''Live Sky'' is a live concert album by American rock band

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, released on LP in 1978 (see

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) by Lifesong Records (catalog #JZ 35620). In 1988, four of these recordings were appended to the CD release of ''

Live on WBAB ''Live on WBAB'' is the first live concert album by American rock band Crack the Sky. The album was released by Lifesong Records (catalog #LS-100) in 1976 (see 1976 in music), but only to radio stations for promotional purposes. It came in a pl ...

'' ("Maybe I Can Fool Everybody (Tonight)", "Lighten Up McGraw", "She's a Dancer", "I Am the Walrus"). In 2006, six of these recordings (remixed and remastered) were included on ''

Alive and Kickin' Ass ''Alive and Kickin' Ass'' is the fifth live album released by Crack the Sky. Recorded live at the Tower Theater outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Agora in Cleveland, Ohio in 1978—the same shows that were used for the ''Live Sky'' al ...

'', a live CD compiled from the same 1978 shows as ''Live Sky''. The version of "She's a Dancer" that appears on ''Live Sky'' was edited for length; the complete performance appears on ''Alive and Kickin' Ass''.

Track listing

Personnel

The band

*Rick Witkowski – Lead guitar *Joe Macre – Bass guitar,

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*Jim Griffiths – Lead guitar, harmonies *Joey D'Amico – Drums, harmonies *Vince DePaul – Keyboards *Gary Lee Chappell – Lead vocals

Production

*Rob Stevens – Producer ("Maybe I Can Fool Everybody (Tonight)", "Surf City"), engineer *David Hewitt – Engineer *Nick Blagona – Engineer, recording supervisor *Bruce Tergesen – Remixing ("Lighten Up McGraw", "She's a Dancer", "Ice", "I Am the Walrus") *

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— Executive producer *Tommy West – Executive producer

Additional credits

*Recorded at Tower Theatre,

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, Pennsylvania and Agora Theatre,

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, Ohio *Susan Reinhardt (AGI) — Design *Bob Heimall (AGI) — Art direction Crack the Sky was the opening act that night opening for Robert Palmer

Sources

*LP and CD liner notes {{Authority control Crack the Sky live albums 1978 live albums