Grateful Dead - 1977-11-01 - Detroit, MI (SBD)

Grateful Dead

1977-11-01

Cobo Arena

Detroit, Michigan

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. Might as Well

02. Jack Straw

03. Tennessee Jed

04. El Paso

05. Friend of the Devil

06. Looks Like Rain

07. Dire Wolf

08. Passenger

09. Peggy-O

10. The Music Never Stopped

2nd Set:

01. Terrapin Station >

02. Estimated Prophet >

03. The Other One >

04. Drums >

05. Wharf Rat >

06. Truckin' >

07. Around and Around

Encore:

01.   U.S. Blues

Grateful Dead - 1977-11-01 - Detroit, MI (SBD)

1977: We open November with a show from the band I saw live most often, from the very year I attended my first of 50 of their concerts. On September 3, 1977, me, my buddies and, along with 150,000 others, made the pilgrimage to Englishtown NJ, to see the Grateful Dead play the largest concert in the state's history. The day was hot - over 100 degrees - and the band was even hotter. Another performance that added to the legend of 1977. I would see 49 more after that, at least 1 show every year except 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1992, with the last show being June 18, 1995, just 2 month's before we lost Jerry Garcia. My long strange trip with the Dead was short compared to folks who saw hundreds of concerts, but it was memorable, as over a dozen shows that I attended were good enough to be officially released. It's been 31 years since we lost Jerry, and I still miss the magic. Speaking of magic, this soundboard from recording captures the Dead on November 1, 1977, 49 years ago today, in Detroit, just 2 months after Englistown. As the fall tour wound to a close in November, the band was still in peak form, as evidenced by the fact that the November 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th shows were all officially released. 

 

Billy Joel - 1977-10-31 - Miami, FL (SBD)

Billy Joel

1977-10-31

Maurice Gusman Concert Hall, 

University of Miami

Miami, FL

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. The Mexican Connection

02. The Stranger

03. Somewhere Along The Line

04. Summer, Highland Falls

05. Piano Man

06. Thunder Road

07. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant

08. Travelin' Prayer

09. Let Me In

10. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)

11. Still Crazy, After All These Years

12. Just The Way You Are

13. Prelude / Angry Young Man

14. New York State of Mind 

CD 2:

01. The Entertainer

02. Vienna

03. Root Beer Rag

04. You Are So Beautiful

05. She's Always A Woman

06. I've Loved These Days

07. Miami 2017

08. Ballad Of Billy The Kid

09. Captain Jack

10. Say Goodbye To Hollywood

11. Only The Good Die Young

12. Get It Right The First Time

13. Weekend Song 

Billy Joel - 1977-10-31 - Miami, FL (SBD)

Billy Joel was part of the star studded 1999 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame class, that also included Bruce Springsteen, Dusty Springfield, Curtis Mayfield, Del Shannon, Sir Paul McCartney, just to name a few.  Joel licked off the perfromances with Only The Good Die Young, the was joined by Bonnie Raitt to perform Runaway in honor of Shannon. He also sat in as Macca sang Let It Be!

This souindboard recording captures Joel in Miami on Octoiber 31, 1977, 49 years ago today, on the cusp of his hige commercial breakthrough with the album The Starnger.  That disc, released about a month earlier, would soon take the world by storm, climbing to #2 on the US charts, and selling over 10 million copies, becoming Columbia Records largest selling album up to that time. The disc yielded 4 top 25 singles, Just the Way You Are at #3, Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) at #17, Only the Good Die Young at #24, and "She's Always a Woman at #17. In addition, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, became a favorite of FM radio stations.

