1976 Tour of Europe

Just as the 1973 European expedition was a pared down version of the 1972 US Tour, so the European jaunt in 1976 dropped half the 1975 US set list and added half of their latest studio album (Black and Blue, their first with Ron Wood as a member, though recorded long before he was ratified as such and thereby featuring exquisite guitar work from several other contenders including Wayne Perkins, Harvey Mandel and Jeff Beck).

Rarities from this tour...the marathon 'Knebworth Fair' grab bag of oddities not withstanding... included only 'Cherry Oh Baby' (played once only, in Paris*). The set list remained virtually identical from the early shows in Frankfurt right through to the finales in Paris and London. Here is a recording of that one off performance:

* 'Cherry Oh Baby' was played once, in it's very early interpretive stages, at one of the New York dates on the 1975 US Tour.