1976-11-06
The Summitt
Houston, TX
Sounboard Recording
320 Kbps
01. Hotel California
02. Lyin' Eyes
03. Wasted Time
04. Take It To The Limit
05. Desperado
06. Midnight Flyer
07. Turn To Stone
08. Already Gone
09. One Of These Nights
10. Funk #49
11. Good day in Hell
12. Rocky Mountain Way
13. Witchy Woman
14. James Dean
15. Introduction of JD Souther
16. Best Of My Love*
17. Walk Away
18. Tequila Sunrise
Special Guests:
* J.D. Souther: Guitar, Vocals
Don Henley - drums / vocals / guitar
Glenn Frey - guitar / vocals
Randy Meisner - bass / vocals
Joe Walsh - guitar / vocals
Don Felder - guitar / vocals
J.D. Souther (guitar / vocals on "Best Of My Love")
The Eagles finished recording their fifth studio LP Hotel Californiain October 1976 and it would be released in December. The band immediately started touring with a setlist that was heavily skewed toweards the older, more familiar songs.
These two discs are sourced from the video soundtrack and have excellent, very clear sound. The music is upfront and the audience cheering pushed way to the back so there is a bit of a sterile feel to it. Mid Valley is the only silver pressing of this show.
It’s an interesting show to have. Even though they were already stars by this point with One Of These Nights nominated for album of the year and “Lyin’ Eyes” winning an award, Hotel Californiawould propel them to even more sucess. And it seems as if the band knew it would be a hit since they start off the show with the unfamiliar song. It’s an act of confidence, and it is received well by the audience.
“Lyin’ Eyes,” their biggest hit to date, follows along with three relatively mellow songs “Wasted Time,” “Take It To The Limit” and “Desperado.” Afterwards Glenn Frey says “There’s nothing more we appreciate than being able to play four or five ballads in a row early on and have you listen to them. So we’re gonna kick off our shoes now.”
The up tempo “Midnight Flyer” follows with Don Felder taking over the banjo part originally recorded by Bernie Leadon. “Turn To Stone” reaches almost ten minutes and is a perfect illustration of the late seventies Eagles aesthetic. Instead of the laid back country L.A. music pinned on them, with Felder and Walsh in the band they were more hard rock – guitar oriented, and those two play an effective duel in the song.
Later in the set they play Walsh’s solo tune “Rocky Mountain Way” (which Walsh changes to “Houston Texas Way”). J.D. Souther comes out for “The Best of My Love” and wishes Frey a happy birthday (28 years old). Frey also adds a verse to “Tequila Sunrise” about Mexico in the encore. Overall, since Eagles titles are hard to find this is worth having.
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