Sweet - All Right Now - Live in Santa Monica with Ritchie Blackmore - 1976

Sweet - All Right Now - Live in Santa Monica with Ritchie Blackmore - 1976

[@javier8218]

Sweet playing a Free song with Ritchie Blackmore is something I never thought I'll ever hear.

[@Essexkiwi]

I remember seeing both Free and Sweet in concert, both of them before they had any success. Good to see their music is still being appreciated over 50 years later.

[@ronmullard5718]

or me....

[@roberttreborable]

@@Essexkiwi I too remember seeing both groups Sweet before their success and Free at the height of their fame, However Sweet playing Free with Ritchie, really surprised me ... Just Brilliant...

[@bertmaanders6679]

Brian Connolly explained Ritchie Blackmore`s appearance and the performance of Free`s `All Right Now`, `That was down to the guy who died,former Free guitarist Paul Kossoff. He died on the plane,on the 19th of March (1976) from a cerebral and pulmonary edema,he and his new band Back Street Crawler were supposed to be supporting SWEET. It just so happened that Ritchie Blackmore came to see us,and he came backstage. I can`t remember who actually said it,but somebody said, `Are you going to have a blow?` and Ritchie said, `Yes,come back for an encore,i`ve got my guitar in the car.` Just like that. We said, `Okay,we`ll do `All Right Now`. We just said we`d do it as a tribute,that`s how it came about. We`ve been friends with Ritchie for a long time.` Andy Scott recalled the appearance of the `Man in Black`, `It was completely spontaneous. We met Ritchie the night before,and the one thing he said to our tour manager,who used to work for Deep Purple,a guy called Mick Angus,was `You`d better let me go into the gig tonight.` Because the last time we`d played Los Angeles,six months earlier in September 1975,he hadn`t been able to get into the show. This was because our management at thàt time,and record company,had virtually sold out the gig even before tickets went on sale. There were only a certain amount of tickets down in the auditorium that were available,because the record company had basically bought all the tickets. That`s how `in demand` that 1975 concert was.... We should have done more nights there at Santa Monic Civic that first time,but that`s the way they,the record company, wanted to play it. So the second time we did it,the tickets were sold out. And one of the things Ritchie said to tour manager Mick Angus was, `I`m gonna come,and i`m gonna come in this time!` And we said, `Of course you are!!` Andy opined, `You can definitely tell which is Ritchie`s sound because he is the cleaner guitar sound and i am the more driven Marshall sound,because there was an offer to set up another Marshall stack. But Ritchie just said, `Plug me into anything,i`ll be allright.` And the only amps on my side of the stage that were available for Ritchie to plug into were the amps that were monitoring the synthesizers,which had a couple of horns in them,which left him with a rather loud and clean sound.` This show,on the 24th of March 1976,was the final show of the tour,performed at the Santa Monic Civic Centre in L.A. Support act was Sammy Hagar;the `Red Rocker`. SWEET`s set included: `The Ballroom Blitz`--`The Six Teens`--`Restless`--`No You Don`t`--`AC/DC`--`Burn On The Flame`--`The Man with the Golden Arm`--`Action`--`Set Me Free`--`Fox on the Run`--`Sweet F.A. 🤩

[@FighterPilot1945]

Thanks for interesting story❤

[@KKTR3]

Thank you

[@therespectedlex9794]

A blow? Like a puff of air, breather, having a rest?

[@themopedmetallist]

@@therespectedlex9794 Judging by the lead sound; a straw, a razor blade and a nonporous horizontal surface

[@jamescourt4703]

Thanks for posting. Very interesting story.

[@andrewjohnston5942]

Wow, Blackmore with The Sweet. Whoever kept this recording deserves a medal or two. Fantastic.

[@pookiemartinez1745]

Gold ⭐

[@TheJetfighter666]

Blackmore is Andy’s Idol.

[@TheJetfighter666]

And now, in Oct, ‘24, Brian, Steve & Mick should be here as well as Paul. See all of you guys in the spit world especially my old friend Brain. He knows ❤️

[@lefthandluke8923]

WOW! Agreed!!

[@lefthandluke8923]

This is rock and roll history. Had no idea this existed. Just amazing!!!

[@roberttreborable]

Sweet playing a Free classic with Ritchie Blackmore, just Brilliant ... I'm Surprised....

