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  Amazon.com: Frampton Comes Alive!: Music: Peter Frampton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Frampton is a great guitar player and an energetic performer and those traits didn't always come across on his studio albums.
Frampton never again reached the heights he reached with this album, but it stands today as a touchstone of 70's rock music.
Frampton is a superb guitar player with a unique sound (this album made it famous); an impeccable songwriter as well as a charismatic and, ok, good looking lead singer.
www.amazon.com /Frampton-Comes-Alive-Peter/dp/B000009HF2   (876 words)

  
  Astro-Noetics.com:: Do You Feel Like a Breakthrough?: Peter Frampton and Jupiter-Uranus
Frampton is more comfortably situated in that category of musicians that the public inappropriately identifies as "overnight sensation"—those musicians who toil for years and suddenly break through the threshold of popular awareness.
Acting as a review of his four previously released solo albums, Frampton Comes Alive sold an unprecedented ten million copies in one year, was met with critical praise, and epitomized the unmistakable brand of mellow and breezily melodic mid-seventies arena rock.
Frampton Comes Alive, with the exception of two tracks, was the result of one concert recorded in San Francisco in 1975.
www.astro-noetics.com /frampton.html   (445 words)

  
  VH1.com : Peter Frampton : Biography - Urge Music Downloads
Frampton was one of several '70s rock artists (Kiss, Cheap Trick, etc.) to break through to a wide audience with a live album; much like the others, he'd recorded several previous albums and built a following through extensive touring, in the process honing an exciting concert presence.
Frampton had paid nearly a decade's worth of dues before reaching superstardom, and unfortunately for him, it proved to be short-lived -- bad luck and a failure to duplicate the phenomenon of Frampton Comes Alive!
Peter Frampton was born April 22, 1950, in the town of Beckenham in Kent.
www.vh1.com /artists/az/frampton_peter/bio.jhtml   (1270 words)

  
 Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive!
Double live set from Frampton should be the one to finally establish the British singer/guitarist as a superstar-level performer.
To begin, the set is a perfect representation of the excitement Frampton and his three backup musicians capture on stage.
It's a sensible place to start, since Frampton seems to be in his element here, and the song selection includes the cream of his first four albums.
www.superseventies.com /frampton.html   (720 words)

  
 Frampton comes alive at Grammys for first time - Boston.com
British rock guitarist Peter Frampton, whose 1976 album "Frampton Comes Alive!" was one of the biggest-selling releases of all time, won the first Grammy of his career on Sunday for an album of instrumentals featuring an all-star cast of musicians.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British rock guitarist Peter Frampton, whose 1976 album "Frampton Comes Alive!" was one of the biggest-selling releases of all time, won the first Grammy of his career on Sunday for an album of instrumentals featuring an all-star cast of musicians.
Accepting his statuette, Frampton said he was wearing a tie for the first time since he was in high school, in honor of his late father, to whom he dedicated his album.
www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2007/02/12/frampton_comes_alive_at_grammys_for_first_time   (339 words)

  
 CanEHdian.com: Peter Frampton
Prior to the release of Frampton Comes Alive, Peter Frampton had tried his hand as a member of the British pop band the Herd, then with the boogie band Humble Pie.
This Deluxe Edition of Frampton Comes Alive celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the original double LP album release.
This Deluxe Edition of Frampton Comes Alive is essentially for hardcore fans or for a casual fan who has been waiting for the definitive version of this album to be released.
www.canehdian.com /non/artists/f/frampton,_peter/fca.html   (421 words)

