CoronaVinyl Day 422 (E): Pictures at An Exhibition by Emerson Lake & Palmer

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Today's CoronaVinyl category is "E," and I listened to prog rockers Emerson Lake & Palmer's first live album, 1971's Pictures at An Exhibition.

The album continued ELP's success in their native UK, where it went to #3 on the UK album chart, their third Top 5 album in a row.  In the U.S., the album reached #10 on the Billboard album chart.

It's a rock adaptation of Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky's 1874 piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition, which is about as prog rock as it gets.

Favorite Song on Side 1:  "The Gnome"
This is a brooding, organ- and drum-heavy instrumental about a gnome, probably.

Favorite Song on Side 2:  "The Hut of Baba Yaga"
It's only 1:12 long, but it's a fast and furious 72 seconds.