Significant longplayers from yesteryear

15 January 2026

PETER FRAMPTON was only 16 when he was a member of British
pop band The Herd (1965-69), who scored a couple of top 10 hits
in the UK.

Afterward, he formed, along with Small Faces‘ frontman, the late Steve Marriott,
a group named Humple Pie (1969-1975). Frampton already left in 1971 and went
solo, but also worked, in between, with rock stars such as David Bowie, Bill Wyman
and Ringo Starr.

On 15 January 1976, today 50 years ago, he released his most successful LP,
a double one, in his career with PETER FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE!

It debuted on the charts at No. 191. Only weeks later, it reached No. 1 in the US, spending 10 non-consecutive weeks in the top spot. It was the best-selling album of 1976 and has sold over 8,000,000 copies in the United States.

AllMusic/Bruce Eder: “At the time of its release, Frampton Comes Alive! was an anomaly,
a multi-million-selling (mid-priced) double LP by an artist who had previously never burned
up the charts with his long-players in any spectacular way. The biggest-selling live album of
all time, it made Peter Frampton a household word.”

Peter Frampton: “I’m very aware that when I kick the bucket, the first paragraph will be,
‘The man responsible for Frampton Comes Alive! just dropped dead, after coming alive all
these years.'”

Frampton showed millions of screaming girls the way.

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