Hall & Oates - 1977-06-18 - Saratoga Springs, NY (SBD)

Hall & Oates

1977-06-18

Saratoga Performing Arts Center 

Saratoga Springs, NY

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Back Together Again

02. Rich Girl

03. Can't Stop The Music (He Played It Much Too Long)

04. Do What You Want, Be What You Are

05. Lady Rain

06. Fallin'

07. Camellia3

08. You're Much Too Soon

09. Is It a Star > I'm Just A Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like A Man)

10. Sara Smile

11. She's Gone

12. Abandoned Luncheonette

13. You Really Got a Hold On Me > Ennui On The Mountain > Gino (The Manager)

14. Room To Breathe > Johnny Gore And The C Eaters

Hall & Oates - 1977-06-18 - Saratoga Springs, NY (SBD)

I saw Hall & Oates twice in the late 1970s, both times at the Garden State Art Center - my second concert ever on June 23, 1977 and then again on September 14, 1978. While my buddies and I were big fans of the songs Sara Smile and She's Gone. with the exception of Rich Girl, I don't really care for any of the 6 tunes that the duo took to #1 on the Billboard charts. In any event, soon after seeing them for the 2nd time, my musical tastes moved in new directions. 

This soundboard recording captures Hall & Oates in Saratoga on June 18, 1977, 49 years ago today and just 5 days before saw them for the first time!

Billy Joel - 1977-06-03 - Carnegie Hall, New York, NY (SBD)

Billy Joel

1977-06-03

Carnegie Hall

new York, NY

Soundboard Recording

128 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)

02. Prelude > Angry Young Man

03. New York State of Mind

04. Just The Way You Are

05. She's Got a Way

06. The Entertainer

07. Scenes From an Italian Restaurant

08. Band Introductions

09. Captain Jack

10. I've Loved These Days

11. Say Goodbye to Hollywood

12. Souvenir 

Billy Joel - 1977-06-03 - Carnegie Hall, New York, NY (SBD)

Of all of Billy Joel's albums, my two favorites are two of his earliest, Piano Man and Turnstiles. His breakthrough album, The Stranger, didn't do much for me, and his first #1 disc, 52nd Street, is on my list of albums I never want to hear again. That disc came out when I was in college and so many people were playing it constantly that I just couldn't take it any more. So, given those facts, why have I seen Billy Joel in concert on half a dozen occasions? Well, back in 1990 I met a girl. And we went out on a few dates. And she had tickets to see Billy, her favorite artist, at Yankee Stadium. And she invited me to go. And two years later we were married! And marrying her has been the best thing I've ever done in my life! So, whenever she wants to see Billy Joel, I gladly get the tickets. As I mentioned, we've seen him 6 times together - 1990, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2015, and 2016. By the way, if you like personal anecdotes like this one, you'll find a host more in my book, TEN RULES OF THE ROAD I LEARNED AT MY FIRST CONCERT.

This soundboard recording captures Billy on the cusp of superstardom, at Carneige Hall on June 3, 1977, 49 years ago today. The setlist included 2 songs - Just The Way You Are and Scenes From An Italian Restaurant - from the soon to be released album The Stranger.  That album would take the world by storm, climbing to #2 on the US charts, and selling over 10 million copies, becoming Columbia Records largest selling album up to that time. The disc yielded 4 top 25 singles, the aforemnetioned Just the Way You Are at #3, Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) at #17, Only the Good Die Young at #24, and "She's Always a Woman at #17. And the other tune from the album played at Carneige Hall, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, became a favorite of FM radio stations.

Dickey Betts - 1977-04-19 - Bottom Line, New York, NY (FM)

Dickey Betts 

& Great Southern

1977-04-19

Bottom Line

New York, NY

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. pre ramble

02. Blue Sky

03. Run Gypsy Run

04. Out To Get Me

05. Bougainvillea

06. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

07. Nothing You Can Do

08. Southbound

09. Jessica

10. The Way Love Goes

11. talk

12. High Falls

13. Ramblin' Man

Dickey Betts - 1977-04-19 - Bottom Line, New York, NY (FM)

Dickey Betts was elected to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1995 as a member of the Allman Brothers Band. Betts entered alonside fellow bandmates Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks, and Jaimoe Johanson Other entrants that year included Neil Young, Janis Joplin Frank Zappa, and the mighty Led Zeppelin.

