On This Day (December 17)…Tarkus Rolls to Dundee

Emerson, Lake & Palmer performed on this day in 1971 at Caird Hall, Dundee. It was one of the last performances they undertook for the year.

Ticket for the show. Retrieved from here.

This date was a part of the tour in support of their then-recent album, Tarkus. Unlike most of the previous dates on this December leg, there was only one date offered on this night. Also unlike previous tour dates on this leg, they were supported by Spontaneous Combustion rather than Marc Chapman.

Concert poster, which I have linked often! Retrieved from here.

No recordings of this date are known at this time.

I talk more about Caird Hall, the venue at which they played on this night, here.

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