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On the Front Cover:
The Elton
John album in question was 'Blue Moves'.

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#1 on WPGC Today in 1976
As America celebrated its Bicentennial, a double live album by a British artist dominated the LP charts with, 'Frampton Comes Alive' spending 10 weeks at #1. Debuting at position #191, the album would eventually spend 97 weeks in the Billboard 200, 55 of those in the Top 40. Selling over 6 million copies in the US alone (11 million worldwide), it easily was the biggest album of the year. So strong were its sales it was even the 14th largest seller the following year, in the process becoming the largest selling double live LP ever at the time (and still the 4th). Read more on Peter Frampton.
Tracks were culled from a total of four shows, with the bulk of the album recorded in San Francisco at the Winterland Theater and some done at the Long Island Arena and at SUNY Plattsburgh. Originally intended as a single disc, Jerry Moss of A&M commissioned the other shows be recorded to stretch it to two. At a retail price of $7.98, it was just a dollar more than a single LP and less than that of most double discs. To most listeners just becoming familiar with Frampton, the songs on the album, all taken from his early solo LPs after leaving Humble Pie were essentially new. Even before 'Show Me The Way' and 'Baby, I Love Your Way' had run their course, WPGC began playing a Jim Collins' edit of 'Do You Feel Like We Do' which ran just over 7 minutes as opposed to the 14 minute closing track on the album.
Debuting on the WPGC Musicradio survey on August 21st as an Extra, it hit #1 on 10/23/76. The WPGC edit preceded A&M's nearly identical one released as the third 45 off the LP. The song originally appeared on the 'Frampton's Camel' album in 1973. The version used on the live album was taken from the Plattsburgh show on 11/22/75 and featured the talk box guitar effect, allowing him to use his guitar to mimic human speech, a technique he was introduced to years earlier when doing session work on George Harrison's, 'All Things Must Pass' album. Peter later marketed such devices under his own, 'Framptone' brand. To this day, he still uses the song to close his concerts. In 2001, a deluxe anniversary edition of the album was released with four additional songs and a different track order more closely resembling the actual shows. Hear the WPGC edit by master blade man, Jim Collins.
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