Emerson Lake and Palmer Brain Salad Surgery Cover Art

1973 studio album by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Brain Salad Surgery
Work 217: ELP I by H. R. Giger
Studio anthology past Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Released	19 November 1973 (UK) 4 January 1974 (Due north 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 Bear witness That Never Ends – Ladies and Gentlemen (1974)
Singles from Encephalon Salad Surgery
"Jerusalem" Released: 30 November 1973

Encephalon Salad Surgery is the 4th studio album past English language progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released on 19 November 1973 by their tape label, Manticore Records, and distributed by Atlantic Records.

Following the tour in support of the terminal album, Trilogy (1972), the grouping acquired rehearsal facilities to work on new material, which would blend classical and rock themes. To control things, they launched their own tape 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. As were all the group's previous works, information technology was produced by Greg Lake. The album includes a encompass designed by H. R. Giger.

Released to a mixed critical response, it has begun to receive more favourable reviews with time.^{[ii] [3] [iv]} Brain Salad Surgery connected the grouping's commercial success, reaching number ii in the United Kingdom^[v] and number 11 in the U.s.,^{[half dozen]} and eventually gaining Gold certifications in both countries.^{[7] [eight]} In its back up, 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 v.1 environs sound^{[nb ii]} remixes by Jakko Jakszyk.

Background [edit]

After the release of their third album, Trilogy, in July 1972, the group toured beyond Europe and the U.s., playing in sold-out venues.^[9] By the kickoff of 1973, Emerson, Lake & Palmer had become commercially successful in both the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and the United states.

The group had become somewhat dissatisfied with their record label Atlantic Records for a lack of involvement. Effectually Jan 1973 Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer, and their manager Stewart Immature decided to class their ain record visitor. Together, they bought an abandoned ABC cinema in Fulham, West London and converted it into a rehearsal room and company headquarters, which would afterward be named Manticore Records. Lake said: "We set up Manticore to attempt and brand the entire record process as good every bit it could be. We were also aware of a number of artists who we knew were having issues getting their music released and getting a record deal".^[10] Since the group 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 album, was brought in to serve every bit the president of Manticore in Apr 1973. Atlantic handled distribution duties.

Product [edit]

Emerson, Lake & Palmer began working on new material at the end of 1972. Equally Lake explained in an interview, the grouping's previous tape, Trilogy, was recorded with the employ of 24-track machines and featured likewise many overdubs that fabricated the music very hard to recreate properly on stage. Then the trio agreed to record an album that they could perform live. The rehearsal facilities equipped in the former cinema allowed the grouping to play live, and then write, play alive once again, write once again, etc., resulting in a feeling of addressing an audience, that would be alluded to in the well-known line "Welcome back, my friends, to the testify that never ends...".^[11]

Writing [edit]

During writing sessions around the end of 1972 and the beginning of 1973, the first ii tracks began to take shape. One of them was the kickoff motility of what would go the dominating composition of the forthcoming album, the epic "Karn Evil 9", and the other was an adaptation of the quaternary Movement of Alberto Ginastera's 1st Piano Concerto.

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

At nearly 30 minutes long, "Karn Evil ix" would consist of iii movements (called "impressions"). Due to time limitations, the first movement initially had to be carve up into two parts between sides one and 2 of the vinyl record. Although the original Atlantic CD^{[nb three]} retained the division of the suite, subsequent editions have presented information technology in an uninterrupted version. All music of the epic was written by Emerson and tin be described every bit a futuristic fusion of classical and rock themes. Structurally, the offset and third movements are separated by an extended instrumental passage in spite of the whole limerick having initially been conceived as an instrumental.^[3] All lyrics in the first motility are credited to Lake. To help in creating lyrics for the tertiary move, he brought in lyricist Pete Sinfield, with whom Lake had worked at the time he was in Male monarch Blood-red. Sinfield had been planning to make a solo anthology and had asked Lake for help to release it on Manticore. Lake had agreed that the tape characterization would back up Sinfield's project and additionally suggested his contributing to lyrics for the group'due south adjacent album. Sinfield recalled: "I was half way through making a solo anthology when Greg chosen me to say that Manticore wanted to release information technology. The grab was that he wanted me to collaborate on lyrics for a long piece that had begun to take shape".^[12] The main theme of the ballsy is the battle between bogus and natural intelligence, which would finish with a human beingness taken over by the computer he had invented. Information technology had initially been titled by Emerson as "Ganton nine" later a fictional planet to which all evil and decadence had been thrown out. However, Sinfield believed that the music Emerson had written sounded just like a carnival, and then he came upwardly with the title "Karn Evil 9".

