Artist - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Date - 1997/09/19
Venue - Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont, IL USA
Setlist & Fingerprints-
Track 01 - Processional.flac:8d923af5d72a144c478f7d76c6d4ec54
Track 02 - Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression, Part 2 .flac:a785e34657c7871fba676d076841fbab
Track 03 - Hoedown.flac:ba84acdaaad53a7ddd7c46d87b3f7004
Track 04 - Touch And Go.flac:a1dd9131c7d8cea9d12ecd1f7e2cc47f
Track 05 - From The Beginning.flac:849fe9e94b2660d5ef1514d45e27a42e
Track 06 - Knife Edge.flac:060eb04b5b30d29c82d85d2dc5b3a423
Track 07 - Bitches Crystal.flac:d14e9291ac1cf7330b6176d20aae9876
Track 08 - Creole Dance.flac:1d4bb4439bdea1336e0ca07174b176db
Track 09 - Honky Tonk Train Blues.flac:4af5f89cf7b188d94c9ed31178b5ca35
Track 10 - Take A Pebble.flac:26fbd2cef15bd9e8c316d0a754ee1f2b
Track 11 - Lucky Man.flac:a7c9e3df6c1bdee64e90b351d34e7601
Track 12 - Tarkus, portions.flac:53abc2118ae9e3be53a4256cf388c327
Track 13 - Pictures At An Exhibition, portions.flac:3ca51fee19e786aece6e492f28e11f29
Track 14 - Fanfare For The Common Man and Rondo.flac:131d3a41eab3dc149d397606c7ced01a
Track 15 - Carl Palmer, drum solo.flac:646853255e236cd66b6ea33e6a0430c7
Track 16 - Keith Emerson, keyboard solo and Rondo (reprise).flac:dc7a7eeeb903a71b2765bfe0fe5bc8c7
Track 17 - 21st Century Schizoid Man.flac:271c9abdd92a5c33fb4831cdc1ee7185
Track 18 - America.flac:727f2d65b637027898715ce3edc6cf7a
Track 19 - Recessional.flac:75bd0bcad08a94c17fa180ce9e2c8bd8
Lineage -
Stereo tie mic > Aiwa Stereo Radio Cassette Recorder
Model No. HS-JS216W > Maxell CAPSULE 110 high-quality
normal bias and Maxell UR 90 normal bias master cassette
tapes > JVC TD-W505 stereo double cassette deck > Aiwa
XC-RW700 CD/CD recorder > SONY CD-R AUDIO 80 min. music
CDs > Cakewalk Pyro 2005 (ripped CDs 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 -
9-9.5/10 (excellent minus to excellent) IMHO, as always.
This is the ENTIRE concert.
CD 1 : 11 tracks, 52:51
CD 2 : 8 tracks, 52:33
TT : 105:24
Recorded from Section 206, Row C, Seat 15.
The taper and I attended this concert a little over 12 years ago.
The Rosemont Theatre is a beautiful state-of-the-art theatrical
venue in Rosemont, IL. The acoustics are virtually perfect, making
for some fantastic stealth recordings. This is one of them. Our seats
were in the center balcony, 3 rows from the front edge. Amazingly,
everyone around us was VERY quiet and showed ELP a lot of respect by
remaining so throughout the whole show. There is NO audience chatter.
I'm upping this to allow those of you who want audio only of this show
to have it. Presently, TTD features the video of this show. This audio,
however, is NOT from that video ; it is an independent effort. It's
most likely of better quality also. This is a virtually problem-free
recording. There's a tiny bit of hiss during the quieter portions of
some songs due to the analog nature of the recording and the first and
maybe second songs are almost as good as the rest of the show, due to
soundman tweaking. Otherwise I think that you'll love it. CMIIW, but I
think that this was the final tour of ELP ever ; I don't recall them
touring in the 2000s. Daryl Stuermer opened the concert. The recording
is fantastic and I can up that if there's any interest. I believe that
this was the last time that I ever saw ELP and it was an excellent way
to say goodbye. The boys (!) put on a fiery performance that night and
a wonderful time was had by all. All musical content is present due to
very lucky tape flips and a swap. You'll notice one flip but no music
was lost. Greg wishes somebody a Happy Birthday. There was AT LEAST one
other taper there that night so alternate version(s) could surface one
day. But until then, enjoy this one...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 this. but
it's really unnecessary. 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. So, as Mr. Natural keeps on and on and on saying,
have fun, don't freak out and enjoy the concert !
jojogunne 10/27/2009
P.S. - If I misnamed any songs, please post corrections. I didn't
quite know where to separate FFTCM and Rondo, so I left them as
one file. If you know where to make the cut, please let the rest
of us know. TIA.