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1973 studio album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Brain Salad Surgery
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery.jpg

Work 217: ELP I by H. R. Giger
Studio album by

Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Released 19 Nov 1973 (UK)
4 Jan 1974 (N America)
Recorded June—September 1973
Studio
  • Advision (London)
  • Olympic (London)
Genre
  • Progressive rock
Length 45:02
Label Manticore
Producer Greg Lake
Emerson, Lake & Palmer chronology
Trilogy
(1972) 		Brain Salad Surgery
(1973) 		Welcome Dorsum My Friends to the Show That Never Ends – Ladies and Gentlemen
(1974)
Singles from Brain Salad Surgery
  1. "Jerusalem"
    Released: 30 November 1973

Brain Salad Surgery is the quaternary studio anthology by English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released on nineteen November 1973 past their record label, Manticore Records, and distributed past Atlantic Records.

Following the tour in support of the last album, Trilogy (1972), the grouping acquired rehearsal facilities to work on new textile, which would alloy classical and rock themes. To command things, they launched their own record company, Manticore, in March 1973.[i] The album was recorded from June to September at Olympic and Advision Studios and mixed in October 1973 at AIR Studios in London. Equally were all the group's previous works, it was produced by Greg Lake. The album includes a cover designed by H. R. Giger.

Released to a mixed critical response, it has begun to receive more favourable reviews with time.[2] [iii] [4] Encephalon Salad Surgery connected the grouping's commercial success, reaching number two in the Britain[5] and number xi in the United States,[6] and somewhen gaining Gold certifications in both countries.[seven] [8] In its support, the trio embarked on their largest world tour to date, including a headlining spot at the California Jam festival.

The album has been remastered/remixed and reissued numerous times, including stereo[nb 1] and 5.one surround sound[nb two] remixes by Jakko Jakszyk.

Groundwork [edit]

Subsequently the release of their 3rd album, Trilogy, in July 1972, the group toured across Europe and the United states, playing in sold-out venues.[9] Past the kickoff of 1973, Emerson, Lake & Palmer had get commercially successful in both the Great britain and the Us.

The group had get somewhat dissatisfied with their tape label Atlantic Records for a lack of interest. Around January 1973 Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer, and their manager Stewart Immature decided to form their own record company. Together, they bought an abandoned ABC movie house in Fulham, Westward London and converted it into a rehearsal room and company headquarters, which would afterwards be named Manticore Records. Lake said: "We set up Manticore to effort and make the entire record process equally skillful as it could be. We were also enlightened of a number of artists who nosotros knew were having problems getting their music released and getting a record deal".[10] Since the grouping knew that they would not have enough time to run their company, Atlantic promoter Mario Medious, who had worked with the group since their debut anthology, was brought in to serve as the president of Manticore in April 1973. Atlantic handled distribution duties.

Product [edit]

Emerson, Lake & Palmer began working on new material at the end of 1972. Every bit Lake explained in an interview, the group'south previous record, Trilogy, was recorded with the employ of 24-track machines and featured too many overdubs that made the music very difficult to recreate properly on stage. Then the trio agreed to record an album that they could perform live. The rehearsal facilities equipped in the erstwhile movie theater immune the group to play live, and then write, play alive again, write once again, etc., resulting in a feeling of addressing an audition, that would exist alluded to in the well-known line "Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends...".[11]

Writing [edit]

During writing sessions effectually the stop of 1972 and the starting time of 1973, the get-go two tracks began to accept shape. One of them was the first move of what would go the dominating composition of the forthcoming album, the ballsy "Karn Evil 9", and the other was an adaptation of the 4th Movement of Alberto Ginastera'south 1st Piano Concerto.

Pete Sinfield co-wrote lyrics with Greg Lake for "Karn Evil 9" and "Benny the Bouncer".

