WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS TO THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS

Forget what people say about pretention and pomposity, this is simply one of the best live albums ever recorded. The tour that this live album was taken from was when prog was king. ELP, Yes, Jethro Tull were some of the top touring acts in the world, and the record companies sat up and took notice.

This album, originally on three vinyl LPs was a monster. It contained many (but by no means all) of the best songs in ELP's repertoire. You ger the epics (Tarkus, Karn Evil 9, the classical reinterpretations Hoedown, Toccata, Jerusalem the ballads Lucky Man, Take A Pebble, and even a medley of Jeremy Bender and The Sheriff.

The band was in fantastic form for this tour. Every song here is a gem. It's just too bad that the group imploded shortly after this great tour.