99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1991!

That year PLR welcomed the Steve Miller Band to Bristol’s Lake Compounce. Steve Miller hit the road in 1991 and made a return visit to ‘The Lake.’ In fact, it was the third straight summer he played at Lake Compounce. In 1991 he brought special guest and fellow guitarist Eric Johnson.

Today we look back when the Steve Miller Band rocked Bristol…

Steve Miller Band

Special Guest: Eric Johnson

Saturday July 27, 1991

Lake Compounce Amusement Park in Bristol, Connecticut

Band Lineup: Steve Miller, Gordy Knodston, Ben Sidran, Norton Buffalo, Billy Peterson, Bob Mallach, Paul Peterson, Ricky Peterson

Setlist*

1. Swingtown
2. True Fine Love
3. Abracadabra
4. The Stake
5. The Joker
6. Wild Mountain Honey
7. Born To Be Blue (Mel Torme cover)
8. Winter Time
9. Fly Like An Eagle
10. Mercury Blues (K.C. Douglas cover)
11. Living In The U.S.A.
12. Jungle Love
13. Jet Airliner (Paul Pena cover)
14. Take The Money and Run
15. Rock’n Me
16. Serenade (encore)

*source: setlist.fm

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99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1977!

That year PLR presented Emerson, Lake & Palmer at New Haven Coliseum. ELP was on its “Works Tour” to support their “Works Volume 1″ and Works Volume 2” studio albums that both came out separately in 1977. Among the hit songs that came out of these two albums include Fanfare for the Common Man, C’est la Vie and Maple Leaf Rag.

Today we look back at ELP’s show in New Haven….

An Evening with Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Tour: Works

Wednesday November 30, 1977

New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Ticket Prices: $8.50, $7.50 and $6.50

Band Lineup: Keith Emerson (keyboards), Greg Lake (vocals, guitars, bass), Carl Palmer (drums)

Setlist*

1. Introductory Fanfare
2. Peter Gunn (Henry Mancini cover)
3. Hoedown (Aaron Copland cover)
4. Tarkus
5. Take a Pebble
6. Piano Concerto No. 1, First Movement
7. Maple Leaf Rag (Scott Joplin cover)
8. Take a Pebble (fugue)
9. C’est la vie
10. Lucky Man
11. Pictures of an Exhibition (Modest Mussorgsky cover) – End of Set 1
12. Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Part 2 – Beginning of Set 2
13. Tiger in a Spotlight
14. Watching Over You
15. Tank
16. Drum Solo
17. The Enemy God (Dances With the Black Spirits)
18. Nutrock (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky cover)
19. Pirates
20. Fanfare For The Common Man (Aaron Copland cover)
21. Blue Rondo a la Turk (The Dave Brubek Quartet)
22. Show Me The Way to Go Home (Ella Shields cover) – Encore

*source: setlist.fm

Backstage pass courtesy of Bob Olsen

Ticket sub courtesy of Bob Olsen

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99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1977!

That year PLR presented Queen at New Haven Coliseum. Queen was on its “News of the World Tour” to support their sixth studio album, “News of the World.” Among the hit songs off this highly successful album include We Are the Champions / We Will Rock You, Spread Your Wings and It’s Late.

Today we look back at Queen’s 1977 show in New Haven….

Queen

Tour: News of the World Tour

Wednesday November 16, 1977

New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Ticket Price: $7.50

Band Lineup: Freddie Mercury (lead vocals), Brian May (guitar), Roger Taylor (drums), John Deacon (bass)

Setlist*

1. Now I’m Here
2. Brighton Rock
3. Somebody To Love
4. It’s Late
5. Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…)
6. Killer Queen
7. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
8. I’m in Love With My Car
9. Get Down, Make Love
10. The Millionaire Waltz
11. You’re My Best Friend
12. Ogre Battle
13. Spread Your Wings
14. Liar
15. Love of My Life
16. ’39
17. My Melancholy Blues
18. White Man
19. The Prophet’s Song
20. Guitar Solo
21. The Prophet’s Song (reprise)
22. Keep Yourself Alive
23. Stone Cold Crazy
24. Bohemian Rhapsody
25. Tie Your Mother Down
26. We Will Rock You – Encore
27. We Are The Champions – Encore
28. Sheer Heart Attack – Encore
29. Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley cover) – Encore
30. God Save The Queen (traditional cover) – Encore

*source: setlist.fm

Queen’s News Of The World Special

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99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1977!

That year PLR presented Kansas at The Palace Theater in Waterbury. In 1977 Kansas hit the road to support their fifth studio album, the critically acclaimed “Point of Know Return,” which featured the hit song Dust in the Wind. This album would be Kansas’ highest charting album in the United States, peaking at #4.

Today we look back at Kansas at Waterbury’s Palace Theater…

Kansas

Wednesday March 16, 1977

The Palace Theater in Waterbury, Connecticut

Band Lineup: Steve Walsh, Kerry Livgren, Robby Steinhardt, Rich Williams, Dave Hope, Phil Ehart

Setlist*

1. Carry On Waywood Son
2. Icarus – Borne on Wings of Steel
3. Down The Road
4. Mysteries and Mayhem
5. Lamplight Symphony
6. The Wall
7. Lonely Wind
8. Miracles Out of Nowhere
9. Guitar Solo
10. Child of Innocence
11. Drum Solo
12. Magnum Opus
13. Belexes (encore #1)
14. Song for America (encore #2)
15. Violin Solo (encore #2)
16. Cheyenne Anthem (encore #2)

*source: setlist.fm

Check out these clips of Kansas performing live in 1977

99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1977!

That year PLR presented Jethro Tull at New Haven Coliseum. In 1977 Jethro Tull hit the road to support its tenth studio album, “Songs From The Wood,” which featured the singles The Whistler, Songs From The Wood and Ring Out, Solstice Bells. 

Today we look back at Jethro Tull’s show in New Haven…

Jethro Tull

Tour: Songs From The Wood

Thursday March 31, 1977

New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Ticket Price: $7.50

Band Lineup: Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, John Glascock, John Evans, Dee Palmer, Barriemore Barlow

Setlist*

1. Wond’ring Aloud
2. Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day
3. Jack-in-the-Green
4. Thick as a Brick
5. Songs From The Wood
6. Conundrum
7. To Cry You a Song
8. A New Day Yesterday
9. Velvet Green
10. Hunting Girl
11. Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll, Too Young to Die
12. Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 (Ode to Joy) (Ludwig van Beethoven cover)
13. Minstrel in the Gallery
14. Cross-Eyed Mary
15. Aqualung
16. Guitar Solo (encore)
17. Wind-Up (encore)
18. Back-Door Angels (encore)
19. Wind-Up (reprise / encore)
20. Locomotive Breath (encore)
21. Pomp and Circumstance (Land of Hope and Glory) (Edward Elgar cover)
22. Back-Door Angels (reprise / encore)

*source: setlist.fm

Ticket stub courtesy of Al F.

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