AEROSMITH To Release Rare Archival Concert Films From The Band’s Legendary Archives

In continued celebration of their 50th anniversary, today, the four-time Grammy Award-winning and diamond-certified rock legends AEROSMITH (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford and Joey Kramer),announce the launch of “50 Years Live!: From the Aerosmith Vaults”, the band’s new “official bootleg” streaming concert series featuring five deep, archival, and unreleased multi-camera live shows from AEROSMITH‘s vast personal vaults. With the entire production of all five concert films supervised by AEROSMITH, the series kicks off with a live stream of “Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977”, a combination of classic live performances from a two-night stand in Houston in 1977 that captures the band in all its raw and powerful rock ‘n’ roll splendor. “Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977” will premiere on AEROSMITH‘s official YouTube channel on July 29 at 12 p.m. PT/3 p.m. ET and will be available, in its entirety as a gift for fans, for one week only. Highlight clips from “Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977” will also be added to AEROSMITH‘s YouTube channel on July 30 and will include “Back In The Saddle”, “Mama Kin” and “Sweet Emotion”.

“Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977” is taken directly from the original in-house 2″ master analog video cartridge for the best possible quality and features footage filmed over the course of two summer nights at The Summit in Houston, Texas on June 24 and June 25, 1977. The original live feed edit, only intended for the in-house screens, was carefully cleaned, digitized, and remastered in HD, bringing the 45-year-old footage to life. This hour-long, highly charged performance shows why AEROSMITH became one of the hottest bands of the ’70s and continues to this day. “Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977” kicks into full gear as the band burst onto The Summit stage, delivering powerful and raw renditions of “Back In The Saddle”, “Mama Kin”, “Lord Of The Thighs”, “Lick And A Promise” and “Sweet Emotion”, featuring Tom Hamilton‘s signature bass line as he lays down that familiar groove as Joe Perry‘s iconic talk box intro eases the audience in. Other highlights include “Draw The Line”, “Walk This Way”, a blistering version of “Toys In The Attic” and their 1973 Top 10 power ballad “Dream On”.

For five consecutive weeks, starting on July 29 with “Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977”, AEROSMITH‘s official web site and YouTube channel will premiere a different concert every week from each decade. With each show, the band’s official online store will also feature a new collection of exclusive merchandise capsules celebrating each decade.

Upcoming live stream premieres include:

** “Live From The Capital Centre, Landover, MD, 1989” (Premieres August 5)

Highlight clips from this show to be added to AEROSMITH‘s YouTube channel on August 6 will be “Walk This Way”, “Permanent Vacation” and “Dude (Looks Like A Lady)”.

** “Live From The Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheatre, Pittsburgh, PA, 1993” (Premieres August 12)

Highlights from this show to be added to AEROSMITH‘s YouTube channel on August 13 will be “Cryin'”, “Janie’s Got A Gun” and “Livin’ On The Edge”.

** “Live From Comerica Park, Detroit, MI, 2003” (Premieres August 19)

Highlights from this show to be added to AEROSMITH‘s YouTube channel on August 20 will be “Toys In The Attic”, “Same Old Song And Dance” and “Love In An Elevator”.

** “Live From Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, 2016” (Premieres August 26)

Highlights from this show to be added to AEROSMITH‘s YouTube channel on August 27 will be “Crazy”, “Dream On” and “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing”.

In addition, “Aerosmith – 1971: The Road Starts Hear” (UMe) is now available globally on CD and vinyl LP and can now be streamed. This rare recording from 1971 was recently discovered in AEROSMITH‘s Vindaloo Vaults and was originally only available as a limited-edition cassette and vinyl release for Record Store Day in 2021. The heavily sought-after RSD release quickly sold out and debuted on the Billboard 200, hitting No. 2 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart, No. 12 on the Top Rock Albums chart, No. 13 on the Vinyl Albums chart, and No. 19 on the Top Album Sales chart. In addition, the band’s official online store now features a new 1971 collection of exclusive merchandise.

Source:  www.blabbermouth.net