The well-nigh recognisable section of "Karn Evil ix" is the second function of the beginning move, containing the famous line "Welcome dorsum, my friends, to the prove that never ends...", which was eventually taken equally the title of the group'southward second live album. Information technology is often used as a song dedicated to the opening of sports seasons. It is also a common radio staple.

On paper, it appears as insane as it ever did. Information technology kicks off with a hymn, goes into a section of piano concerto rewritten to feature the showtime recorded appearance of 'electronic percussion', then a pretty audio-visual carol, then a barroom piano knees-up, all topped off with a half-hour science fiction suite. Information technology shouldn't work, just information technology does. Brilliantly.

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

Emerson had contemplated recording an adaptation of the quaternary Motility ("Toccata concertata") of Ginastera'south 1st Piano Concerto as far back equally the showtime of 1971. He had heard the toccata for the showtime time when he was a member of The Dainty 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 comprise a drum solo into the trio'southward repertoire, which would be a cadre part of the composition. When Emerson played the toccata to Palmer, the latter canonical it, and then, the piece 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 9: 1st Impression" and "Toccata" were included in the setlist for a series of concerts across Europe beginning at the finish of March 1973. Around that time, a new semi-audio-visual number, "Notwithstanding....You Plow Me On", was introduced to the public. Written by Lake lonely, the song has unremarkably been regarded as a necessary balance in the content, which is dominated by ambitious compositions.^[15] The next rail intended for inclusion in the album was an accommodation of Hubert Parry'due south hymn "Jerusalem", with the lyrics from "And did those feet in aboriginal time", a brusk poem from the preface to William Blake'southward epic Milton. Finally, the terminal piece, which would make the album, was the honky-tonk pianoforte-based vocal "Benny the Bouncer" composed by Emerson, with Lake and Sinfield writing the words.

Later the anthology was almost completely recorded, three additional tracks, which would exist put on the shelf for a while, were written: the instrumental "When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind I'll Be Your Valentine", credited to the entire group, "Tiger in a Spotlight" and the title vocal, both equanimous by Emerson, with Lake and Sinfield providing lyrics. Brain Salad Surgery was the start anthology to take no songwriting contributions from Palmer (bated from the drum solo in "Toccata"), who, yet, has regarded it as his favourite past far.^[16]

Recording [edit]

The recording sessions began in June 1973 at Olympic Studios in Barnes, London, with Lake, equally he had washed on the grouping's previous records, serving as the producer, and Chris Kimsey every bit the engineer. The merely track committed to tape at Olympic was the first movement of "Karn Evil ix". Post-obit a period of further writing, the work on the upcoming album continued in August at Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, London, with engineer Geoff Young. The second and third movements of "Karn Evil ix" were completed in the first half of that month, with the 3rd impression beingness the first track to be recorded at Advision. The muse's sped-upward and contradistinct vocalization from the second movement and the 'computer' vocalism from the third movement were contributed by Emerson, and his only vocal credit in the trio'due south repertoire. In order to achieve the "computer" vocalism, he ran his voice through the Moog's ring modulator.

Keith Emerson has beautifully caught the mood of my piece.

—Alberto Ginastera^{[nb 3]}

Although an arrangement of Ginastera's toccata had been performed by the grouping on their European tour from March to April 1973, the composition had received additional instrumentation before its final version was recorded. Palmer had written a percussion movement with the employ of eight especially developed drum synthesizers. This movement with an "atmospheric" electronic sound was inserted in the heart department of "Toccata".^[17] Soon subsequently the accommodation was committed to tape in September, the grouping became aware that they did not have the rights to release this music. Emerson contacted Ginastera'due south publishers who responded that the composer would not allow any adaptation of his works, simply they advised him to talk to him personally. So Emerson flew to Geneva to talk over the issue with Ginastera himself. One time Ginastera heard the new arrangement, he gave the authorization to use his slice. To quote Emerson: "He played our recording of "Toccata" on a record recorder. Subsequently a few bars he stopped the record ... and exclaimed 'Diabolic!' I idea he said 'diabolical' and expected him to show us the door. He had been listening to the record in mono and our recording was in stereo. I jumped up and switched the car to stereo hoping he would listen again. It transpired that he wasn't concerned about that at all. He listened once again and declared 'Terrible!' which actually was a compliment. 'You've captured the essence of my music like no one else has before', the great maestro said."^[18]

