The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults
2001 live album series by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
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Released | 2001, 2002, 2006 |
Genre | Progressive rock |
Label | Castle |
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The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults is a four-volume "official bootleg" release by Emerson, Lake & Palmer on Castle Records[1] containing live recordings.[2] Each of the four volumes comprised four shows and contained seven or eight CDs. A two disc set of highlights from the first two volumes was released under the name Best of the Bootlegs in 2002.[4]
Volume One
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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. | "Nut Rocker" | Kim Fowley, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer | 3:44 |
9. | "Rondo" | Brubeck, arr. by Emerson | 22:34 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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. | "Nut Rocker" | Fowley, Tchaikovsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer | 18:15 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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. | "Nut Rocker" | 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
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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. | "Nut Rocker" | 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 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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. | "Nut Rocker" | 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 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
Best of the Bootlegs
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Hoedown" (from Volume 1 – Saratoga) | Copland, arr. Emerson, Lake, Palmer | 4:03 |
2. | "Knife-Edge" (from Volume 1 – Gaelic Park) | Emerson, Lake | 7:09 |
3. | "Pictures at an Exhibition" (from Volume 1 – Long Beach) | Mussorgsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer | 16:55 |
4. | "Take a Pebble/Lucky Man" (from Volume 1 – Long Beach) | Lake | 8:23 |
5. | "Tarkus" (from Volume 1 – Louisville) | Emerson, Lake | 25:18 |
6. | "The Endless Enigma" (from Volume 1 – Saratoga) | Emerson, Lake | 9:05 |
7. | "Nut Rocker" (from Volume 1 – Louisville) | Fowley, Tchaikovsky, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer | 3:51 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Jerusalem" (from Volume 2 – Wichita) | Blake, Parry, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer | 2:54 |
2. | "Pirates" (from Volume 2 – New Haven) | Emerson, Lake, Sinfield | 13:07 |
3. | "Karn Evil 9: First Impression" (from Volume 2 – Wichita) | Emerson, Lake | 21:50 |
4. | "Still...You Turn Me On" (from Volume 2 – Buffalo) | Lake | 3:04 |
5. | "The Barbarian" (from Volume 1 – Gaelic Park) | Emerson, Lake, Bartók | 5:20 |
6. | "C'est la Vie" (from Volume 2 – New Haven) | Lake, Sinfield | 4:15 |
7. | "Fanfare for the Common Man" (from Volume 2 – New Haven) | Copland, arr. Emerson, Lake, Palmer | 14:37 |
Notes
- ^ Misnamed "Henry Lewitt Arena" in packaging
References
- ^ Easton, Casey. The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults, Vol. 1 – Emerson, Lake & Palmer at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ Easton, Casey. The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults, Vol. 2 – Emerson, Lake & Palmer at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ Thompson, Dave. The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults, Vol. 3 – Emerson, Lake & Palmer at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ Best of the Bootlegs – Emerson, Lake & Palmer at AllMusic. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
External links
- discogs.com: Volume One
- discogs.com: Volume Two
- discogs.com: Volume Three
- discogs.com: Volume Four
- discogs.com: Best of the Bootlegs
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