  
 FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE IN 5.1
Thanks to the SSL console's facility for making stereo and 5.1 mixes simultaneously, Frampton and Ainlay were able to create both stereo and 5.1 remixes of Frampton Comes Alive at the same time, an economy that pleased Universal's Levenson and eased the workload for Ainlay and Frampton.
On the original Frampton Comes Alive, audience reaction and sounds were added to the smaller venue recordings to match the feel of the Winterland recordings.
Frampton is particularly pleased with the way Ainlay used the 5.1 surround sound field to enhance an already historical musical document.
mixonline.com /mag/audio_frampton_comes_alive/index.html   (1782 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive II: DVD: Peter Frampton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Frampton's band is excellent; the keyboardist and bassist have both been with him for a long time.
I felt that Frampton's playing in Detroit was better, the camera shots were on the band most of the time, and there was an excellent personal interview of PF in the special features.
Frampton Comes Alive 2 is a superb performance from three quarters(only the drummer changed) of the band that appears in the critically acclaimed "Live In Detroit".
www.amazon.com /Peter-Frampton-Comes-Alive-II/dp/B0009WIEDO   (1154 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Frampton Comes Alive Vol.1: Music: Peter Frampton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
His extraordinary recordbreaking album "Frampton Comes Alive" more than 3 decades ago set a standard of live recording which still remains a goal for many rock performers, producers other professionals.
This album became not only a brandmark or kind of a lighthouse in Frampton's career despite all Peter's later achievements - it definitely became an eternal milestone of rock history, a mark that every live recording was and still is measured with.
It's because of irresistible spirit of Frampton's live show, his brisk performing talent and a magical feeling of audience response, feedback of the happy crowds not saying about such a must for hit album like banal music virtues: catchy melodies and fine arrangements.
www.amazon.co.uk /Frampton-Comes-Alive-Vol-1-Peter/dp/B000009HF2   (1328 words)

  
 Frampton comes alive at Grammys for first time | Entertainment | Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British rock guitarist Peter Frampton, whose 1976 album "Frampton Comes Alive!" was one of the biggest-selling releases of all time, won the first Grammy of his career on Sunday for an album of instrumentals featuring an all-star cast of musicians.
Accepting his statuette, Frampton said he was wearing a tie for the first time since he was in high school, in honor of his late father, to whom he dedicated his album.
He went solo in 1971, and enjoyed mammoth success with the double set "Frampton Comes Alive!," which is billed as the biggest live album in history, with sales of 16 million copies.
www.reuters.com /article/entertainmentNews/idUSN1131534020070212   (431 words)

  
 Frampton Comes Alive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The town of Frampton was located in Fallsbury Township, in the extreme northeast corner of Licking County.
According to the Helwig book on Licking County, there is a plaque in a bridge abutment in Frampton marking where the town was.
Down near the water a place is visibe where a mill probably used to operate--the hinge for a water wheel, probably.
www.forgottenoh.com /GhostTowns/frampton.html   (186 words)

  
 Where Frampton comes alive
So, as Peter Frampton, 53, readies the release of his first CD of new material in nine years, we visited the British-born singer/guitarist at the Indian Hill home he shares with his Cincinnati-born wife, Tina, and their daughter Mia, 7.
Framptone makes an updated version of the famous "talkbox" that Frampton uses on his classics, "Do You Feel Like We Do?" and "Show Me The Way" (as well as his game-stopping version of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame").
Framptone also makes an amp-switching box, which allows players to move between the distinctive tones of two or three different amplifiers.
www.enquirer.com /editions/2003/07/06/tem_sunlede06.html   (1388 words)

  
 Frampton Comes Alive II - Music - Entertainment - theage.com.au
From naive talent to corporate puppet to autonomous independent artist, Frampton's career trajectory is once again ominously indicative of the future of rock'n'roll.
The business Frampton entered when he moved from London to Los Angeles in 1975 was no cottage industry.
Frampton takes issue with none of this, except to stipulate that "my lawyer was doing more coke than I was.
www.theage.com.au /news/Music/Frampton-Comes-Alive-II/2005/05/12/1115843298840.html   (1324 words)

