Pictures At An Exhibition
Mussorgsky
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Recorded Live, Newcastle City Hall, 26 March 1971
Arranged by Keith Emerson
Produced by Greg Lake for E.G. Records
Lyrics by Lake and Fraser
Recording Engineer Eddy Offord
All songs published by E.G. Music, except Nutrocker (Ardmore/Beechwood)
Cover and Paintings by William Neal (C.C.S. Assoc.)
Photography by Keith Morris and Nigel Marlow
MM to answer your question this is the first of a whole series of Island label records which all (barring a few exceptions) had a black Island label and a pink letter i. Follow the link to my List at the bottom of the page to see which other records were available on the Pink I label.
So is this the only Island release with a black label and pink eye?
- and was it the only one with a black island inner sleeve?-
-- Also too, as well, I wonder in addition, over and above the previous, that is, beyond the aforementioned... has anyone read the recent RC article on ELP, and seen the new values for this and trilogy? - £50 a piece they reckon - in mint - that seems wildly optimistic to me, as these were a band who appear to have been seeing values diminishing recently... you can find them generally for less than £20 each... easy --
Have to be careful if you have hard water though, as the evaporation leaves a residue which will make noise all it's own... so after I did this the first time, I did it again, but immediately dry wiped the water off (as you say greg).
I also use just plain water (bottled/still),a new sponge (with the scour bit cut off) and some kitchen towel to wipe dry,works great on all but the grubbiest vinyl :)
Got this on Sunday, and it's in pretty good nick, except a bit of white emulsion paint on the disc, which I very easily removed, but it sounded a bit fizzy and crackly still, so gave it another clean...
(Don't have any of the proper cleaning fluid so just used water and a sponge!
cleaned right into the grooves with the water, but then went away for a little, leaving the water on the disc. When I returned the water had evaporated, and left a lot of those little white flecks on the surface (running with the grooves) which I easily brushed off.
I wondered what was going on here, and so did it again, and just watched it this time (with a magnifying glass), and saw that the surface tension of the water pulls the water out of the grooves, and brings all the little bits and bobs out with it. They seem to be floated out to the surface, as well as pulled by the hydraulic action of the water, as it moves to the top of the grooves.
I then played it again, and the audio is now mint... no vinyl noise at all, and crystal clear sound.
So just run the water/fluid in to the grooves so that it's below the surface of the grooves, then just sit back and watch it pull all the gunk out for you, that you can't otherwise get to with normal cleaning.