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Enjoy this full show by old era Kansas! I've digitally enhanced both sound and image (in 16:9) to make this 30 year old gem shine again. In 1981 Kansas was the top grossing live act worldwide and this recording from the following year clearly shows the reasons for that: unsurpassed individual musical skills and impeccably tight playing as a collective. Live the band sounded even better than on their studio albums. I mean, just compare the album version of a song like Crossfire to what you hear here... This is the original line-up minus Steve Walsh, who had left a few months before and had been replaced by John Elefante. Also helping out during the Vinyl Confessions live shows was Warren Ham, formerly of Bloodrock. He would later be asked to join Toto but went on and joined Kerry Livgren and Dave Hope instead to form the band AD. Interestingly enough, after Kansas' initial demise in 1984 John Elefante was also asked to join Toto as their new lead singer, but he declined as well. The songs: 00:00 Nobody's Home / Song For America / The Pinnacle keyboard intro 01:51 Paradox 06:18 Windows 10:30 Right Away 14:23 Sparks Of The Tempest 20:28 Diamonds And Pearls 25:47 Mysteries And Mayhem 29:50 No One Together 38:03 Hold On 41:21 Dust In The Wind 46:33 Chasing Shadows 52:29 Crossfire 59:05 Face It 62:56 Miracles Out Of Nowhere 70:01 Play The Game Tonight 73:43 Carry On Wayward Son 80:47 Drum Solo 82:04 Portrait (He Knew) 87:29 Down The Road 91:56 Magnum Opus (snippet) 93:09 Curtain Of Iron (outro) The band: Kerry Livgren (guitars, keyboards, backing vocals) Robby Steinhardt (violin, vocals, backing vocals, tambourine, triangle, drums) John Elefante (vocals, keyboards, backing vocals, guitars) Rich Williams (guitars) Dave Hope (bass) Phil Ehart (drums) Guest musician: Warren Ham (backing vocals, flute, saxophone, clarinet, keyboards, harmonica, woodblock)
