CHEAP TRICK – Out To Get You! Live 1977 (Record Store Day 2020)

Originally only released on vinyl exclusively at the last October Record Store Day, now it’s world-wide available “Out To Get You! Live 1977“, the awesome CHEAP TRICK live recordings captured over 4 performances at the Whisky A Go Go, Hollywood, between June 3rd / 4th 1977.
With punk on the rise in the United Kingdom, rock ‘n’ roll experienced a tectonic shift the world over. Rockford, Illinois’ Cheap Trick rode that shake-up, touring relentlessly in support of their self-titled debut album. In June of that year, bursting with kinetic energy while recording follow-up In Color, the group spontaneously booked a handful of club shows at legendary The Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, knocking out audiences with an onslaught of down-‘n’-dirty rock righteousness – including favorite songs that wouldn’t appear on albums for years.
Released for the first time ever and mixed by two-time Grammy Award winner Guy Massey, “Out To Get You!” showcases a band taking determined steps toward world domination.
The sound quality is outstanding, top notch.

Cheap Trick were one of the best rock bands to emerge in the 1970s but also one of the most original, both musically (a combination of power pop and aggressive hard rock) and visually (two dreamboat rockers and two ridiculously attired misfits).
With classics songs like “Surrender,” “I Want You to Want Me,” “Dream Police,” “Southern Girls,” and “Elo Kiddies,” that unevenness often carried over to their albums,.

But onstage, they rock wild like few. Robin Zander, “the man of a thousand voices,” could coo sweetly or scream maniacally; Rick Nielsen dressed like a cartoon character but played virtuoso guitar and wrote everything from brooding ballads to angular-riffed anthems; Tom Petersson’s thundering bass meshed with the unexpected power of the mild-mannered-seeming Bun E. Carlos’ drumming.
In concert, the group’s perplexing image worked in their favor: nobody, especially America’s denim-clad mid-‘70s minions, expected such an odd bunch to rock so ferociously.

The fact that their global breakthrough came with 1979’s “Cheap Trick at Budokan,” a fluke hit live album that was initially released only in Japan, reflects not just the oddness of their career but also how difficult it was to capture their explosive onstage energy in the studio. It also made them one of America’s biggest bands.

Recorded at the famously sleazy Whisky a Go-Go in L.A., the four June 1977 concerts culled for this special Record Store Day release capture the band at the beginning of that trajectory, as they gradually transitioned from supersonic bar band to arena act (they spent the entire summer after these dates opening for Kiss).
Not ‘polished’ as “Budokan,” the 22-song “Out to Get You” captures a young and hungry Cheap Trick roaring through gloriously raucous sets that include most of their first two albums and a pair of songs from “Heaven Tonight,” as well as their trademark cover of Fats Domino’s “Ain’t That a Shame” and three excellent stray tracks from their early career that wouldn’t see release for years or even decades (“Loser,” “Oh Boy” and “Can’t Hold On”).

The band’s legendary ability to win over a crowd is palpable on this album: The audience loves them, even though more than half of the songs were completely unfamiliar.
Fans have been clamoring for these recordings to be released for years, and now are here to rock you all.
Highly Recommended

Disc 1
01 – Hello There (06/03/1977 – Late Show)
02 – Come On Come On (06/03/1977 – Late Show)
03 – Oh Candy (06/04/1977 – Late Show)
04 – Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace (06/03/1977 – Early Show)
05 – Elo Kiddies (06/03/1977 – Early Show)
06 – Hot Love (06/04/1977 – Early Show)
07 – Southern Girls (06/04/1977 – Early Show)
08 – Cry Cry (06/04/1977 – Early Show)
09 – Big Eyes (06/04/1977 – Early Show)
10 – High Roller (06/03/1977 – Early Show)
11 – He’s a Whore (06/03/1977 – Late Show)
12 – Daddy Should Have Stayed In High School (06/03/1977 – Late Show)

Disc 2
01 – Can’t Hold On (06/03/1977 – Early Show)
02 – Clock Strikes Ten (06/03/1977 – Late Show)
03 – Loser (06/03/1977 – Late Show)
04 – Taxman, Mr Thief (06/04/1977 – Late Show)
05 – Ain’t That a Shame (06/04/1977 – Early Show)
06 – Oh Caroline (06/04/1977 – Early Show)
07 – Oh Boy (06/04/1977 – Early Show)
08 – You’re All Talk (CA – 06/04/1977 – Early Show)
09 – Auf Wiedersehen (06/04/1977 – Late Show)
10 – Goodnight (06/04/1977 – Late Show)

Robin Zander – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Rick Nielsen – lead guitars, vocals
Tom Petersson – bass, vocals
Bun E. Carlos – drums

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