Show 75: The Runaways - Live at The Agora, Cleveland, Ohio - 19 July 1976

Another band being featured for the first time on Live and Loud! This time it’s The Runaways, an all girl 5 piece group formed in 1975 in Los Angeles, California, featuring a very young Joan Jett and Lita Ford. Between 1975 and their last gig at the end of 1978, they released 4 studio albums and underwent several lineup changes but it’s the lineup that recorded the first album you can hear on this one.

That first album, called The Runaways, was released in June 1976 and in support of that the band played a number of dates in the USA - including this one, featuring not only songs from the first album but also a couple from their second which wouldn't be released until the following year. Originally broadcast on FM radio in the USA, this recording was basically sound but rather flat and with a few clicks and noises in it; its responded well to some repairs, EQ and mastering tools and really does sound superb!

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Setlist
California Paradise
Cherry Bomb
Take It Or Leave it
Secrets
You Drive Me Wild
C'mon
Blackmail
Wild Thing
Don't Use Me
Rock and Roll
Is It Day Or Night?
Johnny Guitar
Dead End Justice