# Frampton Comes Alive: Did you own a copy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183 "2019-05-19T15:52:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/21 "2019-05-19T21:34:05Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I always thought it was bump man. In fact, it’s “Bob Mayo,” the name of the keyboard player in Frampton’s band. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/22 "2019-05-19T23:27:26Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > Yeah, we had one in the house. I don’t know where it came from. We didn’t even have many albums back then, but we had that. > That Wayne’s World joke was spot on. It was that and Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours”. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/23 "2019-05-19T23:34:01Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > It was that and Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours”. Or, I am told, if you lived in the British Isles, “Queen Greatest Hits.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/24 "2019-05-19T23:40:40Z")
I believe my sister got it as a gift from a boyfriend and she hated it so I got it. I turned 13 the summer of '77 when we were into it. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/25 "2019-05-19T23:47:02Z")
The actual record release was when I was a kid. Since then I have owned lots of Rory Gallagher records, tapes and CDs, but no Frampton Comes Alive. I have nothing against Mr. Frampton, mind you, but that stuff was all over FM radio and I really didn’t need an at-home copy. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/26 "2019-05-19T23:55:41Z")
No I am too young to have gotten it in the suburban mail along with samples of Tide. I’m also old enough to have immediately gotten the Wayne’s World joke. It was still getting solid airplay on the most popular radio station where I grew up. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/27 "2019-05-20T01:20:57Z")
Uh, what’s the Wayne’s World joke? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/28 "2019-05-20T01:22:23Z")
Yes, still have it. Along with another Frampton or two if I’m not mistaken. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/29 "2019-05-20T01:29:48Z")
I was working in radio during that period and often heard songs 3-4x during my day. I didn’t buy much music from that era. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/30 "2019-05-20T02:02:34Z")
No, I’m a rock purist. To me he stopped being good after Humble Pie. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/31 "2019-05-20T02:11:34Z")
I voted no because I didn’t own it but there was one in the house. My older brother had the original album. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/32 "2019-05-20T12:48:23Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > It was that and Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours”. I don’t know the Wayne’s World joke but Dave Barry once referred to _Rumours_ as the ultimate “big brother album” i.e., those of us still a bit too young to buy records all got exposed to music via our older sibling. In the case of FCA, it was my friend’s big brother. So no, I didn’t own a copy but I sure listened to it a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/33 "2019-05-20T13:08:45Z")
I never really cared for Frampton, but my girlfriend at the time did, so yes, I bought it right away. I still have it, although I haven’t played it since ca. 1980. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/34 "2019-05-20T13:20:41Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Uh, what’s the Wayne’s World joke? “Frampton Comes Alive”? Everybody in the world has Frampton Comes Alive. If you lived in the suburbs you were issued it. It came in the mail with samples of Tide. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/35 "2019-05-20T14:30:04Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > No, I’m a rock purist. To me he stopped being good after Humble Pie. I thought he sold out when he joined The Herd. I prefer his work with the Trubeats. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/36 "2019-05-20T14:30:44Z")
My parents gave it to me for my 15th birthday (1976). Loved it at the time - but haven’t listened to the actual album since the early 80s. The songs aren’t my favorites anymore. Those songs are on my list of “songs I’m tired of”. Although when I do happen to hear any of the songs I’m immediately transported back in time to summer parties where a ton of kids would show up, someone would bring a keg and someone would hook up speakers and blast music. The songs from Boston’s album _Boston_ are also time traveling songs for me. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/37 "2019-05-20T14:36:02Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Why would I have bought it? Everyone ELSE had it. Ditto. It seemed like I was being bombarded with Frampton that year; you could hardly get away from his music. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/38 "2019-05-20T14:51:21Z")
Born in '77. Am familiar with the music. By the time I cared about mainstream music, that shit was _so old_. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/39 "2019-05-20T15:36:27Z")
I voted Yes because I know that at least I HAD the album but I can’t remember if it was mine or someone else’s. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183/40 "2019-05-20T16:53:52Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I don’t know the Wayne’s World joke but Dave Barry once referred to _Rumours_ as the ultimate “big brother album” i.e., those of us still a bit too young to buy records all got exposed to music via our older sibling. I remain forever grateful that for me, at around the same time, those were _No More Heroes_ and _The Kick Inside_. I owe my big brother for saving me from a life of being enthralled to guitar noodling. I voted No, because “hell, no, over my dead body” was not an option. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frampton-comes-alive-did-you-own-a-copy/834183.md?page=3)