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Power-Pop Pioneers RASPBERRIES to release
"LIVE ON SUNSET STRIP"
July 31, 2007 on Rykodisc
Deluxe 2-CD Package with bonus live DVD
commemorates
Raspberries first live shows in 30 years!
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New York, NY (June 13, 2007) – On July 31, 2007
Rykodisc will release “Live on Sunset Strip,”
the first live album and first new release in 33
years from the influential power-pop group
Raspberries. Recorded live at the Sunset Strip’s
famed House of Blues in Los Angeles, CA. by
Grammy award winning engineer and producer Mark
Linett on October 21st, 2005, the performance
marks the triumphant return after 30 years of
the band’s original line-up of Eric Carmen,
Wally Bryson, Dave Smalley and Jim Bonfanti.
“As they're running through their hits, and
there are quite a few, everything from ‘Tonight’
to ‘Let's Pretend’ to ‘I Wanna Be With You’…Last
night was a religious experience… I've got to
tell you ‘Overnight Sensation’ was the best live
performance I've heard all year. It was
SENSATIONAL!” – Bob Lefsetz, The Lefsetz Letter,
reviewing the Sunset Strip concert.
“Live on Sunset Strip” will be available in two
different versions – the first, a deluxe digipak
containing 21 live tracks from the concert on
two CDs and a bonus five song DVD. The deluxe
set features all of the band’s classic radio
hits including “Go All The Way,” “I Wanna Be
With You,” and “Let’s Pretend,” plus Rolling
Stone Magazine’s 1974 Record of the Year,
“Overnight Sensation (Hit Record),” alongside
critically acclaimed fan favorites and covers
including a scorching version of The Who’s “I
Can’t Explain.” The second version contains 13
of the band’s best-known songs. Both packages
contain rare photos, special liner notes and
hard to find lyrics to all of the songs.
Raspberries are considered by many to be the
prime architects of the power-pop genre, and are
well known for their legendary live
performances. Formed in 1970 by Jim Bonfanti
(drums), Eric Carmen (rhythm guitar, keyboards),
Wally Bryson (lead guitar), and Dave Smalley
(bass), the band released four albums from 1972
– 1974: “Raspberries” and “Fresh” (both released
in 1972), 1973’s follow-up “Side 3,” and the
final 1974 release “Starting Over.”
“Quick: what undersung band has been cited as a
crucial influence by Springsteen, Kurt,
Courtney, KISS, Joan Jett, Mötley Crüe and at
least two Sex Pistols? It's the Raspberries,
arguably the most influential power-pop group
ever to emerge from west of the Atlantic…” –
Entertainment Weekly
Media Contacts: Amber Haeckel, Rydodisc -
212.287.6116 /
amber.haeckel@rykodisc.com
Al Kaston, 216.402.3402 /
pr@raspberriesonline.com
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