Kansas

Kansas Discography

Kansas Discography :

Origin Topeka, Kansas, USA
Genres Rock, progressive rock

Dave Hope (bass), Phil Ehart (drums, percussion), and Kerry Livgren (guitars, keyboards, synthesizers) formed a progressive rock group named Kansas in 1970 in their hometown of Topeka, Kansas, along with vocalist Lynn Meredith from Manhattan, Kansas, keyboardist Don Montre, keyboardist Dan Wright, and saxophonist Larry Baker.
A year earlier, Meredith, Montre, Wright and Livgren were performing in a band called The Reasons Why. After changing the band's name to Saratoga, they started playing Livgren's original material with Scott Kessler playing bass and Zeke Lowe on drums. In 1970, they changed the band's name again to Kansas and merged with members of a rival Topeka progressive outfit White Clover. This early Kansas group, which lasted until 1971 when Ehart and Hope and some of the others left to reform White Clover, is sometimes referred to as Kansas I.
Ehart was replaced by Zeke Lowe and later Brad Schulz, Hope was replaced by Rod Mikinski on bass, and Baker was replaced by John Bolton on saxophone and flute. (This lineup is sometimes referred to as Kansas II, and 30 years later would re-form under the name Proto-Kaw.) In 1972, after Ehart returned from England (where he'd gone to look for other musicians), he and Hope once again reformed White Clover with Robby Steinhardt (vocals, violin, viola, cello), Steve Walsh (vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, percussion) and Rich Williams (guitars). In 1973 they recruited Livgren from the second Kansas group, which then folded. Eventually, they received a record deal with Don Kirshner's eponymous label, and decided to adopt the Kansas name. In early 1974 they recorded their first album.

Albums :

1974 - Kansas -> Part 1/Part 2
1975 - Song for America
1975 - Masque -> Part 1/Part 2
1976 - Leftoverture -> Part 1/Part 2
1977 - Point of Know Return -> Part 1/Part 2
1978 - Two for the Show [Live] -> Part 1/Part 2
1979 - Monolith
1980 - Audio-Visions
1982 - Vinyl Confessions
1983 - Drastic Measures
1986 - Power
1986 - Power Demos
1988 - In the Spirit of Things -> Part 1/Part 2
1992 - Live at the Whiskey -> Part 1/Part 2
1994 - The Kansas Boxed Set -> Part 1/Part 2/Part 3
1995 - Freaks of Nature -> Part 1/Part 2
1998 - King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas
1998 - Always Never the Same -> Part 1/Part 2
1999 - The Best of Kansas
2000 - Somewhere To Elsewhere
2000 - The Ultimate Kansas -> Part 1/Part 2
2002 - Device, Voice, Drum [Live] -> Part 1/Part 2/Part 3/Part 4
2002 - Dust in the Wind [Live]
2007 - Dust In The Wind - Classic Rock Songs
2009 - The Very Best Of 1CD

Proto-Kaw
Early Recordings From Kansas (1971-73) -> Part 1/Part 2
2004 - Before Became After (2004) -> Part 1/Part 2
2006 - The Wait of Glory -> Part 1/Part 2

Kerry Livgren
1980 - Seeds of Change
1989 - One Of Several Possible Musics
1998 - Prime Mover II -> Part 1/Part 2
2006 - Reconstructions Reconstructed -> Part 1/Part 2

Genre: Symphonic Prog
Country: USA
Pass: threemoretime

Alternative Links :

1974 – Kansas
1974 – Song for America
1975 – Masque
1976 – Leftoverture
1977 – Point of Know Return
1978 – Two for the Show part1 / part2
1979 – Monolith
1980 – Audio Visions
1982 – Vinyl Confessions
1983 – Drastic Measures
1986 – The Power
1988 – Always Never The Same
1988 – In The Spirit Of Things
1995 – Freaks Of Nature part1 / part2
1998 – King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents” Live
2000 – Somewhere to Elsewhere
2002 – Dust in the Wind – Live
2002 – Device, Voice, Drum CD1 / CD2