8/9/2010 UPDATE: Guitars no longer available. Thank you for your support!
Grammy Award-winning rocker Peter Frampton autographed two Les Paul electric guitars, donated by Gibson, to support WLIW21’s broadcast of Wolfgang’s Vault Presents Day on the Green 1977, premiering Saturday, August 14 at 8 p.m. Donate now to snag one — available online only.
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Recorded July 2, 1977 and locked away in the archives of legendary promoter Bill Graham ever since, Wolfgang’s Vault Presents Day on the Green 1977 features performances by Peter Frampton and Lynyrd Skynyrd. The concert captures Frampton at the height of the fan frenzy that followed his record-breaking 1976 album Frampton Comes Alive, which made him a household name and remains one of the top-selling live albums of all time. His charismatic performance features hits “Baby I Love Your Way,” “Show Me the Way” and “Do You Feel Like We Do.”
“I saw this video for the first time recently in my kitchen, and I couldn’t believe it! It brings back great memories of a great time,” said Peter Frampton of the public television program.
Watch a preview:
This extraordinary concert event has been sealed within Wolfgang’s Vault and is now available for the first time exclusively through public television as the new broadcast special and DVD, Wolfgang’s Vault Presents Day on the Green 1977, as part of WNET.ORG’s landmark Public Television Rocks! initiative. The concert premieres nationwide on public television throughout August and September (check local listings or contact your local station).
“Public Television Rocks! is all about bringing audiences unique music content and experiences that are not available anywhere else. WNET worked with Bill Graham in the 70s so we jumped at the chance to work with Wolfgang’s Vault,” said Joshua C. Nathan, Vice President of Business Development and Institutional Strategy at WNET.ORG. “Music fans are hungry for this kind of television programming. We are thrilled to co-present this classic summer concert by Peter Frampton and Lynyrd Skynyrd for the first time ever.”
Wolfgang’s Vault is the world-renown online archive of vintage concert recordings dedicated to live music, which since 2003 has provided over 3,500 concert audio recordings streamed free. With this public television special and DVD, Wolfgang’s Vault opens its long-awaited Video Vault, giving music fans worldwide access to thousands of great concert videos from the past five decades.
Bill Sagan, CEO of Wolfgang’s Vault, noted: “We are thrilled to be working with these performers to share these great recordings in support of public television. WNET.ORG and WLIW21 have been great co-producers to ensure music fans across the country can experience this show.”
Tune in or set your DVR for the premiere of Wolfgang’s Vault Presents Day on the Green 1977 Saturday, August 14 at 8 p.m. on WLIW21. Preview more of the concert now.
Loved the examples of rock back in 1977 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow, takes me way back, and I love it !!!!!!!
i am a viet-nam vet.never been to a concert in my life.100% disable.i have lisened to him for years.i am 60 years old now.sure would like to have the black one.don’t know how to play it-but i can hang it on my wall for everybody to look at.right next to don’t mess with texas.jim.
I’m was twenty four back in 1977 and artists like Peter Frampton and Lynyrd Skynyrd were favorites of mine and songs like “Do You Feel Like We Do”, “Show Me The Way” , “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Freebird” were either playing in my apartment or in my car’s eight track tape player. The music back then will always have a place in my heart as will the black Les Paul I owned back then. Speaking of which, that sunburst Les Paul that Peter signed looks nice.
One of the most memorable concerts of my life was seeing Peter Frampton, in California. Amazing day, amazing, CLASSIC music! Would love to have an autographed guitar for my son Henry.
Oh wow!! I was there….and I still have my ticket stub!! Peter Frampton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Santana, and The Outlaws…..I will never forget that amazing experience and I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to witness such a magical time in music history!
I was there as well! I was hoping to receive the DVD’s after 9 weeks, but have not. WLIW won’t return my phone calls, email messages or other correspondence. So much for donating my hard earned money to a station that does not value its donors, doesn’t reply to inquiries and doesn’t ship products as promised. Just another greedy, heartless bunch of thieves.