This FM broadcast from the legendary Bottom Line in New York City captures Betts 18 years prior to his induction, and 49 years ago today, on April 19, 1977.  The Allmans had temporarily split up in late 1976 over Gregg Allman's testimony against the band's security guard Scooter Herring.  The rest of the band considered Gregg a "snitch" and refused to talk to him for almost 2 years.  In the interim, Dickey Betts formed the band Great Southern, and eventually released an album with them in October 1977.  The Bottom Line performance featured numerous tracks from that upcoming disc, including Run Gypsy Run, Bougainvillea, Nothing You Can Do, and The Way Love Goes, as well as several Allman Brothers Band classics.

Jerry Garcia Band - 1977-12-23 - Berkeley, CA (FM)

Jerry Garcia Band
1977-12-23
The Keystone Palo Alto
Palo Alto, CA
FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:
01. I Second That Emotion
02. Love In The Afternoon
03. Tore Up Over You
04. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

2nd Set  
01. Midnight Moonlight
xx They Love Each Other (not broadcast)
xx. Don't Let Go >  (not broadcast)
xx. The Other One Jam >  (not broadcast)
xx. Don't Let Go  (not broadcast)

Jerry Garcia Band - 1977-12-23 - Berkeley, CA (FM)

Besides the 50 times I saw the Dead live, I attended 4 Jerry Garcia Band concerts in 3 different decades - in March 1978 at the Capitol Theater, in March 1980, also at the Capitol (a show that has been officially released), in August 1984 at Caldwell College and finally in November 1991 at Madison Square Garden. Garcia solo shows were like Dead concerts in some ways as some songs overlapped, the set lists were unpredictable and the jamming intense, but unlike them in others. Garcia on his own played an amazing variety of covers not found in the Dead's set lists, broke out some of his rarer solo tunes, and took far more solos than he would when jamming with the Dead. To sum it up, seeing Garcia solo was not seeing the Dead, and vice versa. I have a whole essay on that in my book.

This FM broadcast captures Garcia just a few months before I saw him live for the first time, in Berkeley on December 23, 1977, 4 dozen years ago today. As mentioned in numerous posts on this blog, 1977 was a magical year for Garcia and the Grateful Dead, so its a shame they didn't broadcast the rest of the 2nd set! Happy holidays!

Robert Hunter - 1977-12-06 - Berkeley, CA (SBD)

Robert Hunter 

with Comfort

1977-12-06

Keystone

Berkeley, CA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Jesse James

02. Hooker's Ball

03. We Can Work It Out

04. Tales Of The Great Rum Runners

05. It Must've Been The Roses

06. All The Same To Me

07. Alligator Moon Suite

08. Promontory Rider

09. Boys In The Barroom 

Robert Hunter - 1977-12-06 - Berkeley, CA (SBD)

The first 3 times I saw Jerry Garcia, all in the late 1970s & early 1980s, long time song writing partner Robert Hunter served as his lead in. Hearing Hunter live is always a unique experience, as his take on the countless tunes he wrote with Jerry is often so different than how they sound when played by the Grateful Dead. 

This soundboard recording captures HunteBerkeley, on  December 6, 1977, 4 dozen years ago today.

Jerry Garcia Band - 1977-08-07 - Berkeley CA (SBD)

Jerry Garcia Band

1977-08-07

The Keystone

Berkeley, CA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. Tuning

02. The Way You Do The Things You Do

03. Catfish John

04. Stop That Train

05. Let It Rock

06. Russian Lullaby

07. Knockin' On Heaven's Door

08. Midnight Moonlight

2nd Set:

01. Tuning

02. They Love Each Other

03. Tore Up Over You

04. Simple Twist Of Fate

05. The Harder They Come

Jerry Garcia Band - 1977-08-07 - Berkeley CA (SBD)

As promised yesterday, here's another Garcia solo show from 1977, a year where Jerry, both in his own and with the Dead, was playing as well as at any point in his long storied career. This one is a soundboard recording from August 7, 1977, 4 dozen years ago today.

