Popgala '73, Sporthal de Vliegermolen, Voorburg, Netherlands, 3-9-1973, Part 3: The Eagles

The next act from the Popgala '73 rock festival is the Eagles. This is a particularly special one. At the time, the Eagles were an up and coming band, but not the superstars they would later become. Only three of their songs were broadcast on Dutch TV at the time. But probably due to their later fame, their entire set has been bootlegged with excellent quality.

The concert took place at a pivotal time for the Eagles. Their first album, simply called "Eagles," had been released in 1972 to moderate success, thanks to the hit single "Take It Easy." But their second album "Desperado" wasn't released until a month after this concert. But they played five songs from it for the first time anywhere: "Tequila Sunrise," "Saturday Night," "Certain Kind of Fool," "Outlaw Man," and "Out of Control." 

Furthermore, the cover of "How Long" is particularly interesting. The Eagles played this song often in 1972 and 1973, but they never released it at the time. Their friend J. D. Souther wrote it, and he wanted to put it on his 1972 without having to compete with an Eagles version. But many years later, when the Eagles put out a reunion album in 2007, they finally did a version of "How Long," which became a radio hit for them. What's really interesting though is that I read that they decided to do this song after watching the YouTube video of their Popgala '73 performance of the song!

This also was a pivotal appearance for the band because I think it was the first time for them to get widespread TV exposure. Their appearance on a BBC TV show (which I've also posted here) took place later the same month.

This album is 51 minutes long.

033 talk (Eagles)
034 Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies (Eagles)
035 Take It Easy (Eagles)
036 talk (Eagles)
037 Tequila Sunrise (Eagles)
038 talk (Eagles)
039 Saturday Night (Eagles)
040 talk (Eagles)
041 Peaceful Easy Feeling (Eagles)
042 talk (Eagles)
043 How Long (Eagles)
044 talk (Eagles)
045 Certain Kind of Fool (Eagles)
046 talk (Eagles)
047 Outlaw Man (Eagles)
048 Out of Control (Eagles)
049 talk (Eagles)
050 Witchy Woman (Eagles)
051 Tryin' (Eagles)
052 talk (Eagles)
053 Earlybird (Eagles)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15645281/Popgla73_03_TEagls.zip.html

The cover photo comes from this exact concert.