The next songs recorded at Advision were "Still....You lot Turn Me On" and "Jerusalem". The accommodation of the hymn is notable for the debut of the beginning polyphonic synthesizer in history, the Moog Apollo, which was simply a epitome of the Polymoog at that time.^[19] Together with the Lyra monophonic and the Taurus bass synthesizers, it formed the Moog Polyphonic Ensemble, also known every bit the Constellation. The Apollo synthesizer was also used by Emerson on "Benny the Bouncer", which was the final runway recorded for the album.

Mixing [edit]

The results of the 4-month recording sessions were mixed in the get-go week of Oct 1973 at AIR Studios in London. The original mix was turned downwardly by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and as a consequence, most of the textile was remixed once more than to their satisfaction.^[20] The first mixes of several tracks have been released on some more recent reissues of the album.

Artwork and packaging [edit]

Piece of work 218: ELP Ii by H. R. Giger, chosen every bit an illustration for the vinyl triptych sleeve within

Since embrace art for the impending album was required, Manticore director Peter Zumsteg introduced Emerson to a popular artist, Hans Ruedi Giger, who was living in Zurich. In April 1973, as a part of their European bout, the group played a two-day concert there. After the concert, Emerson with Zumsteg visited the creative person at his home. At that fourth dimension, the working championship for the album was Medious' expression Whip Some Skull on Ya, which is translated as fellatio.^[21] Coincidentally, under the touch of the music, including Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Giger had just created a human skull-based triptych entitled Work 216: Mural XIX. When he revealed the triptych to his guests, Emerson immediately felt that it was completely appropriate for the anthology embrace art.

It was night and very foreboding, and for me it represented ELP's music.

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

Subsequently, the album championship was inverse to Brain Salad Surgery, which has the aforementioned meaning every bit Whip Some Skull on Ya.^{[23] [24]} The phrase was probably taken from the song "Right Identify, Wrong Time" by Dr. John, which had been a hit single in summer 1973 and contains the line "I been running trying to get hung upward in my heed, got to requite myself a piffling talking to this time, only need a little brain salad surgery, got to cure this insecurity".^[20]

Giger painted two new pieces approximately the actual size of the vinyl record entitled Work 217: ELP I and Work 218: ELP II. The offset painting was called by the grouping as the front end cover. It contains the artist's distinctive monochromatic biomechanical artwork, integrating an industrial mechanism with a human skull and the new 'ELP' logotype, which was as well designed by Giger and has been standard for Emerson, Lake & Palmer e'er since. The lower role of the skull is covered by a circular screen, which displays the mouth and mentum in its flesh-covered land, as well as what appears to be the pinnacle of a phallus below the mentum, 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 cover of the novelty triptych sleeve was split in half down the centre, except for the circular screen, which was attached to the right flap, and was opened up like a gate. Opening the flaps revealed the second painting, featuring the total face of a homo female (modelled after Giger's partner Li Tobler) with ringlets of wire hair framing the closed optics and multiple scars, including the infinity symbol and a scar from a frontal lobotomy. The illustration originally had the complete phallus, just when the artwork was presented to the record company, information technology was rejected and dismissed as pornographic. As Giger refused to take the penis off the painting, the grouping had another artist airbrush it into a shaft of glowing calorie-free.^[25] The back comprehend was entirely blackness with the large white lettering 'Brain Salad Surgery'. Work 217: ELP I was likewise used as a custom label, 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 anthology with the initial pattern as well as with an ordinary vinyl packaging^{[nb 4]}, which consisted of elementary non fold-out outer and inner sleeves. The 'confront' painting was used as the back cover of the outer sleeve.