At nearly xxx minutes long, "Karn Evil 9" would consist of iii movements (called "impressions"). Due to time limitations, the commencement movement initially had to be split into two parts between sides one and two of the vinyl tape. Although the original Atlantic CD[nb 3] retained the division of the suite, subsequent editions have presented it in an uninterrupted version. All music of the epic was written by Emerson and can be described as a futuristic fusion of classical and rock themes. Structurally, the offset and tertiary movements are separated by an extended instrumental passage in spite of the whole composition having initially been conceived as an instrumental.[3] All lyrics in the offset motility are credited to Lake. To help in creating lyrics for the third movement, he brought in lyricist Pete Sinfield, with whom Lake had worked at the time he was in Male monarch Crimson. Sinfield had been planning to make a solo album and had asked Lake for aid to release information technology on Manticore. Lake had agreed that the record label would support Sinfield's project and additionally suggested his contributing to lyrics for the grouping'south next album. Sinfield recalled: "I was half mode through making a solo album when Greg chosen me to say that Manticore wanted to release it. The catch was that he wanted me to collaborate on lyrics for a long piece that had begun to have shape".[12] The master theme of the ballsy is the battle between artificial and natural intelligence, which would stop with a man existence taken over by the estimator he had invented. It had initially been titled by Emerson as "Ganton 9" later a fictional planet to which all evil and decadence had been thrown out. However, Sinfield believed that the music Emerson had written sounded but like a carnival, and and then he came upwards with the championship "Karn Evil 9".

The about recognisable section of "Karn Evil nine" is the second role of the first movement, containing the famous line "Welcome dorsum, my friends, to the show that never ends...", which was somewhen taken as the title of the group'southward second alive album. It is often used as a vocal dedicated to the opening of sports seasons. It is likewise a common radio staple.

On paper, it appears every bit insane equally it ever did. Information technology kicks off with a hymn, goes into a department of piano concerto rewritten to feature the first recorded appearance of 'electronic percussion', then a pretty acoustic carol, and so a barroom pianoforte knees-up, all topped off with a half-hour scientific discipline fiction suite. Information technology shouldn't work, simply it does. Brilliantly.

—Ian Fortnam describing the content of the album[13]

Emerson had contemplated recording an accommodation of the fourth Motion ("Toccata concertata") of Ginastera's 1st Piano Concerto as far back as the beginning of 1971. He had heard the toccata for the first time when he was a member of The Nice and had been "struck with the music immediately".[14] Emerson had not considered a possibility of Emerson, Lake & Palmer playing the slice until Palmer proposed to incorporate a drum solo into the trio's repertoire, which would be a core part of the composition. When Emerson played the toccata to Palmer, the latter approved it, and then, the slice was rehearsed by the entire group, although it was quite hard, since Lake did not read music and Palmer was unable to apply a score written for piano to the drums.

Both "Karn Evil nine: 1st Impression" and "Toccata" were included in the setlist for a series of concerts across Europe outset at the end of March 1973. Effectually that time, a new semi-acoustic number, "Still....You Turn Me On", was introduced to the public. Written past Lake lonely, the song has commonly been regarded equally a necessary rest in the content, which is dominated by aggressive compositions.[15] The next track intended for inclusion in the anthology was an adaptation of Hubert Parry's hymn "Jerusalem", with the lyrics from "And did those anxiety in ancient fourth dimension", a curt verse form from the preface to William Blake's ballsy Milton. Finally, the concluding piece, which would make the album, was the honky-tonk piano-based song "Benny the Bouncer" composed past Emerson, with Lake and Sinfield writing the words.

After the album was almost completely recorded, three boosted tracks, which would be put on the shelf for a while, were written: the instrumental "When the Apple Blossoms Blossom in the Windmills of Your Mind I'll Exist Your Valentine", credited to the entire group, "Tiger in a Spotlight" and the title song, both equanimous by Emerson, with Lake and Sinfield providing lyrics. Brain Salad Surgery was the first anthology to accept no songwriting contributions from Palmer (aside from the drum solo in "Toccata"), who, nevertheless, has regarded it equally his favourite by far.[16]

Recording [edit]

The recording sessions began in June 1973 at Olympic Studios in Barnes, London, with Lake, as he had washed on the group'southward previous records, serving equally the producer, and Chris Kimsey equally the engineer. The only track committed to record at Olympic was the beginning movement of "Karn Evil 9". Following a flow of further writing, the work on the upcoming anthology continued in August at Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, London, with engineer Geoff Young. The second and third movements of "Karn Evil 9" were completed in the beginning half of that month, with the tertiary impression being the first track to exist recorded at Advision. The muse'due south sped-upwards and altered vocalism from the second movement and the 'estimator' vocalism from the 3rd movement were contributed by Emerson, and his only song credit in the trio's repertoire. In lodge to achieve the "computer" vocalism, he ran his voice through the Moog'south ring modulator.

