Kansas - Live - 1978 -Sparks Of The Tempest (Columbia, Maryland)

Recorded at The Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland on July 8 ,1978.

Walsh was all over the stage on this song going back and forth between the congas, keyboards and singing.

At the 4:10 mark the bands playing is replaced with a tape (almost seamlessly)and one by one each member laid down his instrument and walked offstage. The crowd went nuts!

I must apologize because something happened in the uploading process that makes the nearly seamless change at around 4:10 dramatically noticeable. The track on the cd sounds quite different.

Robby Steinhardt - Lead Vocals, Violin
Steve Walsh - Lead Vocals, Keys and Congas
Kerry Livgren - Guitars
Rich Williams - Guitars
Phil Ehart - Drums
Dave Hope - Bass

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[clocktime11]

people...put on here if it aint a vid.....stop wasting my time!!!

[rickyon]

If you don't want to watch a slideshow and be able to hear thousands of shows that you otherwise wouldn't be able to hear then don't waste my time by commenting. Kiss my ass and go somewhere else!

[tkeune2003]

Grillbouy: How is the bass fishing on Lake Seneca? Not really my speed I need to hit things periodically (I guess I shoulda been a drummer). Who do you play with in the area?

First time I saw Kansas was for my 17th Birthday also in '76 at Cap Centre. Went straight from Lacrosse practice (remember that thing about hitting) and I was a fan.

[GRILLBUOY101]

@tkeune2003 im in mo cty too germantown i still play kansas now and sabbath and all classic rock and metal i like prog metal too nothing else no country or pop or rap.lol

[GRILLBUOY101]

@tkeune2003 hello im here cause i been a kansas fan since i was like 8.my big brother was the kansas guru. my first concert was at the merriweather in 76 we went there to see kansas. me, mom, brother ,aunt, uncle and 2 cousins it was so loud we almost pooped ourselves as soon as the openiong act hit a note.lol.anyway the place was a 1 foot thick cloud of pot smoke in there i think we all had contact buzzes going on it was insane im sure my brother loved it since he was a baker. im still a rock

[rickyon]

The guitar player in one of the bands I'm in now is fresh off a stint in a big church band.

[tkeune2003]

@rickyon I recall the Road Manager saying the board was a worth Quarter Million or more which is why they wanted it guarded. My first paid over nighter.

[tkeune2003]

@rickyon Dude you haven't lived until you've sight read and sight transposed (C to Bb) Christmas Music in Church. Lots of Fun.

[rickyon]

.....This is a live performance of "Sparks of the Tempest" one of several shows recorded at Merriweather Post Pavilion,Md.Those who were at the show will relate to the end of the song where the band starts to fall apart. The re-intro that occurs is actually on tape. Kansas played on,and 1 by 1 the members put down their instruments and left the stage, leaving the tape performance winding down through the house system. What an ending. (House system?) that might explain it being in the background?

[rickyon]

I think I just figured out why the volume drops off when they switch to the tape. Could it be because it was post effects or after the board feed which he used for the recording and all you get is the ambient venue volume and not the tape? Just guessing. He obviously wasn't mixing for the tape because it was already mixed. Not to beat a dead horse (something I do a lot) but here's what Jeff Glixman said of this recording..."Yet another example of the band's consistency during these years......