[2022-12-16] Cheap Trick "Live At The Whisky 1977" limited edition 4CD set (Real Gone)

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Oct 16, 2022 9:34 pm

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHSDH3L8/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon Canada
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0BHSDH3L8/?tag=imwanca-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BHSDH3L8/?tag=imwan-21

Description
You wanna hear a band about to explode? In June 1977, Cheap Trick was in Los Angeles to record their second album, In Color. To get the band in shape for the record, they booked 5 gigs at the Whisky a Go Go the weekend of June 3. The result: a series of fire-breathing shows that you can still hear reverberating on the Sunset Strip to this day. KROQ DJ Rodney Bingenheimer introduced the band at the shows, and his memories are clear: ““The Whisky was packed for every show. A lot of girls showed up. It was like the ‘new’ Beatles had arrived.” Indeed, this concert stand takes its place alongside The Doors in 1966, Led Zeppelin in 1969, and Van Halen in 1977 as among the most notorious shows hosted by the venerable venue. As drummer Bun E. Carlos puts it, “The Whisky shows capture a hungry band. It's right before we went on tour with KISS and became much more famous than we were at this point. It was two nights where we did all our cool stuff from our first couple of records and it's chock-full of goodies.”

All of this would be mere legend, witnessed by only a couple of hundred Cheap Trick fans each night, but for the fact that the tapes were rolling courtesy of the Record Plant’s Mobile Unit One for four out of the five shows (and the fidelity and immediacy of these recordings are AMAZING). But when At Budokan hit 18 months later and propelled the band to superstar status, the tapes were shelved. Now, 45 years later, the whole world can discover what those lucky souls witnessed those nights at the Whisky: that this quartet from Rockford, Illinois was on its way to making rock history.

Our 4-CD set contains all four shows in their entirety (well over half completely unreleased), complete with often hilarious on-stage patter largely from guitarist Rick Nielsen, and includes notes from Ken Sharp featuring quotes from Nielsen, Carlos, and Robin Zander. Packaging is Live at Leeds style, and these shows rock every bit as hard as that legendary live gig. Limited to 2000 copies…if you are a Cheap Trick fan, speak now or forever hold your peace!

Tracklist
[CD1: 06/03/1977 - Early Show]
1. Rodney Bingenheimer Intro
2. Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
3. Elo Kiddies
4. Set Break 1
5. High Roller
6. Southern Girls
7. Cry, Cry
8. Big Eyes
9. Can't Hold On
10. Oh Boy
11. You're All Talk
12. Set Break 2
13. He's A Whore
14. The Ballad Of T.V. Violence (I'm Not The Only Boy)
15. Down On The Bay
16. Goodnight

[CD2: 06/03/1977 - Late Show]
1. Hello There
2. Come On, Come On
3. Set Break 1
4. Oh, Candy
5. Daddy Should Have Stayed In High School
6. Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace
7. Elo Kiddies
8. Loser
9. Taxman, Mr Thief
10. Clock Strikes Ten
11. Set Break 2
12. Big Eyes
13. He's A Whore
15. You're All Talk
16. Auf Wiedersehen

[CD3: 06/04/1977 - Early Show]
1. Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace
2. Elo Kiddies
3. Set Break 1
4. Hot Love
5. Southern Girls
6. Cry, Cry
7. Big Eyes
8. Set Break 2
9. Ain't That A Shame
10. Oh Caroline
11. Oh Boy
12. You're All Talk
13. Set Break 3
14. He's A Whore
15. The Ballad Of T.V. Violence (I'm Not The Only Boy)
16. Down On The Bay
17. Goodnight

[CD4: 06/04/1977 - Late Show]
1. Hello There
2. Come On, Come On
3. Set Break 1
4. Oh, Candy
5. Daddy Should Have Stayed In High School
6. Please, Mrs. Henry
7. Set Break 2
8. Violins
9. Taxman, Mr Thief
10. Clock Strikes Ten
11. Set Break 3
12. Big Eyes
13. He's A Whore
14. You're All Talk
15. Auf Wiedersehen
16. Encore Break
17. Goodnight

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Oct 16, 2022 9:36 pm

Only available for pre-order at Amazon Canada so far, but the USA and UK links should become active soon.

DanO · 30 Jul 2006

In for sure.

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Oct 17, 2022 10:31 am

It's now pre-orderable at all three Amaazon sites:

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHSDH3L8/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon Canada
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0BHSDH3L8/?tag=imwanca-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BHSDH3L8/?tag=imwan-21

This is limited to 2,000 copies worldwide. There's a good chance it will sell out before the release date, so be sure to lock in a pre-order.

