The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults

Live album series by Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Released in 2002

Genre: Progressive rock

Label: Castle

The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults is a four-volume "official bootleg" release by Emerson, Lake & Palmer on Castle Records. Each of the four volumes is comprised of four shows and contains seven or eight CDs.

Volume One

Disc One: Stomping Encore, Gaelic Park, NY: 1^st September 1971 Pt 1

1. The Barbarian (Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Bela Bartok)

2. Take A Pebble:

a. Take a Pebble (Lake),

b. Piano Variations (Emerson),

c. Take a Pebble(Conclusion) (Lake)

3. Tarkus:

a. Eruption (Emerson),

b. Stones of Years (Emerson, Lake),

c. Ionoclast (Emerson),

d. Mass (Emerson),

e. Manticore (Emerson),

f. The Battlefield (Lake),

g. Aquatarkus (Emerson)

Disc Two: Stomping Encore, Gaelic Park, NY: 1^st September 1971 Pt 2

4. Knife Edge

5. Rondo

6. Piano Interlude

7. Hoedown

Disc Three: Louisville Town Hall, KY: 21^st April 1972 Pt 1

1. Knife Edge (Emerson, Lake, Fraser, Leoš Janáček)

2. Rondo (Dave Brubeck, arrangement originally by The Nice: Keith Emerson, Brian Davison, Lee Jackson, David O'List)

3. Piano Interlude (including part of Fugue) (Emerson)

4. Hoedown (Aaron Copland, arranged by Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer)

Disc Four: Louisville Town Hall, KY: 21^st April 1972 Pt 2

5. Hoedown

6. Tarkus

7. Take a Pebble

8. Lucky man

9. Piano improvisation

Disc Five: Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA: 28^th July 1972 Pt 1

1. Abaddon's Bolero

2. Pictures at an exhibition

3. Nutrocker

4. Rondo

Disc Six: Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA: 28^th July 1972 Pt 2

5. Tarkus

6. The Endless Enigma

7. The Sheriff

8. Take a Pebble

Disc Seven: Performing Arts Centre, Saratoga, NY: 13^th August 1972

1. Hoedown

2. Tarkus

3. The Endless Enigma

4. The Sheriff

5. Take a Pebble

6. Pictures at an Exhibition

Volume Two

Disc One: A Right Cordial Shocker, Hammersmith Odeon, London, 26^th November 1972 Pt 1

1. Hoedown

2. Tarkus

3. Endless Enigma

4. At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal

5. Sheriff

6. Take A Pebble

7. Lucky Man

Disc Two: A Right Cordial Shocker, Hammersmith Odeon, London, 26^th November 1972 Pt 2

8. Take a Pebble [conclusion]

9. Pictures at an Exhibition

10. Nutrocker

Disc Three: Waiting For the Corduroy Purpose, Henry Lewitt Arena, KS, 26^th March 1974 Pt 1

1. Hoedown

2. Jerusalem

3. Toccata

4. Tarkus

5. Benny The Bouncer

6. Jeremy Bender

7. Take a Pebble

8. Still You Turn Me On

9. Lucky Man

Disc Four: Waiting For the Corduroy Purpose, Henry Lewitt Arena, KS, 26^th March 1974 Pt 2

10. Piano Improvisations

11. Take a Pebble

12. Karn Evil 9 First Impression

13. Karn Evil 9 Second Impression

14. Karn Evil 9 Third Impression

Disc Five: My Darling Nemesis... The Illuminati, Rich Stadium, Buffalo, NY, 26^th July 1974 Pt 1

1. Hoedown

2. Jerusalem

3. Toccata

4. Tarkus

5. Take a Pebble

6. Still You Turn Me On

7. Lucky Man

Disc Six: My Darling Nemesis... The Illuminati, Rich Stadium, Buffalo, NY, 26^th July 1974 Pt 2

8. Piano Improvisation

9. Take a Pebble

10. Karn Evil 9 [part 1]

11. Karn Evil 9 [part 2/start missing]

12. Karn Evil 9 [part 3]

13. Pictures at an Exhibition

Disc Seven: Strangely Beneficent, New Haven Civic Centre, New Haven, CT, 30^th November 1977 Pt 1

1. Peter Gunn

2. Hoedown

3. Tarkus

4. Take A Pebble

5. Piano Concerto [part 1] - Keith Emerson

6. Maple Leaf Rag

7. Take A Pebble

8. Ce'st La Vie

9. Lucky Man [not complete]

Disc Eight: Strangely Beneficent, New Haven Civic Centre, New Haven, CT, 30^th November 1977 Pt 2

