| The Return of the Manticore | |
| Type: | Box set |
| Artist: | Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
| Cover: | ELPROTM.gif |
| Released: | 16 November 1993 |
| Recorded: | July 1970 – September 1993 |
| Genre: | Rock, progressive rock |
| Length: | 293:25 |
| Label: | Victory Music (1993 release) Rhino Records (reissue) |
| Producer: | Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer, Eddy Offord |
| Prev Title: | Live at the Royal Albert Hall |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | In the Hot Seat |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
The Return of the Manticore is a 4-disc retrospective on the career of the band Emerson, Lake & Palmer. It was released in 1993, and features several new recordings of previously released songs, most notably a studio recording of "Pictures at an Exhibition," presented in Dolby surround sound. Also, a live recording of Dave Brubeck's "Rondo" features on disc 2; the track, although performed by ELP in concert from the band's inception (as it had been by Keith Emerson's previous band The Nice), was previously unreleased on any live or studio album by ELP. This rendition was recorded at the Lyceum Theatre on 9 December 1970. The version of "Pirates" is a new, exclusive remix.
The box set is a fairly comprehensive cross-section of the band's history, offering tracks from all of ELP's studio and live albums (at the time of release), as well as new ELP renditions of hits previously recorded by bands they were members of prior to forming ELP.
The set's original release was part of a wave of remastered releases under the band's new label Victory Music. After that label became defunct, the set was re-released on Rhino Records.
vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass
Disc One