Mark MN · 13 Aug 2012

The one being talked about is Out To Get You!: Live 1977. Available only as a Japanese import. Hopefully it'll get a domestic release.

From what I read, the band were on fire and that it totally blows away Budokan.

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Oct 17, 2022 4:42 pm

Mark MN wrote:

The one being talked about is Out To Get You!: Live 1977. Available only as a Japanese import. Hopefully it'll get a domestic release.

From what I read, the band were on fire and that it totally blows away Budokan.

That live album is a mix of tracks from the Whisky shows on Real Gone's new 4CD set. If you get the 4CD set, you won't need Out To Get You.

alantig · 20 Sep 2006

Linda wrote:

Mark MN wrote:

The one being talked about is Out To Get You!: Live 1977. Available only as a Japanese import. Hopefully it'll get a domestic release.

From what I read, the band were on fire and that it totally blows away Budokan.

That live album is a mix of tracks from the Whisky shows on Real Gone's new 4CD set. If you get the 4CD set, you won't need Out To Get You.

Mark MN · 13 Aug 2012

Linda wrote:

Mark MN wrote:

The one being talked about is Out To Get You!: Live 1977. Available only as a Japanese import. Hopefully it'll get a domestic release.

From what I read, the band were on fire and that it totally blows away Budokan.

That live album is a mix of tracks from the Whisky shows on Real Gone's new 4CD set. If you get the 4CD set, you won't need Out To Get You.

Oopsie. I didn't know that. Pre-ordered! :thumbsup:

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Oct 19, 2022 9:53 pm

The description and tracklist in the first post have been updated with more details.

alantig · 20 Sep 2006

I ordered this the day the links went live. Release date is next Friday - today I got the dreaded new estimated delivery date. January 16. Time will tell if this is a real date or if the delivery will actually happen much sooner, but I'm hoping not to fall into the situation where it's in stock at a higher price.

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

I have a bad feeling about this release. This has been sold out on Real Gone's site for a while, so I wouldn't be surprised if Amazon is short-shipped and can't fulfill all the orders they've taken. There's got to be more than 2,000 Cheap Trick fans in the world who would want this.

Mark MN · 13 Aug 2012

Me thinks Real Gone underestimated the orders and are doing more prints. That's hopefully the delay.

dcscott · 26 Oct 2007

Just got my shipping notice from Real Gone.

Mark MN · 13 Aug 2012

Mark MN wrote:

Me thinks Real Gone underestimated the orders and are doing more prints. That's hopefully the delay.

Guess not. They held back 200 copies and released them for sale yesterday. I'm thinking all the Amazon orders will go unfulfilled. Maybe not. Either way, I wasn't going to let this one get away and ordered from RG (and canceled my Amazon order).

GodsComic · 03 Aug 2006

Mark MN wrote:

Me thinks Real Gone underestimated the orders and are doing more prints. That's hopefully the delay.

Guess not. They held back 200 copies and released them for sale yesterday. I'm thinking all the Amazon orders will go unfulfilled. Maybe not. Either way, I wasn't going to let this one get away and ordered from RG (and canceled my Amazon order).

Although most of my purchases are on AmazWAN, I couldn't chance this one and ordered it the second I got email from Real Gone Music. Got my copy yesterday and it is perfection. I will play this a lot. And my buddy who works ag RGM said it is most definitely only a pressing of 2,000.

alantig · 20 Sep 2006

Thanks for the info. Ordered from Real Gone, cancelled Amazon. And it was $20 cheaper, too.

DanO · 30 Jul 2006

This is so good.

Mark MN · 13 Aug 2012

DanO wrote:

This is so good.

That's what I've been reading. Got my copy today. :yay:

alantig · 20 Sep 2006

Mark MN wrote:

DanO wrote:

This is so good.

That's what I've been reading. Got my copy today. :yay:

Got mine as well. Looking forward to checking it out.

outerorbit · **Joined:** 28 Nov 2008 **Posts:** 5

I'm happy to report my order from Amazon has shipped and will arrive tomorrow by 10 pm. :-)

NoURider · **Joined:** 21 Jul 2006 **Posts:** 3309

Really digging this set

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

I am unhappy to report that my Visa card was compromised so Amazon did not get paid and they cancelled my order. I've been without my Visa for ten days now due to the mail being slow over the holidays.. And I'll never find a copy of this set.

[2022-12-16] Cheap Trick "Live At The Whisky 1977" limited edition 4CD set (Real Gone)

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