The Return of the Manticore

The Return of the Manticore is a 4-disc retrospective on the career of the band Emerson, Lake & Palmer. It was released in 1993, and features several new recordings of previously released songs, most notably a studio recording of "Pictures at an Exhibition," presented in Dolby Surround Sound. Also, a live recording of Dave Brubeck's "Rondo" features on disc 2; the track, although performed by ELP in concert from the band's inception (as it had been by Keith Emerson's previous band The Nice), was previously unreleased on any live or studio album by ELP. This rendition was recorded at the Lyceum Theatre on December 9, 1970. The version of "Pirates" is a new, exclusive remix.

The box set is a fairly comprehensive cross-section of the band's history, offering tracks from all of ELP's studio and live albums (at the time of release), as well as new ELP renditions of hits previously recorded by bands they were members of prior to forming ELP.

The set's original release was part of a wave of remastered releases under the band's new label Victory Music. After that label became defunct, the set was re-released on Rhino Records.

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Track listing

Disc 1
No.	Title	Original release	Length
1.	"Touch and Go" (Emerson, Greg Lake)	1993 recording	3:01
2.	"Hang on to a Dream" (Tim Hardin)	1993 recording	4:27
3.	"21st Century Schizoid Man" (Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Lake, Ian McDonald, Peter Sinfield)	1993 recording	3:07
4.	"Fire" (Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Peter Ker, Mike Finesilver)	1993 recording	3:24
5.	"Pictures at an Exhibition a) "Promenade" (Modest Mussorgsky) b) "The Gnome" (Mussorgsky, Palmer) c) "Promenade" (Mussorgsky, Lake) d) "The Sage" (Lake) e) "The Hut of Baba Yaga" (Mussorgsky) f) "The Great Gates of Kiev" (Mussorgsky, Lake)"	1993 recording	15:33
6.	"I Believe in Father Christmas" (Lake, Sinfield)	1993 recording	3:26
7.	"Introductory Fanfare/Peter Gunn" (Emerson, Palmer, Henry Mancini)	Emerson, Lake and Palmer in Concert	4:27
8.	"Tiger in a Spotlight" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer, Sinfield)	Works Volume 2	4:32
9.	"Toccata" (Alberto Ginastera, arr. by Emerson, Palmer)	Brain Salad Surgery	7:20
10.	"Trilogy" (Emerson, Lake)	Trilogy	8:53
11.	"Tank" (Emerson, Palmer)	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	6:47
12.	"Lucky Man" (Lake)	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	4:37

Disc 2
No.	Title	Original release	Length
1.	"Tarkus a) "Eruption" (Emerson) b) "Stones of Years" (Emerson, Lake) c) "Iconoclast" (Emerson) d) "Mass" (Emerson, Lake) e) "Manticore" (Emerson) f) "Battlefield" (Emerson, Lake) g) "Aquatarkus" (Emerson)"	Tarkus	20:35
2.	"From the Beginning" (Lake)	Trilogy	4:14
3.	"Take a Pebble (Live version) a) "Take a Pebble (Beginning)" (Lake) b) "Lucky Man" (Lake) c) "Piano Improvisations" (Emerson) d) "Take a Pebble (Conclusion)" (Lake)"	Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends... Ladies and Gentlemen	22:48
4.	"Knife-Edge" (music: Leoš Janáček arr. Emerson; lyrics: Lake, Richard Fraser)	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	5:05
5.	"Paper Blood" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer)	Black Moon	4:26
6.	"Hoedown" (Aaron Copland, arr. Emerson, Lake, Palmer)	Trilogy	3:43
7.	"Rondo (Live version)" (Dave Brubeck, arr. by Emerson)	Previously unreleased	14:28

