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Queen- Spread Your Wings- London 10-28-77
Queen always was one of those top-tier bands who could really sing and play their highly arranged material live, and here is ample proof of that fact in a rare live-in-studio performance of "Spread Your Wings" from Autumn 1977, broadcast on BBC Radio from London's Maida Vale Studio.

Aerosmith- Sweet Emotion/Peter Gunn- Brussels 10-31-93
When Aerosmith performed this blistering version of "Sweet Emotion/Peter Gunn" that Halloween night in Brussels over twenty-five years ago, the guys had already been performing the song from "Toys in the Attic" for almost twenty years by then, but clearly never doing it better.

Billy Joel- You May Be Right-w/Elton John 7-94
Billy Joel performs "You May Be Right" with Elton John July 1994 at The Meadowlands

Rush- Spirit of Radio- 1984
Rush "Spirit of Radio" live 1984

Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb- Knebworth 6-30-90
This song performance first appeared in the " Later Years" box set, and now the entire Pink Floyd Knebworth 1990 performance is available too.. . Here is Pink Floyd soldiering through defiantly with a particularly fiery lead guitar solo by David Gilmour on "Comfortably Numb".

King Crimson- Epitaph- San Francisco 12/14/69
Clearly King Crimson were third billed openers that night of December 14, 1969 ahead of fellow countrymen from London, The Nice, and headliners local Bay Area favorites The Chambers Brothers...

Aerosmith- Love in an Elevator- Brussels 10-31-93
Revving you up for the Aerosmith Pump thirty-fifth anniversary coming in next week. Proof positive that on Halloween night 1993, there was not a band on the planet better than Aerosmith in concert. Exhibit A is this sizzling live version of…

The Who- Pinball Wizard medley- Toronto 12-17-82
This performance of the "Tommy" medley December 1982 from the Redbeard archives is official and far superior to the bootleg that circulated for years.

Bad Company- Can’t Get Enough- Dallas/Ft Worth 7-10-13
One of the bands which defined arena rock in the Seventies ironically never released a live album until the 21st century, but this sizzling performance of "Can't Get Enough" from the In the Studio archives is better than anything anywhere, and it is totally live, no overdubs!

Lynyrd Skynyrd- Workin’ for MCA- Memphis 10-30-73
Lynyrd Skynyrd in Memphis' Ardent Studio 10-30-73 performing "Workin' for MCA"