Emerson, Lake & Palmer Announce Works Live Reissue

BMG proudly announces a new reissue of Works Live by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released on 24 July. Featuring remastered audio alongside new liner notes, the release shines a fresh spotlight on one of the band’s most ambitious live recordings — available as a standalone title for the first time in more than 30 years.

Originally issued in 1979 as In Concert, the album captured ELP during their legendary 1977 North American orchestral tour, blending the group’s groundbreaking fusion of rock, classical music and theatrical live performance. The recordings — drawn primarily from Montreal’s Olympic Stadium — document the trio at the height of their powers, performing landmark works including “Fanfare for the Common Man,” “Knife-Edge,” “Pictures at an Exhibition,” and “Peter Gunn.”

Watch the official video for “Peter Gunn (Live)” here:

 Although originally released as a single LP following the band’s breakup, Works Live restored much of the material originally intended for the project when it was expanded into a double-disc edition in 1993. This new BMG edition revisits that expanded presentation with refreshed packaging and updated notes, offering fans and collectors the definitive version of a pivotal live release in the ELP catalogue.

Few bands defined the scale and ambition of progressive rock quite like Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Formed in 1970 by Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer, the trio became one of the most commercially successful and influential acts of the era, selling more than 40 million albums worldwide and pioneering a spectacular blend of virtuoso musicianship, classical reinterpretation and arena-scale rock performance.

The Works era remains one of the most celebrated and audacious chapters in ELP history, not least for the band’s attempt to tour with a full orchestra — a move that became both a creative triumph and a financial challenge. The performances captured on Works Live preserve that unique moment in progressive rock history with all the grandeur, technical brilliance and energy that defined ELP’s live reputation.

The reissue arrives at a timely moment of renewed interest in ELP’s legacy, following continued archival activity and recent announcements from founding drummer Carl Palmer surrounding forthcoming UK dates for his “An Evening with ELP” live shows in 2027.

Works Live will be released by BMG on 24 July across digital and physical formats.

To pre-order / pre- save Works Live on 2LP/2CD/Digital, go to: http://elp.lnk.to/WorksLive

Works Live Track Listing

CD

Disc 1

1. Introductory Fanfare (0:53)
2. Peter Gunn (3:35)
3. Tiger In A Spotlight (4:09)
4. C’est La Vie (4:14)
5. Watching Over You (3:56)
6. Maple Leaf Rag (1:11)
7. The Enemy God Dances With The Black Spirits (2:49)
8. Fanfare for the Common Man (11:03)
9. Knife-Edge (5:02)
10. Show Me The Way To Go Home (4:30)
11. Abaddon’s Bolero (5:51)

Disc 2

1. Pictures At An Exhibition (i. Promenade Part 1, ii. The Gnome, iii. Promenade Pt. 2, iv. The Hut of Baba Yaga, v. The Curse of Baba Yaga, vi. The Hut of Baba Yaga, vii. The Great Gates of Kiev) (16:18)
2. Closer To Believing (5:33)
3. Piano Concerto, Third Movement: Toccata Con Fuoco (6:42)
4. Tank (12:38)

LP

Side A

1. Introductory Fanfare (0:53)
2. Peter Gunn (3:35)
3. Tiger In A Spotlight (4:09)
4. C’est La Vie (4:14)
5. Watching Over You (3:56)
6. Maple Leaf Rag (1:11)
7. The Enemy God Dances With The Black Spirits (2:49)

Side B

1. Fanfare for the Common Man (11:03)
2. Knife-Edge (5:02)
3. Show Me The Way To Go Home (4:30)

Side C

1. Abaddon’s Bolero (5:51)
2. Pictures At An Exhibition (i. Promenade Part 1, ii. The Gnome, iii. Promenade Pt. 2, iv. The Hut of Baba Yaga, v. The Curse of Baba Yaga, vi. The Hut of Baba Yaga, vii. The Great Gates of Kiev) (16:18)

Side D

1. Closer To Believing (5:33)
2. Piano Concerto, Third Movement: Toccata Con Fuoco (6:42)
3. Tank (12:38)