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

Release [edit]

Prior to the anthology becoming available, British newspaper New Musical Limited released an issue with an fastened free promotional flexi disc^{[nb five]} on 10 Nov 1973. Packaged in a miniature facsimile of the original anthology sleeve, the one-sided flexi disc, playing at 33 i⁄iii rpm, contained the vocal "Brain Salad Surgery", along with excerpts from all five tracks of the forthcoming album. Beingness a late-recorded rails, the title song had not been intended for Encephalon Salad Surgery and was not included in its track listing. All the same, it was later on used as the B-side to the Great britain number ii hitting single "Fanfare for the Mutual Man" and concluded up on the compilation of studio outtakes Works Volume two (1977).

Brain Salad Surgery was released in the United Kingdom on 19 Nov 1973 past Manticore Records and was available on vinyl record, cassette, and 8-rail cartridge through distribution by Atlantic Records. The very first vinyl pressings^{[nb 6]} were manufactured in the United States, along with the sleeves due to their non-standard construction.^[27] The album was a large seller, peaking at number 2 on the U.k. Albums Nautical chart and spending there 18 weeks.^[5] It was held from the meridian spot for ii weeks in a row only by Tales from Topographic Oceans from the arch-rival grouping Yes. On 1 March 1974, the album was certified Gold by British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies.^[7]

The BBC was very bourgeois in its outlook in those days. I recall they felt our version of "Jerusalem" was a fleck of an barb to Britishness.

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

In spite of the feeling that Lake's acoustic song "Still....You lot Plow Me On" stood out equally an evident single option, Emerson, Lake & Palmer did not select it for a release, both because Palmer did not play on the track and considering it 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 single, which would be backed with another studio out-take, "When the Apple Blossoms Flower in the Windmills of Your Mind I'll Be Your Valentine". The single^{[nb vii]} was released on 30 November 1973, but its success was inhibited by the BBC, which banned the song from airplay.^[28] Every bit a result, "Jerusalem" failed to chart in the United kingdom.

In the Usa, Encephalon Salad Surgery was released in December 1973 by Manticore on vinyl tape,^{[nb 8]} cassette, and 8-track cartridge, and distributed by Atlantic. Although no singles were issued, information technology climbed to number eleven on the Billboard 200 and stayed in the charts for 47 weeks, more than whatever other Emerson, Lake & Palmer anthology.^{[half dozen]} It has been certified Golden by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling at least 500,000 copies in the United states of america.^[viii]

Reissues [edit]

The album was released for the offset time on CD^{[nb 3]}, which was mastered by Barry Diament, in 1986. The earliest copies for the U.Due south. market were pressed in Japan. It was also released on CD in 1987 in West Federal republic of germany under the Manticore characterization past RCA/Ariola and was the beginning to feature Karn Evil 9 playing in its entirety (While the tracks for Karn Evil 9 is dissever upwardly, 1st Impression Part 1 & Part 2 does not fade out and fade in). Since then Brain Salad Surgery has been remastered/remixed, expanded, and reissued multiple times in different formats, with the studio outtakes "Brain Salad Surgery" and "When the Apple Blossoms Bloom 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 K. Palmaccio^{[nb ix]}. In 2000, Rhino Entertainment Company released a DVD-Audio containing a v.i surround sound mix^{[nb ten]}, done by 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 1 and a fade-in at the kickoff of side ii. Some early CD editions continued to carve up the runway, but since then it has been presented every bit a single, uninterrupted piece.

In 2008, a remastered and expanded three-disc 35th-anniversary deluxe edition^{[nb 11]} was released by Sanctuary Records, a subsidiary characterization of Universal Music Grouping at that time. Disc 1 (CD) independent the original album, remastered by Paschal Byrne. Disc 2 (CD) consisted of unlike recordings and mixes of tracks associated with Brain Salad Surgery, too as two bonus tracks: "When the Apple Blossoms Flower in the Windmills of Your Heed I'll Exist Your Valentine" and "Brain Salad Surgery". Disc 3 was a hybrid SACD containing the original album in stereo and surround sound. For the five.ane mix, the 2000 Rhino version was taken.

