Live on WBAB is the first live concert album

Album

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 by American

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 rock band Crack the Sky

Crack the Sky

Crack the Sky is an American progressive rock band formed in Weirton, West Virginia in the early 1970s. In 1975, Rolling Stone Magazine declared their first album "debut album of the year", and in 1978, Rolling Stone Record Guide compared them to Steely Dan; their first three albums charted on the...

. The album was released by Lifesong Records (catalog #LS-100) in 1976 (see 1976 in music

1976 in music

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), but only to radio

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 stations for promotional purposes. It came in a plain white sleeve with only a sticker identifying the record, and photocopied inserts about the band.

Track listing

The band

• John Palumbo — Lead vocals, keyboards
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  , guitar
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• Rick Witkowski — Lead guitar
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  , percussion
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• Joe Macre — Bass guitar
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  , back-up vocals
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• Jim Griffiths — Lead guitar, back-up vocals
• Joey D'Amico — Drums
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  , back-up vocals

Production

• Terry Cashman
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   — Executive producer
• Tommy West — Executive producer
• Danny Palumbo — Live sound

Alternate version

In 1988, Lifesong released Live on WBAB on CD (catalog #LSCD 8802). It includes four additional tracks, taken from the 1978 LP Live Sky

Live Sky

Live Sky is a live concert album by American rock band Crack the Sky, released on LP in 1978 by Lifesong Records . In 1988, four of these recordings were appended to the CD release of Live on WBAB...

("Maybe I Can Fool Everybody (Tonight)", "Lighten Up McGraw", "She's a Dancer", "I Am the Walrus").