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Pictures at an Exhibition is an album by British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1971 as a live album and re-released in 2001 as a remastered edition including both live and studio versions of Modest Mussorgsky's classical piece Pictures at an Exhibition. The original live album was recorded at Newcastle City Hall in North East England. The opening track of the album was played on a Harrison & Harrison pipe organ which was installed in the City Hall in 1928. The organ console is some way above stage level, at the top of a stepped terrace used for choral performances. The drum roll connecting the opening track to the next served to cover Emerson's dash back down to the stage.

There was also a video made of a different live performance. This had a limited theatrical release in 1973, and a remastered DVD release with Dolby surround sound in 2000. This performance is notable for the energy passed by the three young musicians. Being a live album, sometimes Keith Emerson's voltage-controlled Moog synthesizer plays the wrong notes, apparently because of power-supply problems.

Poster: Alky


Track listing
"Promenade" (Mussorgsky) – 1:58 
"The Gnome" (Mussorgsky/Palmer) – 4:18 
"Promenade" (Mussorgsky/Lake) – 1:23 
"The Sage" (Lake) – 4:42 
"The Old Castle" (Mussorgsky/Emerson) – 2:33 
"Blues Variation" (Emerson/Lake/Palmer) – 4:22 
"Promenade" (Mussorgsky) – 1:29 
"The Hut of Baba Yaga" (Mussorgsky) – 1:12 
"The Curse of Baba Yaga" (Emerson/Lake/Palmer) – 4:10 
"The Hut of Baba Yaga" (Mussorgsky) – 1:06 
"The Great Gate of Kiev/The End" (Mussorgsky/Lake) – 6:37 
"Nutrocker" (Tchaikovsky, Fowley) – 4:26 

Personnel
Keith Emerson - Pipe Organ, Hammond C3 and L100 Organs, Moog Modular Synthesizer, Ribbon controller, Clavinet 
Greg Lake - bass, acoustic guitar, Vocals 
Carl Palmer - percussion, drums 

Production
Producer: Greg Lake 
Engineer: Eddie Offord 
Remastering: Joseph M. Palmaccio 
Arrangers: Keith Emerson, Greg Lake 
Cover design: William Neal 
Cover painting: William Neal 
Artwork: William Neal 
Photography: Nigel Marlow, Keith Morris 
Lyrics: Greg Lake, Richard Fraser