10. Karn Evil 9 [first impression part 2]

11. Tiger in the Spotlight

12. Watching Over You

13. Nutrocker

14. Pirates

15. Fanfare for the Common Man

Volume Three

Disc One: Anaheim Convention Centre, CA, USA, 10^th February 1974

1. Hoedown Listen

2. Tiger in a Spotlight

3. C'est la Vie

4. Still...You Turn Me On

5. Lucky Man

6. Tank/The Enemy God

7. Karn Evil 1st Impression

8. Karn Evil 2nd Impression

9. Fanfare for the Common Man

10. Take a Pebble

11. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade/The Gnome/Promenade [Vocal]/Hut of

Disc Two: Royal Albert Hall, London, England, 2^nd October 1992 Pt 1

1. Eruption/Stones of Years/Iconoclast/Mass V. Manticore/The Battlefield/A - Tarkus

2. Knife Edge

3. Paper Blood

4. Black Moon

5. Close to Home

6. Creole Dance

7. From the Beginning

8. Still...You Turn Me On

9. Lucky Man

Disc Three: Royal Albert Hall, London, England, 2nd October 1992 Pt 2

10. Honky Tonk Train Blues

11. Romeo and Juliet

12. Pirates

13. Pictures at an Exhibition

14. Fanfare for the Common Man

Disc Four: Wiltern Theater, LA, USA, March 1993 Pt 1

1. Karn Evil 9

2. Tarkus, Eruption

3. Tarkus, Stones of years

4. Tarkus, Iconoclast

5. Knife Edge

6. Paper Blood

7. Black Moon

8. Close To Home

9. Creole Dance

10. Still...you Turn Me On

11. C'est La Vie

12. Lucky Man

13. Honky Tonk Train Blues

14. Touch And Go

15. Pirates

Disc Five: Wiltern Theater, LA, USA, March 1993 Pt 2

16. Hoedown

17. Promenade

18. Gnome

19. Promenade

20. Hut of Baba Yaga

21. Carl Palmer Solo

22. Great Gates of Kiev

23. Fanfare for the Common Man

Volume Four

Disc One: Hartford Civic Centre, Connecticut 10^th July 1977 Pt 1

1. Karn Evil 9 1st Impression, Pt. 2

2. Hoedown

3. Tarkus

4. Take a Pebble (Inc Piano Concerto No 1 1st Movement)

5. Still You Turn Me On

6. Knife Edge

7. Pictures at an Exhibition

Disc Two: Hartford Civic Centre, Connecticut 10^th July 1977 Pt 2

8. C’est La Vie

9. Lucky Man

10. Tank

11. Nutrocker

12. Pirates

13. Fanfare for the Common Man

Disc Three: Chicago 1978 Pt 1

1. Peter Gunn

2. Hoedown

3. Tarkus: Eruption/Stone of Years/Iconoclast/Mass/Manticore/The Battlefie

Take a Pebble/Piano Concerto 3rd Movement/Maple Leaf Rag/Take a Pebble

4. C'est La Vie

5. Lucky Man

6. Pictures at an Exhibition [2nd Half]

Disc Four: Chicago 1978 Pt 2

7. Karn Evil 9 1st Impression [2nd Half]

8. Tiger in a Spotlight

9. Watching Over You

10. Tank/Enemy God

11. Nutrocker

12. Pirates

13. Fanfare for the Common Man/Rondo

14. Show Me the Way to Go Home

Disc Five: Pennsylvania 22^nd July 1992 Pt 1

1. Fanfare for the Common Man

2. Karn Evil 9 1st Impression, Pt. 2

3. Tarkus

4. Knife Edge

5. Paper Blood

6. Black Moon

7. Creole Dance

8. Close to Home

9. Affairs of the Heart

10. From the Beginning

11. Romeo and Juliet

12. Greg Plays

Disc Six: Pennsylvania 22^nd July 1992 Pt 2

13. Farewell to Arms

14. Pirates

15. Lucky Man

16. Pictures at an Exhibition

17. Medley: Changing States/ America/ Rondo

18. Another Frontier

Disc Seven: Jones Beach, New York 25^th July 1992 Pt 1

1. Karn Evil 9 1st Impression, Pt. 2

2. Tarkus

3. Knife Edge

4. Paper Blood

5. Black Moon

6. Creole Dance

7. Piano Instrumental

8. From the Beginning

9. Affairs of the Heart

Disc Eight: Jones Beach, New York 25 July 1992 Pt 2

10. Romeo and Juliet

11. Farewell to Arms

12. Pirates

13. Lucky Man

14. Pictures at an Exhibition

15. Fanfare for the Common Man

Originally posted on Friday 2nd December 2011