There was a video of them playing Eddie from this same concert. This whole concert was filmed, and Babe and Borrowed Time were dubbed over and released as music videos.
@@paolovincent6800I'm pretty confident this was filmed for a future release but knowing thier management at the time refused to release it to the public. It's sad that this wasn't a official release.
@@paolovincent6800 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6h-WRiwo9vA.htmlsi=I_cApYnDZ8FDZwht hey you’ve heard this right? This is second best to the film it’s just the audio tho but it’s the full thing
This was the5th or 6th concert of my life, the first (and best) time for seeing Styx. The Cars opened and it was, as I recall, almost a full house. Cheers Isaac!
Thanks for posting this, Isaac! “Excellent, Smithers. Excellent.” It’s always cool to see some great album cuts/deep tracks besides the normal hits. Unfortunately, I did not get to see the band until the Paradise Theatre tour. I echo Kilroy’s question, but will ask more pointedly: Why will you be posting the full audio of the show, but not the full video? Thanks! ~ The Diabolical Davey Cretin, from CRETIN CLASSICS.
@@isaacg2008 ~ Doh! 😖 How is their no full video… ridiculous! And their manager in the 70s never let them perform on television shows like The Midnight Special. Ugh. 😣 How shortsighted. 🤦🏻♂️ PS: Still looking for any video - or audio - from the pre-TS years. Especially the Wooden Nickel era. Thanks, Mr. Isaac.
Looking forward to it. Going to Indianapolis next Friday to see them with Foreigner and John Waite... This is super footage of I'm guessing the Pieces Of Eight Tour.. I've seen the Van Halen show in the same venue...It's just spectacular seeing a young EVH !!
The tape sounds like it was recorded on a ghetto blaster. This was a great show from a great tour during a special time. The energy of the crowd, including a host of American G.I.'s is amazing. 👍👍👍
Thanks for posting! 1. The Grand Illusion 2. Lorelei 3. Mademoiselle 4. Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) 5. Suite Madame Blue 6. Crystal Ball 7. Lady (cut) 8. Man In The Wilderness 9. Come Sail Away 10. Midnight Ride 11. Miss America
What sucks about this? This epitomized the sound of 70's rock! Plus, they were opening up for Deep Purple for fu(KS sake!!! Did you want them to play "Christopher, Mr. Christopher" or "Unfinished Song"? That's right, for the most part 2 ballads in their first 5 albums...back when they were a rock and roll band, and playing some pretty heavy stuff! This was 1975, there was no "Babe" or "Mr Roboto" yet...lol
@@stevewatz1924that’s what I don’t get either this is literally Styx playing Styx songs how could you like Styx and not like this? This is like some of their best being played here.
Not just Tommy's decision. So what if DDY wrote those hits. You do realize there are anywhere from 8-10 songs per album and there were 3 other songwriters. Styx fans are Styx fans because of JY, Chuck and John, John Curulewski AND Tommy Shaw, not just DDY. Yeah, it sucks because he was great, but he wanted to go in a direction nobody else did. Why can't DDY fans recognize that? They wanted to be a rock band, not a ballad/show tune/soft rock opera band. I miss him, but they're doing what they want to do, not what he wanted them to do.
STXY just puts you in a great moood!! I was born for Adventure, women, whisky and SIN! WHOOO! WHOOA! WHOAAAAA!!!!....yeahea, yeaheea.Yeaheeaaaa!! ....Thank God for His Great mercy and creating the band Styx!! Music and especially music from Styx has definitely made my life more happy!
...I keep hoping for more live recordings (if available) from the band during this time period...an archival box set of early-mid 70s live stuff would be a true gift for Styx fans...
@@isaacg2008 ~ Any tours from the Wooden Nickel era with John Curulewski on guitar and vocals, pre-Tommy Roland Shaw. Thanks! PS: l liked, subscribed and hit the notification bell as well. If you’re an American, Happy Holiday Weekend! 🎆
Dennis has clearly stated that this was recorded right after Tommy joined. That’s him singing harmonies and playing guitar. No lead vocals were added by TS yet.
@@billhayes7014 I did some research EQUINOX was released December 1, 1975 . John Curelewski (RIP) quit days before the tour began so he never played these songs live with the band. Styx and the management had to quickly find a replacement. Tommy Shaw left M.S FUNK and joined Styx in December 1975. Also Tommy Shaw was replaced in M.S FUNK by Fergie Fredericksen (RIP) who later replaced Bobby Kimball in TOTO after Kimball was fired in 1983 thus Fergie Fredericksen was the lead singer on TOTOS 1984 album 👉 ISOLATION. Small world indeed.
@@waltersimmons946Thanks for the reply and additional information. I was a disc jockey in Los Angeles during most of the 1970's, mostly as album oriented rock (AOR) stations and we played a lot of Styx music from the RCA/Wooden Nickel releases. I still listen to The Serpent is Rising frequently. I was a music director when A&M released Equinox and we played the heck out of it. A&M gave me tickets to see Styx at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. They had just released Crystal Ball and were the opening act for Journey (pre Steve Perry) who were promoting their album Next. The jock I went to the concert with was a huge Styx fan and logged their entire set and then played the entire set the next day on his show. As luck would have it, the A&R folks at A&M records were listening to our broadcast, called the station and the next day we were interviewing Tommy Shaw in the studios. That kicked off a great relationship between me, A&M and the band that actually kind of continues to this day. I was invited to the premier of The Grand Illusion at the Magic Castle in Hollywood which took place on 7/7/77. Pretty much saw them every time they were in town including parties afterwards. Tommy Shaw actually tried to pawn a groupie off on me so he could get away but he was much cuter than me so she was having none of that. I reconnected with Dennis awhile back when he was at the PBS station where I was working, pledging the Sound Stage concert he did in Chicago quite a few years ago. I ended up interviewing him for the pledge show and we spent a lot of time off camera talking about the collapse of Styx, his brief return in the 1990's and his permanent departure. An awful lot of bad feelings between all of the band members which is really a shame since their chemistry relied on the entire unit. I saw them in an early HD video from Itchycoo Park in Tennessee sans Dennis and they weren't very good trying to play the hits which were originally written and sung by Dennis. They have gotten better at performing without him but the records they have released post Brave New World, haven't really appealed to me.
I posted 2 more shows since this one. Good news and bad news is that I may have found a 40 minute COLOR VIDEO of them at the Fresno selland arena 1978 but the bad news is that it’s getting hard to find I’ve been going at it for 2 days already