Ocmix

FEBRUARY 27, 1975
Blue Öyster Cult releases their first live album,
On Your Feet or on Your Knees. The 12 songs include
performances at the Academy of Music
in New York City, the Paramount Theatre in
Portland, the Paramount Theatre in Seattle,
the Show Palace in Phoenix, the Long Beach
Arena, the P.N.E. Coliseum in Vancouver and
the Capitol Theatre in New Jersey.
MARCH 11, 1975
Alice Cooper releases his
debut solo album, Welcome
to My Nightmare,
which was recorded at
Record Plant East, Electric Lady and A&R
Studios in New York, as well as Soundstage
in Toronto. It was produced and mixed by
Bob Ezrin, with engineers Phil Ramone,
Jim Frank, Rod O’Brien, David Palmer, Ed
Sprigg and Corky Stasiak.
MARCH 19, 1975
Kiss releases Dressed to
Kill, which was recorded at
Electric Lady Studios. The
album was produced by
Casablanca Records president Neil Bogart
and engineered by Dave Wittman, with
George Lopez assisting.
APRIL 8, 1975
Aerosmith releases Toys in
the Attic, recorded at Record
Plant Studios in New
York. The album was produced
by Jack Douglas and engineered by
Jay Messina, with assistant engineers Rod
O’Brien, Corky Stasiak and Dave Thoener.
Doug Sax and Vic Anesini handled mastering
for the album. The songs were recorded
with a Spectrasonics mixing board and a
16-track tape recorder.
APRIL 14, 1975
Bette Midler’s Clams on the
Half Shell Revue debuts at the
Minskoff Theatre on Broadway.
APRIL 18, 1975
John Lennon plays what
would become his final live show, a threesong
set, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
MAY 1, 1975
The Rolling Stones announce
their 1975 Tour of the Americas
by performing “Brown
Sugar” on the back of a moving
flatbed truck on Fifth
Avenue. At that time, they also announced that
former Faces member Ron Wood would be replacing
Mick Taylor on guitar.
JUNE 1975
The Talking Heads play
their first gig as the
“Talking Heads” at CBGB,
opening for The Ramones.
They would soon become a
regular fixture at the club.
JUNE 3, 1975
Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville
opened on Broadway June 3,
1975, at the 46th Street Theatre,
and ran for a total of
936 performances, closing
on August 27, 1977. It was
nominated for 11 Tony Awards in 1976.
JULY 1975
Lou Reed releases the album Metal Machine
Music. The album features no songs or structured
music and is full of feedback and guitar
effects; it was generally panned by critics. However,
today the album is regarded as a forerunner
of noise rock/industrial music.
JULY 25, 1975
A Chorus Line opens on Broadway at the
Shubert Theatre, where it ran for 6,137 performances
until April 28, 1990. It was the
longest-running production in Broadway
history until it was surpassed by Cats in 1997.
AUGUST 25, 1975
Bruce Springsteen releases
Born to Run, recorded at
Record Plant Studios and
914 Studios in New York.
The album was produced by Springsteen, Jon
Landau and Mike Appel, and was engineered
by Andy Abrams, Angie Arcuri, Ricky Delena,
Jimmy Iovine, Louis Lahav, Thom Panunzio,
Corky Stasiak and David Thoener. The album
was mastered by Greg Calbi.