Kansas - Live - 1976 - Magnum Opus(Pittsburgh)

Recorded live at The Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 31.1976.The opening acts were Head East and Ambrosia. The recording was called "The Mayhem Symphony". The song was from the LEFTOVERTURE album and the tour to support that album.
The song is a mixture of left over bits and pieces from Walsh and Livgren that the whole band contributed in weaving together. Originally this song was to be called Leftoverture but Dave Hope suggested that that would be a good name for the album. When Wally Gold(the bands manager) suggested Magnum Opus for the song the switch was made.
Steve Walsh - Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Xylophone and Vibraphone
Kerry Livgren - Guitars, Keyboards
Robby Steinhardt - Violin, Vocals
Dave Hope - Bass
Phil Ehart - Drums, Tympani
Rich Williams - Guitars

[@camelandu2]

I've said it before, I'll say it now, and I will probably say it a billion more times.... Kansas is one of the best bands there is, and ever will be. Phil Ehart really is one of the best drummers there is, you can really hear that on this recording! Thanks rickyon!

[@prestonburton8504]

one of my first live bands - in concert. with atlanta rhythm section as front - at 14 it was awesome.

[@briano.1503]

I agree 1,000%

[@royboy56100]

I was living in Wichita when they recorded this for Two For The Show!!What you hear on the album was exactly what they did!No other band or few of them can replicate their sound onstage,but KANSAS always did!That's why they are my favorite!!!

[@jeffmays1949]

Growing up (I'm 51 now), I loved music, played in bands, and listened to many groups. But I only ever BOUGHT albums from ONE group-the group I have held above all others musically ever since...Kansas! I have every album ever released. The whole is undoubtedly more than equal to the sum of its parts in this case. I've been mesmerized by their works, studied the sheet music, and all but worshipped them ever since I heard "Carry On" the first time back in '76. Had the honor of seeing them live for the first time at their "Pinnacle" (wink) in 1977 at St. John's Arena in Columbus, OH while on the Point of Know Return tour. IMO, Masque, Leftoverture, Point of Know Return are the best string of consecutive releases ever. I truly hope I get to meet Kerry, Steve, Robbie, or Rich someday so I can convey the impact their music has had.

[@KenLwpa]

I was at this show. The Mosque was a 3000 seat hall. It was torn down in the 90's. The show was sold out and it was broadcast live on WDVE radio that evening. WOW this brings back memories. Thanks

[@jsnxbskscnskcnskcjbzjzjbvd]

Did Walsh have the moustache from the COWS video?

[@prestonburton8504]

perfect - this is perfect. thank you

[@strattuner]

thx rickyon,these boys were genius musicians apart,put them together===KANSAS, I worked with steves dad,in 1973-78 he told me his boy had a band ,I said what is their group called,he said KANSAS I said what!!!!!!!!!!,true story,they were are genius,original lineup has no equal,feel sorry for anyone who never saw them in the beginning,only word is MEZMERIZING,

[@rickyon]

You're welcome!

[@riceburner32]

today - Umphrey's Mcgee

[@highlife0586]

Aw man.. dad gummit..another classic concert I missed because I had to work and couldn't get the time off to see Kansas. a band I was deeply into in the '70's. Thank you to whoever put this on You Tube.

[@rickyon]

You're welcome!

[@brucemoser671]

Ha i seem them sooooo many times in the late 70's so many memories

[@am2boni]

A total Classic!!! Classic Rock. . Classic Kansas!!!! The magic and mystery!!! Carry On!!!

[@Spokester42]

I was at that show in row S. Original seats were in row T but we were pulled aside because they set the sound equipment on the seats in row T. Awesome concert. I have most of the audio downloaded from when Napster was alive.

[@326vince]

I can’t listen to Kansas without original members. Kerry was heart. Writing. Talent. And each member worked together!

[@MrToddKa]

Evwerything from 6:00 to 7:50 ROCKS MY WORLD! Loved Kansas growiing up

[@btom22259]

the greatest band for ever

[@sancho8521]

...rickyon; thank you brother

[@rickyon]

You're welcome!

[@liberaldrummer]

I downloaded this show the other day, and the best way to describe how I feel about it is to quote Robby from "Down the Road." "Shit, yeah!"

[@caixadepandora4786]

PLEASE WHERE DID YOU DOWNLOAD ???? TELLL MEEE ;-;

[@pettypo1oki]

Chills, just chills with this song and these musicians with God given talent....superb!

[@sdamron67]

These are rare and Awesome pics. Kansas is the Best Band in the World.

[@ZippyThePinhead]

I never get tired of hearing this song. I've seen them many times live, but only got to hear/see this played in its entirety once, and that was when they toured on playing the 40th anniversary of Leftoverture in its entirety back in 2016. It was a 40 plus year journey of seeing them live to see this played once, but well worth it.

