Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults Vol.1-4 [30 CD, 2001-2006]

 

The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults is a four-volume "official bootleg" release by Emerson, Lake & Palmer on Castle Records containing live recordings. Each of the four volumes comprised four shows and contained seven or eight CDs. 

Volume One

Discs 1 & 2: "Stomping Encore" Gaelic Park, Riverdale, Bronx, New York, 1 September 1971

1.     "The Barbarian"       Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Béla Bartók     5:37
2.     "Take a Pebble" (including "Piano Improvisation" (Emerson))     Lake     20:07
3.     "Tarkus"       Emerson, Lake     25:31
4.     "Knife-Edge"       Emerson, Richard Fraser, Leoš Janáček, J. S. Bach, Lake     7:08
5.     "Rondo"       Dave Brubeck, arr. by Emerson     18:47
6.     "Piano Interlude"       Emerson     1:23
7.     "Hoedown"       Aaron Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Carl Palmer     4:32

Discs 3 & 4: Louisville Town Hall, Louisville, Kentucky, 21 April 1972

1.     "Hoedown"       Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     4:06
2.     "Tarkus"       Emerson, Lake     25:53
3.     "Take a Pebble"       Lake     5:00
4.     "Lucky Man"       Lake     3:06
5.     "Piano Improvisation" (including "Take a Pebble Conclusion" (Lake))     Emerson     11:14
6.     "Abaddon's Bolero"       Emerson     8:39
7.     "Pictures at an Exhibition"       Modest Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     15:41
8.     "Nutrocker"       Kim Fowley, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     3:44
9.     "Rondo"       Brubeck, arr. by Emerson     22:34

Discs 5 & 6: Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, 28 July 1972

1.     "Tarkus"       Emerson, Lake     26:46
2.     "The Endless Enigma"       Emerson, Lake     8:34
3.     "The Sheriff"       Emerson, Lake     3:23
4.     "Take a Pebble/Lucky Man"       Lake     8:22
5.     "Take a Pebble (Reprise)" (including "Piano Improvisation" (Emerson))     Lake     10:22
6.     "Pictures at an Exhibition"       Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     16:51
7.     "Hoedown"       Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     3:49
8.     "Rondo"       Brubeck, arr. by Emerson     19:51

Disc 7: Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, New York, 13 August 1972

1.     "Hoedown"       Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     4:12
2.     "Tarkus"       Emerson, Lake     22:53
3.     "The Endless Enigma"       Emerson, Lake     9:12
4.     "The Sheriff"       Emerson, Lake     3:24
5.     "Take a Pebble" (including "Lucky Man" (Lake) and "Piano Improvisation" (Emerson))     Lake     21:13
6.     "Pictures at an Exhibition"       Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     15:18


Volume Two

Discs 1 & 2: Hammersmith Odeon, London, 26 November 1972

1.     "Hoedown"       Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     4:14
2.     "Tarkus"       Emerson, Lake     25:20
3.     "The Endless Enigma"       Emerson, Lake     8:46
4.     "At the Sign of the Swinging Cymbal"       Brian Fahey     0:55
5.     "The Sheriff"       Emerson, Lake     3:57
6.     "Take a Pebble"       Lake     6:23
7.     "Lucky Man"       Lake     3:15
8.     "Piano Improvisation" (including "Take a Pebble Conclusion" (Lake))     Emerson     12:18
9.     "Pictures at an Exhibition"       Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     16:53
10.     "Nutrocker"       Fowley, Tchaikovsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     18:15

Discs 3 & 4: Henry Levitt Arena,[note 1] Wichita, Kansas, 26 March 1974

1.     "Hoedown"       Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     3:41
2.     "Jerusalem"       William Blake, Hubert Parry, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     2:53
3.     "Toccata"       Alberto Ginastera, arr. Emerson     7:25
4.     "Tarkus"       Emerson, Lake     30:44
5.     "Benny the Bouncer"       Emerson, Lake, Peter Sinfield     2:17
6.     "Jeremy Bender"       Emerson, Lake     4:13
7.     "Take a Pebble"       Lake     5:43
8.     "Still...You Turn Me On"       Lake     3:08
9.     "Lucky Man"       Lake     2:46
10.     "Piano Improvisation"       Emerson     14:49
11.     "Take a Pebble (Conclusion)"       Lake     3:13
12.     "Karn Evil 9: First Impression"       Emerson, Lake     21:49
13.     "Karn Evil 9: Second Impression"       Emerson     4:34
14.     "Karn Evil 9: Third Impression"       Emerson, Lake, Sinfield     10:25

