This line-up commenced the first world tour for the band, with the first date in Montreal on 10 November 1975.
In November 1975 The Best of Uriah Heep compilation was released, preceded by two solo albums: Byron’s debut Take No Prisoners and Hensley’s second, Eager to Please .
In November of that year, without Barnes, they recorded their early demos.
Black Sabbath toured in support of Sabotage with openers Kiss , but were forced to cut the tour short in November 1975, following a motorcycle accident in which Osbourne ruptured a muscle in his back.
The band’s A Night at the Opera Tour began in November 1975, and covered Europe, the US, Japan, and Australia.
The resulting album from Deep Purple Mark IV, Come Taste the Band , was released in October 1975, one month before Bolin’s Teaser album. Despite mixed reviews and middling sales (No. 19 in the UK and No. 43 in the US), the collection revitalised the band once again, bringing a…
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Judas Priest performed “Rocka Rolla” on BBC Two ‘s The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1975, as well as the “Dreamer Deceiver”–”Deceiver” pair the year before the songs appeared on Sad Wings of Destiny . Hinch left the band for reasons that are disputed and was replaced with Alan Moore,…
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The group toured from October, playing little new material and few Quadrophenia numbers, and reintroducing several from Tommy .
Sales were assisted by the band opening a Rod Stewart concert at the Montreal Forum in Montreal in October, a gig they were offered a day before the concert when the previously scheduled opening act canceled.
Kiss wanted to express the excitement felt at its concerts (which its studio albums had so far failed to do) with its first live album. Compiled from concerts recorded between May and July in Wildwood, New Jersey , Detroit and Cleveland , and released on September 10, 1975, Alive! achieved…
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