Jerry Garcia Band - 1977-08-06 - Berkeley CA (SBD)

Jerry Garcia Band

1977-08-06

The Keystone 

Berkeley, CA

Sopundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

2nd Set

01. Tuning

02. Sugaree

03. Mystery Train

04. Simple Twist Of Fate

05. Don't Let Go

Jerry Garcia Band - 1977-08-06 - Berkeley CA (SBD)

On June 7, 8 and 9, 1977, The Grateful Dead capped their near perfect spring tour, truly one of the peak periods in the band's long strange trip, with 3 majestic performances at Winterland in San Francisco. Less than 2 weeks later, the band had to put their tour plans for the summer on hold when Mickey Hart was involved in a car crash in which he broke multiple bones. Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia used that time off to begin work on solo albums, Heaven Help the Fool and Cats Under the Stars, respectively, which would be released in 1978. Garcia took to the road as well, playing about 20 concerts in New York, New Jersey and California between July 1 and August 12. This soundboard recording captures the Jerry Garcia Band's 2nd set on August 6, 1977, 48 years ago today, at the Keystone in Berkeley, one of their favorite venues. Jerry picked up right where the Dead left off, continuing to play as well and as inspired as at any point in his career. Less than a month later, I would see the Grateful Dead for the first time, for the band's first show since Mickey's accident, the legendary Englishtown NJ concert in front of a crowd of close to 150,000!  Download this one, then come back tomorrow for another from Jerry in 1977.

NOTE: got some comments that there were some sound issues, which may have been related to the conversion from FLAC to mp3.  So I re-downloaded the original FLAC files, re-converetd them, and put up a new link as 8:15 pm on August 6.  So you can try downloading again. If the sound isn't better, than the issue is with the original files.

Peter Frampton - 1977-07-02 - Day On The Green 4, Oakland, CA (FM)

Peter Frampton

1977-07-02

Day On The Green 4

Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Stadium 

Oakland, CA

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

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

02. Baby, I Love Your Way

03. Show Me The Way

04. Do You Feel Like We Do

05. Jumpin' Jack Flash

Encore:

06. I'm In You

Peter Frampton - 1977-07-02 - Day On The Green 4, Oakland, CA (FM)

On May 25, 1973, Bill Graham promoted the first Dancing On The Outdoor Green at Kezrar Stadium in San Francisco. featuring Grateful Dead, Waylon Jennings, and the New Riders Of The Purple Sage.  That show became the blueprint for a series of festivals called a Day On The Green, that Graham ran from 1973 to 1991, the year he passed. The concerts were held at the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Stadium, which was also home to the Oakland A's baseball team, and featured 3 or 4 bands on the bill. This FM broadcast captures Peter Frampton at Day on The Green 4 on July 2, 1977, 4 dzozen years ago today. Also on the bill that day were Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Outlaws and Santana.

The Kinks - 1977-12-24 - London, UK (FM)

The Kinks

1977-12-24

The Rainbow Theatre

London UK

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Broadcast introductions

02. Jukebox Music

03. Stage introductions

04. Sleepwalker

05. Life On The Road

06. Dialogue

07. Well Respected Man

08. Death Of A Clown

09. Sunny Afternoon

10. Waterloo Sunset

11. All Day And All Of The Night

12. Dialogue

13. Slum Kids

14. Celluloid Heroes

15. Get Back In Line

16. Dialogue

17. The Hard Way

18. Lola

19. Alcohol

20. Skin And Bone

21. Father Christmas

22. You Really Got Me

The Kinks - 1977-12-24 - London, UK (FM)

In 1976, The Kinks left RCA records to join Arista. With some encouragement from their new label, the band changed artistic direction, relinquishing the theatrics of their previous albums to return to their roots. They eliminated the brass section and back up singers, returning the group to a 5 piece rock band. The new stripped down line up released its first album, Sleepwalker, on February 12, 1977. The disc, which in addition to the title track featured such soon to be Kink's classics as Jukebox Music, Life Goes On, and Life On The Road, went to #21 on the Billboard charts, the band's first commercial success in almost 7 years. This FM broadcast captures the band went on tour in support of the album, in London on December 24, 1977, 47 years ago today. 

