American progressive/hard rock band hailing from Topeka, Kansas, and formed in 1973. As of 2022, the band was composed of Phil Ehart (drums), Richard Williams (guitar), Billy Greer (bass, vocals), David Ragsdale (violin, guitar, vocals), Ronnie Platt (vocals, keyboards), and Tom Brislin (keyboards).
Kansas (2)
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ZA 32817 |
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Kansas (2) | Kansas (Album, Comp) | Kirshner | ZA 32817 | US | 1974 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ECPO-77 |
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Kansas (2) | Masque (Album) | Kirshner | ECPO-77 | Japan | 1975 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PZA 33385 |
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Kansas (2) | Song For America (Album) | Kirshner | PZA 33385 | US | 1975 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PZT 34224 |
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Kansas (2) | Leftoverture (Album) | Kirshner, Kirshner | PZT 34224 | US | 1976 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Series #11 Show #8 |
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Kansas (2), Kerry Livgren | Kansas (2), Kerry Livgren - Innerview Series #11 Show #8 (LP, Transcription) | Inner View Records | Series #11 Show #8 | 1976 | Sell This Version | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kansas (2), Peter Gabriel, Rita Coolidge, New Riders Of The Purple Sage | Kansas (2), Peter Gabriel, Rita Coolidge, New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Nightbird & Company: Cosmic Connections (2xLP, Promo, Transcription) | The National Guard | none | US | 1977 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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KIR 82234 |
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Kansas (2) | Point Of Know Return (Album) | Kirshner, Kirshner | KIR 82234 | Greece | 1977 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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JZT 34929 |
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Kansas (2) | Point Of Know Return (Cass, Album, Smo) | Kirshner | JZT 34929 | US | 1977 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Series #9 Show #6 |
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Kansas (2) | Innerview (LP, Transcription) | Inner View Records | Series #9 Show #6 | 1977 | Sell This Version | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1R2 6882 |
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Kansas (2) | Two For The Show (Album) | Kirshner | 1R2 6882 | US | 1978 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Series #11 Show #8 |
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Kansas (2), Kerry Livgren | Kansas (2), Kerry Livgren - Innerview (LP, Transcription) | Innerview | Series #11 Show #8 | US | 1978 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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LP-2/16/78 |
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Kansas (2) / Tubes* / Journey | Kansas (2) / Tubes* / Journey - Wherehouse Albums Of The Week (Airplay Dates: 2/23/78 - 3/1/78 (LP, Smplr) | Integrity Entertainment Corp. | LP-2/16/78 | US | 1978 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FZA 36008 |
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Kansas (2) | Monolith (Album) | Kirshner | FZA 36008 | Canada | 1979 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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LP-1440-E |
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Kansas (2) | Audio-Visions (Album) | Kirshner | LP-1440-E | Japan | 1980 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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RR-99, RR-100 |
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Kansas (2) | Kansas (LP) | Rock & Religion, Rock & Religion | RR-99, RR-100 | US | 1980 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kansas (2) | The Kansas Concert (2xLP, Transcription) | NBC Radio | none | US | 1980 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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RR 121, RR 122 |
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Kerry Livgren, Kansas (2) | Kerry Livgren, Kansas (2) - Rock & Religion (LP, Transcription) | Rock & Religion, Rock & Religion | RR 121, RR 122 | US | 1980 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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RKRS-9 |
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Robert Klein Featuring Kansas (2), The Elektriks | Robert Klein Featuring Kansas (2), The Elektriks - The Robert Klein Radio Show (December 21, 1980) (LP, Transcription + LP, S/Sided, Transcription) | Froben Production | RKRS-9 | US | 1980 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ANOTR-181 |
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Kansas (2) | A Night On The Road (3xLP, Transcription) | G.K. Productions | ANOTR-181 | US | 1981 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NBC 81-9 |
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Kansas (2) | The Kansas Special (2xLP, Transcription) | The Source (8) | NBC 81-9 | US | 1981 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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40-85714 |
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Kansas (2) | Vinyl Confessions (Album) | Kirshner | 40-85714 | Europe | 1982 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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RR 82-8 |
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Kansas (2) | Retro Rock (LP, Promo, Transcription) | Clayton Webster Corporation | RR 82-8 | US | 1982 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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OTRS 82-30 |
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Kansas (2), Mary Turner (4) | Kansas (2), Mary Turner (4) - Off The Record Specials With Mary Turner (2xLP, Transcription) | Westwood One | OTRS 82-30 | US | 1982 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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IC-82-25-Y |
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Pat Travers / Kansas (2) | Pat Travers / Kansas (2) - In Concert (2xLP, Transcription) | Westwood One | IC-82-25-Y | US | 1982 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Series 21 Show 12 |
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Kansas (2) | Innerview (LP, Transcription) | Innerview | Series 21 Show 12 | US | 1982 | Sell This Version |
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geminijon69
April 30, 2021
Does anybody have any info on 2 edited singles released from the Freaks Of Nature album, the singles were Desperate
Times and Hope Once Again
Times and Hope Once Again
Trainheart
July 12, 2018
You are missing the boat if you don't consider Monolith a masterpiece. The 1979 tour was also incredible-they played the entire album and nearly every staple up to this point including a cover of Eleanor Rigby @ the Tulsa Civic Center show.
