Peter Frampton - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 3-6-1974

Here's a concert by Peter Frampton. This took place about two years before he briefly became a rock superstar with the 1976 live album "Frampton Comes Alive!"

Frampton became a rock star even before he turned 18 as the lead singer and lead guitarist of the band the Herd. Then, from 1969 to 1971, he was one of the co-leaders of the popular band Humble Pie. He quit to start a solo career. For much of the 1970s, he struggled to gain fame. For instance, this concert took place the same month he released "Somethin's Happening," his third solo album. It would only reach Number 125 on the U.S. album chart. 

But his lack of popularity would later lead to the massive success of "Frampton Comes Alive!" because he was gradually putting out lots of quality songs that not many people knew about. So when that live album came out, it was like a "greatest hits"-level collection of songs that most people had never heard before. For instance, consider, "Do You Feel like We Do," performed in this concert. It came out on a 1973 album, but wasn't released as a single, so few people knew about it. But it was released as a single off "Frampton Comes Alive!" in 1976, and would hit the Top Ten in the U.S. singles chart and become one of his most famous songs.

So, for this album, one gets to hear Frampton was he was still playing small clubs. In fact, we know this venue, Ebbets Field, only held about 250 at the most. But for a few years in the mid-1970s, many shows from this location were broadcast on a local radio station. That's why we have recordings like this that sound as good as official live albums.

Actually, this is the fifth album I'm posting that was recorded at Ebbets Field. More will be coming soon. So I just started a new "Ebbets Field Concerts" label to help you find the other ones.

Normally, these Ebbets Field broadcasts sound unusually good for their era. However, there were some problems with this one. I used a version where someone else already made some fixes. I left in a note file about that. I made some more fixes. Namely, the volume sometimes surged loud or quiet on the first couple of songs. But I was able to adjust that using the Audacity program. If you listen now, I don't think you'll hear any remaining problems. 

The music is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent. 

This album is 53 minutes long.

01 It's a Plain Shame (Peter Frampton)
02 Doobie Wah (Peter Frampton)
03 talk (Peter Frampton)
04 Lines on My Face (Peter Frampton)
05 I Wanna to Go to the Sun (Peter Frampton)
06 talk (Peter Frampton)
07 Do You Feel like We Do (Peter Frampton)
08 talk (Peter Frampton)
09 Jumpin' Jack Flash (Peter Frampton)
10 talk (Peter Frampton)
11 White Sugar (Peter Frampton)
12 talk by emcee (Peter Frampton)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/rZNFyeqJ

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/jojWVtiAo33GcXN/file

The cover photo was taken in London in 1974. I don't know any more details. I used the AI features inside Photoshop to add most of his left arm (the one on the opposite side of the microphone) because that was missing in the original.