Quite bizarrely, mainly through having always lived 'on the wrong side of the Atlantic', it's only over the last few years that I've finally got round to having a proper look at some of the Don Kirshner Rock concerts, such as UFO above, through Youtube.
Think that the Don Kirshner concerts cover the years 1973-1981, for me, some of the greatest years in contemporary music, as this was when the different Rock bands around were both incredibly creative and unique (noticeably and positively different from each other), including the 1975 Black Sabbath below:
Love the way that Ozzy and Sabbath send an American audience almost completely delirious above.
Like with UFO and Black Sabbath above, while watching Bad Company below, it's fascinating to see how some of the great 1970s British rock bands were wooing American audiences in this truly golden age of music:
Having said this, my favourite clip from the Don Kirshner concert archives has got to be that of one of my favourite American bands Kansas doing 'The Pinnacle' (one of their most underrated tunes):
A massive thanks to the good people who have put such sublime archival material on Youtube, including the footage of Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush below:
Just wish that this era of music was still fully alive: I only caught it from about 1977 onwards as a young teenage schoolboy back then, but it was magical, full of meaningful enchantment.
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