Title: Kansas - Point Of Know Return
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1977, Progressive Rock, Topeka
Matrix #: JZ 34929
Condition: NM, sounds great, looks great
Cultural Facts:
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Personal Struggle Kansas spent years grinding through Midwest bars and near-breakup instability before their mid-'70s success finally gave them national footing.
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Studio Lore Kerry Livgren nearly left "Dust in the Wind" off the album because it began as a simple fingerpicking exercise, not a planned centerpiece.
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Media Narrative This record arrived when American prog had to prove it could survive punk, and Kansas answered by turning complexity into FM-radio scale success.
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