Description
Offered for sale is an original Japanese white label promotional pressing of the double live album Frampton Comes Alive! by Peter Frampton, including the original obi and limited edition poster.
About this copy: This copy of Frampton Comes Alive! is a 1976 pressing on the A&M label.
The cover is VG+ with slight edge and corner wear. The obi is M-.
The lyric insert is VG++ with slight discoloration from age. The poster is M- with no rips, tears, or holes.
The white label promo discs are M-; sides 2, 3, and 4 may be unplayed. Clean discs!
A nice copy of an album that’s hard to find as a first pressing and the only promo copy we’ve ever seen.
Background: Frampton Comes Alive! was one of the biggest selling albums of the 1970s and it turned the former Humble Pie guitarist into a superstar overnight.
The album reached #6 on the UK charts and #1 in the U.S., where it sold more than 8 million copies.
Allmusic.com gave Frampton Comes Alive! a 4 1/2 star review:
At the time of its release, Frampton Comes Alive! was an anomaly, a multi-million-selling (mid-priced) double LP by an artist who had previously never burned up the charts with his long-players in any spectacular way. The biggest-selling live album of all time, it made Peter Frampton a household word and generated a monster hit single in “Show Me the Way.” And the reason why is easy to hear: the Herd/Humble Pie graduate packed one hell of a punch on-stage — where he was obviously the most comfortable — and, in fact, the live versions of “Show Me the Way,” “Do You Feel Like I Do,” “Something’s Happening,” “Shine On,” and other album rock staples are much more inspired, confident, and hard-hitting than the studio versions.
| Country of origin: | Japan |
| Size: | 12″ |
| Record Label: | A&M |
| Catalog Number: |
GXG-1003/4 |
| Year of Release: | 1976 |
| Format: | Stereo |
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