Smokey Robinson - 1977-10-21 - Bremen, Germany (TV Audio)

Smokey Robinson 

1977-10-21

Musikladen Extra

WDR-TV Studios

Bremen, Germany 

TV Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Introduction > Open

02. I Am I Am

03. Baby That's Backatcha

04. The Agony & the Ecstasy

05. Vitamin U

06. The Tracks Of My Tears

07. Tears Of A Clown

08. Ooh Baby Baby

09. Theme from "Big Time"

10. "Big Time" reprise

Smokey Robinson - 1977-10-21 - Bremen, Germany (TV Audio) 

1970s - #6: One of the most successful members of the Motown family, Smokey Robinson would produce 26 top forty hits with the Miracles between 1960 and 1970, such as You've Really Got a Hold on Me, I Second That Emotion, Tears of a Clown, Ooo Baby Baby, Going to a Go-Go and The Tracks of My Tears. He would also pen countless hits for other Motown artists, including My Guy for Mary Wells; The Way You Do The Things You Do, My Girl and Get Ready for The Temptations; and I'll Be Doggone and Ain't That Peculiar for Marvin Gaye. He was a member of the 2nd orck & Roll Hall Of Fame class when he was inducted in 1987.  This soundboard recording captures Smokey on tour in Germany on October 21, 1977, 47 years ago today, in supoort of the 2 albums he released that year, Deep In My Soul and the Big Time soundtrack.

Grateful Dead - 1977-10-06 - Tempe AZ (SBD)

Grateful Dead 

1977-10-06

Activity Center 

Arizona State University

Tempe, AZ

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. Promised Land

02. Tennessee Jed

03. Jack Straw

04. Dire Wolf

05. Looks Like Rain

06. They Love Each Other

07. New Minglewood Blues

08. Loser

09. The Music Never Stopped

2nd Set:

01. Tuning

02. Bertha >

03. Good Lovin'

04. Friend Of The Devil

05. Estimated Prophet >

06. Eyes Of The World >

07. Drums >

08. Not Fade Away >

09. Black Peter >

10. Not Fade Away >

11. Around And Around

Encore:

01. Uncle John's Band

Grateful Dead - 1977-10-06 - Tempe AZ (SBD)

1970s - #2:  While the 2nd half of 1977 doesn't get quite the attention that the legendary Spring Tour,  including the concert at Barton Hall on May 8, 1977, does, the Grateful Dead continued to deliver exceptional live shows from September to December of that year. In fact, the very first show of the fall, September 3 at Englishtown (also my 1st Dead show!) was officially released as part of the Dick's Picks series. Concerts from October 1, 2 and 29, November 2, 4, 5 and 6, and December 29 also were officially released, as were portions of shows from October 7, 11, 14 and 16, and December 30 and 31. Today we bring you the a soundboard recording from that fall run, from Tempe on October 6, 1977.  For years, only portions of this show were available, but in April 2023, the full show finally became available thanks to the legendary Charlie Miller, who has been supplying remastered and upgraded copies of Dead shows for what seem like decades.

Linda Ronstadt - 1977-10-03 - Los Angeles, CA (Ex Aud)

Linda Ronstadt

1977-10-03

Universal Amphitheater

Los Angeles, CA

Excellent Audience Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Lose Again

02. That’ll Be The Day

03. Blue Bayou

04. Silver Threads & Golden Needles

05. Willin’

06. Faithless Love

07. It Doesn’t Matter Anymore

08. When Will I Be Loved

09. Crazy

10. Poor Poor Pitiful Me

11. Desperado

12. Love Me Tender

13. Simple Man Simple Dream

14. Love Is A Rose 

15. Someone To Lay Down Beside Me

16. Tumbling Dice

17. You’re No Good

18. Heart Like A Wheel

19. Heatwave

Linda Ronstadt - 1977-10-03 - Los Angeles, CA (Ex Aud) 