In 2014, a express six-disc super deluxe box set edition^{[nb 2]} was released by Legacy/Sony Music. Disc ane (CD) contained the original anthology, remastered by Andy Pearce. Disc 2 (CD) was composed of bonus tracks associated with Brain Salad Surgery. Disc 3 (CD) contained a new stereo version of the anthology. The original and new stereo versions in high resolution along with a make new 5.1 surround sound mix past Jakko Jakszyk were featured on Disc four (DVD-Sound). The Manticore Special Documentary moving picture, photo gallery, and Giger's original artwork were included in Disc 5 (DVD-Video). Finally, Disc 6 was a 180gm vinyl record with the original anthology. A cut-downwardly 3-disc edition,^{[nb 12]} which consisted of the Discs 1, 2, and 4 (but without the five.i mix), received international release around the same time. In Japan, the 40th anniversary 3 disc edition, on the Victor Entertainment label, contains the new stereo and 5.1 surroundings mixes likewise as original stereo mixes on DVD-sound on the commencement disc, the original album remastered on the 2d disc, and on the third disc the Alternating Brain Salad Surgery with bonus tracks.

Critical reception [edit]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Christgau's Record Guide	C−[29]
Archetype 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 Stone considered that although Emerson, Lake & Palmer managed to shell "insufficient intensity and lack of worthy material" of their previous records in live performances, these flaws overwhelmed all the grouping's positives in the studio, resulting in things like Brain Salad Surgery, which was accounted every bit a "sadly uneven anthology from a grouping with technical gifts equal to that of whatsoever British trio". In item, he counted the lyrics of "Still....Yous Turn Me On" to be 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 nigh the tape, calling it the group'due south "most uncluttered and melodic album to date and certainly their rockiest".^[35] Before its release in the United States in December 1973, Brain Salad Surgery was reviewed by Billboard and described as "a complex, heady sonic experience which touches on several bases—heavy stone, flowing jazz and some zesty pop textile".^[36]

Retrospective response has been predominantly favourable. AllMusic contributor Bruce Eder cited the record as "Emerson, Lake & Palmer'southward most successful and well-realized album, and their nigh ambitious as a group, likewise as their loudest". He summarized that it represents "a high point that the trio would never once more achieve, or even aspire to".^[three] Paul Stump, in his 1997 History of Progressive Stone, characterized the album as frustratingly uneven, simply highlighted the "demonic" version of "Toccata" and the group instrumental workout in the third part of "Karn Evil ix" as amid the band's finest moments.^[37] While reviewing the box ready A Time and a Place for the online All Almost Jazz magazine, John Kelman mentioned Brain Salad Surgery as a "crowning masterpiece" and the group'due south "undeniable high water mark".^[4] The anthology was included in the musical reference book 1,000 Recordings to Hear Earlier You Dice, where it was called "the nearly fully realized—and notwithstanding decidedly brazen—ELP statement".^[38]

In 2005, Q Classic and Mojo magazines placed Brain Salad Surgery at number 5 on their "40 Catholic 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 Will Hermes characterised the record as "prescient and pretty damn rocking".^[twoscore]

Tour [edit]

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

Before long afterwards the recording sessions ended and the tracks were mixed in October 1973, the group apposite for their upcoming world tour to promote the album. Spanning from 14 Nov 1973 to 21 August 1974, and including 100 live performances, it comprised iv parts: Leg i—Due north America (from 14 November 1973 to 18 December 1973, 28 shows), Leg 2—North America (from 24 January 1974 to 6 April 1974, 29 shows), Leg iii—Europe (from 18 Apr 1974 to 1 June 1974, 26 shows), and Leg iv—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 thousand pianoforte while it revolved in mid-air, and abusing the Hammond organ past sticking knives in the manuals, throwing information technology around the phase and letting it feed back, while Palmer played on a revolving drum kit. The group carried almost 40 tons of equipment, which took five hours to unpack and fix, including a 30-channel lath discrete quadraphonic public address sound organization provided by International Entertainers Service, and a state-of-the-art lighting system, designed by Judy Rasmussen, which consisted of large ladders at each corner of the stage and two arches installed higher up the performance area.^[41]

Their 2 February 1974 concert, which was played in the main loonshit at the Anaheim Convention Centre in Anaheim, California, was documented on the three-disc anthology Welcome Back, My Friends, to the Evidence That Never Ends ~ Ladies and Gentlemen, released on nineteen August 1974. Much of the performance was also used for broadcasting on the American rock music radio show Male monarch Beige Bloom 60 minutes.^[42] The live album reached number half-dozen on the UK charts^[43] and number 4 on the Billboard 200,^[6] which was the highest U.Southward. chart position the trio e'er achieved.