  
 Frampton 'Comes Alive' - Again
In this exclusive interview, former Gibson USA staffer Brian Vance asks Peter Frampton and John Regan (his bass player and business partner) to introduce us to their new Gibson Signature guitar, his guitar products and give us the low-down on the ups and downs of the music biz and superstardom.
To younger generations, Peter Frampton may be '70s arena-rock folklore, but his immortal talkbox drenched words "do you feel?" are firmly planted in his baby boomer fan's memories and on classic rock radio's heavy rotation play lists.
Through post-Comes Alive financial chaos, bad label deals, creative ambiguity, and the loss of his hallowed '54 Les Paul Custom in a 1980 plane crash, Peter has persevered by continuing to play great, true-to-his-roots guitar, writing the songs that he wants to write, and by maintaining a consistent touring schedule.
www.gibson.com /whatsnew/pressrelease/2001/jun6a.html   (2873 words)

  
 Frampton Comes Alive
The biggest-selling live double album of all time (such a big-seller that, in the movie "Wayne's World 2", Mike Myers' character Wayne states that "everybody in the world has 'Frampton Comes Alive'.
Both images were taken at Electric Lady studios in New York City in late 1975 during the mixing sessions for the "Frampton Comes Alive" record.
Perhaps best known for his music photography, he was honored by Modern Photography Magazine as one of the "10 Best Rock Photographers" in the world, he has more than 50 album covers to his credit including "FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE," still the biggest selling double live LP.
www.get-it-all.net /indie286-Frampton_Comes_Alive.htm   (1058 words)

  
 Frampton Comes Alive in 5.1, December 2000
Recent history shows that however saleable a new entertainment delivery format may appear to manufacturers and industry pundits, the factor that usually determines success or failure is a rush of consumer enthusiasm.
Ainlay has recently been working on a 25th anniversary 5.1 re-release of Peter Frampton's huge '70s hit Frampton Comes Alive and describes the kind of problems that crop up even after all the media assets are collected.
Most of the Frampton record's tracks were taken from shows at San Francisco's Winterland venue, but audience effects from other concerts were also added to the original album.
mixguides.com /consoles/tips_and_techniques/framton-alive-surround-1200/index.html   (3841 words)

  
 Submarino.com.br CDs: Série Gold: Frampton Comes Alive - PETER FRAMPTON
R$ Foi com "Frampton Comes Alive" que o artista se consagra como gênio musical, atraindo a atenção que desmerecidamente não conseguiu com álbuns anteriores, todos de estúdio.
Dessa gravação se originou "Frampton Comes Alive", álbum duplo que ajudou a estabelecer o cantor e guitarrista inglês como um verdadeiro superstar.
Embora Peter Frampton tivesse produzido alguns belos álbuns durante sua carreira, somente com a gravação de um show em São Francisco, que se tornaria "Frampton Comes Alive," o artista conseguiu a atenção merecida, sendo que a versão dupla em vinil bateu recordes de venda em seu lançamento.
www.submarino.com.br /cds_productdetails.asp?Query=&ProdTypeId=2&CatId=11002&PrevCatId=11001&ProdId=74007&ST=BL11002   (450 words)

  
 Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton (1976)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
When this live album was released in 1976, it shot to the top of the charts and became a staple in record collections for years.
What I love about this album is the crispness of Frampton's lead guitar style.
Anniversary release included a more specific and critical explanation of what the hell happened to Peter Frampton after this album came out.
home.earthlink.net /~logesw/framptoncomesalive.htm   (291 words)

  
 peter-frampton Mp3 Albums Review
This is a roots album for Frampton, as he pays homage to many of his heroes and gets a few of them to play on the disc.
Frampton has always been a sensitive guitarist, and you can hear that on tracks like "Float," where he orchestrates a delicate call-and-response with producer/guitarist Gordon Kennedy.
Where Frampton could have made a statement as a solo guitarist, he settled for genre exercises.
www.full-albums.net /albums_review-peter-frampton.asp   (313 words)

