Live In Los Angeles 1978
Live Wire 2016
Riverside 
Muskrat Love
I Need You
Old Man Took
Mad Dog
Daisy Jane
Norman, I Miss Your Smile
Wind Wave
Another Try
Tin Man
Rainbow Song
Sergeant Darkness
Ventura Highway
Till the Sun Comes Up Again
Might Be Your Love
Cornwall Blank
Company
Sandman
Sister Golden Hair
A Horse With No Name
This CD was created from an FM Radio Broadcast from the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California on July 4th, 1978. It is available from Amazon UK at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Live-Los-Angeles-1978-America/dp/B01ERZIJRY.
Here are some liner notes from Concert Vault:
Gerry Beckley - lead vocals, guitar, piano; Dewey Bunnell - lead vocals, guitar; Michael Woods - guitar; Willie Leacox - drums; Brad Palmer - bass
Note: The list above is incorrect. Between "Sister Golden Hair" and "Horse With No Name" Dewey introduces the band correctly: Michael Woods on lead guitar, Willie Leacox on drums, David Dickey on bass, Jimmy Calire on keyboards and sax, and Tom Walsh on vibraphone and percussion.
Part of a multiple-night stand recorded in Los Angeles over the 1978 July 4th holiday weekend, these tracks come from the first US tour America undertook as a duo. After nearly seven years of chart-topping success, founding member Dan Peek departed to pursue life as a born again Christian. Rather than replace Peek, Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley opted to work as a two-man group, and these recordings are the result of their initial shows.
This recording features a strong mix of material that was new at the time, as well as an assortment of the band's greatest hits. Among them are "Riverside," "I Need You," "Daisy Jane," "Sandman," and "Tin Man." There is more than enough to experience the magic of America during this period throughout this hour and a half-plus set. They end the show with their most well known song, "A Horse With No Name."
America's three founding members came together during the mid-1960s as teenagers attending Central High School in London, where their fathers, US Air Force personnel, were stationed. They worked together in cover bands before forming the original trio in 1969. When a tape of theirs made it to Warner Brothers Records in Los Angeles in 1971, the group was immediately signed. Indeed, America caught the music industry completely off-guard; both their first single and their debut album skyrocketed to the coveted number-one position on the charts. To this day, America remains the first band ever to begin their career with both a number-one single and album.
The early 1970s brought an astonishing run of platinum singles, albums, and sold-out tours as popular demand for the group skyrocketed. In 1974, America teamed up with famed British producer George Martin. The collaboration lasted for six albums, and marked the only time Martin worked on a long-term basis with a specific act since his tenure with The Beatles.
By 1977, the band was beginning to run out of steam. Their popularity had begun to wane, and tension was forming within the group. Dan Peek had gone from living a lifestyle of excess to that of a born-again Christian, and it became increasingly difficult for him to maintain equal footing within the group. Peek departed, and Beckley and Bunnell were forced to carry on as a duo. Beckley and Bunnell switched management, reorganized the band, and in 1979 moved from Warner Bros. to Capitol Records. At Capitol they continued to churn out radio hits like "You Can Do Magic" and "The Border."
In 1985, their Capitol deal expired, and Beckley and Bunnell turned their attention exclusively to touring. They finally recorded new material for Rhino Records in the early 1990s to coincide with an anthology release entitled Encore. America continues to tour and record today. Their most recent LP, Here and Now, was released in 2007.