Keith Emerson has beautifully defenseless the mood of my slice.

—Alberto Ginastera[nb 3]

Although an arrangement of Ginastera's toccata had been performed by the group on their European tour from March to April 1973, the limerick had received additional instrumentation before its terminal version was recorded. Palmer had written a percussion move with the use of eight peculiarly developed drum synthesizers. This movement with an "atmospheric" electronic sound was inserted in the center section of "Toccata".[17] Soon later the adaptation was committed to tape in September, the grouping became aware that they did not have the rights to release this music. Emerson contacted Ginastera's publishers who responded that the composer would non let any adaptation of his works, simply they advised him to talk to him personally. So Emerson flew to Geneva to discuss the issue with Ginastera himself. Once Ginastera heard the new arrangement, he gave the authorization to employ his piece. To quote Emerson: "He played our recording of "Toccata" on a tape recorder. After a few bars he stopped the tape ... and exclaimed 'Diabolic!' I idea he said 'diabolical' and expected him to show us the door. He had been listening to the tape in mono and our recording was in stereo. I jumped upwardly and switched the automobile to stereo hoping he would listen again. It transpired that he wasn't concerned about that at all. He listened again and declared 'Terrible!' which really was a compliment. 'Y'all've captured the essence of my music like no one else has before', the cracking maestro said."[18]

The adjacent songs recorded at Advision were "Still....Yous Turn Me On" and "Jerusalem". The adaptation of the hymn is notable for the debut of the first polyphonic synthesizer in history, the Moog Apollo, which was just a prototype of the Polymoog at that time.[xix] Together with the Lyra monophonic and the Taurus bass synthesizers, it formed the Moog Polyphonic Ensemble, also known as the Constellation. The Apollo synthesizer was also used by Emerson on "Benny the Bouncer", which was the last rail recorded for the album.

Mixing [edit]

The results of the iv-month recording sessions were mixed in the first calendar week of October 1973 at AIR Studios in London. The original mix was turned down past Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and equally a result, nearly of the material was remixed once more to their satisfaction.[20] The outset mixes of several tracks have been released on some more recent reissues of the album.

Artwork and packaging [edit]

Work 218: ELP Two by H. R. Giger, called equally an illustration for the vinyl triptych sleeve inside

Since cover art for the impending album was required, Manticore managing director Peter Zumsteg introduced Emerson to a pop artist, Hans Ruedi Giger, who was living in Zurich. In April 1973, every bit a function of their European tour, the grouping played a two-24-hour interval concert there. After the concert, Emerson with Zumsteg visited the artist at his home. At that time, the working title for the anthology was Medious' expression Whip Some Skull on Ya, which is translated every bit fellatio.[21] Coincidentally, nether the touch of the music, including Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Giger had just created a human skull-based triptych entitled Work 216: Landscape XIX. When he revealed the triptych to his guests, Emerson immediately felt that it was completely advisable for the album cover fine art.

It was dark and very foreboding, and for me information technology represented ELP's music.

—Keith Emerson on H. R. Giger's fine art[22]

Afterward, the anthology title was changed to Brain Salad Surgery, which has the same pregnant equally Whip Some Skull on Ya.[23] [24] The phrase was probably taken from the song "Right Identify, Wrong Time" past Dr. John, which had been a hit unmarried in summertime 1973 and contains the line "I been running trying to get hung upwards in my heed, got to requite myself a piffling talking to this fourth dimension, just demand a little brain salad surgery, got to cure this insecurity".[20]