[@sayaka8587]

Never knew Sweet did this spontaneous tribute to the wonderful Paul Kossoff,❤. great that Blackmore joins in as well. Thanks for posting 😇😊

[@geej12]

Criminally under-rated live band. But where the hell did this come from?! Wow! Fantastic stuff...

[@keithd7043]

I was at this show. Was awesome

[@vicprovost2561]

I saw Paul Kossoff play in a bar in Higanum CT 2 weeks before he passed. He looked tired and kinda pale but he ripped it on guitar, he did a mix of his stuff and some Free songs sprinkled in. I was as shocked as anyone to hear he was gone. All time great, nice tribute, enjoy! 🔥🎵🎸🎤🎶🔥

[@philliamproject8113]

My Dad a huge music fan and guitar player saw him at I think Lime Street station in Liverpool or was it in London? Anyway he was strung out looking terrible and it appeared his old dad or Uncle or someone was trying to persuade him to go with them and a bit of a ruckus erupted so sad. What a guitarist.

[@anthonypioppi273]

That's cool. What was the bar and where was it located?

[@vicprovost2561]

@@anthonypioppi273 Not sure, it was the only time we ever saw a show in Higanum and that was almost 50 years ago. We usually were seeing bands in. Waterbury, Hartford or New Haven, it was an odd place to go. It was a great show on any event, sad in retrospect.

[@simoncaddick9085]

If only there was film footage, thank heavens for those who captured audio, this has made my day, thankyou!!

[@Michael-xw4er]

Sweet were great band who had great attitude and could really play and kick ass!

[@rockstuffrecords2016]

Ritchie would not be happy about his name being spelt wrong! 😄 I've had this very cool jam on bootleg for many years. RIP Koss, Brian, Mick & Steve

[@chrisstargazer6529]

"Ritchie without a 't' because that's how he signed it" (Simon Robinson's liner notes on the back of "Live in London", referring to the spelling on the front cover of said album). Who knows ?

[@rockstuffrecords2016]

@@andrewcornell1408 😆

[@alanjones5422]

Saw Sweet in a collisium in ' 76 opening for Montrose ... amazing and unforgettable

[@ingridthurner3651]

Super! The sweet are so badly underrated, did not deserve that Image of a little teeny- Group.

[@michaelbackhus1923]

Interesting.....Rock Ratings (book) has them rated very high in the (original bands) category. However, in the (lead guitarist) category, Blackmore is pretty overrated. In fact, in the "overrated category" blackmore is !0th on the list. That's better than the first and second spot on the list occupied by Cobain at #1 just above George Lynch.

[@Maccaxxx]

They couldn't write a song for toffee that's why they are not rated, they relied on Chinn & Chapman for their hits, i liked their sound though on their hits, they weren't in the same street as Slade live either.

[@scootterpootter]

"Hits" yes we're Chinn and Chapman, but their best music was all the guys in Sweet, no outside writers.

[@anthonysudworth1839]

​​@@Maccaxxxridiculous statement..you haven't listened much of the Sweet.

[@lefthandluke8923]

@@anthonysudworth1839 Agreed. Dude never heard Set Me Free, Solid Gold Brass, Into the Night, plus band members were co-writers on the majority of their "hits."

[@ThinPicks]

I knew this existed but never thought I'd hear it. I remember the music press at the time whipped up a supposed dislike of Sweet by Ritchie Blackmore (maybe because of one of Ritchie's jokes?) but he always said that they were a great band. The musicians know, the press are just shit.

[@TheNobbynoonar]

As a kid, the Sweet were my favourite band. I still love their music. As much as I don’t like to state it, this isn’t a particularly good performance.

[@lefthandluke8923]

Tears in my eyes @5:38 when they start into the Kossoff lick. He would have been proud.

[@dplzkc6713]

Glad someone recorded this. 🙂 Thanks to the taper.

[@plasticoflamingo2952]

Oh, wow! Pure guitar badassery! I didn't know this existed!

[@mrgordons]

The audience doesn't have a clue about who Paul Kossoff was or who Ritchie Blackmore is. Oh Lord, take me back to the seventies.

[@ricardotoro3572]

Jajaja..no sabías quien era Ritchie Blackmore el año 1976? Que tonto.

[@pleun315]

Paul who ..?

