Bmg Rights Management Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends - Ladies and Gentlemen [VINYL]

• Formed in 1970, ELP were torchbearers of the progressive rock sound and one of rock’s first super-groups. ELP helped to broaden the audience for the genre from hundreds of thousands into tens of millions and were one the most commercially successful rock bands of the 1970s, achieving global sales of over 40 million albums. Their first 7 album releases all made the U.K. albums chart top 10 and U.S. top 20 • ‘Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends ~ Ladies and Gentlemen’ is the groundbreaking, first triple-vinyl live rock album, released in 1974 • Recorded during the 1973/1974 ‘Someone Get Me a Ladder’ world tour, the adrenalin-fuelled live recordings capture the group at its creative best • Reached No.5 in the U.K, No.4 in the U.S • ELP’s elaborate stage shows involved 40 tons of equipment and 140 road crew. They featured Keith Emerson on a flying piano and Carl Palmer’s revolving, 2 ton, stainless steel drum kit • 2CD is the new 24/96 2016 remaster of the original 1974 release from the master tapes • LP is the 2016 new remaster of the original album • LP original artwork faithfully reproduced – with die-cut triple gatefold sleeve, die-cut E,L,P sleeve letters, special metallic 5th colour and embossed logo • Foreword on 140 gsm LP format by Greg Lake • Produced in association with Emerson, Lake & Palmer and management • 2CD booklet contains extensive liner notes with new band interviews by legendary rock journalist Chris Welch • The audio was remastered by world- renowned rock studio engineer Andy Pearce. • First release of MFiT and HD digital versions of the original album