Emerson Lake & Palmer – Works volume 2
(Atlantic Records 1977 K50422)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing
Embossed Sleeve in Very Good+ condition
– great condition apart from discolouration mark across top
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
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. With nine RIAA-certified gold record albums in the US, and an estimated 48 million records sold worldwide, they were one of the most popular and commercially successful progressive rock bands in the 1970s, with a musical sound including adaptations of classical music with jazz and symphonic rock elements, dominated by Emerson’s flamboyant use of the Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer, and piano (although Lake wrote several acoustic songs for the group).
Works Volume 2 is the sixth studio album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in November 1977. Unlike Works Volume 1 (which consisted of three solo sides and one ensemble side), Works Volume 2 was a single album compilation of leftover tracks from other album sessions, similar to The Who’s Odds & Sods or Led Zeppelin’s Coda. While many derided the album for its apparent lack of focus, others praised it for showing a different side of the band than usual, with blues, bluegrass and jazz being very prominent as musical genres in this recording.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Tiger in a Spotlight” (recorded 1973) | Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer, Peter Sinfield | 4:34 |
| 2. | “When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind I’ll Be Your Valentine” (B-side of “Jerusalem”, 1973) | Emerson, Lake, Palmer | 3:55 |
| 3. | “Bullfrog” | Ron Aspery, Colin Hodgkinson, Palmer | 3:52 |
| 4. | “Brain Salad Surgery” (B-side of “Fanfare for the Common Man”; recorded 1973) | Emerson, Lake, Sinfield | 3:05 |
| 5. | “Barrelhouse Shake-Down” (B-side of “Honky Tonk Train Blues”) | Emerson | 3:47 |
| 6. | “Watching Over You” | Lake, Sinfield | 3:55 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “So Far to Fall” | Emerson, Lake, Sinfield | 4:56 |
| 2. | “Maple Leaf Rag” | Scott Joplin, arr. Emerson | 1:55 |
| 3. | “I Believe in Father Christmas” (1975 solo single, new arrangement) | Lake, Sinfield, Sergei Prokofiev | 3:16 |
| 4. | “Close but Not Touching” | Palmer | 3:19 |
| 5. | “Honky Tonk Train Blues” (1976 solo single) | Meade Lux Lewis, arr. Emerson | 3:09 |
| 6. | “Show Me the Way to Go Home” | James Campbell, Reginald Connelly | 3:40 |
Personnel
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- Keith Emerson – keyboards, piano, organ, synthesizers, accordion, production
- Greg Lake – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, production
- Carl Palmer – drums, percussion, production
Additional musicians
- Peter Sinfield – lyrics, production
- Ron Aspery – saxophone on “Bullfrog” (uncredited)
- Colin Hodgkinson – bass guitar on “Bullfrog” (uncredited)
- Graham Smith – Harmonica on “Watching Over You”
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