Emerson Lake & Palmer – Brain Salad Surgery
(Manticore Records 1973 87302IT)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – German Press
Die-Cut Fold Out Sleeve in Excellent condition
– some wear to edges/corners and some marks on back cover
Inner Sleeve has some creasing and small split in bottom
No Poster
Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) were an English progressive rock supergroup formed in London in 1970. The band consisted of keyboardist Keith Emerson, singer, bassist, and producer Greg Lake, and drummer and percussionist Carl Palmer.
Brain Salad Surgery is the fourth studio album by progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1973 and the first under their Manticore Records imprint. The cover art is by H. R. Giger.
Track listing
| Side one | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | “Jerusalem” (William Blake, Hubert Parry as adapted by Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer) | 2:41 | ||||||||
| 2. | “Toccata” (Alberto Ginastera, arr. Emerson) | 7:16 | ||||||||
| 3. | “Still…You Turn Me On” (Lake) | 2:50 | ||||||||
| 4. | “Benny the Bouncer” (Emerson, Lake, Peter Sinfield) | 2:15 | ||||||||
| 5. | “Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 1” (Emerson, Lake) | 8:39 | ||||||||
| Side two | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 6. | “Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2” (Emerson, Lake) | 4:43 | ||||||||
| 7. | “Karn Evil 9: 2nd Impression” (Emerson) | 7:05 | ||||||||
| 8. | “Karn Evil 9: 3rd Impression” (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield) | 9:05 | ||||||||
Personnel
- Keith Emerson – Hammond organs, piano, harpsichord, accordion, Moog Modular IIIc synthesizer, Moog Minimoog synthesizer, Moog Constellation polyphonic ensemble (consisting of Moog Lyra solo synthesiser, Moog Apollo polyphonic synthesiser (Polymoog prototype), and prototype Moog Taurus bass pedal synthesizer), ring-modulated “computer” voice on “Karn Evil 9: 3rd Impression”
- Greg Lake – vocals, Zemaitis double neck, bass guitar
- Carl Palmer – drums, percussion, gongs, timpani, percussion synthesizers (drum-based synthesizer triggers)
- Produced by Greg Lake
- Engineered and mixed by Chris Kimsey & Geoff Young
- Additional engineering: Bob Fisher, Ed Morgan
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