Journey
May 12, 1974 · Record Plant Sausalito
Journey had no album, no radio play, and a drummer borrowed from another band when they played the Record Plant on May 12, 1974. Prairie Prince was sitting in from the Tubes while Aynsley Dunbar waited in the wings. The lineup that night, Gregg Rolie, Neal Schon, George Tickner, and Ross Valory, previewed material that would end up on their debut album a year before anyone outside the Bay Area knew who they were. The broadcast is documented by an Oakland Tribune radio listing from the same night, confirming the date against a conflicting setlist.fm entry.
- Type
- Live Broadcast
- Date Recorded
- May 12, 1974
- Date Broadcast
- May 12, 1974
KSAN 95 FM broadcast, Record Plant Sausalito. Tom Donahue series. Early pre-debut Journey. CENSUS 2026-05-31: Verified. Type: FM Broadcast (SQ rated 9/10). HIGH INTEREST: formative Journey, ~a year before their 1975 self-titled debut — most of this set previewed that album. Early lineup: Gregg Rolie (keyboards, vocals), Neal Schon (guitar), George Tickner (rhythm guitar), Ross Valory (bass), Prairie Prince (drums — on loan from The Tubes before Aynsley Dunbar joined; cross-ref the Tubes 1974 rows). Setlist (8): Intro/Mystery Mountain / Topaz / It's All Too Much (Beatles) / In My Lonely Feeling–Conversations / Kohoutek / To Play Some Music / Of a Lifetime / In the Morning Day. Best free source: YouTube (Recording URL, X_Si2yds0JM); collector FLAC via Dixie Highway (URL2) and soundaboard blog. Bootleg CD 'Original Cut' pairs the first 36 min of this show with 6 tracks from 1976 Frankfurt. DATE CONFIRMED 1974-05-12 via PRIMARY SOURCE: an Oakland Tribune 'Sunday Radio' listing (Sun May 12, 1974) shows 'Journey live from the Record Plant' at 11 PM on KSAN. setlist.fm's 'May 27, 1974' is an error — May 27 was a Monday, and KSAN Record Plant broadcasts aired Sunday nights at 11 PM. Row date 05-12 retained. ARTICLE: see Articles table (Published).
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