EMERSON LAKE & PALMER – Charleston 1973 (2CD)

Audience 9.0 – The only thing keeping this from attaining legendary status is the slight distortion present in a very specific middle to upper band in the frequency range. It’s not a deal-breaker, it’s in a place where you still get all the richness of the low end and the detail in the high end. The taper obviously used very good gear, so maybe the microphone he used and the location in the venue perhaps limited the recording in a way, because this is still a damn good tape but could have been a bona-fide must have.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Charleston Civic Center
Charleston, WV
November 23, 1973

Disc 1

01 Introduction
02 Hoedown
03 Jerusalem
04 Toccata
05 Tarkus
06 Benny the Bouncer
07 Take A Pebble

Disc 2

08 Lucky Man
09 Piano Improvisation
10 Take A Pebble (Reprise)
11 Karn Evil 9 1st – 3rd Impression
12 Pictures At An Exhibition