1970s - #1: For Linda Ronstadt, the year 1977 began by being featured on the cover of Time Magazine on February 28. For any rock artist to make the cover of Time was a major event, for a woman to do it was historic. She ended the year still on top of the rock world, with the release of the album Simple Dreams. The disc spent 5 weeks at #1 on the Billboard charts. Two singles from the album, Blue Bayou at #2 and It's So Easy at #5, were both in the Billboard Top 5 at the same time, making Ronstadt the first female artist to accomplish that feat. The album also included Poor Poor Pitiful Me, written by Warren Zevon, and a cover of the Rolling Stones’ Tumbling Dice. Simple Dreams was Ronstadt's fifth consecutive Platinum album, selling over 3½ million copies in less than a year in the United States alone. This excellent audience recording from legendary taper Mike Millard captures Ronstadt on tour in support of Simple Dreams on October 3, 1977, 47 years ago today, in Los Angeles, one of 12 sold out nights in the City of Angels.

Rockpile - 1977-04-01 - London, UK (FM)

Rockpile 

1977-04-01

BBC Radio - John Peel 

London UK

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Inxluded

01. Down, Down, Down

02. Back To School Days

03. I Knew The Bride

04. A Mess Of Blues

05. They Call It Rock

06. I Hear You Knockin'

07. Here Comes The Weekend

08. So Fine

09. Heart Of Tthe City

Rockpile - 1977-04-01 - London, UK (FM)

1970s - #1: For a band that released only one album, Seconds of Pleasure, Rockpile has an amazing legacy. What many folks don't know is that songs like Cruel to Be Kind, credited to Nick Lowe, and Girls Talk, credited to Dave Edmunds, were really recorded while they were working together as Rockpile! Because the two were on different labels, however, they could not credit the band! Moreover, it’s a bit strange, to say the least, that an English group that started as a new wave band also was known for its strong rockabilly influences. Unfortunately, Rockpile had a short lived career as tensions between Lowe and Edmunds split the band apart. This FM broadcast brings you some early Rockpile, from,London, on April 1, 1977, 47 tears ago this very day.

Hall & Oates - 1977-12-08 - Hershey, PA (SBD)

Hall & Oates

1977-12-08

Hershey Park Arena 

Hershey, PA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Soundcheck

02. Don't Change

03. Rich Girl

04. Can't Stop The Music

05. Do What You Want, Be What You Are

06. The Emptyness

07. Winged Bull

08. Is It A Star?

09. I'm Just A Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like A Man)

10. Back Together Again

11. Sara Smile

12. She's Gone

13. Abandoned Luncheonette

14. Room To Breathe

15. You Must Be Good For Something

16. Bad Habits And Infections

Hall & Oates - 1977-12-08 - Hershey, PA (SBD)

H & O 1977 - Back To Back - #3: As promised yesterday, here's the 3rd and final part of our set featuring Hall & Oates in 1977.  This one is a soundboard recording from Hershey from December 8, 1977, 46 years ago today.

Hall & Oates - 1977-12-07 - Pittsburgh, PA (SBD)

Hall & Oates

1977-12-07

Stanley Theatre 

Pittsburgh, PA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artworl Inlcuded

01. Soundcheck

02. Don't Change

03. Rich Girl

04. Can't Stop The Music

05. Do What You Want, Be What You Are

06. The Emptyness

07. Winged Bull

08. Is It A Star?

09. I'm Just A Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like A Man)

10. Back Together Again

11. Sara Smile

12. She's Gone

13. Abandoned Luncheonette

14. Room To Breathe

15. You Must Be Good For Something

16. Bad Habits And Infections

Hall & Oates - 1977-12-07 - Pittsburgh, PA (SBD)

H & O 1977 - Back To Back - #2: As promised yesterday, here's part 2 of our set featuring Hall & Oates in 1977.  This one is a soundboard recording from Pittsburgh from December 7, 1977, 46 years ago today.  Download this one, then come back tomorrowfor part 3 of this Back To Back entry.

