Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus

Tracklist

A1	Eruption	2:43
A2	Stones Of Years	3:43
A3	Iconoclast	1:16
A4	Mass	3:09
A5	Manticore	1:49
A6	Battlefield	3:57
A7	Aquatarkus	3:54
B1	Jeremy Bender	1:41
B2	Bitches Crystal	3:54
B3	The Only Way (Hymn)	3:50
B4	Infinite Space (Conclusion)	3:18
B5	A Time And A Place	3:00
B6	Are You Ready Eddy?	2:09

Companies, etc.

• Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co.
• Recorded At – Advision Studios
• Mastered At – Atlantic Studios

Credits

• Arranged By, Directed By – ELP*
• Drums, Percussion [Assorted] – Carl Palmer
• Engineer – Eddy Offord
• Mastered By – GP*
• Organ [Hammond], Organ [St. Marks Church], Piano, Celesta, Synthesizer [Moog] – Keith Emerson
• Painting – William Neal
• Producer – Greg Lake
• Vocals, Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Greg Lake
• Written-By – Carl Palmer (tracks: B4 to B6), Greg Lake (tracks: A2, A6, B1 to B3, B5, B6), Keith Emerson (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, A7 to B6)

Notes

Recorded at Advision
B3 - Themes used in intro, and bridge only - Tocata in F and Prelude VI, Bach

"MO" in label matrix = pressing by Monarch Records, Los Angeles, CA.

Mastering facility and credit derived from Runout etching.

Late Cotillion reissue, from an unknown date, but not after 1977 (in 1977, ELP's albums previously issued by Cotillion were re-released under its parent company, Atlantic Records, on the SD 19100 series).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Other (Label Side A): (ST-CTN-712253-MO)
• Other (Label Side B): (ST-CTN-712254-MO)
• Matrix / Runout (Etched Side A): ST-CTN-712253A 5-26-71 AT/GP [delta]16105
• Matrix / Runout (Etched Side B): ST-CTN-712254A AT/GP 5-26-71 [delta]16105-X

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ILPS 9155	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Tarkus ‎(LP, Album, 'Ho)	Island Records	ILPS 9155	UK	1971
422 828 465-2	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Tarkus ‎(CD, Album)	Victory	422 828 465-2	Canada	1994
SD 9900	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Tarkus ‎(LP, Album, RE, SP,)	Cotillion	SD 9900	US	Unknown
ZCI 9155	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Tarkus ‎(Cass, Album)	Island Records	ZCI 9155	UK	1971
SD 9900	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Tarkus ‎(LP, Album, RI;)	Cotillion	SD 9900	US	1971