A Time and a Place


A Time and a Place is a box set by Emerson, Lake & Palmer. It was released in 2010. The box set takes its name from the band's 1971 song "A Time and a Place".

Background

The set brings together a select body of live performances captured before worldwide audiences during the band's career and tenure at the sharp end of the Progressive rock genre. It features high-quality soundboard recordings on the first three discs and audience recordings on the fourth. The collection has been praised by fans and in album reviews for the quality of the soundboard recordings, as well as the vast diversity of tracks featured on the discs. This collection is a part of a series of "official" bootleg releases by Shout! Factory and producer David Skye, with the blessing and participation of artists to provide fans with only the best performances, highest quality recordings, superior packaging and with original cover artwork designed by illustrator William Stout, internationally renowned as one of the first rock "n" roll bootleg cover artists. Other releases in the series include Iggy Pop's Roadkill Rising and Todd Rundgren's For Lack of Honest Work.

Track listing

Disc 1 (The Early '70s)

  1. "The Barbarian
  2. "Take a Pebble"
  3. "Ballad of Blue"
  4. "High Level Fugue"
  5. "Hoedown"
  6. "Still...You Turn Me On"
  7. "Lucky Man"
  8. "Karn Evil 9 "

    Disc 2 (The Late '70s)

  9. "Peter Gunn Theme"
  10. "Pictures at an Exhibition"
  11. "Tiger in a Spotlight"
  12. "Maple Leaf Rag"
  13. "Tank"
  14. "Drum solo"
  15. "The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits"
  16. "Watching Over You"
  17. "Pirates"
  18. "Tarkus"
  19. "Show Me the Way to Go Home"

    Disc 3 (The '90s)

  20. "Knife-Edge"
  21. "Paper Blood"
  22. "Black Moon"
  23. "Creole Dance"
  24. "From the Beginning"
  25. "Honky Tonk Train Blues"
  26. "Affairs of the Heart"
  27. "Touch and Go"
  28. "A Time and a Place"
  29. "Bitches Crystal"
  30. "Instrumental Jam"
  31. "Fanfare for the Common Man" – "America" – "Rondo"

    Disc 4 (This Boot's for You – A Fan's View)

  32. "Introduction"
  33. "The Endless Enigma"
  34. "Abaddon's Bolero"
  35. "Jeremy Bender" – "The Sheriff"
  36. "Toccata "
  37. "Jerusalem"
  38. "Nut Rocker"
  39. "C’est la Vie"
  40. "Piano Concerto No. 1, 3rd Movement: Toccata con Fuoco"
  41. "Closer to Believing"
  42. "Close to Home"
  43. "I Believe in Father Christmas"

    Personnel

Band members

  1. Compilation Produced by: David Skye
  2. Remastered By: Randy Wine at MoonWine Studios
  3. Package Design: Hackmart
  4. Artwork: William Stout
  5. Liner Notes: Jim Allen
  6. Project Assistance: Keith Emerson and Tony Ortiz