Personnel: Peter Frampton (vocals, guitar); Bob Mayo (vocals, guitar, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, organ); Stanley Sheldon (vocals, bass); John Siomos (drums).
Engineers: Ray Thompson, Eddie Kramer, Chris Kimsey.
Recorded live at the Winterland, San Francisco, California; Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California; Island Music Center, Commack, Long Island, New York; State University Of New York at Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, New York. Includes liner notes by Cameron Crowe.
Digitally remastered by Doug Sax (The Mastering Lab).
Personnel: Peter Frampton (vocals, guitar); Bob Mayo (vocals, guitar, Fender Rhodes, piano, organ); Stanley Sheldon (vocals, bass); John Siomos (drums).
Engineers include: Ray Thompson, Eddie Kramer.
Includes liner notes by Cameron Crowe.
This includes a newly remixed and remastered version of the original LP FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE as well as previously unreleased live tracks.
Personnel: Peter Frampton (vocals, guitar); Bob Mayo (vocals, guitar, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, organ); Stanley Sheldon (bass, background vocals); John Siomos (drums).
Engineers: Ray Thompson, Chris Kimsey, Eddie Kramer.
Recorded at Winterland, San Francisco, California; Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California; Island Music Center, Commack, Long Island; State University Of New York, Plattsburgh, New York and The Record Plant Studios, Sausalito, California. Originally released on A&M. Includes liner notes by Cameron Crowe and John McDermott.
Personnel: Peter Frampton (vocals, guitar, keyboards, talk box); Bob Mayo (vocals, guitar, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, organ, keyboards, synthesizer); Stanley Sheldon (vocals, bass guitar); John Siomos (drums).
Audio Remixers: Chris Kimsey; Peter Frampton.
Liner Note Author: Cameron Crowe.
Recording information: Fedco Recording Truck, NY (03/24/1975-11/22/1975); Island Music Center, Commack, Long Island, NY (03/24/1975-11/22/1975); Island, Music Center, NY (03/24/1975-11/22/1975); Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, CA (03/24/1975-11/22/1975); State University of New York, Plattsburgh, NY (03/24/1975-11/22/1975); SU Of New York City, NY (03/24/1975-11/22/1975); Wally Heider's Mobile Recording Truck, CA (03/24/1975-11/22/1975); Winterland, San Francisco, CA (03/24/1975-11/22/1975).
Photographers: Mike Zagaris; Ian Dickson; Richard Aaron; David Redfern.
Arranger: Peter Frampton.
Decades after its 1976 release, FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE! seems like an anomaly, with its unusual genesis almost impossible to believe. Peter Frampton, guitarist for a modestly successful boogie band (Humble Pie), released several solo records that were almost entirely ignored. However, he spent years crisscrossing the nation's sports arenas, opening for everyone under the sun, until so many people had seen him in America's hockey rinks that his double-LP live record became one of the most successful rock albums of all time.
Listening to the whole record--not just the three pop-rock gems that immediately became FM radio staples ("Show Me the Way," "Baby, I Love Your Way," and the talkbox-enhanced jam "Do You Feel Like We Do")-- it's clear that its success is due to Frampton's road-tested mastery of the sweetly melodic material, which didn't rock this hard on the original studio recordings. Of course, FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE! also won over a legion of fans with its classic rock-god album cover. Any way you look at it, FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE! is a classic for a reason.
- Genre: Pop
- Format: CD