding) which are sheer rock & roll bravado.

Q (11/96, p.149) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...the last ELP record you could listen to without first checking that the house was empty..."

Emerson, Lake & Palmer were one of the most popular of the initial wave of 1970s British prog-rock bands. They sported post-British Invasion rock's first alternative to the guitar hero in Keith Emerson, whose outlandish keyboard antics rivaled the onstage pyrotechnics of Hendrix and Townshend. The group mixed heavy rock riffs with classical influences, relying equally on instrumental virtuosity and an epic sense of showmanship that won them countless fans in their '70s heyday.

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