It was March of 1975 when Peter Frampton strolled into the Record Plant is Sausalito to record what would become a live solo album. It wasn’t originally intended as anything more than a radio show, a thank-you to KSAN and the rock fans of San Francisco, both of whom had made the Bay Area Frampton’s biggest market. After leaving Humble Pie, Frampton had a respectable career as a solo artist, but his name was far from being a household word. That would all change in a few months. For this set, Frampton drew from under-exposed material scattered across his four solo albums, songs that he and his band had honed into razor-sharp performances over years of incessant touring. They later became staples of virtually every rock station in America: “Do You Feel Like We Do.” “Baby I Love Your Way.” “(I’ll Give You) Money.” Frampton was accompanied by Bob Mayo, Andy Bown, and John Siomos, three-quarters of band that would propel Frampton Comes Alive to the top of the charts (Andy Bown was replaced by Stanley Sheldon). The performances captured at the Record Plant on that March day have an intimacy that wasn’t replicated on Comes Alive for obvious reasons, but they absolutely have that same electric energy. Peter Frampton’s golden era may not have lasted as long as one might have hoped; they never do. This long-lost session is a glorious relic of the brief shining moment just as the rollercoaster was about to take Frampton on a ride he could never have imagined. Longtime Bay Area critic Joel Selvin contributed notes to this record, and the release was remastered from the original master tapes by Suha Gur in 2004. Frampton himself has been involved in every phase of the project, and is as ebullient over the record’s release as we are.
Something’s Happening
Doobie Wah
Show Me The Way
Got My Feet Back On The Ground
You Don’t Know Like I Know
Baby, I Love Your Way
I Can’t Stand It No More
Where I Should Be
Everything I Need
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
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Do You Feel LIke I Do Intro
Do You Feel Like I Do
Jumping Jack Flash
I’m In You
THE BAND
Peter Frampton guitar vocals
Bob Mayo keyboards vocals
Stanley Sheldon bass vocals
Jamie Oldaker drums
Bob Hamlin horns
Neil Barr horns
Joe Stellute horns
J.J. Silver horns