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The Carl Palmer Press Release

Carl Palmer returns with Working Live Vol. 2
New live CD is Palmer's 4 th solo album

     No, it's not that the natives are restless…. those infectious rhythmic pulses blasting out of radios and CD players around the world marks the return of superstar drummer Carl Palmer who has just released his newest CD, Working Live Vol. 2, October 4 th on Sanctuary Records UK.

The second live album in a series that features his current bass-guitar-drums power trio solo band line-up, Working Live Vol. 2 is the sequel to last year's successful Vol. 1 collection, and again features both new material and new arrangements of long time Palmer classics originally made famous while in Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

“This album is different than Working Live Vol. 1 because of the songs are all different, and again, I was able to explore a new musical dimension to what have been many of the favorites fromyears with ELP,” says Palmer, who, in addition to ELP has played drums for Atomic Rooster, Asia and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Working Live Vol . 2, which features extended versions of legendary prog rock staples such as “ Fanfare For The Common Man,' “Hoedown,” “Trilogy,” and “Tarkus/ Aquatarkus,” was recorded on his 2003 UK tour.

     “Although there are many live versions of these songs from various live releases by ELP, though they never sounded like they do here,” says Palmer. “ Replacing the keyboard with a guitar brings these melodies to a new musical plateau. We were able to add a distinct rock edge to some of the more up-tempo tracks like ‘Hoedown' and ‘Fanfare For The Common Man,' while others like ‘Carmina Burina' allowed us to use our classical and international music background.”

     Palmer, who recently finished up a series of promotional activities for the recently released ELP anthology ( Fanfare For The Common Man ) is currently back on tour with his band performing selections from both Vol 1 and Vol 2 . In addition to record stores, Working Live vol 2 is available for purchase in the gift shop of www.carlpalmer.com