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Bob Seger, backed by his new band THE SILVER BULLET BAND, forcefully pried open the door to his golden age during the ‘BEAUTIFUL LOSER’ era. Two superb soundboard albums that will pour that unparalleled, intense live performance into your brain are set to be released simultaneously! This is the first of the two simultaneous releases. It is a stereo soundboard recording of the “August 18, 1975 Whisky a Go Go performance.” 1975 was not only the year he achieved a breakthrough with ‘BEAUTIFUL LOSER’, but also the year the masterpiece live album ‘LIVE BULLET’ was recorded. What is the position of this work in that trajectory? Let’s start by exploring the overall picture of his activities. 1975 – January 4th + 10th: North America #1 (2 shows) “BEAUTIFUL LOSER Tour” – March 21st – April 20th: North America #2 (19 shows) – May 10th – July 5th: North America #3 (10 shows) – August 1st – September 20th: North America #4 (13 shows) ←★HERE★ – October 30th – December 27th: North America #5 (6 shows) 1976 – January 10th – March 7th: North America #6 (10 shows) – April 10th – September 12th: North America #7 (49 shows) ←※SCHAUMBURG 1976 “NIGHT MOVES Tour” – October 2nd – December 31st: North America #8 (35 shows) Complete official-quality FM soundboard This is Bob Seger in 1975/1976, the year he was on the rise to his peak. The “Whiskey a Go Go” performance featured on this album was the fourth show of “North America #4,” approximately four months after the release of “Beautiful Loser.” This “North America #4” was the first official “LIVE” ‘BULLET’ was also produced, but this album was made about half a month earlier. It’s a stage that’s almost a direct continuation of that masterpiece. This album, which captures that show, is a best-master that was released very recently. Moreover, it’s not the kind of thing where broadcast recordings are layered on top of each other. It’s a masterpiece that was directly digitized from the original cassette that was airchecked from FM broadcast. The sound is, frankly, “completely official quality.” There are fades between songs that seem to be where commercials were cut out, but the crucial performance parts really sound like an official product. Not only is the sound quality good, but the mix is also precise, the balance of each instrument is good, and it’s done properly down to the smallest detail. If you focus on the instrument that interests you in any song or scene, you can hear even the smallest details clearly. FM broadcasts are of high quality, close to official, but even by that standard, there are few sounds that are this precise. It’s good enough that you can mix it with ‘LIVE BULLET’ and shuffle play it. Moreover, what you hear is THE SILVER BULLET BAND in its early stages. The keyboardist is ‘BEAUTIFUL With Robin Robbins joining for ‘LOSER’, the band had just solidified into a six-member lineup. The sound of them in the midst of their rise to national fame is captured in superb quality. “Another LIVE BULLET” that complements the official release, this superb soundboard recording presents a delicious set that is similar to, yet different from, the masterpiece ‘LIVE BULLET’. Let’s compare and organize it here, along with the simultaneously released ‘SCHAUMBERG 1976 PRE-FM’. Beautiful Departure (3 songs) – Travelin’ Man / Beautiful Loser (★) / Katmandu Others (5 songs) – Back in ’72: The Stealer (★＊) / Back in ’72 (★＊) – Others: Bo Diddley / Bringing It Back (★＊) / Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man *Note: “★” indicates songs not heard on the traditional ‘LIVE BULLET’. “＊” indicates songs not heard on the simultaneously released ‘SCHAUMBERG This album features songs not found on ‘1976 PRE-FM’. …and so on. Like ‘LIVE BULLET’, it centers around tracks from the recently released ‘BEAUTIFUL LOSER’, but the content is quite different. Among them, “Bringing It Back” and “The Stealer” are particularly captivating. The former is a J.J. Cale song, and the latter is surprisingly a FREE song, both of which are extremely rare and wonderfully done. They are truly treasures of a take. The highlight is the consecutive performances of the killer tracks “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man” and “Katmandu”. “Katmandu,” which was a new song at the time, was the first nationwide breakthrough since “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man,” and was heavily aired in Detroit and other places at the time. So, these new and old representative songs are played one after another. Official ‘LIVE This soundboard album captures Seeger just half a month before ‘LIVE BULLET’ was recorded, right in the middle of his rise to national fame. Placed alongside the official release, it offers an even more diverse repertoire, allowing you to enjoy his golden age—”another ‘LIVE BULLET’.” This is a stereo soundboard recording of the Hollywood performance on August 18, 1975. It’s a masterpiece, digitally digitized directly from the original cassette tape recorded from an FM broadcast, using the best master recently released. The sound is completely official-quality, so much so that you could even shuffle it and play it alongside the classic ‘LIVE BULLET’. The recordings of J.J. Cale’s “Bringing It Back” and Free’s “The Stealer,” which weren’t on ‘LIVE BULLET’, are extremely rare and superb treasure takes. This is an absolute must-have, “another ‘LIVE BULLET’.” Whisky A Go Go, Hollywood, CA, USA 18th August 1975 (44:46) 01. The Stealer 02. Back in ’72 03. Bo Diddley 04. Travelin’ Man 05. Beautiful Loser 06. Bringing It Back 07. Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man 08. Katmandu STEREO SOUNDBOARD RECORDING Bob Seger – vocal Drew Abbott – guitar Chris Campbell – bass Charlie Allen Martin – drums Robyn Robins – keyboards Alto Reed – sax, backing vocals
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