''King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas'' is the third live album from

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band

Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...

, released in 1998 (see

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). In the UK it was released as ''Live on the King Biscuit Flower Hour'', and in 2003 it was re-released as ''Greatest Hits Live'' (see below). The album was recorded on February 14, 1989, at the Tower Theater in

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during their ''

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'' tour and featured performances by Steve Walsh and Steve Morse. Two tracks from the original performance were omitted from the release: "

Play the Game Tonight "Play the Game Tonight" is a progressive rock single recorded by Kansas for their 1982 album ''Vinyl Confessions''. It managed to chart at No. 17 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, becoming the 15th single, 10th top 100 hit, sixth top 40 hit, ...

" and a cover of " Born to Be Wild." The liner notes include an extensive essay describing this era of the band and the circumstances surrounding the album and tour supporting it during which this show was recorded. The same recordings have subsequently appeared on releases with different track order. In 2001, the same concert was released on the album ''Dust in the Wind'' by Disky Communications Europe (see below). It was also released on DVD-Audio format as ''From the Front Row Live'', in a series of unclear licensing status and which apparently contained stereo sources attempted upmixed to multi-channel.

Track listings

;''King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas'' and other versions releases by King Biscuit Flower Hour Records: #"Magnum Opus" (

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, Steve Walsh,

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, Dave Hope, Phil Ehart,

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) – 2:12 #"One Big Sky" (Howard Kleinfeld, Michael Dan Ehmig, Ehart, Walsh, Bob Ezrin) – 6:11 #"Paradox" (Livgren, Walsh) – 4:11 #" Point of Know Return" (Walsh, Ehart, Steinhardt) – 5:16 #" The Wall" (Livgren, Walsh) – 6:04 #" All I Wanted" (Walsh, Steve Morse) – 5:29 #"T.O. Witcher" (Morse, Walsh) – 1:42 #"

Dust in the Wind "Dust in the Wind" is a song recorded by American progressive rock band Kansas and written by band member Kerry Livgren, first released on their 1977 album ''Point of Know Return''. The song peaked at No. 6 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 the wee ...

" (Livgren) – 4:27 #"Miracles Out of Nowhere" (Livgren) – 6:47 #"The Preacher" (Walsh, Morse) – 4:57 #"House on Fire" (Walsh, Morse, Ezrin, Ehart) – 12:12 #" Carry On Wayward Son" (Livgren) – 6:26 ;''Dust in the Wind'' #"Miracles Out of Nowhere" – 6:47 #"Paradox" – 4:11 #"One Big Sky" – 6:06 #"T.O. Witcher" – 1:37 #"

" – 4:24 #"The Preacher" – 4:57 #" Point of Know Return" – 5:03 #"House on Fire" – 12:05 #" Carry On Wayward Son" – 6:20 #" All I Wanted" – 4:53 #"Magnum Opus" – 2:12 #"The Wall" – 5:43

Personnel

;Kansas * Steve Walsh -

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* Steve Morse -

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- guitar *Greg Robert - additional keyboards * Billy Greer -

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* Phil Ehart -

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;Production *Kevin T. Cain, Steven Ship - executive producers *Tom Volpicelli - engineer *Joe Mattis - mixing *Dixon Van Winkle - mastering

References

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