You must have really not liked Brothers of the Road. That one made WLoD sound REAL good.50 years ago I was in College in Fullerton Ca. and had never been as excited about an album release as I was for this. At Tower records in Hollywood, (Mere doors down from The Roxy) I was one of the first to grab the vinyl and be at the cashier. I couldn't believe how my favorite band had let me down, hard pill to swallow. No matter how many times I gently placed the needle on the disc, it just became more disappointing. The prior year I had been at Winterland, The Cow Palace and The Forum and had been amazed, but this?....It was almost as if the band felt obligated to make this record, no soul, spirit, nothing. Stardom had arrived and their collective work ethic just evaporated. We had incredible floor seats for the Forum show in '75 and walked out wondering wtf had just happened....To this day I do not own this....
Not one redeeming track on that record, the lowest point being the band appearing on a TV show called "Solid Gold" where they lip-synched "Straight from the heart"....I just collectively felt so bad for the band and their fans.....
