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Bad Company is an English rock supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of two former Free band members — singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke — as well as Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. Peter Grant, who, in years prior, was a key component of fellow British rock band Led Zeppelin's rise to fame, managed the band.

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Bad Company - Live 1977 & 1979 Available From Rhino On April 29

BAD COMPANY: LIVE 1977 & 1979

Double-CD Set Is The First-Ever Official Live Album To Feature The Band's Original Line Up And Includes Two Previously Unreleased Concerts

Available From Rhino On April 29

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LOS ANGELES - Despite its reputation as one of the most exciting live bands to ever rock an arena in the Seventies, Bad Company never released a live album during its meteoric rise to the top of the charts. That will soon change when Rhino introduces the first-ever official live album to spotlight the original Bad Company line up: Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, Simon Kirke and Boz Burrell.

LIVE IN CONCERT 1977 & 1979 will be available on April 29 as a double-CD set for a suggested retail price of $19.98. The collection includes more than two-and-half hours of unreleased music taken from 24-track tapes in the band's vault. The music heard on this live collection features absolutely no enhancements or overdubs, nothing but the band as they performed live on the night of the concert. Vinyl fans take note: the concerts will also be released individually as double-LP sets later this year.

LIVE IN CONCERT 1977 & 1979 includes two previously unreleased concerts - with one additional track taken from the group's June 26, 1979 show in Washington, DC.

The first disc captures the band's show at the Summit House in Houston, Texas, which took place on May 23, 1977. It was recorded during Bad Company's tour supporting its fourth studio album Burning Sky. After opening with the title track from the album, the band went on to play selections from all its previous albums: Run with the Pack (1976), Straight Shooter (1975) and Bad Company (1974). Among the crowd-pleasing highlights are strong performances of "Shooting Star," "Ready For Love," "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" and "Feel Like Makin' Love."

The next disc fast-forwards two years to the band's March 9, 1979 show in London, which was recorded during the band's tour for its multi-platinum album, Desolation Angels. Several songs from that album were performed during the show, including "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy," "Gone, Gone, Gone" and "She Brings Me Love." The group also performed several songs from earlier albums that weren't part of the 1977 concert, like "Run With the Pack," "Rock Steady" and "Can't Get Enough."

LIVE IN CONCERT 1977 & 1979 also includes the band's stellar cover of "Hey Joe," which was recorded on March 9, 1979 at the Capitol Center in Washington, DC.

LIVE IN CONCERT 1977 & 1979 Track Listing:

Disc One: Live at The Summit, Houston, Texas (5/23/77) 1. "Burnin' Sky" 2. "Too Bad" 3. "Ready For Love" 4. "Heartbeat" 5. "Morning Sun" 6. "Man Needs Woman" 7. "Leaving You" 8. "Shooting Star" 9. "Simple Man" 10. "Movin' On" 11. "Like Water" 12. "Live For The Music" 13. Drum Solo 14. "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" 15. "Feel Like Makin' Love"

Disc Two: Live at The Empire Pool, Wembley, London (3/9/79) 1. "Bad Company" 2. "Gone, Gone, Gone' 3. "Shooting Star" 4. "Rhythm Machine" 5. "Oh, Atlanta" 6. "She Brings Me Love" 7. "Run With The Pack" 8. "Evil Wind" 9. Drum Solo 10. "Honey Child" 11. "Rock Steady" 12. "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" 13. "Hey Joe"* 14. "Feel Like Makin' Love" 15. "Can't Get Enough" * Recorded at Capitol Center, Washington, DC (6/26/79)

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Listening to Paul Rodgers’s in-between song patter on this album, the feeble sex joke with which he introduces Morning Sun, you feel that Bad Company belonged not so much to heavier, metaller times but gentler, simpler times.

Yet they could really play; ex-Mott The Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs probably deserves to be better known for the immense, dazzling fluidity of his playing. Meanwhile, Feel Like Making Love , which ends the 1977 disc, still breaks bad.

All the same, Bad Company felt like they’d have been more content in a barroom than in a stadium. By 1979, they were still in demand, despite New Wave and its new era. Rhythm Machine , however, is not a reference to synth pop but to R&B, of which the song in question is a prime slice, though it’s their grimly humungous version of the ubiquitous Hey Joe which stands out on this collection.

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Now Available: Bad Company, Live in Concert 1977 & 1979

Rock ‘n’ roll reigned supreme in the ‘70s, and of the bands that made the rounds and regularly tore the roofs off arenas, Bad Company was among the best of the best. That’s why it’s a little surprising that the band never released a live album during their original reign over the charts. Fortunately, a dig through the archives has provided us with the opportunity to remedy that situation. In fact, we’re not only remedying it, we’re delivering two Bad Company concerts in one handy collection, and they’re both from the band’s ‘70s heyday.

LIVE IN CONCERT 1977 & 1979 is a double-CD set featuring over two and a half hours of previously-unreleased live material taken from 24-track tapes in the band’s vault, and it’s absolutely a “what you hear is what you would’ve heard is you were there” situation. Yes, the set is available digitally. No, it’s not available on vinyl yet, but it’s coming...or, rather, they’re coming, as the two concerts are being released individually.

The first disc was recorded on May 23, 1977 at Houston’s Summit House. The second disc was almost entirely recorded on May 9, 1979 in London. Why the “almost entirely” caveat? Because there’s one track – a cover of “Hey Joe” – that was recorded on March 9, 1979 at the Capitol Center in Washington, DC. Call it a bonus. You’re welcome.

Here’s the full track listing for your viewing pleasure, and after you’ve viewed it, be sure to go pick up a copy and enjoy some listening pleasure as well.

Disc One: Live at The Summit, Houston, Texas (5/23/77) 1. "Burnin' Sky" 2. "Too Bad" 3. "Ready For Love" 4. "Heartbeat" 5. "Morning Sun" 6. "Man Needs Woman" 7. "Leaving You" 8. "Shooting Star" 9. "Simple Man" 10. "Movin' On" 11. "Like Water" 12. "Live For The Music" 13. Drum Solo 14. "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" 15. "Feel Like Makin' Love"

Disc Two: Live at The Empire Pool, Wembley, London (3/9/79) 1. "Bad Company" 2. "Gone, Gone, Gone" 3. "Shooting Star" 4. "Rhythm Machine" 5. "Oh, Atlanta" 6. "She Brings Me Love" 7. "Run With The Pack" 8. "Evil Wind" 9. Drum Solo 10. "Honey Child" 11. "Rock Steady" 12. "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" 13. "Hey Joe"* 14. "Feel Like Makin' Love" 15. "Can't Get Enough"

* Recorded at Capitol Center, Washington, DC (6/26/79)

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