EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER’S WORKS LIVE
Remastered Edition released 24 July
2LP/2CD/Digital
BMG proudly announces a new reissue of Works Live by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released on 24 July. Featuring remastered audio alongside updated 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.”
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 24th July 2026 across digital and physical formats.
To pre-order / pre- save Works Live on 2LP/2CD/Digital, go to: http://elp.lnk.to/WorksLive
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