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Emerson, Lake & Palmer ‎– Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends – Ladies And Gentlemen – GER Press 3LP

  • Tracklista:
    A1 Hoedown (Taken From Rodeo)
    Written-By – Aaron Copland
    A2 Jerusalem
    Lyrics By – Blake*
    Music By – Parry*
    A3 Toccata (An Adaption Of Ginastera’s 1st Piano Concerto, 4th Movement)
    Tarkus
    B1 1. Eruption
    Written-By – Emerson*
    B2 2. Stones Of Years
    Written-By – Emerson*, Lake*
    B3 3. Iconoclast
    Written-By – Emerson*
    B4 4. Mass
    Written-By – Emerson*, Lake*
    B5 5. Manticore
    Written-By – Emerson*
    B6 6. Battlefield (Including Epitaph)
    Written-By – Lake*
    C1 7. Aquatarkus (Conclusion)
    Written-By – Emerson*
    C2 Take A Pebble (Including Still… You Turn Me On And Lucky Man”)
    Written-By – Lake*
    D1 Piano Improvisations (Including Friedrich Gulda’s 'Fugue’ And Joe Sullivan’s 'Little Rock Getaway’)
    Written-By – Emerson*
    D2 Take A Pebble (Conclusion)
    Written-By – Lake*
    D3 Jeremy Bender / The Sheriff (Medley)
    Written-By – Lake*, Emerson*
    Karn Evil 9
    E 1st Impression
    Lyrics By – Lake*
    Music By, Vocals – Emerson*
    F1 2nd Impression
    Music By – Emerson*
    F2 3rd Impression
    Lyrics By – Lake*, Sinfield*
    Music By – Emerson*
  • STAN PŁYT:
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  • STAN OKŁADKI:
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer ‎– Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends – Ladies And Gentlemen
Label:
Manticore ‎– 88 150 XET, Manticore ‎– 88150XT, Manticore ‎– 88 147 XT, Manticore ‎– 88 148 XT, Manticore ‎– 88 149 XT
Format:
3 × Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:
Germany
Released:
1974

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Manticore Records Ltd.
Published By – Manticore Music Ltd.
Published By – Boosey & Hawkes
Published By – E.G. Music
Published By – Robbins Music
Published By – Josef Weinberger Ltd.
Credits
Arranged By – Carl Palmer (tracks: A3), Emerson, Lake & Palmer (tracks: A1, A2), Keith Emerson (tracks: A3)
Artwork – Michael Ross (3)
Engineer – Andy Hendriksen, Peter Granet
Photography By – Carl Dunn
Producer – Greg Lake
Notes
First cat-# appears on back cover, second on fold, third on record 1, fourth on record 2 and fifth on record 3.

Release has triple fold-out sleeve with die-cut 'E’, 'L’ and 'P’ letters holding the three LPs in black innersleeves and logo embossment in the foldout (every black innersleeve is individually numbered with a white-printed number on the bottom left part: 1 = rec. 1 / 2 = rec. 2 / 3 = sleeve for 3rd record).

Track E includes percussion solo (Con Brio / Palmer).

Similar GEMA / german versions with same die-cut 3-fold cover – all have Manticore label design:Release 777673 – text on sleeve back is „Im Ariola-Vertrieb – Printed in Western Germany by Mohndruck Reinhard Mohn OHG, Gütersloh”
Release 6260829 – catalog# and „Im Ariola Vertrieb” as sticker, but no pictures provided;
Release 10504281 – text on sleeve back is „Im Ariola-Vertrieb – A Manticore Recording Distributed by WEA Records Limited” [CURRENTLY VIEWED VERSION]
Release 7392851 – Has label code, no „Made in Germany” in runouts; Text on sleeve back is „Distributed By the Ariola Group Of Companies” followed by „Printed by (…) Mohndruck”, „Imprimé en République Féderale d’Allemagne” and „A Manticore Recording .. by WEA”.

Variants with Ariola label design & same cat# are from Austria, like Release 7401031.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Rights Society: GEMA
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped): S 88147 A-1 Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped): S 88147 B-1 Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, stamped): S 88148 A-2 Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, stamped): S 88148 B-2 Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Side E runout, stamped): S 88149 A-1 Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout (Side F runout, stamped): S 88149 B-2 Made in Germany