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1/6/1976 Frampton Comes Alive! released

 

Peter Frampton's decision to leave Humble Pie surprised a lot of fans and was second guessed by many after his solo career got off to a sluggish start. All that changed with the release of this album on this day in 1976. It was slow out of the gate, too, managing to squeak into Billboard's top 200 album chart at #191. By late March, sales had exploded, propelling the double live release to #1, where it remained for more than two months on its way to becoming the top selling album of the year and one of the biggest live albums in history. It would end up spending a combined 97 weeks on the albums chart and was still in the top 15 at the end of 1977.

 

Most of the tracks were recorded at concerts at Bill Graham's Winterland in San Francisco and the Long Island Arena in Commack, New York during the summer of '75. Baby, I Love Your Way was recorded at a concert the State University of New York campus in Plattsburgh on November 22, that cost $2 for students and $4 for the public to attend.

 

Through it all, Peter has remained one of the nicest guys in Rock, and one with great respect for fans and fellow musicians.