Giger painted ii new pieces approximately the actual size of the vinyl record entitled Work 217: ELP I and Work 218: ELP II. The first painting was chosen past the group equally the front encompass. It contains the artist's distinctive monochromatic biomechanical artwork, integrating an industrial machinery with a human skull and the new 'ELP' logotype, which was likewise designed by Giger and has been standard for Emerson, Lake & Palmer e'er since. The lower office of the skull is covered by a circular screen, which displays the mouth and chin in its flesh-covered state, likewise as what appears to be the top of a phallus beneath the chin, arising from the 'ELP' tube. Art director Fabio Nicoli insisted on a non-standard construction of the vinyl sleeve rather than being a normal gatefold. The front embrace of the novelty triptych sleeve was split in one-half down the centre, except for the circular screen, which was fastened to the right flap, and was opened up like a gate. Opening the flaps revealed the 2nd painting, featuring the total face of a human female (modelled later Giger's partner Li Tobler) with ringlets of wire hair framing the airtight eyes and multiple scars, including the infinity symbol and a scar from a frontal lobotomy. The illustration originally had the complete phallus, merely when the artwork was presented to the record company, it was rejected and dismissed as pornographic. As Giger refused to have the penis off the painting, the group had another creative person airbrush information technology into a shaft of glowing lite.[25] The back cover was entirely black with the large white lettering 'Encephalon Salad Surgery'. Work 217: ELP I was also used as a custom characterization, with the spindle of the turntable penetrating through the lips. The vinyl packaging included a 12-panel fold-out poster with photographs of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, which were taken by Rosemary Adams.

When Manticore Records went defunct in 1977, Atlantic Records reissued the album with the initial design as well equally with an ordinary vinyl packaging[nb 4], which consisted of uncomplicated non fold-out outer and inner sleeves. The 'face up' painting was used as the back cover of the outer sleeve.

After the exhibition Giger in Prague was closed on 31 August 2005, the ii original 34×34 cm acrylic-on-paper paintings Work 217: ELP I and Work 218: ELP II were lost or stolen[26] and accept not been constitute yet.

Release [edit]

Prior to the album becoming bachelor, British paper New Musical Express released an issue with an attached free promotional flexi disc[nb 5] on x November 1973. Packaged in a miniature facsimile of the original anthology sleeve, the one-sided flexi disc, playing at 33 1⁄3 rpm, contained the song "Brain Salad Surgery", along with excerpts from all five tracks of the forthcoming anthology. Beingness a late-recorded runway, the championship song had not been intended for Brain Salad Surgery and was not included in its rails listing. Nevertheless, information technology was after used as the B-side to the United kingdom number 2 hit unmarried "Fanfare for the Mutual Homo" and ended up on the compilation of studio outtakes Works Volume 2 (1977).

Brain Salad Surgery was released in the U.k. on 19 November 1973 by Manticore Records and was available on vinyl record, cassette, and viii-track cartridge through distribution by Atlantic Records. The very kickoff vinyl pressings[nb 6] were manufactured in the United States, forth with the sleeves due to their non-standard structure.[27] The album was a large seller, peaking at number two on the UK Albums Chart and spending in that location xviii weeks.[v] It was held from the top spot for two weeks in a row only by Tales from Topographic Oceans from the arch-rival group Yep. On 1 March 1974, the anthology was certified Aureate by British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies.[seven]

The BBC was very conservative in its outlook in those days. I call back they felt our version of "Jerusalem" was a bit of an affront to Britishness.

—Greg Lake on the BBC'south airplay ban of "Jerusalem"[28]

In spite of the feeling that Lake's audio-visual song "Notwithstanding....Yous Turn Me On" stood out every bit an evident unmarried selection, Emerson, Lake & Palmer did not select it for a release, both because Palmer did non play on the track and because information technology was to the lowest degree representative of the album or their general direction.[28] Instead of that song, the grouping's interpretation of "Jerusalem" was chosen for the unmarried, which would exist backed with another studio out-have, "When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind I'll Exist Your Valentine". The single[nb seven] was released on thirty November 1973, just its success was inhibited by the BBC, which banned the song from airplay.[28] As a result, "Jerusalem" failed to chart in the United Kingdom.

