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Peter Frampton – 1975-07-04 – Electric Ballroom, Dallas, TX [FM]

In the early 1970’s former Humble Pie guitarist Peter Frampton released four solo albums, none of which garnered much critical acclaim or commercial success. No one could have been prepared, therefore, for what transpired when he released his fifth album on 6 Jan 1976, a 2 album live recording.  Frampton Comes Alive came from out of nowhere to take the music world by storm.  With songs such as Baby I Love Your Way, Show Me the Way, and the mammoth 14 minute long, Do You Feel Like We Do, which featured Frampton’s distinctive talk box guitar.  Frampton Comes Alive clibed to the top of the Billboard charts, sold over 6 million copies, and was voted album of the year by the readers of Rolling Stone magazine.  The album was so popular that it was still in the #14 spot at the end of 1977, almost two years after its release!  The album defined Frampton for the rest of his career.  More significantly the album came to define rock and roll in the mid 1970’s.  FM rock stations began to play more ‘album oriented rock’ (AOR) as Frampton’s album and other similar work began to be called.  Check out this great FM broadcast to see how the face of rock was changing in the mid 1970’s.

Yes – 1994.08.11 – Orlando, FL [SBD]

What more could be said about Yes that hasn’t already been said in our month-long tribute to fallen Chris Squire, bassist.  He and Jon Anderson, vocalist, were the two founding fathers of the band Yes, so many years ago.  Squire has been a member of Yes all the way from the start until he was forced to resign from the band in May 2015 due to the acute leukemia that claimed his life on 27 Jun 2015.  He shall always be remembered and his presence in Yes shall be sorely missed.  This excellent soundboard recording is of the second classic lineup of Yes.  Trevor Rabin in place of Steve Howe on guitar, and Tony Kaye in place of Rick Wakeman on keyboards.  This is a triple cd bootleg, with the third cd containing bonus tracks from earlier that year on 29 Jun 1994 in Maryland Heights.  Check this one out to round out the different sounds of Yes in this month long tribute, from their start, to the original classic lineup, to the reunion lineup (with all eight members on stage), to this one of the second classic lineup.  Enjoy!!