[@RonaldErrera]

I do know who they are what iam saying is paul pays it right and I don't like that way black is great but the song does not sound the same all so from 70

[@adrianlang6550]

I think a lot if the audience would have heard of Deep Purple and hence Richie.

[@abrarahmed1888]

In 1976. Sure they did. I certainly did as a 16 year old in 1976

[@simoncartlidge1726]

Fantastic tribute to Paul Kossoff have loved this performance for many years thanks for uploading.🙂

[@weing]

I believe this encore with Blackmore is from The Santa Monica Civic March 24 ,1976 . Paul Kossoff is still alive when they play Detroit on Feb 27th.

[@original.dwornboy]

You are correct sir

[@dirkpehrke9909]

I was between 9 and 12 when they had their greatest hits in Germany. Even the way they performed the Chin-Chapman bubble gum rock was impressive. I later became a punk and lots of punk bands where influenced by them and some covered their songs. I didn’t have a clue what teenage rampage means - english lessons started when I was 11 - but I got it anyway. Incredible how the record companies betrayed them. A poster of Brian Connelly hung on the wall in 100.000’s German teenager's rooms back then. And he died early with nothing.

[@richvince1627]

For those that were 'there', you know that Sammy Hagar opened the show. To start his set he sat down on the front of the stage and played the intro to "Bad Motor Scooter" on a slide guitar. It was one of his first solo shows after leaving Montrose. After his set he sat down next to us in the 20th Row...and the first thing I said to my buddy was "Thank God he's not sitting in front of us cuz with all that hair we wouldn't be able to see the stage!"

[@carlsam1516]

Absolutely brilliant 👏

[@vincentdelhommeau4667]

48 ans après, encore un inédit ! Merci !

[@JT_O4]

Thanks for sharing this gem!

[@amerocker]

This is very good! Thank you for the upload, The Sweet!! 😃🎸🎸

[@philliamproject8113]

WOW what a rare treat this is Cheers for posting!

[@majorfeelgoodrecords2740]

Thanks for sharing this is fun🎼🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@berndgruner8510]

Danke für 💔 die tolle Version 😢😮😮😮😮😮😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@TheManOnTheRail]

Sweet Live album is as heavy and rocking as anything back then.

[@michaelmaffett701]

The sweet were never underrated, except by tiny minded music critics. The band had skills.

[@epicridesandtours]

This band wasn't the glam rock band they appeared to be. They were well into heavy rock and blues. I'd have given a lot to see this one. I've seen Deep Purple twice. Neither time with Ritchie Blackmore. (1976: Tommy Bolin, 1997 Steve Morse).

[@DG-sf9ei]

Image is one thing. However if someone never seen this group and only heard their music, they'd have no idea whether it's glam or not.

[@FighterPilot1945]

Great rare gig thanks for posting❤🎉

[@zigzag2510]

A piece of rnr history❤

[@chamberpot969]

Fantastic.

[@ChrisArmstrong-qn1ob]

One of the first records I ever bought rock on alright now free 😊 72 next year 🤞

[@JustineLaLoba]

Great concert...I was there.

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

I was here.

[@antoniosanz3911]

Me parece una joya, todo que sea Sweet me parece fantastico.

[@mixaliskokkinos1496]

Another hidden jem.. unexpected great collaboration 💯🎸 Greetings from Greece 🇬🇷

[@richvince1627]

I was there!

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

I was here!

[@olegmakarov7877]

I was not here.

[@glennwoods2462]

RIP the Koss 🤟☝️ We used to play Shooting Star as a tribute to Paul.....and this one "Hello Cleveland !" 🤟🤟

[@michaelseay9783]

This is historic. Spontaneous fun.

[@KKTR3]

Thank you for the post. Somebody sent me the link a few days ago and I’ve been trying to get here, but the link keeps taking me somewhere else. I’m not sure of the words to use , but it makes me smile and yet sad . But it’s still nice to think that back then people were paying their own respects to somebody so recently Lost to the world of music.

[@TheSeventyfour74]

RiTchie, not Richie. 😉 Thanks for upload this jam!

[@Moteridgerider]

What a collaboration!

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

What a surprise that was. Rock In Peace Paul.🙏🏼

[@HopeIanHope]

Cool, and Sweet's guitarist sounds good.

[@Сергей-э1ж2ъ]

Отличный джэм! Ценная запись!!! Sweet на пике!

