Two for the Show (Kansas album)

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Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkson, Michigan,
Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MarylandProgressive rock, hard rock80:12 (original album)
148:22 (2008 expanded and remastered edition)Kirshner/CBS, EpicKansasx|2=</?t[drh][ >]|nomatch=}}|Template:Main other}}Template:Main other}} Template:Album ratings Two for the Show is the first live album by American progressive rock band Kansas, released in 1978. The album was recorded over the course of the band's three previous tours in 1977 and 1978. It was certified Gold and then Platinum shortly after its release.<ref name="platinum">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2008, a remastered and expanded edition was released to commemorate the album's 30th anniversary.

One single, "Lonely Wind," was released from the album. The single version was edited to under 3 minutes, and included a small amount of the piano solo that precedes it on the album. It received a reasonable amount of airplay and rose to No. 60 on the pop charts.<ref name="hot">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Record World called it "a characteristic Kansas ballad with a lush high harmony hook."<ref name=rw>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

In addition, Kirshner Records issued a promotional album of edited selections from the release, entitled Kansas Mini Concert on the spine and label, and Two for the Show Special Limited Edition on the cover. It features "Lonely Wind," "Dust in the Wind," "Song for America," and "The Wall." The same songs appear on both sides, and the first side is unbanded, meaning there is no indication on the vinyl of where each song begins. This promo album was issued with both a black and a white cover.

Track listing

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2008 remastered version

Two for the Show was re-released as a 2-CD set in 2008 to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the album with a second disc of songs that did not appear on the original album (except "Closet Chronicles" which was included on the original vinyl, excluded from the original CD release, and appears here on the second CD along with the bonus material) and a 24-page booklet.

All of the bonus tracks were recorded at the time of the recording of the album but omitted from the original album for various reasons including time constraints. Different live versions of "Bringing It Back," "Down the Road," "Cheyenne Anthem," and "Sparks of the Tempest" appeared as bonus tracks on the remastered versions of Kansas, Song for America, Leftoverture, and Point of Know Return respectively. A different, earlier live version of "Lonely Street" appears as a bonus track on the later recorded U.S. version Live at the Whiskey (a different live version of "Belexes" and "Journey from Mariabronn" appear as a single bonus track on the German version of this release, available on iTunes and Apple Music)

In 2010, Legacy released the Kansas entry in Legacy's Boxed Set series known as The Music of Kansas. The third disc from this box set is culled entirely from the double CD version of this album, featuring live cuts from both the original and expanded release, marking the first compilation to feature any of the previously unreleased tracks. A four disc version of this release was also issued a year later.

Personnel

Kansas

• Steve Walsh – keyboards, vocals<ref name="AllMusic credits">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Robby Steinhardt – violins, vocals
• Kerry Livgren – guitars, keyboards
• Rich Williams – guitars
• Dave Hope – bass
• Phil Ehart – percussion, drums

Production

• Kansas - producer, cover concept<ref name="AllMusic credits"/>
• Davey Moiré - engineer
• Brad Aaron - associate engineer
• Dave Hewitt - Record Plant Mobile engineer
• George Marino - mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
• Tom Drennon - art direction and design
• Jim Barrett - illustration
• Raul Vega, Terry Ehart, Andy Freeberg, Darryl Pitt, Neal Preston - photography

2008 remastering

• Phil Ehart – producer
• Jeff Glixman - producer, mixing and mastering of the remastered edition
• Jeff Magid - remastered edition producer
• Zak Rizvi, John Andreas - remastered edition mixing
• Brian Fanning, Frank Tozour - sony PQ editing

Charts

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Chart (1978)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref name=aus>Template:Cite book</ref>	95