Kansas - 1974-2004 [24CD@320kB/s] BeLight

As the fifties had belonged to the American acts and the birth of Rock and Roll,
Elvis Presley on top of them all, the sixties unconditionally belonged to The Beatles
and a host of British acts rising in their shadow.
The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Moody Blues, all would capture the world's love and
attention while shifting the ballance of world popularity towards the United Kingdom.
With the event of King Crimson in 1969, the table was set for the progressive driven
seventies, where again British acts would rule the game.
Genesis, Yes, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Gentle Giant, Pink Floyd and The Van der Graaf
Generator, undoubtedly the most important pieces of the puzzle, followed the path set
by KC's 'In The Court Of The Crimson King' and were at the heart of the most creative
and exciting music decade in rock music history.
The progressive movement created by the British soon started to spread in many parts
of the world, thus reaching America, where a lot of bands began to follow the path.
Among the many US bands that would embrace the pure progressive style, like Happy The
Man, Starcastle, Ambrosia, and even Styx to a certain extend, Kansas would undoubtedly
become the most innovative and most distinctive of them all.
Formed in Topeka in 1970, the founding members of the group were guitarist Kerry
Livgren, bassist Dave Hope, and drummer Phil Ehart with the addition of classic
violinist Robbie Steinhardt.
As they grew in popularity they formed a bond with the people of the East coast state
of Pennsylvania.
During the early years, Kansas played the great north east state as a warm up band for
headliners such as The Kinks, Mott the Hoople, and Queen.
By 1975, Kansas became a headliner themselve and played an impressive concert at the
Stanley Theater in downtown Pittsburgh in December of that year.
In October of 1976, they were back to play for their Pittsburgh fans again.
This time, it was at the Syria Mosque; site of a very impressive Genesis concert just
six months earlier.
They brought with them a band called Ambrosia from California to warm up the crowd.
Both bands were making their name in the developing genre of Progressive Rock but
Kansas, with their unique driving melodies and use of the violin was the band everyone
came to see.
Kansas - 1974-2004 [24CD@320kB/s] BeLight
1974 Kansas
1975 Masque
1975 Song for America
1976 Leftoverture
1976 Mayhem Symphony (2CD)
1977 Point of Know Return (Bonus Tracks)
1978 Two for the Show
1979 Monolith
1980 Audio-Visions
1982 Vinyl Confessions
1983 Drastic Measures
1986 Power
1990 Carry On
1994 Box Set (2CD)
1995 Freaks of Nature
1995 In the Spirit of Things
1998 Always Never the Same
1998 King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents
1998 Live - Dust in the Wind
1999 Definitive Collection (2CD)
1999 The Best of Kansas
2000 Somewhere to Elsewhere
2002 Device-Voice-Drum
2004 Sail On - The 30th Anniversary Collection (2CD)