[@stevegreen5552]

Sweet were an early favourite band for me, undoubtedly influenced by the run of rock singles starting with Blockbuster. I moved on to Mott The Hoople but not before their UK release of "Sweet Fanny Adams" became one of my favourite albums - still to this day. That said, I was never a real fan of their live recordings. This one, notable for historic reasons, I find entertaining but it doesn't really change my opinion of their non-studio work. Still, it wouldn't do for everyone to have the same tastes. And it has prompted me to play SFA tomorrow.

[@deesambrowski4626]

Hi Andy... this is great. Regards from Stuttgart Germany. Dee

[@laurencelevene4333]

Sweet live were awesome. No other band could match Sweet at their peak

[@gmantramp404]

😂😂😂 Not in Rodgers league. 🤣🤣

[@roystonmason9125]

@@gmantramp404 get real

[@pleun315]

Deep purple ☝️😋 Beatles ☝️😋 led Zep☝️😋CCR ☝️😋 the Kinks.....and many others... Its all good awesome music

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

Obvious that Brian and Steve are both sharing vocal duties here.

[@richardbanker3910]

Wow. Didn’t know Sweet could come up with hard driven blues rock that stood nobly alongside Free’s original. Along with Ritchie Blackmore

[@wanrelief]

Sono un vecchio fan di deeppurple e mi piacevano parecchio anche gli SWEET!!! Non sapevo di questa jam. Bellissimo 😂😂😂🥰

[@АлександрАлександрович-е9н6д]

Супер!!!❤❤❤ С детства очень уважаю а мне под60!!!

[@sportyv1k1ng]

Nice touch lads...🤘🤘🤘🤝

[@alessandroferraro5743]

Andy Scott ottimo chitarrista scuola Blackmore ma bravissimo per l'epoca grandissimo Sweet F.A

[@rickeybillings9229]

Makes you love Paul Rodgers more !

[@KKTR3]

😂

[@matycee]

😅!

[@roystonmason9125]

ok

[@briangibson6403]

Excellent Stuff

[@timmcvittie436]

Some great stuff in there 👍

[@wataboutya9310]

Just wow!

[@Herro750]

I think Brian does a great job and was a great singer, maybe he skipped a few high notes but then lots of singers do that live.

[@helenr991]

Very Cool 👍✌️

[@berndgruner8510]

❤❤❤❤❤❤Danke fürs Senden Danke für den Song 😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@osvaldogarcia9951]

free + sweet + blackmore , good

[@petejones879]

Ritchie in superb form

[@iljalasarow8269]

Das haben die wenigsten gewußt!!! SWEET waren Elemente Musiker und Saenger...leider hat sie ihr Plattenvertrag gezwungen Hits für Teenager zu produzieren...Mit dieser Kollegiallen Interpretation Zeigen Sie Ihre Verehrung für den Genialen Paul Kossoff aber auch wie Gut 👍 sie rocken können..... Dr.Ilja Lasaroff.Bulgarien

[@rosannag.8172]

Great 🎶👍🔥🤘🔥🤘

[@DonaldWebber-o9v]

What a cool moment in time

[@williamzander9708]

Remember when Bob SEGER was a backup band to the Sweet they were 2nd act and BOB WAS LAST TILL THE STAR BAND CAME OUT .

[@chrisc9389]

always a treat to hear Sweet playing live! These recordings are pretty rare with good quality! They were truly a force to be reckoned with! Anyone know who Paul is that was mentioned in beginning?

[@Handlebar-MustDash]

Paul Kossoff was the guitarist and member of the band _FREE_ . I knew his Dad.

[@JeanAlainXavier-ze9jc]

From the little I saw from him I can say he was an excellent soulful guitar player, from the band Free

[@simonleaf2529]

Kossoff one of the greats, just ask Joe Bonamassa

[@safeashouses211]

Search for "Free Mr Big Isle of Wight", it's a great video.

[@WilliamdeSouzaSantos-kv9pc]

Sweet , Great Band with Ritchie Blackmore Better yet !

[@douglasarthur2673]

🤟🏻 !

