DOKKEN - From Conception: Live 1981

I am sure it is from King Biscuit, for one thing, his label at the time Elektra was not going to spend tons of money to record an unknown band like Dokken live, who's debut sold well but was not going to became the next 'Metal Health' record in terms of sales. Hiring a mobile recording truck or a producer to handle the recordings etc

King Biscuit was good at recording bands, and giving bands who they thought might break big exposure by broadcasting them with a bigger act.

Part of Ozzy's 'Randy Rhoads Tribute' where taken from a King Biscuit broadcast if I remember correctly.

In the early 90's they had released a few archieve recordings such as Deep Purple, Girlschool, etc.

Other bands who had complete control of their publising etc such as AC/DC, Led Zeppelin and other big names, have King Biscuit live recordings that have yet to see the light of day.

Whoever owns the rights to those King Biscuit Flower Hour radio shows must be sitting on a gold mine. I know there was a K.B.F.H. record label at one time which was releasing the concerts on CD but I have no idea if it's still active.

I have a Ramones live disc from them ("NYC 1978") which was recorded in NYC a week or so after the shows in England that they used for the "It's Alive" album. It's kind of pointless to own cuz it's more or less the exact same set list as It's Alive, but I'm a fanboy so of course had to pick it up.

I also have a Deep Purple Extended Versions disc from the short lived "Mark IV" lineup (w/Coverdale and Tommy Bolin) that apparently started life as a King Biscuit broadcast.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Whoever owns the rights to those King Biscuit Flower Hour radio shows must be sitting on a gold mine. I know there was a K.B.F.H. record label at one time which was releasing the concerts on CD but I have no idea if it's still active.

I have a Ramones live disc from them ("NYC 1978") which was recorded in NYC a week or so after the shows in England that they used for the "It's Alive" album. It's kind of pointless to own cuz it's more or less the exact same set list as It's Alive, but I'm a fanboy so of course had to pick it up.

I also have a Deep Purple Extended Versions disc from the short lived "Mark IV" lineup (w/Coverdale and Tommy Bolin) that apparently started life as a King Biscuit broadcast.

Yep, I have it under the original name 'King Biscuit Presents....'

Fat Freddy wrote:

Whoever owns the rights to those King Biscuit Flower Hour radio shows must be sitting on a gold mine. I know there was a K.B.F.H. record label at one time which was releasing the concerts on CD but I have no idea if it's still active.

I have a couple boots from KBFH, would love to see them released on CD. The KISS one from the LIU tour is great

I had the Girlschool KBFH at one point, got it used through Swapacd and gave it to a friend. I've always wanted to collect these; Amazon seems to have a buttload for reasonable used prices. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_n_0?rh=n%3A5174%2Ck%3Aking+biscuit+flower+hour&keywords=king+biscuit+flower+hour&ie=UTF8&qid=1404768471&rnid=2941120011

As for Dokken, I would grab it to round out my collection but I'm just not a big fan of their work before Tooth & Nail.