Arguably the most high-profile performance was on 6 Apr 1974, when Emerson, Lake & Palmer co-headlined with Deep Royal at the California Jam festival, held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, with an omnipresence of 350,000 paying fans.^[44] But 55 minutes of the grouping'due south 2+ ane⁄2 -hour festival-closing set was aired by ABC boob tube network, which was a sponsor of the festival, on 7 May and 10 June 1974. The remaining footage of ELP's entire performance has thus far not surfaced (dissimilar Deep Purple, whose entire 1-hour ready has been issued in various audio and video releases). The extant ELP footage was eventually released on video in 2005 as a part of Beyond the Get-go DVD-Video.^[45] The audio recordings commencement appeared in 1998 on the album Then & Now.

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

Rails listing [edit]

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

Side one

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Jerusalem"	William Blake	Hubert Parry (bundled by Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer)	ii:44
two.	"Toccata" (an accommodation of Ginastera's 1st piano concerto, 4th motility)		Alberto Ginastera (arranged by Emerson, percussion movement—Palmer)	7:23
3.	"Even so...Yous Turn Me On"		Lake	2:53
4.	"Benny the Bouncer"	Lake, Pete Sinfield		2:21
v.	"Karn Evil ix: 1st Impression—Function 1"			viii:43

Side 2

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
6.	"Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression—Part 2"		4:47
vii.	"Karn Evil ix: 2nd Impression"		7:07
8.	"Karn Evil 9: tertiary Impression"	Lake, Sinfield	9:03
Total length:			45:02

1996 Rhino Records remastered edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
ix.	"The Making of Encephalon Salad Surgery"	13:40
Total length:		58:58

2000 Rhinoceros Records DVD-Sound bonus rail

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
nine.	"Lucky Man"	Lake	Lake

2001 Castle Music remastered edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
nine.	"Encephalon Salad Surgery" (single)	Lake, Sinfield	Emerson	3:08
10.	"When the Apple Blossoms Flower in the Windmills of Your Mind I'll Be Your Valentine" (unmarried)		Emerson, Lake, Palmer	three:57
xi.	"Excerpts from Brain Salad Surgery" (flexi disc)			5:59

2007 Shout! Factory remastered edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
9.	"Jerusalem" (alternate mix)	Blake	Parry (bundled by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer)	ii:47
10.	"Karn Evil ix" (instrumental mix)		Emerson	13:26
Total length:				61:17

2008 Sanctuary Records deluxe edition disc two: bonus tracks

No.	Championship	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind I'll Be Your Valentine"		Emerson, Lake, Palmer	3:59
2.	"Brain Salad Surgery"	Lake, Sinfield	Emerson	three:08
3.	"Karn Evil 9: 3rd Impression" (original backing track)		Emerson	nine:09
4.	"Jerusalem" (beginning mix)	Blake	Parry (arranged past Emerson, Lake, and Palmer)	2:46
5.	"However...You Plow Me On" (starting time mix)	Lake	Lake	2:53
6.	"Toccata" (start mix)		Ginastera (arranged by Emerson, percussion move—Palmer)	7:22
7.	"Karn Evil ix: 1st Impression—Part 1" (unreleased until 35th anniversary version)	Lake	Emerson	8:34
8.	"Karn Evil ix: 1st Impression—Part 2" (unreleased until 35th ceremony version)	Lake	Emerson	iv:48
9.	"Karn Evil 9: 2d Impression" (unreleased until 35th anniversary version)		Emerson	7:07
10.	"Karn Evil 9: 3rd Impression" (unreleased until 35th anniversary version)	Lake, Sinfield	Emerson	nine:05
xi.	"Excerpts from Brain Salad Surgery" (from the NME Flexidisc 1973)			3:07
12.	"Excerpts from Brain Salad Surgery" (untitled subconscious track)			2:52
Full length:				64:54