In the The states, Brain Salad Surgery was released in December 1973 by Manticore on vinyl record,[nb 8] cassette, and 8-rails cartridge, and distributed by Atlantic. Although no singles were issued, information technology climbed to number 11 on the Billboard 200 and stayed in the charts for 47 weeks, more than whatever other Emerson, Lake & Palmer anthology.[6] It has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Clan of America for selling at least 500,000 copies in the United States.[8]

Reissues [edit]

The anthology was released for the first time on CD[nb 3], which was mastered by Barry Diament, in 1986. The earliest copies for the U.S. market were pressed in Japan. Information technology was also released on CD in 1987 in Westward Germany under the Manticore label by RCA/Ariola and was the outset to feature Karn Evil 9 playing in its entirety (While the tracks for Karn Evil 9 is separate, 1st Impression Part 1 & Part ii does not fade out and fade in). Since then Brain Salad Surgery has been remastered/remixed, expanded, and reissued multiple times in dissimilar formats, with the studio outtakes "Brain Salad Surgery" and "When the Apple tree Blossoms Flower in the Windmills of Your Mind I'll Be Your Valentine" having often been added as bonus tracks. In 1993, the album was remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio[nb nine]. In 2000, Rhino Entertainment Company released a DVD-Audio containing a 5.ane environs sound mix[nb x], done past John Kellogg and Paul Klingberg.

Because of its length, "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression" had originally been split into ii parts for vinyl, with a fade-out at the end of side ane and a fade-in at the start of side 2. Some early CD editions continued to carve up the track, but since and so it has been presented as a single, uninterrupted slice.

In 2008, a remastered and expanded three-disc 35th-anniversary deluxe edition[nb 11] was released by Sanctuary Records, a subsidiary label of Universal Music Group at that time. Disc 1 (CD) contained the original album, remastered by Paschal Byrne. Disc 2 (CD) consisted of different recordings and mixes of tracks associated with Brain Salad Surgery, besides equally ii bonus tracks: "When the Apple Blossoms Blossom in the Windmills of Your Mind I'll Be Your Valentine" and "Brain Salad Surgery". Disc 3 was a hybrid SACD containing the original album in stereo and surround sound. For the five.1 mix, the 2000 Rhino version was taken.

In 2014, a limited six-disc super deluxe box set edition[nb 2] was released by Legacy/Sony Music. Disc ane (CD) contained the original album, remastered past Andy Pearce. Disc 2 (CD) was equanimous of bonus tracks associated with Encephalon Salad Surgery. Disc 3 (CD) contained a new stereo version of the album. The original and new stereo versions in high resolution along with a brand new v.ane surroundings audio mix by Jakko Jakszyk were featured on Disc 4 (DVD-Audio). The Manticore Special Documentary film, photograph gallery, and Giger's original artwork were included in Disc five (DVD-Video). Finally, Disc vi was a 180gm vinyl tape with the original album. A cut-downwards three-disc edition,[nb 12] which consisted of the Discs 1, ii, and iv (but without the five.i mix), received international release effectually the same time. In Japan, the 40th ceremony 3 disc edition, on the Victor Entertainment label, contains the new stereo and v.1 surround mixes every bit well as original stereo mixes on DVD-audio on the first disc, the original album remastered on the 2d disc, and on the third disc the Alternate Brain Salad Surgery with bonus tracks.

Disquisitional reception [edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [iii]
Christgau's Record Guide C−[29]
Classic Rock Revisited A+[30]
The Daily Vault A−[31]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide [32]

Upon its initial release, the anthology was met with a remarkably polarized critical reception. Gordon Fletcher of Rolling Rock considered that although Emerson, Lake & Palmer managed to vanquish "insufficient intensity and lack of worthy fabric" of their previous records in live performances, these flaws overwhelmed all the group'southward positives in the studio, resulting in things like Encephalon Salad Surgery, which was deemed as a "sadly uneven anthology from a grouping with technical gifts equal to that of any British trio". In detail, he counted the lyrics of "Nonetheless....You Plough Me On" to exist somewhat overblown and dismissed "Benny the Bouncer" as "a needless nonsensical whimsey".[33] Writing for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau, who had never been favourable towards Emerson, Lake & Palmer, submitted a review, which consisted entirely of rhetorical questions, and assigned the anthology a very depression "C−" rating.[34] On the other side, Pete Erskine of Sounds was positive about the record, calling information technology the grouping's "most uncluttered and melodic album to appointment and certainly their rockiest".[35] Earlier its release in the United States in December 1973, Encephalon Salad Surgery was reviewed past Billboard and described equally "a complex, exciting sonic experience which touches on several bases—heavy rock, flowing jazz and some zesty pop material".[36]

