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Cheap Trick - Live at The Whisky 1977: 45th Anniversary [Limited Edition 4CD]

Live at The Whisky 1977: 45th Anniversary [Limited Edition 4CD]
Cheap Trick
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You wanna hear a band about to explode? In June 1977, Cheap Trick was in Los Angeles to record their second album, In Color. To get the band in shape for the record, they booked 5 gigs at the Whisky a Go Go the weekend of June 3. The result: a series of fire-breathing shows that you can still hear reverberating on the Sunset Strip to this day. KROQ DJ Rodney Bingenheimer introduced the band at the shows, and his memories are clear: ““The Whisky was packed for every show. A lot of girls showed up. It was like the ‘new’ Beatles had arrived.” Indeed, this concert stand takes its place alongside The Doors in 1966, Led Zeppelin in 1969, and Van Halen in 1977 as among the most notorious shows hosted by the venerable venue. As drummer Bun E. Carlos puts it, “The Whisky shows capture a hungry band. It's right before we went on tour with KISS and became much more famous than we were at this point. It was two nights where we did all our cool stuff from our first couple of records and it's chock-full of goodies.”

All of this would be mere legend, witnessed by only a couple of hundred Cheap Trick fans each night, but for the fact that the tapes were rolling courtesy of the Record Plant’s Mobile Unit One for four out of the five shows (and the fidelity and immediacy of these recordings are AMAZING). But when At Budokan hit 18 months later and propelled the band to superstar status, the tapes were shelved. Now, 45 years later, the whole world can discover what those lucky souls witnessed those nights at the Whisky: that this quartet from Rockford, Illinois was on its way to making rock history.

Our 4-CD set contains all four shows in their entirety (well over half completely unreleased), complete with often hilarious on-stage patter largely from guitarist Rick Nielsen, and includes notes from Ken Sharp featuring quotes from Nielsen, Carlos, and Robin Zander. Packaging is Live at Leeds style, and these shows rock every bit as hard as that legendary live gig. Limited to 2000 copies…if you are a Cheap Trick fan, speak now or forever hold your peace!

Tracklist:

  1. Rodney Bingenheimer Intro - 06/03/1977 - Early Show
  2. Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace - 06/03/1977 - Early Show
  3. Elo Kiddies - 06/03/1977 - Early Show
  4. Set Break 1 - 06/03/1977 - Early Show
  5. High Roller - 06/03/1977 - Early Show
  6. Southern Girls - 06/03/1977 - Early Show
  7. Cry, Cry - 06/03/1977 - Early Show
  8. Big Eyes - 06/03/1977 - Early Show
  9. Can't Hold On - 06/03/1977 - Early Show
  10. Oh Boy - 06/03/1977 - Early Show
  11. You're All Talk - 06/03/1977 - Early Show
  12. Set Break 2 - 06/03/1977 - Early Show
  13. He's a Whore - 06/03/1977 - Early Show
  14. The Ballad of T.V. Violence (I'm Not the Only Boy) - 06/03/1977 - Early Show
  15. Down On the Bay - 06/03/1977 - Early Show
  16. Goodnight - 06/03/1977 - Early Show
  17. Hello There - 06/03/1977 - Late Show
  18. Come On Come On - 06/03/1977 - Late Show
  19. Set Break 1 - 06/03/1977 - Late Show
  20. Oh Candy - 06/03/1977 - Late Show
  21. Daddy Should Have Stayed In High School - 06/03/1977 - Late Show
  22. Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace - 06/03/1977 - Late Show
  23. Elo Kiddies - 06/03/1977 - Late Show
  24. Loser - 06/03/1977 - Late Show
  25. Taxman, Mr Thief - 06/03/1977 - Late Show
  26. Clock Strikes Ten - 06/03/1977 - Late Show
  27. Set Break 2 - 06/03/1977 - Late Show
  28. Big Eyes - 06/03/1977 - Late Show
  29. He's a Whore - 06/03/1977 - Late Show
  30. You're All Talk - 06/03/1977 - Late Show
  31. Auf Wiedersehen - 06/03/1977 - Late Show
  32. Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace - 06/04/1977 - Early Show
  33. Elo Kiddies - 06/04/1977 - Early Show
  34. Set Break 1 - 06/04/1977 - Early Show
  35. Hot Love - 06/04/1977 - Early Show
  36. Southern Girls - 06/04/1977 - Early Show
  37. Cry Cry - 06/04/1977 - Early Show
  38. Big Eyes - 06/04/1977 - Early Show
  39. Set Break 2 - 06/04/1977 - Early Show
  40. Ain't That a Shame - 06/04/1977 - Early Show
  41. Oh Caroline - 06/04/1977 - Early Show
  42. Oh Boy - 06/04/1977 - Early Show
  43. You're All Talk - 06/04/1977 - Early Show
  44. Set Break 3 - 06/04/1977 - Early Show
  45. He's a Whore - 06/04/1977 - Early Show
  46. The Ballad of T.V. Violence (I'm Not the Only Boy) - 06/04/1977 - Early Show
  47. Down On The Bay - 06/04/1977 - Early Show
  48. Goodnight - 06/04/1977 - Early Show
  49. Hello There - 06/04/1977 - Late Show
  50. Come On Come On - 06/04/1977 - Late Show
  51. Set Break 1 - 06/04/1977 - Late Show
  52. Oh Candy - 06/04/1977 - Late Show
  53. Daddy Should Have Stayed In High School - 06/04/1977 - Late Show
  54. Please, Mrs. Henry - 06/04/1977 - Late Show
  55. Set Break 2 - 06/04/1977 - Late Show
  56. Violins - 06/04/1977 - Late Show
  57. Taxman, Mr Thief - 06/04/1977 - Late Show
  58. Clock Strikes Ten - 06/04/1977 - Late Show
  59. Set Break 3 - 06/04/1977 - Late Show
  60. Big Eyes - 06/04/1977 - Late Show
  61. He's a Whore - 06/04/1977 - Late Show
  62. You're All Talk - 06/04/1977 - Late Show
  63. Auf Wiedersehen - 06/04/1977 - Late Show
  64. Encore Break - 06/04/1977 - Late Show
  65. Goodnight - 06/04/1977 - Late Show

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