Discs 5 & 6: Rich Stadium, Buffalo, New York, 26 July 1974

1.     "Hoedown"       Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     4:02
2.     "Jerusalem"       Blake, Parry, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     3:08
3.     "Toccata"       Ginastera, arr. Emerson     7:48
4.     "Tarkus"       Emerson, Lake     30:38
5.     "Take a Pebble"       Lake     4:40
6.     "Still...You Turn Me On"       Lake     3:02
7.     "Lucky Man"       Lake     3:03
8.     "Piano Improvisation"       Emerson     11:51
9.     "Take a Pebble (Conclusion)"       Lake     2:38
10.     "Karn Evil 9: First Impression"       Emerson, Lake     18:22
11.     "Karn Evil 9: Second Impression" (incomplete recording)     Emerson     4:02
12.     "Karn Evil 9: Third Impression"       Emerson, Lake, Sinfield     9:34
13.     "Pictures at an Exhibition"       Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     24:06

Discs 7 & 8: New Haven Civic Centre, New Haven, Connecticut, 30 November 1977

1.     "Peter Gunn"       Henry Mancini, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     3:15
2.     "Hoedown"       Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     4:11
3.     "Tarkus"       Emerson, Lake     17:47
4.     "Take a Pebble"       Lake     3:11
5.     "Piano Concerto No. 1, First Movement"       Emerson     5:00
6.     "Maple Leaf Rag"       Scott Joplin     1:13
7.     "Take a Pebble (Conclusion)"       Lake     2:52
8.     "C'est la Vie"       Lake, Sinfield     4:16
9.     "Lucky Man" (incomplete recording)     Lake     2:28
10.     "Karn Evil 9: First Impression, Pt. 2"       Emerson, Lake     4:30
11.     "Tiger in a Spotlight"       Emerson, Lake, Palmer, Sinfield     4:30
12.     "Watching Over You"       Lake, Sinfield     4:10
13.     "Nutrocker"       Fowley, Tchaikovsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     3:30
14.     "Pirates"       Emerson, Lake, Sinfield     13:07
15.     "Fanfare for the Common Man"       Copland, arr. Emerson, Lake, Palmer     14:37


Volume Three

Disc One: Anaheim Convention Center, California, USA, 10 February 1974 and Wheeling Colosseum 1977

1.     "Hoedown"       Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     4:18
2.     "Tiger in a Spotlight"       Emerson, Lake, Palmer, Sinfield     4:14
3.     "C'est la Vie"       Lake, Sinfield     4:16
4.     "Still...You Turn Me On"       Lake     3:10
5.     "Lucky Man"       Lake     2:42
6.     "Tank/The Enemy God Dances With the Black Spirits"       Palmer, Sergei Prokofiev, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     2:59
7.     "Karn Evil 9: First Impression"       Emerson, Lake     4:48
8.     "Karn Evil 9: Second Impression"       Emerson     9:58
9.     "Fanfare for the Common Man"       Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     8:08
10.     "Take a Pebble"       Lake     6:28
11.     "Pictures at an Exhibition"       Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     9:03

Discs 2 & 3: Royal Albert Hall, London, England, 2 October 1992

1.     "Tarkus"       Emerson, Lake     9:36
2.     "Knife-Edge"       Emerson, Fraser, Janáček, Bach, Lake     5:55
3.     "Paper Blood"       Emerson, Lake, Palmer     4:17
4.     "Black Moon"       Emerson, Lake, Palmer     6:50
5.     "Close to Home"       Emerson     4:15
6.     "Creole Dance"       Ginastera     3:20
7.     "From the Beginning"       Lake     3:02
8.     "Still...You Turn Me On"       Lake     4:09
9.     "Lucky Man"       Lake     4:48
10.     "Honky Tonk Train Blues"       Meade "Lux" Lewis     3:58
11.     "Romeo And Juliet"       Prokofiev     3:37
12.     "Pirates"       Emerson, Lake, Sinfield     13:41
13.     "Pictures at an Exhibition"       Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     10:41
14.     "Fanfare for the Common Man"       Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     14:43

Discs 4 & 5: Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, California, USA, March 1993

1.     "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2"       Emerson, Lake     1:18
2.     "Tarkus: Eruption"       Emerson     2:22
3.     "Tarkus: Stones of Years"       Emerson, Lake     4:36
4.     "Tarkus: Iconoclast"       Emerson     1:52
5.     "Knife-Edge"       Emerson, Fraser, Janáček, Bach, Lake     5:43
6.     "Paper Blood"       Emerson, Lake, Palmer     4:11
7.     "Black Moon"       Emerson, Lake, Palmer     4:55
8.     "Close to Home"       Emerson     3:54
9.     "Creole Dance"       Ginastera     4:24
10.     "Still...You Turn Me On"       Lake     3:52
11.     "C'est la Vie"       Lake, Sinfield     5:08
12.     "Lucky Man"       Lake     4:49
13.     "Honky Tonk Train Blues"       Lewis     2:02
14.     "Touch and Go"       Emerson, Lake     3:06
15.     "Pirates"       Emerson, Lake, Sinfield     14:50
16.     "Hoedown"       Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     3:48
17.     "Promenade"       Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson     1:40
18.     "The Gnome"       Mussorgsky, Palmer     2:11
19.     "Promenade"       Mussorgsky, Lake     1:38
20.     "The Hut of Baba Yaga"       Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson     1:24
21.     "Carl Palmer Solo"       Palmer     8:01
22.     "The Great Gates of Kiev"       Mussorgsky, Lake     7:06
23.     "Fanfare for the Common Man"       Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     17:34


