{"product_id":"emerson-lake-palmer-pictures-at-an-exhibition-mobile-fidelity-numbered-edition-1","title":"EMERSON, LAKE \u0026 PALMER - Pictures At An Exhibition (Mobile Fidelity Numbered Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Limited Mobile Fidelity 33RPM Edition Audiophile 180g Vinyl.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Mastered at MoFi’s California Studio and Housed in a Stoughton Gatefold Jacket: Mobile Fidelity’s Numbered-Edition 180g 33RPM LP teems with breadth, presence, and dimensionality.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e¼” \/ 15 IPS Dolby A analog copy to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmerson, Lake \u0026amp; Palmer\u003c\/strong\u003e boldly reimagine \u003cstrong\u003eMussorgsky\u003c\/strong\u003e’s signature suite on \u003cem\u003ePictures At An Exhibition\u003c\/em\u003e: 1971 live album is a groundbreaking fusion of classical and prog-rock elements, features extraordinary playing  mastered at Mofi’s California Studio for superb sonics: \u003cstrong\u003eMobile Fidelity\u003c\/strong\u003e’s Numbered-Edition Hybrid 180g 33RPM LP teems with breadth, presence, and dimensionality. 1971 Live Album is a groundbreaking fusion of classical and prog-rock elements, features extraordinary playing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmerson, Lake \u0026amp; Palmer were so committed to their visionary interpretation of Modest Mussorgsky’s “\u003cem\u003ePictures at an Exhibition\u003c\/em\u003e” that the group recorded it twice. Unsatisfied with the quality of what was supposed to serve as the take for a concert album, ELP booked a different venue to stage another show and paid for production out of their own pocket. Following hours of rehearsals and sound checks, ELP delivered a performance for the ages. Originally issued five months after the band’s sophomore LP Tarkus, \u003cem\u003ePictures at an Exhibition\u003c\/em\u003e landed in the Billboard Top Ten and became a linchpin of the prog-rock canon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMastered at \u003cstrong\u003eMobile Fidelity Sound Lab\u003c\/strong\u003e’s California studio, housed in a Stoughton gatefold jacket, and pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing, the fabled album comes to life with spectacular dimensionality, breadth, and detail on this numbered-edition 180g 33RPM LP. Featuring dead-quiet surfaces, it doubles as an admission ticket that never expires to the band's March 26, 1971 date at Newcastle City Hall. The primary difference from not being there in person? The levels of clarity, presence, and separation are such that you'll immediately be grateful nobody is impeding your view or gabbing beside you as you soak in one of the most celebrated crossover experiments in history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat you will hear is cut from the best-possible source, and just might be the master. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab engineers observed that the tape box that contained the source tape is marked “Masters” but cannot definitively confirm that is the case given the tape had no splices or other indications that can be taken as absolute proof that this was a master. As such, the label erred on the side of caution when it came to provenance. The sonic results, however, are definitive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrop the needle and immerse yourself in this daring, extremely successful reimagining of a piano suite conceived in 1874 by \u003cstrong\u003eMussorgsky\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003eELP\u003c\/strong\u003e had been familiar with the classical piece since the group formed. Keyboardist \u003cstrong\u003eKeith Emerson\u003c\/strong\u003e had attended an orchestral performance of the work and acquired the score, then floated the idea to his mates that they should adopt at least parts of \u003cem\u003ePictures at an Exhibition\u003c\/em\u003e in their live shows. The band soon embraced the challenge of adapting the entire composition for the stage. Once it completed sessions for its sophomore LP, \u003cem\u003eTarkus\u003c\/em\u003e, the trio decided to record it for official release. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBolstered by three original additions to the suite and a “\u003cem\u003eNutrocker\u003c\/em\u003e” encore that’s a playful rock ‘n’ roll take on Tchaikovsky’s “\u003cem\u003eNutcracker\u003c\/em\u003e,” \u003cem\u003ePictures at an Exhibition\u003c\/em\u003e simultaneously blurs lines between genres and epitomizes the trio’s virtuosity and verve. Adopting four of the original 10 parts and the two transitory promenade sections, the effort surges with energy, cohesiveness, and extraordinary musicianship. This aural tour of works displayed at a St. Petersburg academy by painter \u003cstrong\u003eViktor Hartmann\u003c\/strong\u003e is at once celebratory, theatrical, moody, and glorious. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFans who heard it broadcast in its entirety on a New York radio station immediately realized its merits. Their loud clamour for an official release — \u003cstrong\u003eAtlantic Records\u003c\/strong\u003e had delayed the album due to disagreements with the band regarding how it would be promoted and priced — ultimately led to \u003cem\u003ePictures at an Exhibition\u003c\/em\u003e streeting in November 1971, further distinguished by \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Neal\u003c\/strong\u003e’s artwork and his depictions of oil paintings with imagery connected to ELP.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncorporating four of the 10 movements featured in Mussorgsky’s original suite as well as the recurring “Promenade” theme, ELP’s version of the 1874 composition begins, as it should, with remarkable fanfare. Emerson commences with a pipe organ solo that threatens to make your internal organs vibrate. The fireworks have begun. Fuzz bass, Moog synthesiser, and Hammond organ lay the foundation for the tension-rife “The Gnome” and, minutes later, Greg Lake steers the procession in a different direction via tender acoustic-guitar patterns on the medieval-themed “The Sage.” ELP is feeling it. And how.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe trio casts “\u003cem\u003eThe Old Castle\u003c\/em\u003e” as a fast-tempo romp, cedes the spotlight to Emerson on “Blues Variation,” and ups the pace and chase during “\u003cem\u003eThe Hut of Baba Yaga\u003c\/em\u003e.” ELP tint “\u003cem\u003eThe Curse of Baba Yab\u003c\/em\u003ea” with an aptly threatening atmosphere, a trait Palmer underscores with a menacing beat and Emerson increases with his wailing-siren Moog passages. Firing on all proverbial cylinders, the collective finishes its Mussorgsky interpretation with “\u003cem\u003eThe Great Gates of Kiev\u003c\/em\u003e,” an ecstatic gesture that exudes fulfillment, joy, and relief. 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