Ia(i)n Matthews - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 5-1977 | Albums That Should Exist

 

Ian Matthews - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 5-1977

Paul says I am sad to announce that I have nearly come to an end of radio broadcast concerts to post from Ebbets Field, Denver. I've posted 70 Ebbets Field albums prior to this one. This is the only concert I could find from 1977, the last year the venue held concerts. (In the middle of that year, the owner switched to running a larger concert venue in Denver.) 

I only have two more Ebbets Field albums to post, and they're somewhat different. They're compilations of all the songs I could find that were recorded at this venue in the cases where only single songs have been made public instead of full shows. So this is the last proper concert. If you know of any concerts from this venue that I've missed, PLEASE let me know! I want this to be the best spot on the Internet for finding this material.

Anyway, let's get to the details of this particular concert. It's the second one from Ian Matthews, a singer-songwriter who was an original member of the band Fairport Convention. (He later changed his name to Iain Matthews.) The first one I posted was from 1976. Like that one, we have this one because it was released earlier in 2026 on the archival collection "Rhythm of the West: The Columbia Years 1975-1977." 

With his 1976 album "Go for Broke," he switched styles from folky to pop rock. He continued that trend with his 1977 album "Hit and Run." A lot of the songs here are from that album, as well as the previous one. Also, in the 1976 concert I posted, he hardly ever spoke between songs. But there's a lot of banter in this recording.

This album is an hour and one minute long. 

01 talk by emcee 
02 Just One Look 
03 Times 
04 talk
05 Rhythm of the West 
06 talk 
07 Tigers Will Survive 
08 talk 
09 Help to Guide Me 
10 Brown Eyed Girl
11 talk
12 I Will Not Fade Away 
13 talk 
14 Shuffle 
15 Hit and Run 
16 talk by emcee
17 Lonely Hunter
18 talk by emcee 

(all tracks Ian Matthews) 

Let Paul know if you are NOT sad but grateful for the number of great recordings shared from Ebbets Field - they are/were awesome!