Styx

Capitol Center

Landover, MD 

April 13th 1981

This is a DVD of the in-house video feed.

Originally VHS so crap quality.

I re-authoured it from a two-part rip hence the half-way transition.

All menues were removed because I don't like menues much.

Apologies to menu fans.

Paradise Theatre was a slight bounce-back IMO

following their less-than-impressive Cornerstone album.

As a live outfit, however, they were at their peak.

Tommy Shaw is on fire here (can be a bit cheesy I know)

The 18 year old Titus saw the show in London:

I remember thinking the guy sweeping the stage

was going to suddenly whip off his hat & coat and turn out to be Dennis.

I think they missed a trick there!

regards

Titus

Ad 1928

Rockin' the Paradise

Blue Collar Man

The Grand Illusion

Lights

Lady

Crystal Ball

Suite Madame Blue

Snowblind

Too Much Time on My Hands

Great White Hope

Best of Times

Foolin' Yourself

Miss America

Babe

Renegade

Come Sail Away

Borrowed Time

Half-Penny, Two-Penny

Ad 1958

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Styx 

Saenger Theater

New Orleans, LA

April 9th 1983

Hot from the remastering oven.

Not perfect...but not bad.

Possibly the most rockin' Styx show ever.

James Young is taking no prisoners.

I know the Kilroy era was a bit dodgy

but the band are in great form here

and Cold War, surprisingly, is one of the many highlights.

Altogether now (with gusto) "to carry on"

regards

Titus

01 Mr. Roboto

02 Rockin' the Paradise

03 Blue Collar Man

04 Fooling Yourself

05 Snowblind

06 Too Much Time on My Hands

07 Don't Let It End

08 Suite Madame Blue

09 Cold War

10 Miss America

11 Come Sail Away

12 Haven't We Been Here Before?

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Styx

Winterland Arena

San Francisco, CA, USA

April 2nd 1976

My remaster of files supplied by AtticRock.

It's a soundboard, a bit rough around the edges

and it takes half the first track to settle down.

Still a good listen for Styxers. Warts n all.

regards

Titus

01 Born for Adventure

02 22 Years

03 Lorelei

04 You Need Love

05 Suite Madame Blue

06 Lady

07 Midnight Ride

08 Light Up

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VH1-Behind the Music

These US style things would be much better if they just bloody-well got on with it

instead of stretching it out with prequels of what is to come...(after these messages)

The 'messages' at least are edited out here!

Quite good if you need a quick Styx fix.

Some nice clips/pics between interviews.

What prima donnas they are!

I think it was Geoff Barton writing for the Sounds music paper

who once flew to America to meet them back in the 70s.

He started his piece with the immortal line:

"I opened the door and thought I had burst in on Toto"

which made me roll around on the floor laughing.

regards

Titus

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Styx

Budokan, Tokyo, Japan

January 13th 1982

I posted this on Soundaboard many years ago.

The links there are long dead so I decided to revive it.

It is in mp3 as that is what I burned the CD from.

Quality is pretty good and I am guessing it is from a radio broadcast.

The audience is typical of Japanese crowds of this era.

Happy clappy bunch who have inadvertantly ruined many a bootleg.

Not too bad here though. Can't knock them for enthusiasm.

A group of us went to see Styx on this Paradise Theatre tour

at the Wembley Arena in London.

We even booked a fairly upmarket hotel which was posh for us at the time.

Took suitcases which were mainly full of bongs.

We called room service at some ungodly hour.

They said the restaurant was closed but they could provide sandwiches.

A dude duly arrived pushing a trolley through the smoke filled room.

Large array of sandwiches/crisps etc. and a silver platter with domed cover.

Under the dome was a pile of cress that could rival Ayers rock.

Funny how you only remember the good times.

Or should I say the best of times?

regards

Titus

01 AD 1928/Rockin' the Paradise

02 Blue Collar Man

03 The Grand Illusion

04 Great White Hope

05 Too Much Time on My Hands

06 The Best of Times

07 Fooling Yourself

08 Sakura

09 Sukiyaki

10 Boat on the River

11 Babe

12 Come Sail Away

13 Borrowed Time

14 Half-Penny, Two-Penny

15 AD 1958/State Street Sadie

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