Artist - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Date - 1996/09/11

Venue - Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI USA

Setlist & Fingerprints-

Track 01 - Introduction
Track 02 - Hoedown
Track 03 - Touch And Go
Track 04 - Knife Edge
Track 05 - Bitches Crystal
Track 06 - Hammer It Out
Track 07 - Still...You Turn Me On
Track 08 - Lucky Man.
Track 09 - Tarkus, portions
Track 10 - Pictures At An Exhibition, portions
Track 11 - Fanfare For The Common Man and Rondo

Lineage -

Stereo tie mic > Aiwa Stereo Radio Cassette Recorder
Model No. HS-JS216W > Maxell CAPSULE 90 high-quality
normal bias tape master > JVC TD-W505 stereo double
cassette deck > SONY CD-IT 74 min high-bias tape, 1st gen >
JVC TD-W505 stereo double cassette deck > Aiwa XC-RW700
CD/CD recorder > SONY CD-R AUDIO 80 min. music CD >
Cakewalk Pyro 2005 (ripped CD onto HD here) > Cakewalk
Pyro 2005 (retracked and edited wav files here) > Trader's
Little Helper (wav to flac, Flac Frontend encode level 8,
aligned on sector boundaries)

Quality -

8-9/10 (very good plus to excellent minus) IMHO, as always.
This is the ENTIRE UNCIRCULATED concert.

One CD : 11 tracks, TT: 61:47

Recorded from Section 1, Row K, Seat 16.
(11 rows from the stage).

This torrent is dedicated to my new Dime friend Pugs, who has
helped me hone in on my Holy Grail ELP show, which is described
below. Enjoy this one, buddy !!!

The taper and I attended this concert a little over 13 years ago.
ELP opened for Jethro Tull and it was a great night of classic
rock. I'd say that the venue was ~ two-thirds full and an older
crowd was in attendance. We had great seats 11 rows from the stage
and were surrounded by respectful fans for the most part. There
are virtually no problems with the tape although sometimes the
bass went right through your chest ! Emerson MAY have fumbled
during the opening of Bitches Crystal but I'm not sure. See what you
think. I graded this as vg+ to ex- because the sound seemed a little
odd that night and I don't like to puff sound grading. The show is
complete and the setlist is great. I've never heard of Track 06
before ; have you ? All in all, a great night of progressive rock.
I'm told that ELP is supposed to have a one-off reunion show in
Great Britain pretty soon ; let's hope that it DOES happen & that
many tapers are there. That's about all that I have to report so
let's get this show on the road...

Finally, please don't buy, sell or convert this show to mp3 or
any other lossy format. Please seed this as long as you can.
Please trade this freely as it is uncirculated. This show will
be a welcome addition to any ELP fan's collection. I think that
ALL of you will really like this show and I will post a sample
to help some of you decide whether or not to download. If you
were at this show, please share your memories. One last thing :
if you have Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA,
August 12, 1972, PLEASE PM me. That was my first professional
concert and also the first time that I ever saw ELP. It's a Holy
Grail show for me and a lot of other people. Any other ELP
Pittsburgh shows are obviously welcome too. So, as Mr. Natural
keeps on and on and on saying, have fun, don't freak out and
enjoy the concert !

jojogunne 11/10/2009