Eagles Live,houston Texas 1976

The Hi-Res remastering of the entire Eagles box set was done using the original analog master tapes by Bernie Grundman Mastering using a JCF Audio Latte A/D converter.

This album, recorded at The Summit in Houston, Texas, is taken from the legendary but ultimately damaging Hotel California tour, capturing the Eagles in fine form in the run-up to the release of the aforementioned LP. Broadcast in superb quality over local FM radio, and featuring such favorites as ‘Hotel California,’ ‘Lyin’ Eyes,’ and ‘Desperado’ alongside a couple of Joe Walsh numbers performed by the whole group, this recording offers a rare opportunity to hear the band at the height of their fame and abilities.

The Eagles are unquestionably the biggest mainstream American rock band to have emerged in the 1970s. Not only did they sell more records and concert tickets than their peers – Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) and Hotel California are two of the biggest-selling albums of all time – but they captured the shifting zeitgeist of the '70s, riding the country-rock hippie hangover at the end of the '60s until it reached the slick, expensive, and expansive pop/rock of Southern California in the late '70s. Co-leaders Don Henley and Glenn Frey met each other, along with fellow founders Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner, when they were hired to support Linda Ronstadt in 1971.

"Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975" is the first compilation album by the Eagles, originally released in 1976. The album contains a selection of songs from the Eagles' first four albums released in the period from the Eagles' formation in 1971 up to 1975. It was the best-selling album of the 20th century in the United States, and it stayed the best-selling album in the U.S. for some years until it was surpassed by Michael Jackson's Thriller after the artist's death in 2009. It is the second highest-certified album by the Recording Industry Association of America at 29× Platinum, behind Thriller. In 2017, it was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant".

As the Eagles’ highly anticipated final tour continues to sweep across America, Rhino announced today that it will release a definitive, career-spanning collection that combines the band’s greatest hits with beloved album tracks and classic live performances.

The moment the instantly recognizable intertwined guitar passage on the title track to the Eagles' "Hotel California" begins, the record's genius becomes obvious all over again. Ranked the 118th Greatest Album of All Time by Rolling Stone, certified by RIAA as the third best-selling LP in history, and considered the foundation on which the Golden State's mid-‘70s music scene was built, the 1976 landmark is a music staple immune to shifts in trends, eras, and styles. Fearlessly addressing the chaos and consequences of American life, its songs remain strikingly prescient and gain creedence with each passing day.

The moment the instantly recognizable intertwined guitar passage on the title track to the Eagles' "Hotel California" begins, the record's genius becomes obvious all over again. Ranked the 118th Greatest Album of All Time by Rolling Stone, certified by RIAA as the third best-selling LP in history, and considered the foundation on which the Golden State's mid-‘70s music scene was built, the 1976 landmark is a music staple immune to shifts in trends, eras, and styles. Fearlessly addressing the chaos and consequences of American life, its songs remain strikingly prescient and gain creedence with each passing day.

Live At The Forum '76 was recorded during the band's three-day performance at The Forum in Los Angeles in October 1976. The show took place when the band was finishing work on Hotel California, which was to be released in December of the same year. The recording of the concert captures some of the very first live performances of "Hotel California" and "New Kid In Town".
During the show, the band also performed hits from earlier albums: "Take It Easy" from the band's 1972 debut of the same name; "Already Gone" from the 1974 film On the Border; and the title track No. 1 from the 1975 album One of These Nights. The concert also includes a raucous rendition of "Funk #49", a song originally recorded by James Walsh's Gang.