Kansas: Live Confessions (From New York To Omaha)
Live Confessions (From New York To Omaha)
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- Label: Cannonball, 1977/82
- Erscheinungstermin: 19.8.2016
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Notes to the 1977 concert:
This is Kansas live at Palladium, New York 1977 during their Point of Know Return Tour recorded here in it's entirety. It's an excellent and flawless radio broadcast, without any interference of an announcer or commercials. Point of Know Return was the fifth studio album of the band. Rolling Stone gave the album a mixed review, saying that though the transition to shorter songs generally works, the lyrics are »a wan and ridiculous rehash of the bargain-basement exoticism employed by the British art-rock crowd.« They commented that though the band lacks a virtuoso soloist, the band's ensemble playing is strong and purposeful. Point of Know Return would be Kansas' highest charting album in the US, peaking at #4 in January 1978, and would sell four million copies in the US and be certified Quadruple Platinum by the RIAA. Enjoy!
Notes to the 1982 concert:
Kansas made the transformation from weighty prog rock band to all-out pop / rock hit makers in the mid-1970s, when they issued a series of FM rock staples that included »Carry On My Wayward Son,« »Dust In The Wind,« »The Point Of No Return« and others. In the beginning, the six-man band had a creative brain trust consisting mainly of vocalist / keyboardist Steve Walsh and guitarist / keyboardist Kerry Livgren. Together and on their own, they contributed the lion's share of material and overall direction of the band. By the late 1970s, a few years after the band hit its commercial peak with the aforementioned songs, the Walsh / Livgren relationship had become the source of most of the band's tension. Walsh had wanted to move in a more straight ahead rock ›n‹ roll direction, and Livgren had become a devout born-again Christian. Lyrically, his always-spiritual songs had now become clearly Christian odes.
So in 1981, after the band had completed the tour for their seventh album, Audio Visions, Walsh departed to form his own band, Streets. The rest of Kansas auditioned over 200 singer / keyboard players and settled on a 24-year-old unknown named John Elefante. Like Livgren, Elefante was a born again Christian, and that lifestyle was reflected in his contributions to the band. Still, Vinyl Confessions, the first Kansas LP without Walsh, spawned a Top 20 hit, »Play The Game Tonight,« although it was the last chart success the band would see. »We were surprised at the ease at which John fit in,« said Livgren in a 1982 interview. »When we heard him sing we knew he was right as a voice for the band.
We had no inkling at that point that he would walk into the band with a wealth of material that fit us like a kid glove.« »If there was any band I had wanted to be in at that time it was Kansas,« said Elefante. »They don't compromise; they are great musicians.« The group also enlisted ace producer Ken Scott to produce their new album. Scott was one of the hottest producers in the field during the ›70s, and was responsible for the studio successes of David Bowie, Supertramp, Jeff Beck, Devo and many others.
The band enjoyed a two-year run with Elefante, but ran out of steam when their next album, 1983's Drastic Measures, was a commercial flop. The band split shortly thereafter, when Livgren decided to focus on his solo Christian music career, eventually leaving rock music altogether to become a minister. As with most classic rock bands, nostalgia came a-callin‹ and they reformed in 1986, with Steve Walsh but not Kerry Livgren. In 2000, however, the original lineup including both Walsh and Livgren reunited for a one-off album and tour.
This recording was made on the Vinyl Confessions tour, in Omaha, Nebraska, for the King Biscuit Flower Hour. Elefante is not only at his best when singing the Kansas material from that album, but he does a remarkable job presenting the old hits that Walsh had first established as classics.
This is Kansas live at Palladium, New York 1977 during their Point of Know Return Tour recorded here in it's entirety. It's an excellent and flawless radio broadcast, without any interference of an announcer or commercials. Point of Know Return was the fifth studio album of the band. Rolling Stone gave the album a mixed review, saying that though the transition to shorter songs generally works, the lyrics are »a wan and ridiculous rehash of the bargain-basement exoticism employed by the British art-rock crowd.« They commented that though the band lacks a virtuoso soloist, the band's ensemble playing is strong and purposeful. Point of Know Return would be Kansas' highest charting album in the US, peaking at #4 in January 1978, and would sell four million copies in the US and be certified Quadruple Platinum by the RIAA. Enjoy!
Notes to the 1982 concert:
Kansas made the transformation from weighty prog rock band to all-out pop / rock hit makers in the mid-1970s, when they issued a series of FM rock staples that included »Carry On My Wayward Son,« »Dust In The Wind,« »The Point Of No Return« and others. In the beginning, the six-man band had a creative brain trust consisting mainly of vocalist / keyboardist Steve Walsh and guitarist / keyboardist Kerry Livgren. Together and on their own, they contributed the lion's share of material and overall direction of the band. By the late 1970s, a few years after the band hit its commercial peak with the aforementioned songs, the Walsh / Livgren relationship had become the source of most of the band's tension. Walsh had wanted to move in a more straight ahead rock ›n‹ roll direction, and Livgren had become a devout born-again Christian. Lyrically, his always-spiritual songs had now become clearly Christian odes.
