The album was a commercial success, reaching number 4 on the Billboard 200, the band's highest charting album in the US.[2] In the UK, the album peaked at number 6. The album is certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for 500,000 copies sold in the US. Following its release, Emerson, Lake & Palmer took an extended break from writing and recording.
The album was recorded in February 1974 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California during the group's 1973–74 world tour in support of their fourth studio album, Brain Salad Surgery (1973). Its title comes from the introduction to the show spoken by the show's Master of Ceremonies (UK disc jockey Pete Murray) and the opening line of "Karn Evil 9: First Impression, Part 2".
To record the album, staff and equipment were brought in from Wally Heider Recording in Hollywood, including a 24-trackmobile recording and a 40-input mixing console. Peter Granet, one of the engineers, called it "the finest recording experience I've ever had".[3] The band also used a 4-channel quadraphonicPA system on the tour. A quad mix of the album was released as a three 8-track tape set; a quad LP record edition was planned for release in the Quadradisc format, but was scrapped due to engineering issues in mastering, which prevented JVC, the manufacturer, from cutting a stable master to meet the format's specifications.
Most of the recordings on the album were first used for broadcast on the American rock music radio show, The King Biscuit Flower Hour. In 1999, these radio recordings were released on CD.
AllMusic gave the album a mixed retrospective review, saying that it "makes one realise how accomplished these musicians were, and how well they worked together when the going was good." They praised the set for including all but one song from Brain Salad Surgery, and particularly commended the performance of "Karn Evil 9" as being far superior to the studio rendition. However, they noted that unlike most live albums of the era, Welcome Back did not incorporate studio overdubs, limiting the band's ability to recreate moments from their albums and resulting in poor sound quality: "Even the most recent remastered editions could not fix the feedback, the occasionally leakages, the echo, the seeming distance – the listener often gets the impression of being seated in the upper mezzanine of an arena."[4]
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For the song that features a similar phrase see Karn Evil 9 Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends Ladies and Gentlemen is the second live album by the English progressive rock band Emerson Lake amp Palmer released as a triple album in August 1974 on Manticore Records It was recorded in February 1974 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim California during the group s 1973 74 world tour in support of their fourth studio album Brain Salad Surgery 1973 Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends Ladies and GentlemenLive album by Emerson Lake amp PalmerReleased19 August 1974Recorded10 February 1974 1 VenueAnaheim Convention Centre Anaheim StudioWally Heider Recording MobileGenreProgressive rockLength109 41LabelManticoreProducerGreg LakeEmerson Lake amp Palmer chronologyBrain Salad Surgery 1973 Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends Ladies and Gentlemen 1974 Works Volume 1 1977 The album was a commercial success reaching number 4 on the Billboard 200 the band s highest charting album in the US 2 In the UK the album peaked at number 6 The album is certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA for 500 000 copies sold in the US Following its release Emerson Lake amp Palmer took an extended break from writing and recording Contents 1 Recording 2 Reception 3 Track listing 3 1 Original vinyl release 3 2 CD reissue 4 Personnel 5 Charts 6 Certifications 7 ReferencesRecording EditThe album was recorded in February 1974 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim California during the group s 1973 74 world tour in support of their fourth studio album Brain Salad Surgery 1973 Its title comes from the introduction to the show spoken by the show s Master of Ceremonies UK disc jockey Pete Murray and the opening line of Karn Evil 9 First Impression Part 2 To record the album staff and equipment were brought in from Wally Heider Recording in Hollywood including a 24 track mobile recording and a 40 input mixing console Peter Granet one of the engineers called it the finest recording experience I ve ever had 3 The band also used a 4 channel quadraphonic PA system on the tour A quad mix of the album was released as a three 8 track tape set a quad LP record edition was planned for release in the Quadradisc format but was scrapped due to engineering issues in mastering which prevented JVC the manufacturer from cutting a stable master to meet the format s specifications Most of the recordings on the album were first used for broadcast on the American rock music radio show The King Biscuit Flower Hour In 1999 these radio recordings were released on CD Reception EditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 4 Sea of Tranquility 5 AllMusic gave