Peter Frampton - 1976-01-21 - Detroit, MI (Ex Aud)

Peter Frampton

1976-01-21

Cobo Arena

Detroit, MI 

Excellent Audience Recording 

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Intro

02. All I Want To Be (Is By Your Side)

03. Just The Time Of Year

04. Penny For Your Thoughts

05. One More Time

06. Baby, I Love Your Way

07. Something's Happening

08. Doobie Wah

09. Show Me The Way

10. Lines On My Face

11. I Want To Go To The Sun

12. (I'll Give You ) Money

13. Nowhere's Too Far (For My Baby)

14. It's A Plain Shame

15. Do You Feel Like We Do

16. White Sugar

17. Jumpin' Jack Flash

Peter Frampton - 1976-01-21 - Detroit, MI (Ex Aud)

1970s - #5: When Peter Frampton played Cobo Arena in Detroit on January 21, 1976, 46 years ago today as captured in this excellent audience recording February 14, 1976,  he probably had no idea that he was on the verge of becoming one of rock's biggest star.  No one could have been prepared for what was about ti  transpire with his released 5th album, released about a month earlier. on January 6, 1976.  The 2 disc 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 climbed to the top of the Billboard Charts, sold over 6 million copies, and was voted album of the years by readers of Rolling Stone. The album was so popular that it was still in the #14 position in the charts at the end of 1977, almost 2 years after its release. Framptom Comes Alive virtually took on a life of its own. The album defined Frampton for the rest of his career, casting a shadow over all his future endeavors. More significantly, the disc 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 came to be called. Other bands attempted to copy Frampton Comes Alive, but unfortunately the results were usually excessive, over produced, and downright boring. Other rebelled against the AOR sound and movements such as disco, punk and new wave emerged. All that, from 1 album. If you want to read more about the impact of Frampton Comes Alive and the dramatic changes in music in 1976, pick up the book, I Hate New Music, by Dave Thompson.