Two for the Show

Infobox Album |
Name = Two for the Show
Type = Live album
Artist = Kansas


Released = October 1978
Recorded = 1977, 1978
Genre = progressive rock
Length = 73:17
Label = Kirshner Legacy/Epic
Producer = Kansas
Reviews =
* Allmusic (2/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kmpyxdabjol0~T1 link]
* NeuFutur (7.7/10) [http://neufutur.com/?p=3639 link]
Last album = "Point of Know Return"
(1977)
This album = "Two for the Show"
(1978)
Next album = "Monolith"
(1979)

"Two for the Show" is a double-live album by American rock band Kansas, released in 1978 (see 1978 in music). Recorded on the band's 1977/1978 Point of Know Return tour, it was Kansas' first live album. It was certified Gold and then Platinum shortly after its release.

Track listing

Original 1978 LP/Cassette/8-track release

#"Song for America" (Livgren) – 7:31
#"Point of Know Return" (Ehart, Steinhardt, Walsh) – 3:07
#"Paradox" (Livgren, Walsh) – 4:09
#"Icarus--Borne on the Wings of Steel" (Livgren, Walsh) – 5:58
#"Portrait (He Knew)" (Livgren, Walsh) – 5:19
#"Carry On Wayward Son" (Livgren) – 4:38
#"Journey From Mariabronn" (Livgren) – 8:55
#"Dust in the Wind" (featuring Richard Williams acoustic guitar solo) (Livgren) – 6:19
#"Lonely Wind" (featuring Kerry Livgren piano solo) (Walsh) – 4:29
#"Mysteries and Mayhem" (Livgren, Walsh) – 4:01
#"Excerpt from Lamplight Symphony" (Livgren) – 2:39
#"The Wall" (Livgren, Walsh) – 4:54
#"Closet Chronicles" (Livgren) - 6:45*
#"Magnum Opus" (Ehart, Hope, Livgren, Steinhardt, Walsh, Williams) – 11:18

:"*" "Closet Chronicles" was omitted from the original CD release due to time restraints but appears on the remastered version of "Best of Kansas" released in 1999, and appears on the second CD of the remastered version of Two For The Show.

2008 remastered release

The Two For the Show album was re-released as a 2-CD set to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the album with a second disc full of songs that did not appear on the original album and a 24-page booklet.

Disc one

#"Song for America" (Livgren) – 7:31
#"Point of Know Return" (Ehart, Steinhardt, Walsh) – 3:07
#"Paradox" (Livgren, Walsh) – 4:09
#"Icarus--Borne on the Wings of Steel" (Livgren, Walsh) – 5:58
#"Portrait (He Knew)" (Livgren, Walsh) – 5:19
#"Carry On Wayward Son" (Livgren) – 4:38
#"Journey From Mariabronn" (Livgren) – 8:55
#"Dust in the Wind" (featuring Richard Williams acoustic guitar solo) (Livgren) – 6:19
#"Lonely Wind" (featuring Kerry Livgren piano solo) (Walsh) – 4:29
#"Mysteries and Mayhem" (Livgren, Walsh) – 4:01
#"Excerpt from Lamplight Symphony" (Livgren) – 2:39
#"The Wall" (Livgren, Walsh) – 4:54
#"Magnum Opus" (Ehart, Hope, Livgren, Steinhardt, Walsh, Williams) – 11:18

Disc two

#"Hopelessly Human" (Livgren) - 8:44
#"Child Of Innocence" (Livgren) 7:47
#"Belexes" (Livgren) 4:34
#"Cheyenne Anthem" (Livgren) 6:55
#"Lonely Street" (Walsh/Ehart/Hope/Williams) 8:20
#"Miracles Out Of Nowhere" (Livgren) 7:59
#Phil Ehart Drum Solo/"The Spider" (Ehart/Walsh) 7:41
#"Closet Chronicles" (Livgren) 6:55
#"Down The Road (Walsh/Livgren) 3:44
#"Sparks Of The Tempest" (Walsh/Livgren) 5:19
#"Bringing It Back" (J.J. Cale) 7:07

All of the bonus tracks were recorded for the album but omitted from the original album due to time constraints. Different versions of "Cheyenne Anthem" and "Sparks of the Tempest" appeared as bonus tracks on the remastered versions of Leftoverture and Point of Know Return respectively.

Personnel

*Phil Ehart - percussion, drums
*Dave Hope - bass
*Kerry Livgren - guitars, keyboards
*Robby Steinhardt - violins, vocals
*Steve Walsh - keyboards, vocals
*Rich Williams - guitars

Production

*Producer: Kansas
*Engineers: Brad Aaron, David Hewitt, Davey Moiré
*Associate engineer: Brad Aaron
*Mastering: David Hewitt, George Marino
*Art direction: Tom Drennon
*Cover art concept: Kansas
*Design: Tom Drennon
*Artwork: Jim Barrett
*Illustrations: Jim Barrett
*Photography: Terry Ehart, Andy Freeberg, Darryl Pitt, Neal Preston, Raul Vega

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)