Live Sky is a live concert album

Live album

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 by American

United States

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 rock

Rock music

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 band Crack the Sky

Crack the Sky

Crack the Sky is an American progressive rock band formed in Weirton, West Virginia in the early 1970s. In 1975, Rolling Stone Magazine declared their first album "debut album of the year", and in 1978, Rolling Stone Record Guide compared them to Steely Dan; their first three albums charted on the...

, released on LP in 1978 (see 1978 in music

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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

Live on WBAB is the first live concert album by American rock band Crack the Sky. The album was released by Lifesong Records in 1976 , but only to radio stations for promotional purposes...

("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

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

, 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

The band

• Rick Witkowski — Lead guitar
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• Joe Macre — Bass guitar
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  , harmonies
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• Jim Griffiths — Lead guitar, harmonies
• Joey D'Amico — Drums
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  , harmonies
• Vince DePaul — Keyboards
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• 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")
• Terry Cashman
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   — Executive producer
• Tommy West — Executive producer

Additional credits

• Recorded at Tower Theatre
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  , Philadelphia
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  , Pennsylvania
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   and Agora Theatre
  Agora Theatre and Ballroom
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  , Cleveland
  Cleveland, Ohio
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  , Ohio
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• Susan Reinhardt (AGI) — Design
• Bob Heimall (AGI) — Art direction