So in 1981, after the band had completed the tour for their seventh album, Audio Visions, Walsh departed to form his own band, Streets. The rest of Kansas auditioned over 200 singer / keyboard players and settled on a 24-year-old unknown named John Elefante. Like Livgren, Elefante was a born again Christian, and that lifestyle was reflected in his contributions to the band. Still, Vinyl Confessions, the first Kansas LP without Walsh, spawned a Top 20 hit, »Play The Game Tonight,« although it was the last chart success the band would see. »We were surprised at the ease at which John fit in,« said Livgren in a 1982 interview. »When we heard him sing we knew he was right as a voice for the band.
We had no inkling at that point that he would walk into the band with a wealth of material that fit us like a kid glove.« »If there was any band I had wanted to be in at that time it was Kansas,« said Elefante. »They don't compromise; they are great musicians.« The group also enlisted ace producer Ken Scott to produce their new album. Scott was one of the hottest producers in the field during the ›70s, and was responsible for the studio successes of David Bowie, Supertramp, Jeff Beck, Devo and many others.
The band enjoyed a two-year run with Elefante, but ran out of steam when their next album, 1983's Drastic Measures, was a commercial flop. The band split shortly thereafter, when Livgren decided to focus on his solo Christian music career, eventually leaving rock music altogether to become a minister. As with most classic rock bands, nostalgia came a-callin‹ and they reformed in 1986, with Steve Walsh but not Kerry Livgren. In 2000, however, the original lineup including both Walsh and Livgren reunited for a one-off album and tour.
This recording was made on the Vinyl Confessions tour, in Omaha, Nebraska, for the King Biscuit Flower Hour. Elefante is not only at his best when singing the Kansas material from that album, but he does a remarkable job presenting the old hits that Walsh had first established as classics.
- Tracklisting
Disk 1 von 3 (CD)
- 1 Incomudro - Hymn to the Atman(excerpt)/Hopelessly Human (Recorded At The Palladium, New York, December 18, 1977)
- 2 Point Of Know Return (Recorded At The Palladium, New York, December 18, 1977)
- 3 Paradox (Recorded At The Palladium, New York, December 18, 1977)
- 4 Icarus - Borne on the Wings of Steel (Recorded At The Palladium, New York, December 18, 1977)
- 5 Child of Innocence (Recorded At The Palladium, New York, December 18, 1977)
- 6 Closet Chronicles (Recorded At The Palladium, New York, December 18, 1977)
- 7 Dust In The Wind (Recorded At The Palladium, New York, December 18, 1977)
- 8 Lonely Wind (Recorded At The Palladium, New York, December 18, 1977)
- 9 Cheyenne Anthem (Recorded At The Palladium, New York, December 18, 1977)
- 10 Miracles Out Of Nowhere (Recorded At The Palladium, New York, December 18, 1977)
- 11 The Spider (Recorded At The Palladium, New York, December 18, 1977)
- 12 Portrait (He Knew) (Recorded At The Palladium, New York, December 18, 1977)
Disk 2 von 3 (CD)
- 1 Sparks Of The Tempest (Recorded At The Palladium, New York, December 18, 1977)
- 2 Carry On Wayward Son (Recorded At The Palladium, New York, December 18, 1977)
- 3 Down The Road (Recorded At The Palladium, New York, December 18, 1977)
- 4 Magnum Opus Part 1 (Recorded At The Palladium, New York, December 18, 1977)
- 5 Magnum Opus Part 2 (Recorded At The Palladium, New York, December 18, 1977)
- 6 Paradox (Recorded at The Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE, July 21, 1982)
- 7 Windows (Recorded at The Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE, July 21, 1982)
- 8 Right Away (Recorded at The Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE, July 21, 1982)
- 9 Sparks Of The Tempest (Recorded at The Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE, July 21, 1982)
- 10 Diamonds And Pearls (Recorded at The Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE, July 21, 1982)
- 11 Mysteries and Mayhem / No One Together (Recorded at The Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE, July 21, 1982)
- 12 Hold On (Recorded at The Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE, July 21, 1982)
Disk 3 von 3 (CD)
- 1 Dust In The Wind (Recorded at The Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE, July 21, 1982)
- 2 Chasing Shadows (Recorded at The Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE, July 21, 1982)
- 3 Crossfire (Recorded at The Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE, July 21, 1982)
- 4 Face It (Recorded at The Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE, July 21, 1982)
- 5 Miracles Out Of Nowhere (Recorded at The Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE, July 21, 1982)
- 6 Play The Game Tonight (Recorded at The Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE, July 21, 1982)
- 7 Carry On Wayward Son (Recorded at The Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE, July 21, 1982)
- 8 Portrait (He Knew) / Down The Road (Recorded at The Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE, July 21, 1982)
- 9 Magnum Opus Outro (Recorded at The Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE, July 21, 1982)