Emerson Lake & Palmer
Tower Theatre
Upper Darby, PA - U.S.A.
July 21st, 1992

OK folks here we go. I figure 15 years in my "vault" is long enuff. What we have here is from the night before the "Press Rehearsal" which was July 22, 1992. This recording has never been circulated in any form and was only given to one other person who also never distributed it.

This is edited in the sense that these two cd's are the set-list in order as they rehearsed. But, while they were going thru the motions they would stop & start often which interrupted the flow of the set. There were some fasle starts ( Paper Blood comes to mind ) mainly due to technical issues. The chatter and whatnot has all been edited out. It's been years since the Master DAT has been played but if i'm not mistaken, it is over 2 hours in length.

***** I DO plan to circulate the entire Unedited Rehearsal. Please Be Patient. The only reason I am seeding these CD's in their current form is because the edited DAT was already done. It's just been sitting on a shelf for years collecting dust. *****

Now, onto the story of how this exists:

ELP was based at the Tower Theatre for a week or so getting ready prior to the start of the 1992 tour. I had a friend on the crew and over the course of the first few days there visiting him ( mostly after-hours ) i somehow managed to talk him into sneaking me in to tape the band as they rehearsed. Somewhere in my house here i have a pic of me sitting behind Carl Palmer's kit. I also swiped a set-list ( scanned and included here for anyone wanting to do artwork. )

I set up shop in the Balcony & since i knew the battery on the D3 was never gonna last as long as i needed my buddy ran me an extension cord for power. I just sat there & watched the band rehearse as i taped and i have to admit i enjoyed every minute of it, especially when they'd stop to fix issues with the equipment. Paper Blood had many false starts which is why Greg Lake laughs as he introduces the song. I'm sure there's many more moments but i honestly have not played the Master DAT in years so i'm sure as i transfer it more will come back to me.

So for now, enjoy this as it is & i'll work on transferring the entire rehearsal.


Emerson Lake & Palmer
Tower Theatre
Upper Darby, PA - U.S.A.
July 21st, 1992

Audience Recording:
Sony ECMS-220 Microphone > Sony TCD-D3 DAT Deck


Editing Of The Master DAT:
Sony TCD-D3 > Sony Home DAT Deck ( MOdel # Unknown )


Transfer
Tascam Da20-mkII > M Audio Delta Card (Via S/PDIF) > Goldwave > mkwACT


Taped By: Dave Ramani
Transferred By: Dave Ramani


File Size: 623MB

Total Time: 01:36:40


PERFORMERS:

Keith Emerson - Keyboards
Greg Lake - Bass & Guitar
Carl Palmer - Drums


SETLIST:

Disc 1
01. Fanfare For The Common Man
02. Karn Evil No.9 ( 1st Impression, Part 2 )
03. Tarkus ( I.Eruption II. Stones Of Years III. Iconoclast )
04. Knife Edge
05. Paper Blood
06. Black Moon
07. Piano Solo
08. Affairs Of The Heart
09. From The Beginning
10. Romeo & Juliet
11. Farewell To Arms

Disc 2
01. Pirates
02. Lucky Man
03. Pictures At An Exhibition ( Excerpts Including Drum Solo )
04. Changing States
05. America
06. Rondo


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