2011 Legacy/Sony Music remastered edition bonus tracks

No.	Championship	Lyrics	Music	Length
9.	"Brain Salad Surgery"	Lake, Sinfield	Emerson	3:08
10.	"When the Apple Blossoms Blossom in the Windmills of Your Mind I'll Be Your Valentine"		Emerson, Lake, Palmer	three:57
eleven.	"Excerpts from Encephalon Salad Surgery"			2:51
Total length:				54:57

2014 Legacy/Sony Music edition disc 2: The Alternate Brain Salad Surgery

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Karn Evil nine: 3rd Impression" (original backing track)		Emerson	ix:11
ii.	"Jerusalem" (first mix)	Blake	Parry (arranged past Emerson, Lake, and Palmer)	2:46
3.	"However... You Plow Me On" (kickoff mix)	Lake	Lake	2:53
4.	"Toccata" (alternating version)		Ginastera (arranged by Emerson, percussion movement—Palmer)	7:23
five.	"Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression—Office ane" (alternate version)	Lake	Emerson	eight:37
6.	"Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression—Part 2" (alternate version)	Lake	Emerson	iv:48
7.	"Karn Evil 9: 2nd Impression" (alternating version)		Emerson	7:07
8.	"Karn Evil 9: 3rd Impression" (alternate version)	Lake, Sinfield	Emerson	9:06
ix.	"Excerpts from Brain Salad Surgery" (NME flexi disc version)			2:52
x.	"When the Apple tree Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Listen I'll Exist Your Valentine" (B-side of single K13503)		Emerson, Lake, Palmer	3:57
11.	"Encephalon Salad Surgery" (B-side of single K10946)	Lake, Sinfield	Emerson	three:07
12.	"Encephalon Salad Surgery" (instrumental)		Emerson	two:22
13.	"Karn Evil 9: tertiary Impression" (different version)		Emerson	8:26
Total length:				72:36

Some CD editions have the entire suite "Karn Evil 9" as a one runway, giving the album a total of five tracks.

v-runway version

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Jerusalem"	Blake	Parry (arranged past Emerson, Lake, and Palmer)	2:45
2.	"Toccata" (an adaptation of Ginastera's 1st pianoforte concerto, fourth movement)		Ginastera (arranged by Emerson, percussion movement—Palmer)	seven:23
iii.	"Still...Y'all Turn Me On"	Lake	Lake	ii:53
iv.	"Benny the Bouncer"	Lake, Sinfield	Emerson	2:21
five.	"Karn Evil 9"	Lake, Sinfield	Emerson	29:39
Total length:				45:02

Personnel [edit]

Emerson, Lake & Palmer [edit]

• Keith Emerson – organs, pianoforte, harpsichord, Clavinet, Moog synthesizers, Moog Polyphonic Ensemble (known as the Constellation, comprising the Apollo polyphonic, the Lyra monophonic, and the Taurus Moog bass pedals synthesizers), 'figurer' voice (on "Karn Evil 9: 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)
• Neb Inglot and Dan Hersch – 1996 remastering^{[nb 13]}
• John Kellogg – 2000 v.1 remix production and mastering^{[nb 10]} (at Magna Vision Studios, Santa Monica, California)
• Paul Klingberg – 2000 5.1 remix technology, mixing, and mastering (at Magna Vision Studios, Santa Monica, California)
• Marking Chalecki – 2007 remastering^{[nb xiv]} (at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood)
• Paschal Byrne – 2008 stereo remastering^{[nb 11]} (at The Audio Archiving Visitor, London)
• Andy Pearce – 2011 remastering^{[nb fifteen]}, 2014 remastering^{[nb 1]}
• Matt Wortham – 2014 remastering
• Jakko Jakszyk – 2014 stereo^{[nb 1]} and 5.1 mixing^{[nb two]} (at Silesia Sound, Hertfordshire)
• H. R. Giger – embrace painting
• Fabio Nicoli Assembly – design and fine art management
• 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-ii (Us), Atlantic 781 523-2 (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! Factory 826663-10642
15. ^ Legacy/Sony Music 88697830132

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Sources [edit]

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

External links [edit]

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

mortonhatumer1995.blogspot.com

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

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