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BEST OF THE BOOTLEGS

Emerson Lake & Palmer

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2.27 | 22 ratings | 1 reviews | 14% 5 stars

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Live, released in 2002

Songs / Tracks Listing

Disc 1: 74:44
1. Hoedown (4:03)
2. Knife Edge (7:09)
3. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade /The Gnome /Promenade /Hut of Baba Yaga (16:55)
4. Take a Pebble /Lucky Man (8:23)
5. Tarkus: Eruption /Stones of Years / Iconoclast / Mass / Manticore / The Battlefield (25:18)
6. Endless Enigma: Endless Enigma, Pt. 1 / Fugue / Endless Enigma, Pt. 2 (9:05)
7. Nutrocker (3:51)
Disc 2: 65:08
8. Jerusalem (2:54)
9. Pirates (13:07)
10. Karn Evil 9 First Impression (21:50)
11. Still... You Turn Me On (3:04)
12. Barbarian (5:20)
13. C'est la Vie (4:15)
14. Fanfare for the Common Man (14:38)

Total Time: 139:52

Line-up / Musicians

- Keith Emerson / keyboards
- Greg Lake / vocals, bass, electric & acoustic guitar
- Carl Palmer / drums, percussion

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EMERSON LAKE & PALMER Best of the Bootlegs ratings distribution


2.27
(22 ratings)
Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(14%)
14%
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(9%)
9%
Good, but non-essential (18%)
18%
Collectors/fans only (32%)
32%
Poor. Only for completionists (27%)
27%

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Review by T.Rox
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator
2 stars The best of the bootlegs from the Manticore vaults? Me thinks they should have been left there!

As a rule I am not a fan of bootlegs. One reason is the 'theft' to the artist's work; the second because of the often poor quality of the sound. Against my better judgment I bought "Best Of The Bootlegs" over the internet because it was an official Sanctuary / Castle release of recordings from the Manticore vaults, ELP's own record label. With that kind of record label pedigree you would have to think the recordings would be in the 'not too bad' ballpark, especially with that 'Best Of' tag applied. This is not the case, and further reinforces my wont to avoid bootlegs in the future.

To give a little perspective: On the first run-through I had to turn off the CD during "Tarkus"; I couldn't stand listening to this iconic ELP track because the recording quality was so poor - awful even. And the sound quality issues did not start or stop there. Poor sound quality plagues much of this two-CD set to the point that I struggle to recommend to anyone. That is not to say there are not a few quality moments of ELP brilliance captured in these recordings; they are just few and far between and not really worth the aural assault to get to them. What "The Best Of The Bootlegs" did do was encourage me to get out my copy of "Welcome Back My Friends." that I had not listened to in years to remind me of how powerful ELP could be in the live setting in their heyday.

For "Best Of The Bootlegs" I am somewhat torn between giving two stars and the dreaded one star. I will err on the side of two because there is a little good stuff scattered amongst the very ordinary (sound quality-wise). A lowly 2/5 rating from the Dinosaur.

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