Trust an old dude who knows.
Trust an old dude who knows.
TheStygianHeresy
December 2, 2017
There is a pre-Kansas 45 rpm / 7" not listed here in Discogs, RateYourMusic, Progarchives, the Wiki article on the band, or in the Kansas fan magazine that was around for about a year sometime in the 90s. The single is by one or two of the original members (not Livgren or Proto-Kaw), issued on a local Kansas (the state) label in the early 70s. When I purchased my copy in the early aughts, it came with a plain 7" sleeve. I can't at present provide more details simply as my collection is in another city; but it does exist; I own a copy; and printed on the label as songwriter(s) are the name(s) of either one or two from the original line-up. I have no need to be the first to list it, nor do I mean to put a cruel teaser out there, just to pique interest in the true fan. Hopefully some other keen collector will come across it -- I'd recommend flipping through 45 bins if you live in the midwest. When I found it on ebay, no one bid against me, to show how unknown it is; so I scored it for about $2. It is of interest to the Kansas collector. Of the two songs, I recall one being an average decent 'just rock' song; and the other a quite good arty rock song that, in retrospect, could easily be seen to be leading up to the Kansas sound on their first album, although not quite on that lofty level. Until I have access to my collection, that's all I recall. I've gone through all the individual original member links here on Discogs, and on RateYourMusic, and it's simply not to be found connected to anything Kansas, but it should be.
Innkeeper215
December 12, 2014
Hi Ebryoyo: I agree that their first five are timeless. They were incredible seeing live with Steve Walsh's energy and tight, faithful renderings of their songs. I would go so far as to say that through 1979s Monolith, they were fantastic. I think when the 80s came around and guitar driven rock music faded and keyboards and synthesizers were in (a time the music was truly dead, in my opinion), Kansas and many bands of that time just went commercial and sucked. Just my thoughts.

Embryoyo
October 25, 2013
edited over 10 years ago
Kansas' first 5 releases are timeless in my book!
Concerning their first 5 albums released on CD - does anyone know if any of these were released on CD format prior to their reissues with bonus tracks? Along with no information being available under the album pages on Discogs regarding any kind of pre-90's/00's CD release, I've combed all the used CD stores in my city & can't find any that were released prior to 2000, although I have found plenty from other more popular bands of the time - CCR's original Fantasty remaster CDs, for example, and the first CD releases of earlier Rush records. I ask because as a collector AND music fan, I prefer to have the earliest possible release on CD!
Please send me a message if you can provide me with any information! Thanks!
Concerning their first 5 albums released on CD - does anyone know if any of these were released on CD format prior to their reissues with bonus tracks? Along with no information being available under the album pages on Discogs regarding any kind of pre-90's/00's CD release, I've combed all the used CD stores in my city & can't find any that were released prior to 2000, although I have found plenty from other more popular bands of the time - CCR's original Fantasty remaster CDs, for example, and the first CD releases of earlier Rush records. I ask because as a collector AND music fan, I prefer to have the earliest possible release on CD!
Please send me a message if you can provide me with any information! Thanks!
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