Volume Four

Discs 1 & 2: Hartford Civic Center, Connecticut, 10 July 1977

1.     "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2"       Emerson, Lake     4:37
2.     "Hoedown"       Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     4:12
3.     "Tarkus"       Emerson, Lake     16:24
4.     "Take a Pebble" (including "Piano Concerto No. 1, 1st Movement" (Emerson))     Lake     10:54
5.     "Still...You Turn Me On"       Lake     4:12
6.     "Knife-Edge"       Emerson, Fraser, Janáček, Bach, Lake     5:23
7.     "Pictures at an Exhibition"       Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     15:54
8.     "C’est la Vie"       Lake, Sinfield     4:23
9.     "Lucky Man"       Lake     2:19
10.     "Tank"       Emerson, Palmer     9:58
11.     "Nutrocker"       Fowley, Tchaikovsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     3:35
12.     "Pirates"       Emerson, Lake, Sinfield     13:13
13.     "Fanfare for the Common Man"       Copland, arr. Emerson, Lake, Palmer     15:03

Discs 3 & 4: Chicago 1978

1.     "Peter Gunn"       Mancini, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     4:11
2.     "Hoedown"       Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     4:12
3.     "Tarkus"       Emerson, Lake     17:03
4.     "Take a Pebble" (including "Piano Concerto No.1, 3rd Movement" (Emerson) and "Maple Leaf Rag" (Joplin))     Lake     13:03
5.     "C'est la Vie"       Lake, Sinfield     4:24
6.     "Lucky Man"       Lake     3:08
7.     "Pictures at an Exhibition"       Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     15:48
8.     "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2"       Emerson, Lake     5:05
9.     "Tiger in a Spotlight"       Emerson, Lake, Palmer, Sinfield     4:11
10.     "Watching Over You"       Lake, Sinfield     4:27
11.     "Tank/The Enemy God Dances With the Black Spirits"       Palmer, Prokofiev, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     13:14
12.     "Nutrocker"       Fowley, Tchaikovsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     3:52
13.     "Pirates"       Emerson, Lake, Sinfield     13:12
14.     "Fanfare for the Common Man/Rondo"       Brubeck, Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     16:02
15.     "Show Me the Way to Go Home"       L. James Campbell, Reginald Connelly     4:09

Discs 5 & 6: Pennsylvania, 22 July 1992

1.     "Fanfare for the Common Man"       Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     7:06
2.     "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2"       Emerson, Lake     1:25
3.     "Tarkus"       Emerson, Lake     8:24
4.     "Knife-Edge"       Emerson, Fraser, Janáček, Bach, Lake     5:34
5.     "Paper Blood"       Emerson, Lake, Palmer     4:42
6.     "Black Moon"       Emerson, Lake, Palmer     6:44
7.     "Creole Dance"       Ginastera     2:55
8.     "Close to Home"       Emerson     3:19
9.     "Affairs of the Heart"       Geoff Downes, Lake     4:08
10.     "From the Beginning"       Lake     3:45
11.     "Romeo and Juliet"       Prokofiev     9:07
12.     "Greg Plays"             0:59
13.     "Farewell to Arms"       Emerson, Lake     5:43
14.     "Pirates"       Emerson, Lake, Sinfield     13:54
15.     "Lucky Man"       Lake     5:01
16.     "Pictures at an Exhibition"       Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     18:40
17.     "Medley: Changing States/America/Rondo"       Emerson, Bernstein, Brubeck, arr. by Emerson     8:21
18.     "Another Frontier"       Emerson     6:23

Discs 7 & 8: Jones Beach, New York, 25 July 1992

1.     "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2"       Emerson, Lake     1:49
2.     "Tarkus"       Emerson, Lake     9:16
3.     "Knife-Edge"       Emerson, Fraser, Janáček, Bach, Lake     5:51
4.     "Paper Blood"       Emerson, Lake, Palmer     4:41
5.     "Black Moon"       Emerson, Lake, Palmer     7:03
6.     "Creole Dance"       Ginastera     4:15
7.     "Piano Instrumental"       Emerson     4:02
8.     "From the Beginning"       Lake     2:59
9.     "Affairs of the Heart"       Downes, Lake     4:12
10.     "Romeo and Juliet"       Prokofiev     3:55
11.     "Farewell to Arms"       Emerson, Lake     6:01
12.     "Pirates"       Emerson, Lake, Sinfield     14:09
13.     "Lucky Man"       Lake     5:10
14.     "Pictures at an Exhibition"       Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer     18:25
15.     "Fanfare for the Common Man"       Copland, arr. Emerson, Lake, Palmer     13:28