Retrospective response has been predominantly favourable. AllMusic contributor Bruce Eder cited the tape equally "Emerson, Lake & Palmer's most successful and well-realized album, and their well-nigh ambitious as a grouping, equally well every bit their loudest". He summarized that it represents "a loftier betoken that the trio would never again achieve, or even aspire to".[3] Paul Stump, in his 1997 History of Progressive Rock, characterized the anthology equally frustratingly uneven, only highlighted the "demonic" version of "Toccata" and the group instrumental workout in the 3rd part of "Karn Evil nine" as amidst the band's finest moments.[37] While reviewing the box set A Fourth dimension and a Place for the online All About Jazz magazine, John Kelman mentioned Brain Salad Surgery equally a "crowning masterpiece" and the group's "undeniable high h2o mark".[4] The album was included in the musical reference volume 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before Y'all Dice, where information technology was called "the most fully realized—and still decidedly brazen—ELP statement".[38]

In 2005, Q Classic and Mojo magazines placed Brain Salad Surgery at number five on their "xl Cosmic Rock Albums", which was published in the special edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock.[39] In 2015, it was ranked the 12th greatest progressive rock anthology of all time by Rolling Stone, whose reviewer Volition Hermes characterised the record as "prescient and pretty damn rocking".[forty]

Tour [edit]

Arena at the Anaheim Convention Center, where Welcome Back, My Friends, to the Prove That Never Ends ~ Ladies and Gentlemen was recorded

Presently after the recording sessions ended and the tracks were mixed in Oct 1973, the group rehearsed for their upcoming world tour to promote the album. Spanning from 14 November 1973 to 21 Baronial 1974, and including 100 alive performances, it comprised iv parts: Leg 1—North America (from 14 November 1973 to eighteen December 1973, 28 shows), Leg 2—North America (from 24 January 1974 to 6 April 1974, 29 shows), Leg 3—Europe (from 18 April 1974 to 1 June 1974, 26 shows), and Leg iv—Due north America (from 26 July 1974 to 21 August 1974, 17 shows).

On stage, Emerson, Lake & Palmer mixed the complex musicianship of their material with theatrics which attracted criticism. These included Emerson playing a grand piano while it revolved in mid-air, and abusing the Hammond organ past sticking knives in the manuals, throwing it effectually the stage and letting information technology feed back, while Palmer played on a revolving drum kit. The group carried nigh 40 tons of equipment, which took five hours to unpack and fix upwardly, including a 30-channel board detached quadraphonic public address sound system provided by International Entertainers Service, and a state-of-the-art lighting organization, designed past Judy Rasmussen, which consisted of large ladders at each corner of the stage and two arches installed in a higher place the performance area.[41]

Their 2 February 1974 concert, which was played in the primary loonshit at the Anaheim Convention Heart in Anaheim, California, was documented on the 3-disc album Welcome Dorsum, My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends ~ Ladies and Gentlemen, released on 19 August 1974. Much of the performance was as well used for broadcasting on the American stone music radio show King Beige Flower Hr.[42] The live anthology reached number vi on the UK charts[43] and number 4 on the Billboard 200,[6] which was the highest U.South. chart position the trio e'er achieved.

Arguably the most high-profile performance was on 6 April 1974, when Emerson, Lake & Palmer co-headlined with Deep Purple at the California Jam festival, held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, with an attendance of 350,000 paying fans.[44] Simply 55 minutes of the grouping'southward ii+ 1⁄2 -hr festival-closing fix was aired past ABC television network, which was a sponsor of the festival, on vii May and 10 June 1974. The remaining footage of ELP's entire performance has thus far not surfaced (unlike Deep Purple, whose entire 1-hour set has been issued in various sound and video releases). The extant ELP footage was eventually released on video in 2005 as a role of Beyond the Commencement DVD-Video.[45] The audio recordings first appeared in 1998 on the album And then & Now.

After the tour was completed in Baronial 1974, Emerson, Lake & Palmer took an extended hiatus from recording and performing. In 1976, the grouping reunited to work on their next album, Works Volume 1 (1977).

Track list [edit]

All lyrics written past Greg Lake and all music written by Keith Emerson, except where noted.

