Innocent Victim , released in November 1977, “had a slight edge on Firefly ” according to Box, but still in retrospect this “blend of sharp, short rockers and pop-friendly ballads” looked like “an attempt to court the American AOR market”. The single “Free Me” (whose “acoustic style and accent on…
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A second live album, Alive II , was released on October 14, 1977.
Doug Messenger, Van Morrison’s band leader guitarist, knowing that Ted Templeman was looking for a “guitar hero” act, had seen Van Halen at the Starwood in Hollywood and placed a number of calls to Warner Records for Ted to check them out. “I don’t know if it was 4 calls…
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The group reconvened in September 1977, but Townshend announced there would be no live performances for the immediate future, a decision that Daltrey endorsed.
Two years later, they played their first concert there, as a support act for Canadian group Moxy in Austin, Texas, on 27 July 1977.
The band’s second single, “You’re a Lady Now”, was released in July 1977, which was followed a month later by their self-titled debut album, The Angels – also produced and recorded by Vanda & Young at Albert Studios, Sydney. It included a re-recorded version of “Am I Ever Gonna See…
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From July he joined Feather for a few weeks, on co-lead vocals with Swan – they were a Sydney-based hard rock group, which had evolved from Blackfeather .
In a July 1977 Rolling Stone cover story, the sisters cited this advertisement as a key reason for their decision to leave Mushroom Records.
Love Gun (June 30, 1977).
On 3 June, a concert at Tampa Stadium was cut short because of a severe thunderstorm, despite tickets indicating “Rain or Shine”. A riot broke out, resulting in arrests and injuries.