Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus

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Label:	Cotillion – SD 9900
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, PR - Presswell Pressing
Country:	US
Released:	Aug 1971
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Prog Rock

Tracklist

	Tarkus
A1	Eruption Written-By – Emerson*	2:43
A2	Stones Of Years Written-By – Lake, Emerson	3:43
A3	Iconoclast Written-By – Emerson*	1:16
A4	Mass Written-By – Lake, Emerson	3:09
A5	Manticore Written-By – Emerson*	1:49
A6	Battlefield Written-By – Lake*	3:57
A7	Aquatarkus Written-By – Emerson*	3:54
B1	Jeremy Bender Written-By – Lake, Emerson	1:41
B2	Bitches Crystal Written-By – Lake, Emerson	3:54
B3	The Only Way (Hymn) Written-By – Lake, Emerson	3:50
B4	Infinite Space (Conclusion) Written-By – Palmer, Emerson	3:18
B5	A Time And A Place Written-By – Emerson, Lake & Palmer	3:00
B6	Are You Ready Eddy? Written-By – Emerson, Lake & Palmer	2:09

Companies, etc.

Published By – TRO-Total Music, Inc.
Produced For – E.G. Records Ltd.
Recorded At – Advision Studios
Lacquer Cut At – Atlantic Studios
Pressed By – Presswell

Credits

Arranged By, Directed By – ELP*
Drums, Percussion [Assorted] – Carl Palmer
Engineer – Eddy "Are You Ready" Offord*
Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etch] – GP*
Organ [Hammond, St. Marks Church Organ], Piano, Celesta, Synthesizer [Moog] – Keith Emerson
Painting – William Neal (2)
Producer, Lyrics By, Vocals, Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Greg Lake

Notes

"PR" in label matrix = Presswell pressing

Runouts identical to Tarkus, but labels and back cover differ, as it is a club release.

Recorded at Advision.

B3 - Themes used in introduction & bridge only - Tocata in F and Prelude VI - Bach

Issued in gatefold sleeve. Some copies came with Atlantic's "Rock 4" (circa 1973) dust jacket.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Label side A): ST-CTN-712253 PR
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): ST-CTN-712254 PR
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched): ST-CTN-712253-E AT/GP PR
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched): ST-CTN-71225-4E AT/GP PR

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Tarkus (LP, Album, Gatefold)	Island Records, Island Records	ILPS 9155, 85 525 XT	Netherlands	1971
	Tarkus (LP, Album, Stereo, E.J. Day Sleeve, Gatefold)	Island Records	ILPS 9155	UK	1971
	Tarkus (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)	Island Records	85 527 IT	Germany	1971
	Tarkus (LP, Album, Stereo, RCA Smith Falls Pressing, Gatefold)	Cotillion, Cotillion	SD 9900, SC 9900	Canada	1971
New Submission	Tarkus (8-Track Cartridge, Album)	Cotillion	COM 89900	US	1971

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Reviews

_Obscuremuse_ Mar 11, 2023
I'll always have nostalgia for this record but my lord it is a mess in many ways, side 2 being rather hackneyed. The Main Tarkus suite still astounds and is the personification of both this groups strengths and the genres weaknesses on the whole. Largely with the over wrought chord change solos.
RicMargadona Aug 1, 2022
This press sounds killer!! Solid copy. Sounds clear and heavy!!