STEVE MILLER BAND : LIVE! BREAKING GROUND - AUGUST 3, 1977

  1. Living In The U.S.A.
  2. Space Cowboy
  3. Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma
  4. Come On In My Kitchen
  5. Wild Mountain Honey
  6. The Window/Winter Time
  7. The Stake
  8. Mercury Blues
  9. Serenade
  10. Take The Money And Run
  11. Jet Airliner
  12. Space Intro
  13. Fly Like An Eagle
  14. Rock'n Me
  15. The Joker
  16. Seasons
  17. So Long Blues

Label : Capitol Records

Venue : Capital Center, Landover, Maryland, USA

Recording Date : August 3, 1977

Release Date : 2021

Length : 77:33

Review (U Discover Music) : Steve Miller has released his album of an epic live show from 1977. The new full-length concert recording, Steve Miller Band Live! Breaking Ground: August 3, 1977, arrives via Sailor/Capitol/UMe in a variety of formats, including digital, CD, and 2xLP black vinyl. "The full concert video will also stream via The Coda Collection on Amazon Prime from today. Says Miller: "This show from August of 1977 at the Capital Center in Landover, Maryland, captures the band right at the peak after "The Joker", and in the middle of Fly Like an Eagle and Book of Dreams, a stream of hits.We decided to call it Breaking Ground because that's exactly what we were doing." Says Miller: "This show from August of 1977 at the Cap Center in Landover, Maryland, captures the band right at the peak after "The Joker", and in the middle of Fly Like an Eagle and Book of Dreams, a stream of hits.We decided to call it Breaking Ground because that's exactly what we were doing." Steve Miller Band Live! Breaking Ground: August 3, 1977 includes original liner notes by music journalist David Fricke who says - "Breaking Ground captures the Steve Miller Band on stage in one of their biggest years, 1977. They were at a perfect crossroads of psychedelic zeal and progressive, popcraft while staying true to Miller's first love, the blues." The recording captures Miller's legendary 1977 lineup at the beginning of the band's turn from playing ballrooms and theatres to arenas and football stadiums. Recorded at the Capital Centre in Landover, MD on multi-track tape and newly mixed and mastered by Miller and his veteran audio engineer Kent Hertz.

Review (K-She-95) : Steve Miller has unearthed a previously unreleased recording of a 1977 concert his band played in Landover, Maryland, that will be issued in multiple formats on May 14. Steve Miller Band Live! Breaking Ground: August 3, 1977, which can be pre-ordered now, will be available digitally, on CD and as a two-LP vinyl set. In addition, an accompanying concert video featuring the full performance will premiere the same day as part of The Coda Collection on Amazon Prime Video. The concert, which took place at the Capital Centre arena, featured the band near the height of its popularity, delivering a hit-packed set that included renditions of "Living in the U.S.A.," "Space Cowboy," "Wild Mountain Honey," "Take the Money and Run," "Jet Airliner," "Fly Like an Eagle," "Rock'n Me" and, of course, "The Joker." As Miller notes in a statement, "This show.captures the band right at the peak after The Joker, and in the middle of Fly Like an Eagle and Book of Dreams, a stream of hits.We decided to call it Breaking Ground because that's exactly what we were doing." A trailer for the album and video has been posted to the Steve Miller Band's official YouTube channel that features a montage of clips from the concert and some voice-over narration from Miller. "This show is like a trip in the wayback machine," Steve says. "Our goal in doing shows was always to bring joy and happiness. That's really what music does." He also describes the concert as "a jewel" that featured his band "at its best." In advance of the album, a performance of "Jet Airliner" has been released as a digital single.