[@fraroc]

Even though im a die-hard rags fan and I love vids and audio from the two Ragsdale tenures of Kansas, this is definetly one of the best versions of the Opus That I've heard so far :)

[@rickyon]

That photo was taken at The University of Colorado stadium in Boulder,Colorado. In that show Kansas and Eddie Money opened for The Rolling Stones. It was July 16,1978. The photoshoot was used for the Monolith Tour Program.

[@HenryWinehard]

Perfect song, excellent pictures! Why can' t anyone make quality music like this anymore ????

[@tonybrandstetter4024]

Stunning, Ray, Bob and myself were there, what a performance....

[@havitcold]

I love these men like they were my brothers!

[@andreabaudrix124]

Amo a esta banda!!!no tengo palabras de lo que significan para mi, no hay nada que los iguale!son geniales!!!!

[@ricklohr3023]

I had this whole concert on a cassette tape that my buddy taped for me off WDVE that night. We played that tape to death and it finally just wore out. I listened to lots of other recording but that particular concert is the one that made Kansas for me. 30 years later and I'm still missing that tape. I was recently on a business doing a 3 hour solo drive and I start thinking about this show. I conjured up Seri and asked him for a live Kansas concert at the Sierra Mosque in Pittsburg and sure enough he comes up with Lonely Winds. Gave me chills up and down my spine. Searched a little longer and found the whole concert on CD. Ordered it on the spot. Can't wait for it to arrive. Thanks for the awesome preview!

[@readsnw]

Did you ever get the CD? Does it sound as good as this track. If so, where did you find it, I must have a copy. PS, if you have not seen the new Leftoverture tour, when they come around go see it. Yeah, new members but 2 1/2 hours of Kansas, the whole Leftoverture album LIVE, and the band is tight!!!

[@xhawk38]

Love that L6-S that Rich is playing. Got one just like it !!

[@mikey1829]

Thank you so VERY much for posting all these great audio tracks from Kansas.The pix are also great.These guys were/are just about the best band in the land.Saw them in NY several times...No one quite like them,for sure

[@btom22259]

god bless kerry

[@randytrader3026]

With today's music it seems like a band like Kansas would be impossible.. no band has ever come close to comparing

[@lydiapawlak8564]

Cell phones, media distractions and video games have replaced going to concerts to see live music anymore. It is a pastime now. Yesteryear from the younger gen x and z and millennials do not know anything about this music

[@rickyon]

No, just a huge fan that has taken the time and effort to learn everything I can about my favorite band!

[@jgcaesar4]

Thank you so much for these uploads. This takes me to the best part of my high school years. Now I know again why I loved the band so much. I stopped listening after Monolith, but I'm back. What a live band!

[@highlife0586]

i have seen many concerts in Pittsburgh (I was born there) but never Kansas. Wow.

[@greggford28]

Man I miss the Syria Mosque, saw many at show there in late 70's and early 80's it is a shame it is parking lot now.

[@christopherwilliams2092]

Awesome

[@EmptyMindlessSpectre]

rush stole arpeggios from the spine of this endless waterfall

[@CarefulObserver1]

Or, you could say Rush was the KANSAS of Canada. Two great, great bands indeed!

[@philippkabus6296]

Fantastic!

[@mikey1829]

@rickyon Im back a year further than you but this music is the stuff to keep us young brother

[@Tshaf37redux]

2 groups I never saw and would love to see Kansas and Triumph. Sucks too, because I live in Pittsburgh abd was 9 when this show happened. My first album was Leftoverture.

[@limerickwindow2211]

Kansas has been to Pittsburgh several times over the years. I probably saw him five or six times in Pittsburgh. Never saw a triumph but I did see Rick Emmett down at the old Rex theater on the south side. Great show!

[@COLEDOGGY]

good stuff, Maynard

[@anthonyfesta1224]

I was at this concert Civic Arena PGH PA. 76

[@rickyon]

I'm not aware of any others so I would say yes! Cutting edge!

[@stephenolaughlin6595]

This is live? Just kidding I know it’s live but man these guys can throw down like it’s some mega produced overdubbed masterpiece. Instead of just master musicians producing live mind blowing music.

[@akamrblast]

this is killer

[@jeffking887]

Very interesting looking at the photo montage Early pictures of Kerry shirtless or in tank top makes me think of Duane Allman

[@77advisor]

Kansas has to be one of the most talented epic bands of all time. I began listening to them in 1975 right after I saw them open for Black Sabbath...yeah thats right. They simply blew me away. Now I was a hard core Sabbath fan but, after Kansas played, I personally wasn't into the Sabbath part. Leftoverature, IMO, is their pinnacle of songwriting and musicianship!

[@nailers99]

@KyCavalier I can remember seeing Night Ranger on the Midnight Madness tour, with 38 Special back in '83. On their concert shirts was a SCHLITZ logo of all things.