Side one
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Jerusalem" William Blake Hubert Parry (bundled past Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer) 2:44
2. "Toccata" (an adaptation of Ginastera'south 1st piano concerto, 4th movement) Alberto Ginastera (arranged by Emerson, percussion movement—Palmer) 7:23
three. "Still...Yous Turn Me On" Lake 2:53
4. "Benny the Bouncer" Lake, Pete Sinfield 2:21
5. "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression—Part 1" 8:43
Side two
No. Title Lyrics Length
6. "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression—Part 2" 4:47
7. "Karn Evil ix: 2nd Impression" 7:07
8. "Karn Evil nine: third Impression" Lake, Sinfield nine:03
Total length: 45:02
1996 Rhino Records remastered edition bonus track
No. Title Length
9. "The Making of Encephalon Salad Surgery" thirteen:40
Total length: 58:58
2000 Rhinoceros Records DVD-Audio bonus track
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
nine. "Lucky Human" Lake Lake
2001 Castle Music remastered edition bonus tracks
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
9. "Brain Salad Surgery" (single) Lake, Sinfield Emerson 3:08
10. "When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind I'll Be Your Valentine" (single) Emerson, Lake, Palmer 3:57
xi. "Excerpts from Encephalon Salad Surgery" (flexi disc) five:59
2007 Shout! Manufactory remastered edition bonus tracks
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
9. "Jerusalem" (alternating mix) Blake Parry (arranged past Emerson, Lake, and Palmer) 2:47
x. "Karn Evil 9" (instrumental mix) Emerson 13:26
Full length: 61:17
2008 Sanctuary Records deluxe edition disc two: bonus tracks
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Listen I'll Be Your Valentine" Emerson, Lake, Palmer 3:59
ii. "Encephalon Salad Surgery" Lake, Sinfield Emerson three:08
3. "Karn Evil 9: 3rd Impression" (original backing rails) Emerson 9:09
4. "Jerusalem" (first mix) Blake Parry (arranged by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer) ii:46
v. "Still...You Turn Me On" (offset mix) Lake Lake ii:53
half-dozen. "Toccata" (get-go mix) Ginastera (arranged by Emerson, percussion movement—Palmer) seven:22
seven. "Karn Evil nine: 1st Impression—Part 1" (unreleased until 35th anniversary version) Lake Emerson 8:34
8. "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression—Function two" (unreleased until 35th anniversary version) Lake Emerson iv:48
9. "Karn Evil 9: second Impression" (unreleased until 35th anniversary version) Emerson 7:07
10. "Karn Evil ix: third Impression" (unreleased until 35th anniversary version) Lake, Sinfield Emerson 9:05
11. "Excerpts from Brain Salad Surgery" (from the NME Flexidisc 1973) 3:07
12. "Excerpts from Brain Salad Surgery" (untitled hidden runway) 2:52
Total length: 64:54
2011 Legacy/Sony Music remastered edition bonus tracks
No. Championship Lyrics Music Length
ix. "Encephalon Salad Surgery" Lake, Sinfield Emerson 3:08
10. "When the Apple Blossoms Blossom in the Windmills of Your Listen I'll Be Your Valentine" Emerson, Lake, Palmer 3:57
11. "Excerpts from Brain Salad Surgery" two:51
Total length: 54:57
2014 Legacy/Sony Music edition disc two: The Alternate Brain Salad Surgery
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Karn Evil 9: third Impression" (original bankroll runway) Emerson 9:11
2. "Jerusalem" (first mix) Blake Parry (arranged by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer) 2:46
3. "Still... You Turn Me On" (beginning mix) Lake Lake 2:53
4. "Toccata" (alternate version) Ginastera (bundled by Emerson, percussion movement—Palmer) 7:23
5. "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression—Part 1" (alternate version) Lake Emerson 8:37
six. "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression—Part two" (alternate version) Lake Emerson 4:48
7. "Karn Evil 9: 2nd Impression" (alternate version) Emerson seven:07
viii. "Karn Evil ix: third Impression" (alternate version) Lake, Sinfield Emerson ix:06
9. "Excerpts from Encephalon Salad Surgery" (NME flexi disc version) 2:52
x. "When the Apple Blossoms Flower in the Windmills of Your Listen I'll Be Your Valentine" (B-side of single K13503) Emerson, Lake, Palmer iii:57
11. "Brain Salad Surgery" (B-side of unmarried K10946) Lake, Sinfield Emerson 3:07
12. "Brain Salad Surgery" (instrumental) Emerson 2:22
13. "Karn Evil ix: tertiary Impression" (different version) Emerson 8:26
Full length: 72:36

Some CD editions take the entire suite "Karn Evil ix" as a one track, giving the anthology a full of five tracks.