the album a mixed retrospective review saying that it makes one realise how accomplished these musicians were and how well they worked together when the going was good They praised the set for including all but one song from Brain Salad Surgery and particularly commended the performance of Karn Evil 9 as being far superior to the studio rendition However they noted that unlike most live albums of the era Welcome Back did not incorporate studio overdubs limiting the band s ability to recreate moments from their albums and resulting in poor sound quality Even the most recent remastered editions could not fix the feedback the occasionally leakages the echo the seeming distance the listener often gets the impression of being seated in the upper mezzanine of an arena 4 Track listing EditOriginal vinyl release Edit Side oneNo TitleWriter s Length1 Hoedown Aaron Copland arranged by Keith Emerson Greg Lake and Carl Palmer4 272 Jerusalem Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry William Blake arr Emerson Lake and Palmer3 203 Toccata an adaptation of Ginastera s 1st piano concerto 4th movement Alberto Ginastera arr Emerson7 21 Side twoNo TitleWriter s Length4 Tarkus 1 Eruption 2 Stones of Years 3 Iconoclast 4 Mass 5 Manticore 6 Battlefield Epitaph Emerson Lake Emerson Emerson Lake Emerson Emerson Lake Emerson Lake Emerson Lake Robert Fripp Ian McDonald Michael Giles Peter Sinfield16 42 Side threeNo TitleWriter s Length5 Tarkus Conclusion 7 Aquatarkus Emerson Emerson10 426 Take a Pebble including Still You Turn Me On Lucky Man Lake11 06 Side fourNo TitleWriter s Length7 Piano Improvisations including Friedrich Gulda s Fugue and Joe Sullivan s Little Rock Getaway Emerson11 548 Take a Pebble Conclusion Lake3 149 Jeremy Bender The Sheriff Emerson Lake5 26 Side fiveNo TitleWriter s Length10 Karn Evil 9 1st Impression including Percussion Solo Con Brio Emerson Lake Palmer17 26 Side sixNo TitleWriter s Length11 Karn Evil 9 2nd Impression Emerson7 3612 Karn Evil 9 3rd Impression Emerson Lake Sinfield10 17Total length 109 41 CD reissue Edit Disc oneNo TitleLength1 Hoedown 4 272 Jerusalem 3 203 Toccata 7 214 Tarkus 1 Eruption 2 Stones of Years 3 Iconoclast 4 Mass 5 Manticore 6 Battlefield 7 Aquatarkus 27 245 Take a Pebble including Still You Turn Me On and Lucky Man 11 06 Disc twoNo TitleLength6 Piano Improvisations 11 547 Take a Pebble Conclusion 3 148 Jeremy Bender The Sheriff 5 269 Karn Evil 9 1 Karn Evil 9 1st Impression 2 Karn Evil 9 2nd Impression 3 Karn Evil 9 3rd Impression 35 21Personnel EditEmerson Lake amp PalmerKeith Emerson keyboards Greg Lake bass guitars vocals production Carl Palmer drums percussionTechnical PersonnelAndy Hendriksen engineer Peter Granet engineer Michael Ross package concept and design Carl Dun photographyCharts EditChart 1974 PeakpositionAustralian Albums Kent Music Report 6 34Austrian Albums O3 Austria 7 2Canada Top Albums CDs RPM 8 6German Albums Offizielle Top 100 9 26Italian Albums Musica e Dischi 10 7Japanese Albums Oricon 11 23Norwegian Albums VG lista 12 16UK Albums OCC 13 6US Billboard 200 14 4Certifications EditRegion Certification Certified units salesUnited States RIAA 15 Gold 500 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone References Edit Lake Greg 2018 Lucky Man 2nd ed Constable p 168 ISBN 978 1 47212 650 4 Billboard Hot 200 via AllMusic allmusic com Retrieved 15 February 2012 Circus Raves Circus August 1974 Retrieved 8 October 2016 a b Bruce Eder Francois Couture amp 2011 Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends Ladies amp Gentlemen Emerson Lake amp Emerson Lake amp Palmer AllMusic allmusic com Retrieved 26 July 2011 Pardo Pete Emerson Lake amp Palmer Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends Ladies and Gentleman remastered Sea of Tranquility Retrieved 3 December 2018 Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 illustrated ed St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Austriancharts at Emerson Lake amp Palmer Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends Ladies and Gentlemen in German Hung Medien Retrieved 22 April 2018 Top RPM Albums Issue 3885a RPM Library and Archives Canada Retrieved 27 April 2018 Offiziellecharts de Emerson Lake amp Palmer Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends Ladies and Gentlemen in German GfK Entertainment Charts Retrieved 26 April 2018 Classifiche Musica e Dischi in Italian Retrieved 27 May 2022 Set Tipo on Album Then in the Artista field search Emerson Lake amp Palmer Oricon Album Chart Book Complete Edition 1970 2005 in Japanese Roppongi Tokyo Oricon Entertainment 2006 ISBN 4 87131 077 9 Norwegiancharts com Emerson Lake amp Palmer Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends Ladies and Gentlemen Hung Medien Retrieved 22 April 2018 Emerson Lake amp Palmer Artist Official Charts UK Albums Chart Retrieved 22 April 2018 Emerson Lake amp Palmer Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved 22 April 2018 American album certifications Emerson Lake amp Palmer Welcome Back to the Show That Never Ends Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends Ladies and Gentlemen amp oldid 1116767594, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
