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ABRAMS[Frampton Comes Alive!] defined AOR during that period, which was anchored by being as commercial as possible without losing its progressive identity, and deeper tracks, which is what the A in AOR was all about. The album had a wide range of styles and was tied together with great ...
READ MORE:How Peter Frampton Finally Hit With 'Frampton Comes Alive!' The first, joyous moment came when the manager told Frampton his album had reached No. 1. “Then it seemed like the next day -- but I'm sure it was a couple of months later -- he called me again and said, you...
Frampton performed as part of “I Am the Highway: A Tribute to Chris Cornell” concert as well as receiving the Les Paul Innovation Award at the 2019 NAMM Show’s 34thannual TEC Awards. He also just celebrated the 43rdanniversary of his fifth solo album,Frampton Comes Alive!,...
Peter Frampton, 'Frampton Comes Alive' (1976) It made Frampton a star and was one of the biggest-selling albums ever, even if most people can name only three songs on it. No matter. 'Frampton Comes Alive!' is a cultural touchstone, as much a part of the '70s as Watergate and disco...
Moss worked closest with Herb Alpert, with whom he co-founded A&M Records in 1962 as an independent music company. The label was behind classic albums such as Alpert’sWhipped Cream & Other Delights, Carole King’sTapestryand Peter Frampton’sFrampton Comes Alive!, among many others. Alpert...
Playing acoustic is hardly alien toPeter Frampton—“Baby, I Love Your Way” fromFrampton Comes Alive, anybody? But it did take him awhile to wrap his head around the idea of doing a whole album that way. “People have been trying to get me to do it for years, and I just didn’t...
“I remember buying ‘Frampton Comes Alive’ when I was a kid, and the 45 of ‘I’m in You,'” McCready tells Billboard.com. “I was equating those two things while we were playing and just going, ‘Wow!’ He is just a sick guitar player. Maybe he doesn’t get as much credit...
Playing acoustic is hardly alien toPeter Frampton—“Baby, I Love Your Way” fromFrampton Comes Alive, anybody? But it did take him awhile to wrap his head around the idea of doing a whole album that way. “People have been trying to get me to do it for years, and I just...