Hall & Oates - 1977-12-06 - Pittsburgh, PA (SBD)

Hall & Oates

1977-12-06

Stanley Theatre 

Pittsburgh, PA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Inlcuded

01. Soundcheck

02. Don't Change

03. Rich Girl

04. Can't Stop The Music

05. Do What You Want, Be What You Are

06. The Emptyness

07. Winged Bull

08. Is It A Star?

09. I'm Just A Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like A Man)

10. Back Together Again

11. Sara Smile

12. She's Gone

13. Abandoned Luncheonette

14. Room To Breathe

15. You Must Be Good For Something

16. Bad Habits And Infections 

Hall & Oates - 1977-12-06 - Pittsburgh, PA (SBD)

H & O 1977 - Back To Back - #1: Believe it or not, the 2nd concert I ever attended was Hall & Oates on June 23, 1977 at the Garden State (now the PNC Bank) Arts Center in Holmdel NJ. I was a big fan of the tune She's Gone, which when re-released in 1976, went to #7 on the Billboard charts. I also really enjoyed the songs Sara Smile, which went to #4 on the Billboard charts, and Rich Girl, which became the duo's first #1 hit. I saw the band for a 2nd time on September 14, 1978, also at the Arts Center. At that point, the duo's sound started to take on more of a pop music feel, and I lost interest in them. This sounboard recording captures Hall & Oates just a few months after I saw them for the first time, in Pittsburh on December 6, 1977, 46 years ago today. Download this one, then come back tomorrow and the next day for parts 2 and 3 of this Back To Back entry.

Hall & Oates - 1977-11-25 - Ridgefield, OH (SBD)

Hall & Oates

1977-11-25

Ridgefield Coliseum 

Ridgefield, OH

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Don't Change

02. Rich Girl

03. Song Introduction

04. Can't Stop The Music

05. Do What You Want, Be What You Are

06. Song Introduction

07. The Emptyness

08. Winged Bull

09. Is It A Star?

10. I'm Just A Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like A Man)

11. Band Introduction

12. Back Together Again

13. Sara Smile

14. She's Gone

15. Abandoned Luncheonette

16. Room To Breathe

17. You Must Be Good For Something

18. Bad Habits And Infections

Hall & Oates - 1977-11-25 - Ridgefield, OH (SBD)

I saw Hall & Oates twice in the late 1970s, both times at the Garden State Art Center - my second concert ever in June 1977 and then again in September 1978. While my buddies and I were big fans of the songs Sara Smile and She's Gone. with the exception of Rich Girl, I don't really care for any of the 6 tunes that the duo took to #1 on the Billboard charts. In any event, soon after seeing them for the 2nd time, my musical tastes moved in new directions. 

This soundboard recording captures the duo just a few months after the first fime I saw them, in Ridgefield on Movember 25, 1977, 46 years ago today.

The Ramones - 1977-11-14 - New York, NY (FM)

The Ramones

1977-11-14

Four Acres

Utica, NY

FM Broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Rockaway Beach

02. Teenage Lobotomy

03. Blitzkrieg Bop

04. I Remember You

05. Glad To See You Go

06. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment

07. You're Gonna Kill That Girl

08. 53rd & 3rd

09. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker

10. I Can't Give You Anything

11. Let's Dance

12. Here Today Gone Tomorrow

13. Surfin' Bird

14. Cretin Hop

15. Listen To My Heart

16. California Sun

17. I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You

18. Pinhead

The Ramones - 1977-11-14 - New York, NY (FM)

The one and only time I saw the Ramones, in July 1981,  was at perhaps the dingiest, dirtiest and tiniest club I ever ventured into, the aptly named Hole In The Wall in Rochelle Park, NJ.  The place was normally a a biker bar but on Saturday nights in the 1980s, they featured punk and new wave music. The band set up right on the dance floor, since the bar had no stage, and the ceiling was so low that Joey Ramone almost hit his head on one of the spotlights. We were so close to the band that I’m sure they noticed when one of my buddies, having had 1 too many beers, attempted to throw up in the trash can, but missed and almost hit a speaker,  Is it any wonder, then, that rule #5 in my book is titled "Rock Concerts Are Rarely Played At A Venue Meant For Music",. 

In any event, this FM broadcast captures The Ramones a few years beofe I saw them on November 14, 1977, 46 years ago today!