  
 Frampton Comes Alive (Peter Frampton) - Reviews on RateItAll   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Studio albums by Frampton were not that great but pretty much every song on this was good.
"Alive!" epitomizes the arena rock of the 1970s, put Peter Frampton on the map, and created his place in rock history, though Frampton had been around for some time (with Humble Pie for instance) and continued to release albums and singles (e.g.
Frampton is a fine guitar player, and doubtlessly a nice guy, but was inexplicably rewarded with simply monstrous, inexplicable sales for a decade of, at best, mediocrity with The Herd, Humble Pie, and on his own.
www.rateitall.com /i-2847-frampton-comes-alive-peter-frampton.aspx   (466 words)

  
 13abc.com: Frampton comes alive.... again
June 23, 2006 - CINCINNATI (AP) - The Cincinnati area's rocker-in-residence Peter Frampton has chosen the Cincinnati Pops to be the first orchestra he plays with.
The show will include Frampton's hits going back to the days when he "came alive," as well as a new song.
Frampton says it might be scary being out there with violins and cellos and all the other instruments.
abclocal.go.com /wtvg/story?section=state&id=4299117   (160 words)

  
 CLASSICS DU JOUR: ARTISTS MAIN
Come along for the ride as REO Speedwagon finds their own way home.
Fresh off his first ever Grammy win, Frampton returns to the stage with Frampton Comes Alive II.
Hot Tuna just keeps on truckin', four decades after their first albums won loyal audiences that would span the generation gap into the 21st century.
www.classicsdujour.com /artistsmain.php   (2287 words)

  
 Frampton Comes Alive! - Peter Frampton - Music Reviews
The biggest-selling live album of all time, it made Peter Frampton a household...
Frampton and the band sound significantly closer as well, even on the softer songs such as "Wind of Change," and the disc is impressive listening even a quarter century later.
Of course, one must take this all with a grain of salt as a concert document -- as was later revealed, there was considerable studio doctoring of the raw live tapes, a phenomenon that set the stage for such unofficial hybrid works as Bruce Springsteen's Live/1975-85 and countless others.]
www.mp3.com /albums/6283/reviews.html   (250 words)

  
 Peter Frampton..Frampton Comes Alive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
One day Peter Frampton, whom I had photographed many times by the early 70's, called and asked if he could take my photo portfolio of him to A&M headquarters in Los Angeles.
The senior art director was looking for a photograph for Peter's next record, a live concert album.
The album went on to become the biggest selling live double LP in history, which just goes to show you: teachers, and critics, aren't always right.
www.rockpix.com /press/framp_cvr2.html   (388 words)

  
 Frampton Comes Alive... Again (NY Rock)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Recycled and revised for the new millennium, Frampton's career has taken a turn for the better, most notably, his work in the film Almost Famous as both the behind-the-scenes consultant and actor.
Jump starting the set with "Lying," Frampton beamed with an infectious ear-to-ear grin that lasted the entire evening as he dished out hits sounding as fresh as they did on Frampton Comes Alive (1976).
With a fl Les Paul, Frampton played a beautiful intro to "Lines on My Face." The notes built into the type of melodic, stinging and soaring guitar work that defines his sound.
www.nyrock.com /reviews/2001/frampton.asp   (386 words)

  
 PETER FRAMPTON: Frampton Comes Alive (A&M)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
For those of you who may not already be familiar with this record, I'll give you a little background on the musical phenomenon called Frampton Comes Alive.
Frampton invited AandM co-founder Jerry Moss to come down to Electric Lady Studios to preview the album.
Once the tour was over, Frampton went back to Electric Lady Studios to mix the album with Chris Kimsey.
www.thenightowl.com /reviews/frampton.htm   (442 words)

  
 Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton, Music Downloads - Online
Frampton Comes Alive FROM CONNECT - Music Downloads Powered by Sony.
This Album was released by Peter Frampton on 07/28/1998
Of course, one must take this all with a grain of salt as a concert document -- as was later revealed, there was considerable studio doctoring of the raw live tapes, a phenomenon that set the stage for such unofficial hybrid works as Bruce Springsteen's Live/1975-85 and countless others.] ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
musicstore.connect.com /album/788/Peter-Frampton/Frampton-Comes-Alive/500000000000002135828.html   (177 words)

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