[@cpamacjd]

Release the Beavers!!

[@fraroc]

Only once. It was during the 2012 Kings X tour in NYC Sadly no one recorded it on their phone so it's not on KZbin. I

[@IronCavalier]

Steve's high tube socks and shorts....That's 70s. Cool! You'd think he liked Addias...

[@evadwall1057]

thanks!

[@SR1993]

that great studio shot at 4:40 must have been taken the same day as the shots that appear in the original leftoverture cuz they're all wearing the same shirts as those album pics. this version just sizzles and sparkles, don't it?

[@Iroc2315]

In 1988 Kanasa performed Live on the USS John F Kennedy while at sea for six months!

[@xhawk38]

AWESOME SHIT!!!!

[@rickyon]

Unfortunately I go back too far! I'm 53 so those Post cereal commercials are burned into my brain!

[@ccwardjr]

I was there

[@rickyon]

Amen!

[@rickyon]

Correction. It turns out he didn't ink a deal with Adidas but was so enamored of their clothing that they sent him a huge amount for free and he wore it live a lot.

[@rickyon]

He signed an endorsement deal with them! They supplied all his stage clothes and I imagine he got some cash somewhere in there too!

[@TwinFun0327]

Does anyone have all the Corbis pictures of them performing at Folsom Field and Cleveland Stadium? They are at 0:16, 1:38, 1:50, 2:13, and 4:31. Getty images appears to no longer provide them and archives of the photos don't appear to exist.

[@benmen8699]

YOU CAN HEAR THE KING CRIMSON INFLUENCE HERE

[@rickyon]

You're welcome.

[@btom22259]

i feel sad for this people who only know dust und carry from kansas because there is more better music from this great band

[@headeastrocks]

This show was broadcast on the radio? Would love to know if anyone happend to tape Head East's set from that night. I have an audience recording of them peforming in 76 & you can tell they were really cookin, but would love to hear a show with soundboard/broadcast quality.

[@forclosedify]

I was there too, did you go to the concert at ST Vincets in latrobe??

[@camelandu2]

Yes, I agree with that! Indeed, an appropriate verb... Sometimes the fiddling works out for the better, sometimes it doesn't. Most times it does, of course! Yes, variety is very good, but I often prefer the original versions, with the original line-ups, but in the long run, that would get extremely boring. Have you heard anything of Camel? Andy Ward is a sublime drummer, his sound kind of reminds me of Barreimore's...

[@IronCavalier]

Good guess...I suppose. Pretty obvious from the pics that something was going on....Rock singer with a "sponsor"/logo, in the 70s. Was that a little cutting edge you think?

[@markjones4403]

Is anyone ever going to upload this whole concert or is there there some copyright deal involved?

[@EmptyMindlessSpectre]

most beautiful chord progression/ tangent sound schame as dust as sharing it's only blinking some soothsayer goes blink blink blink hell yeah. this IS the definition . of it. this is it, and there is only one of it in the universe. so stop killing thine selves over this thing.

[@344chop]

Just call in sick I did in KC 1991

[@psypartyholland]

wrong photo,s in 1976 there was no kurzweil k2000!!!

[@rickyon]

Duh!

[@jgcaesar4]

Rickyon, Is Mayhem Symphony available on CD?

[@IronCavalier]

Oh, and no I never got to see them.

[@rickyon]

You're welcome Mikey! Is it true that you'll eat anything?

[@evadwall1057]

Rickyon, any idea where the photo at 4:27 was taken at?

[@EmptyMindlessSpectre]

most flashbacks will happen in 2012 , as per prophecy

[@mikey1829]

@rickyon Ha

[@camelandu2]

Well... The music is fantastic, but IMO Phil is a superior drummer to Bryan. I think Bryan uses the tom-toms too much. He is more of a "heavy" drummer than Phil... It's nice and sturdy, but it doesn't add anything in, which Phil's drumming does. A good comparasment is Doane Perry in Jethro Tull compared with Barriemore Barlow... Or Paul Burgess in Camel compared to Andy Ward. As a (not very good) drummer myself, I personally prefer Phil's style and sound.

[@floydallen1453]

The comment shows that this performance was at "The Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh,", really? Given how islam is operated THESE days, I would have NEVER guessed that muslims would EVER have had a rock and roll show performed in one of their mosques. The performance was AWESOME ---after all, we ARE talking about Kansas. But the venue? I'm confused. How did the muslims change so drastically?

[@rickyon]

Try Googling the venue. It's not a "Mosque" in the strict sense of the word.

[@headeastrocks]

This show was broadcast on the radio? Would love to know if anyone happend to tape Head East's set from that night. I have an audience recording of them peforming in 76 & you can tell they were really cookin, but would love to hear a show with soundboard/broadcast quality.