Disc 3
No.	Title	Original release	Length
1.	"The Barbarian" (Béla Bartók, arr. Emerson, Lake, Palmer)	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	4:28
2.	"Still...You Turn Me On" (Lake)	Brain Salad Surgery	2:52
3.	"The Endless Enigma a) "The Endless Enigma Part 1" (Emerson, Lake) b) "Fugue (Emerson) c) "The Endless Enigma Part 2" (Emerson, Lake)"	Trilogy	10:37
4.	"C'est la Vie" (Lake, Sinfield)	Works Volume 1	4:16
5.	"The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits" (Sergei Prokofiev, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer)	Works Volume 1	3:21
6.	"Bo Diddley" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer)	Previously unreleased	5:03
7.	"Bitches Crystal" (Emerson, Lake)	Tarkus	3:55
8.	"A Time and a Place" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer)	Tarkus	2:57
9.	"Living Sin" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer)	Trilogy	3:12
10.	"Karn Evil 9 a) "1st Impression" (Emerson, Lake) b) "2nd Impression" (Emerson) c) "3rd Impression" (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield)"	Brain Salad Surgery	29:37
11.	"Honky Tonk Train Blues" (Meade "Lux" Lewis, arr. by Emerson)	Works Volume 2	3:11

Disc 4
No.	Title	Original release	Length
1.	"Jerusalem" (Hubert Parry, William Blake, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer)	Brain Salad Surgery	2:44
2.	"Fanfare for the Common Man" (Copland, arr. by Emerson, Lake, Palmer)	Works Volume 1	9:40
3.	"Black Moon" (Emerson, Lake, Palmer)	Black Moon	6:58
4.	"Watching Over You" (Lake, Sinfield)	Works Volume 2	3:54
5.	"Piano Concerto No. 1 Third Movement: Toccata con Fuoco" (Emerson)	Works Volume 1	6:48
6.	"For You" (Lake, Sinfield)	Love Beach	4:27
7.	"Prelude and Fugue" (Friedrich Gulda)	Previously unreleased	3:15
8.	"Memoirs of an Officer and a Gentleman a) "Prologue/The Education of a Gentleman" (Emerson, Sinfield) b) "Love at First Sight" (Emerson, Sinfield) c) "Letters from the Front" (Emerson, Sinfield) d) "Honourable Company" (Emerson)"	Love Beach	20:12
9.	"Pirates" (Emerson, Lake, Sinfield)	Works Volume 1 (New remix)	13:18
10.	"Affairs of the Heart" (Lake, Geoff Downes)	Black Moon	3:46

Personnel

Keith Emerson: keyboards
Greg Lake: vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass
Carl Palmer: drums, percussion

Production

Disc One

Keith Olsen-Producer
Brian Foraker-Engineer
Greg Fulginiti-Mastering

References

^ DeGagne, Mike. "The Return of the Manticore – Emerson, Lake & Palmer | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
^ Browne, David (3 December 1993). "BOXING DAY (Emerson, Lake & Palmer: The Return of the Manticore)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

v t e Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Keith Emerson Greg Lake Carl Palmer
Studio albums	Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970) Tarkus (1971) Trilogy (1972) Brain Salad Surgery (1973) Works Volume 1 (1977) Works Volume 2 (1977) Love Beach (1978) Black Moon (1992) In the Hot Seat (1994)
Live albums	Pictures at an Exhibition (1971) Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends – Ladies and Gentlemen (1974) In Concert / Works Live (1979) Live at the Royal Albert Hall (1993) King Biscuit Flower Hour: Greatest Hits Live (1997) Live in Poland (1997) Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (1997) Then and Now (1998) The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults (Vol. 1–4, 2001, 2002 & 2006) A Time and a Place (2010) High Voltage (2010) Live at Nassau Coliseum '78 (2011) Live at the Mar y Sol Festival '72 (2011)
Compilation albums	The Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1980) The Very Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2000) The Ultimate Collection (2004) The Essential Emerson, Lake & Palmer (2007)
Box sets	The Return of the Manticore (1993) From the Beginning (2007) Gold Edition (2007) A Time and a Place (2010)
Songs	"The Barbarian" "Take a Pebble" "Lucky Man" "Tarkus" "Nutrocker" "From the Beginning" "Hoedown" "Jerusalem" "Toccata" "Still...You Turn Me On" "Karn Evil 9" "Fanfare for the Common Man" "Tiger in a Spotlight" "I Believe in Father Christmas"
Related articles	3 Robert Berry Emerson, Lake & Powell Emerson, Lake & Powell Richard Fraser Manticore Records Eddy Offord Cozy Powell Peter Sinfield To the Power of Three
Discography Band members

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