Kansas (Official Thread)

[2LITTLETIME]

^I came across your fav Leftoverture on a blog about 1yr ago and found the rest on another excellent blog.I also got a selection of Magnum and styx from there that im impressed with.

 

[LG]

^^Congratulations on your score.

I like Styx a lot as well, everything from their first album up to and including Pieces of Eight is really good. After that I thought they lost something. Paradise Theater and Cornerstone were average and Kilroy Was Here never did anything for me.

 

[2LITTLETIME]

^Ive noticed a cut off point on a lot of bands discographies^
Thats why i only usually get the highly rated albums.Ive pieces of eight and the grand illusion by styx

 

[Johnnycanuck]

Although this isn't Kansas, it is Kerry Livegren with his band AD. He had Ronnie James Dio sing two songs on the album - Seeds Of Change. I can only find one of them on You Tube with Dio

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Interesting live "Kansas" version of Mask Of The Great Deceiver from 1980.



I still prefer the Dio version and didn't know Kansas did any of the Livgren solo stuff in concert. I wonder if there's any of Steve's solo work done by Kansas.

 

[LG]

^^I prefer Dio's as well, Seeds of Change is the best solo album anyone in Kansas ever released.

Played my old vinyl copy of "Two For The Show" last night, been over 20 years since I listened to it. I did a cleaning cycle on my VPI and the album is almost perfect, no noise or clicks and pops.

I was totally blown away again by how good Kansas really was, this has to be one of the best live albums ever done at least it's in my top 10 of all time easily.



It won't another 20 years till I play this one again that's for sure.

 

[2LITTLETIME]

Two for the Show by Kansas : Reviews and Ratings - Rate Your Music
LG it gets amazing reviews-Just out of interest how many times do you think you have played this and how do you know its been 20 yrs since you last played it.I ask this because i actually keep notes on the dates that i play stuff.

 

[LG]

^^Well I made the switch to digital in late 80's, and didn't play any vinyl really until the last 2 years. Two For The Show is one of the few albums that I didn't lose in the fire 10 years ago.

So I did the math and it comes out to about 20 years since I played it 2LT and altogether probably listened to it 10 times total that's a result of having a big collection you sometimes don't play some recordings for years.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Didn't they drop a song for the first CD version of 2FTS?

 

[LG]

^^I'm not sure Ar-Pharazon, but it wouldn't surprise me so many idiots at the labels cut songs off old double albums so they could issue one CD instead of 2. Iron Maiden's first and best double live album had 2 tracks missing on the CD. Inexcusable, a CD/Jewel case cost pennies and all digitally reissued albums should have all the songs period.