Live Albums Recorded In 1976

The Band The Last Waltz 1976

The Last Waltz is the live recording of the last concert by The Band before they broke up on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976.

The main concert was recorded at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.

The Last Waltz Suite was recorded at the MGM Soundstage.

The album is also the soundtrack to a film of the concert of the same name.

Personally I find it a strange album and prefer Rock Of Ages for a more authentic experience of The Band as a live group. The problem is that so many rock superstars were keen to pay tribute to The Band, the group rather got lost in the mix.

The Last Waltz finishes up as some kind of rock variety show. Interesting but not The Band at its finest.

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Jess Roden Hidden Masters

One of my very favourite live albums is Live At The BBC by Jess Roden. This man should have been a huge star.

Anyway there is a Jess Roden anthology coming out called Hidden Masters and CD5 is packed with previously unreleased live tracks by Jess Roden from 1966 (with Alan Bown) to the glory days of the mid seventies to his come back in 1996. Continue reading Jess Roden Hidden Masters

Wishbone Ash Live In 1976

Live In 1976 is a live album by Wishbone Ash which catches the Laurie Wisefield version of the band promoting the New England album.

This is the version of Wishbone Ash Mark 2 before most of Live Dates 2 was recorded.

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UFO The Official Bootleg Box Set 1975 to 1985

The Official Bootleg Box Set is a compilation of seven UFO concerts from 1975 to 1985. It covers both the Michael Schenker and Paul Chapman years.

If Strangers In the Night isn’t enough live UFO for you, then this is a great place to turn.

Early versions of the box set went from 1975 to 1982 but it has been extended.

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Nils Lofgren Live At The Tower Theatre Philadelphia 1976

Live At The Tower Theatre Philadelphia is a live recording of the Nils Lofgren concert on September 6th, 1976 available through WolfsgangsVault.com.

Back It Up captured Lofgren promoting his first self-titled solo album, this 1976 gig is promoting Cry Tough.

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Tommy Bolin Live In Albany NY 1976

Live In Albany NY 9-20-76 is a live album by the Tommy Bolin Band a couple of months before he died.

This has some bonus tracks from a concert in New Orleans in November 1976.

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Yes Yesshows 1976-78

Yesshows is the second live album from Yes and captures the group live between 1976 and 1978. This is when Yes and the other dinosaur bands were being challenged by punk.

During the period Yes changed keyboard players with Patrick Moraz leaving and Rick Wakeman returning. Moraz plays on the two very long tracks, The Gates of Delirium and Ritual – Nous Sommes du Soleil with Wakeman on the others.

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Tommy Bolin First Time Live 1976

First Time Live is a live album by Tommy Bolin (ex James Gang and Deep Purple) recorded in April 1976 at the La Paloma Theater, in Encinitas, California.

This is Tommy Bolin after he’d left Deep Purple and returned to promoting his great album Teaser.

The two sets played were originally recorded by the KBG-FM radio station and can be bought separately as mp3 downloads from Amazon.

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Deep Purple On The Wings Of A Russian Foxbat 1976

On The Wings Of A Russian Foxbat is a live album by Deep Purple Mark 4 (with Tommy Bolin) recorded at the Long Beach Arena in California in February 1976.

It has also been released as:

King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Deep Purple in Concert

Live at Long Beach 1976

I much prefer the On The Wings Of A Russian Foxbat title because it’s got a lot more character. What is a foxbat? It was the MIG-25 fighter plane.

At this time, Deep Purple were touring to promote the Come Taste The Band album. I know it’s not a classic like Machine Head or In Rock but I’ve always liked it… perhaps because it was the first Deep Purple album I ever owned.

An early concert in Japan has also been released under the titles of Last Concert in Japan and an extended version as This Time Around: Live in Tokyo from December 1975. Rumour has it that Tommy Bolin was unable to play properly at this concert and the Last Concert In Japan version is light on guitar.

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Status Quo Live 1976

Live is the first live album by Status Quo, recorded at the Glasgow Apollo in October 1976 featuring the classic line up of the band.

I saw Quo in about 1977 so this captures the band very much as I remember them.

The sound is basic but the songs are endearing. I’ve got this playing in my car at the moment and I can’t stop playing CD 2 because it’s such a lot of fun.

In 2014 a boxset version of this album was released with two extra concerts, from Sydney, Australia in 1974 and Tokyo, Japan in 1974.

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