Frampton's New Album & Live Album Reissue

0:00It's April 10th. Music news today starts now. AI powered and always on beat. Peter Frampton still remembers the exact moment his live album Frampton comes alive, hit number one on April 10th 1976. He was in New York, chilling in Westchester, when his manager called and said, sit down, then drop the news. That double live set captured his band's energy and turned him into a rock superstar overnight. The album didn't just peak, it stayed at the top for 10 weeks straight, fueled by massive airplay on tracks like Show Me The Way, Baby I Love Your. Way, and the sprawling, do you feel like we do? Sales kept rolling even after, building in same momentum that packed stadiums worldwide. Drummer Joe Vitale jumped in during 1977 and saw the frenzy up close, playing huge gigs after starting with just three shows. The magic started at San Francisco's Winterland, their biggest headliner crowd yet, 7 to 8,000 fans. Everyone agreed post-show, it was pure fire,

1:02and the tapes proved it right there in the truck. A fresh, limited vinyl addition dropped earlier this year, pulled straight from the original 1975 masters for that raw sound Frampton first heard. Now he's dropping carry the light, his first new studio album in 16 years, out May 15th. It features his son Julian on co-rides and production, plus guests like Cheryl Crowe and Tom Morello on the heavy riff-driven single lines at the, gay keeping that Frampton fire alive.