Europe '72 (Live)

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Europe '72 (Live)
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Live album by If
Released 1997
Recorded 1972
Genre Jazz rock
Progressive rock
Length57:42
Label Repertoire Records
If chronology
Forgotten Roads: The Best of If
(1995) Forgotten Roads: The Best of If1995
Europe '72 (Live)
(1997)
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Europe '72 (Live), released in 1997, is a compilation album of live performances by British jazz-rock group If. It features material from their first four LPs that was recorded live on tour and before studio audiences. The extensive liner notes, giving an exhaustive background on the band, were written by UK music critic Chris Welch.

Album collection of recorded music, words, sounds

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a collection on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium. Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78-rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP records played at ​33 13 rpm. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The audio cassette was a format used alongside vinyl from the 1970s into the first decade of the 2000s.

If (band) band

If were a British progressive rock and jazz rock band formed in 1969. In the period spanning 1970–75, they released eight studio-recorded albums and undertook 17 tours of Europe, the US and Canada.

Chris Welch is an English music journalist, critic, and author who is best known for his work from the late 1960s as a reporter for Melody Maker, Musicians Only, and Kerrang!. He is the author of over 40 music books.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Waterfall" – 4:40
  2. "The Light Still Shines" – 5:00
  3. "Sector 17" – 8:06
  4. "Throw Myself to the Wind" – 4:01
  5. "I Couldn't Write and Tell You" – 9:45
  6. "Your City Is Falling" – 5:47
  7. "What Did I Say About the Box, Jack?" – 20:20

Personnel

Dennis Elliott British artist

Dennis Leslie Elliott is a British musician and artist who was the original drummer for the rock band, Foreigner. He played with the band from 1976 until leaving between 1991 and 1993. He went on to become a sculptor.

Drum kit collection of drums and other percussion instruments

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John Mealing is a keyboards player, composer and arranger.

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References

  1. "allmusic ((( Europe 1972 > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-10-28.