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ELP’s second U.S. Top 10 LP of ’72, this groundbreaking fusion of rock and classical (by way of Modest Mussorgsky) is one of the quintessential live albums of the golden age of prog. As unmistakably brilliant as Emerson is here, Lake and Palmer stay with him every step of the way through "Promenade," "The Gnome," "The Sage," "The Old Castle," "The Hut of Baba Yaga" and the rest of the band’s storied set at Newcastle City Hall in London. That show dates from March 26, 1971 and occupies the vinyl LP and first CD here; the second CD: their "Pictures at an Exhibition" set from the Lyceum Theatre in London on December 9, 1970! (The first CD and the vinyl also adds bonus performances from the Mar Y Sol Festival, Puerto Rico, December 4, 1972.) BMG.