On this day in music history: September 24, 1979 - The Long Run, the sixth album by the Eagles is released. Produced by Bill Szymczyk, it is recorded at Bayshore Recording Studios in Coconut Grove, FL, One Step Up Recording Studio, Love N Comfort Recording Studio, Brittania Recording Studio and The Record Plant in Los Angeles, CA from March 1978 - September 1979. Issued as the follow up to the hugely successful Hotel California, the album is recorded over an eighteen month period, and is the first to include new bassist and vocalist Timothy B. Schmit (replacing founding member Randy Meisner, also having replaced him in Poco). The album is originally planned to be a double album, but is pared back to a single LP when the band feels they dont have enough suitable material. Many of the songs will be developed in the studio as the years of constant writing and recording followed by extensive tours has left the band tapped out physically and creatively. Under intense pressure from both their record label and fans, the long arduous recording sessions will take its toll, eventually leading to the bands split in July 1980 following the tour to support the album. Though it will receive somewhat mixed reviews upon its release, it will be a huge commercial success, spinning off three Top 10 singles including Heartache Tonight (#1 Pop), the title track (#8 Pop), and I Cant Tell You Why (#8 Pop, #22 R&B). The band will win a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group for Heartache Tonight in 1980. The Long Run will spend nine weeks at number one on the Billboard Top 200, and is certified 7x Platinum in the US by the RIAA.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 21:05:23 +0000
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