Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive! (1976)

Classic Album Review (12)

I took guitar lessons for the first time when I was 13 years old in 1976. I wanted to be the next Peter Frampton. This double-live album had three huge hits that played all over the radio. I honestly didn't really know anything about Peter Frampton, back then. I just knew that I liked the songs, especially the ones with the strange sounding guitar. What was that? How did he make that sound on his guitar?

Most of the music I was listening to in 1976, was being played on my small portable AM transistor radio. I didn't have much in the way of hi-fidelity equipment to listen to. I did get a cassette tape recorder for Christmas that year, along with the “Frampton Comes Alive!” cassette. I Played it so much that I wore that tape out! I had to buy another one a few years later...and I wore that one out too. This album was about 90% of the reason I wanted to play the guitar in the first place. The other 10% was to get girls to finally notice me. This album is my number one classic rock album …