5-rails version
No. Championship Lyrics Music Length
1. "Jerusalem" Blake Parry (arranged by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer) 2:45
2. "Toccata" (an accommodation of Ginastera's 1st piano concerto, 4th motion) Ginastera (arranged past Emerson, percussion movement—Palmer) seven:23
iii. "Still...You Turn Me On" Lake Lake two:53
4. "Benny the Bouncer" Lake, Sinfield Emerson ii:21
5. "Karn Evil 9" Lake, Sinfield Emerson 29:39
Total length: 45:02

Personnel [edit]

Emerson, Lake & Palmer [edit]

  • Keith Emerson – organs, piano, harpsichord, Clavinet, Moog synthesizers, Moog Polyphonic Ensemble (known every bit the Constellation, comprising the Apollo polyphonic, the Lyra monophonic, and the Taurus Moog bass pedals synthesizers), 'computer' vocalization (on "Karn Evil ix: 3rd Impression")
  • Greg Lake – vocals, bass guitar, guitars; production
  • Carl Palmer – drums, percussion, percussion synthesizers

Technical [edit]

  • Geoff Young – engineer (all tracks except "Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression")
  • Chris Kimsey – engineer ("Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression")
  • Barry Diament – CD mastering[nb three] (at Atlantic Studios, New York)
  • Joseph M. Palmaccio – 1993 remastering[nb 9] (at PolyGram Studios)
  • Nib Inglot and Dan Hersch – 1996 remastering[nb 13]
  • John Kellogg – 2000 5.one remix production and mastering[nb 10] (at Magna Vision Studios, Santa Monica, California)
  • Paul Klingberg – 2000 five.1 remix engineering science, mixing, and mastering (at Magna Vision Studios, Santa Monica, California)
  • Marking Chalecki – 2007 remastering[nb 14] (at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood)
  • Paschal Byrne – 2008 stereo remastering[nb xi] (at The Audio Archiving Company, London)
  • Andy Pearce – 2011 remastering[nb 15], 2014 remastering[nb 1]
  • Matt Wortham – 2014 remastering
  • Jakko Jakszyk – 2014 stereo[nb one] and v.1 mixing[nb 2] (at Silesia Sound, Hertfordshire)
  • H. R. Giger – cover painting
  • Fabio Nicoli Associates – design and art direction
  • Rosemary Adams – photography

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

References [edit]

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ a b c Legacy/Sony Music 88883772862, Legacy/Sony Music 88883772842
  2. ^ a b c Legacy/Sony Music 88883772862
  3. ^ a b c d Atlantic 19124-2 (Us), Atlantic 781 523-two (Europe)
  4. ^ Atlantic SD 19124
  5. ^ Lyntone LYN 2762
  6. ^ Manticore K53501/MC66669
  7. ^ Manticore K13503
  8. ^ Manticore MC66669
  9. ^ a b 383 480 020-2 (US), Victory 828 468-2 (Europe), Castle Music CMRCD201
  10. ^ a b Rhino R9 75980, Sanctuary 5308195
  11. ^ a b Sanctuary 5308195
  12. ^ Legacy/Sony Music 88883772842
  13. ^ Rhino R2 72459
  14. ^ Shout! Manufactory 826663-10642
  15. ^ Legacy/Sony Music 88697830132

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Sources [edit]

  • McCulley, Jerry (2000). Encephalon Salad Surgery (booklet). Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Los Angeles: Rhino Records. R9 75980.
  • Powell, Marker (2008). Encephalon Salad Surgery (booklet). Emerson, Lake & Palmer. London: Sanctuary Records. 5308195.

External links [edit]

  • Emerson Lake & Palmer Official Website
  • Nonetheless... You Turn Me On (2014 - Remaster) on YouTube

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_Salad_Surgery