Journey - Transmission Impossible (3 CD, 2020) [FLAC + 320]


 This triple CD set contains a selection of live performances recorded for FM radio broadcast, captured during the early part of their career. 

Disc One features their show from The Riviera Theatre in Chicago on 1st May 1976, shortly after the release of their sophomore album Look Into The Future, when ex-Santana man Gregg Rolie undertook lead vocal duties. 

Disc Two includes a rare performance in the form of Journey s set for the King Biscuit Flower Hour radio show on 1st October 1978. Recorded in the wake of their Infinity album, and featuring both Rolie and new vocalist Steve Perry, the group are joined by a selection of guest musicians from such bands as The Doobie Brothers, Tower Of Power and Stoneground, performing a selection of classic blues and Motown covers in addition to cuts from their own catalogue. 

Disc Three concludes this collection with a show given at The Lloyd Noble Center, Oklahoma on 21st July 1983. Now featuring Perry as full time front man, this recording is packed with some of Journey s best-loved songs, including the immortal Don t Stop Believin . 








CD 1 Live at the Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1st May 1976
01 – Mystery Mountain
02 – In My Lonely Feeling
03 – Look into the Future
04 – On a Saturday Nite
05 – Midnight Dreamer
06 – Of a Lifetime
07 – You’re on Your Own
08 – It’s All Too Much
09 – In the Morning Day

CD 2 King Biscuit Flower Hour, The Automatt, San Francisco, CA, 1st October 1978

10 – Feeling That Way
11 – Anytime
12 – Road Runner
13 – Love Hurts
14 – Hold on, I’m Coming
15 – People Get Ready
16 – Show Me
17 – Crossroads
18 – Born Under a Bad Sign
19 – Good Times
20 – Lights
21 – Wheel in the Sky
22 – Winds of March
23 – Blues Jam
24 – On a Saturday Nite
25 – She Makes Me (Feel Alright)

CD 3 Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, OK, 21st July 1983

26 – Chain Reaction
27 – Wheel in the Sky
28 – Line of Fire
29 – Send Her My Love
30 – Still They Ride
31 – Open Arms
32 – No More Lies
33 – Back Talk
34 – Edge of the Blade
35 – Jonathan Cain on Keys
36 – Rubicon
37 – Steve Smith on Drums
38 – Escape
39 – Faithfully
40 – Who’s Crying Now
41 – Dont Stop Believin
42 – Stone in Love
43 – Keep on Runnin
44 – Lights