Live in Houston 1981: Escape Tour

by Journey

Overview

In 1981 Journey were one of the most popular bands in all of rock & roll, after years of having their first four albums relegated to the prog rock bargain bins. Escape was number one on the album charts, and the group was selling out sports arenas nationwide. This disc captures the band at its live performance peak, with Neal Schon's solos bordering -- but never really crossing -- the line of pretentiousness, and Steve Perry's vocals rarely sounding more impassioned. It's annoying (especially to Detroit natives) to hear the lyric "born and raised in South Detroit" changed to "born and raised in Houston," but Perry does a wonderful job keeping the audience engaged and fired up, notably during the dramatic one-two punch of "Open Arms" and "Mother, Father." A nice supplement to Captured, and a snapshot of Journey during their time of world pop chart domination, sounding like a finely tuned unstoppable machine. And until the band reunites with Perry supplying the vocals, it's the next best thing to actually being there. ~ Rob Theakston

Product Details

Release Date:	06/10/2022
Label:	Sony Music
UPC:	0194399522110

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Journey   Primary Artist
Steve Smith   Drums
Jonathan Cain   Vocals,Keyboards
Ross Valory   Bass,Vocals
Neal Schon   Guitar,Vocals
Steve Perry   Vocals

Technical Credits

Allen Sides   Mixing
Steve Smith   Composer,Group Member
Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Kevin Elson   Live Recording
Brian Paturalski   Digital Editing
Jonathan Cain   Composer,Group Member
Ross Valory   Composer,Group Member
Neal Schon   Composer,Group Member
Steve Perry   Composer,Producer,Group Member
Scott Gutierrez   Engineer
Jim Welch   Photography
Neil Zlozower   Photography
Leslie Langlo   Production Coordination
Clark Duval   Photo Research,Sample Clearance
Ross Halfin   Photography
John Kalodner   Executive Producer
David Daoud Coleman   Design,Art Direction