JadeRose wrote:Now I'm looking into this again, too. It seems I may be wrong. I'm not sure where I read that is was not live but I can't find anything that says that again. I HOPE I'm wrong. If so, can you imagine being at Howard Stein's Academy of Music that night and hearing that LIVE and in person? Holy Balls...that woulda been something.
Whew! All is right in the world again.
I found this interview with Steve Hunter that leads me to think the Intro was always performed live:
http://www.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/Steve-Hunter-The-Gibson-Interview-Part-2.aspx
And yes, that would have been one heck of a concert memory to have been there that night.