[@Alekx-gq2vt]

RARE GOLD ❤

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

THAT WAS SWEET. get it?😆

[@williambeekman5383]

Brilliant

[@grobbler1]

March 24 1976

[@anjaschmied2799]

Großartig 🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥👌👌👌👌🤘

[@bertmaanders6679]

@anjaschmied Whoopee!! Anja for President! The SWEETest President!! 😉😁🤩

[@anjaschmied2799]

@@bertmaanders6679 🤣🤣😉🤘 greetings to my favorite neighbour Bert 🤗 😉 🙋‍♀️ 🥳 🥳

[@bertmaanders6679]

@@anjaschmied2799 Hallo Anja! Dein Lieblingsnachbar hier..😜 wow,dass 🚂💨FULL CIRCLE so ein Erfolg ist! Betrat die deutsche Albumcharts auf Platz 19....und die Schweizer Albumcharts auf Platz 30....und die Schwedischen Albumcharts auf Platz 6!! 🤯 Geil dass diese Bezetsung so erfolchreich ist,und Andy hat es absolut verdient--dàs Mastermind hinter SWEET 🧠 Es wäre schön,wenn Großbritannien jetzt auch mit einem (hohen) Listing in den UK Album Charts Erfolg hätte. Übrigens,Frau President,darf Big Bert Minister für Süßigkeiten sein in Ihrenm Kabinet? 🤔 So ja,Apfelstrudel für àlle SWEET-Fans und Kirchbonbons zu viel du willst! 🤪🥞🍒🥂😵‍💫🥴🤩🤣🤣

[@anjaschmied2799]

@@bertmaanders6679 Hab die Albumcharts auch gesehen.....🚂💨👍👍👍👍das hat Andy 🫶 und die Jungs absolut verdient. Am 18.10 gehe ich mit meiner Sweet - Sister Rosanna 🇨🇭 nach Stuttgart ins Konzert. Herzlich willkommen 💐in meinem Sweet 🍬🍭🍨Kabinett Bert 🤣 😂 🤣 😂😉 🤗 🥳 🥳 🥳 🤘🙋‍♀️

[@bertmaanders6679]

@@anjaschmied2799 You SWEET sisters have loads of fun at the 18.10 concert in Stuttgart!! 🤩 Keep on ridin` the SWEET train!! 🚂💨 Sweet greetzz! Minister für Süßigkeiten:Käse-Bert 🧀 🤪😂

[@ferencnegyongyosi7093]

❤❤❤Sweet forever ❤❤❤

[@RoyZenzo]

Fucking amazing gem 💎 🔥

[@BrooksBassGuitars]

Ritchie's guitar sounds like a fly in a paper bag.

[@bodowen]

Amazing❤Subbed!

[@williamtynertyner1425]

One of those lead player's is really good.

[@neonwind]

Wow!

[@JohnDoe-pm3oq]

this is good sloppy fun!

[@helenr991]

Heavy 👍✌️

[@juanharocorbera1577]

with ritchie blackmore??

[@tedcabana]

I'm hearing a lot of finger-tapping in those guitar solos. Starting to think that maybe EVH didn't invent finger-tapping?

[@totallyunmemorable]

Jon Lord invented it. I have an early Purple bootleg. I swear he's doing the the EVH thing to a T, more than a decade before Eddie himself. Jon was even more of a monster in those early days than later. Which is saying somethin'.

[@SEKreiver]

@@totallyunmemorable JON LORD was doing finger-tapping on a GUITAR? Specifically where?

[@flazjsg]

Those are one handed trills.

[@totallyunmemorable]

@@SEKreiver On the organ of course.

[@musiclover9361]

I saw Sweet play live. They were terrific. This, however, is a travesty.

[@doogboy]

WOW!

[@KevinField-w6p]

sweet should of been out in front of british heavy metal in the 1980s

[@garryyoung8945]

Nice

[@vadimmikhailyuk1205]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@AndreasLandi]

Ein Song wo diese Gruppe noch nicht zu Softeis zerflossen ist.

[@anderswallstrom6176]

,👍🎸🍷

[@helenb6399]

Also known as All Rigth Now! 😉🤫

[@TheSweet1968]

Thx, Helen

[@helenb6399]

@@TheSweet1968 😘

[@stevenholquin2127]

Yea We All Where There I Mean You Had To Be Somewhere You Might As Well Have Been There Love is Like Itchie Butt More You Get Too Much You Too High Not Enough and You Die 😮

[@Bladeplayer50]

This is great! But what the hell is the drummer doing?!!