Release Date: Friday 1st May 2026 [Very Limited Stock]

SPECIAL RECORD STORE DAY RELEASE OF A PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED LIVE ALBUM, RECORDED AT WINTERLAND, CALIFORNIA IN 1978.

Horslips were a pioneering force in blending Irish traditional music with progressive rock, helping to define what became known as Celtic rock. Throughout the 1970s, the band toured extensively across Europe and North America, building a reputation for ambitious live performances.

“A brilliant souvenir of a rare moment from our many wild adventures across America” – Jim Lockhart

Recorded at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco in 1978 during the band’s US tour supporting their 1977 album Aliens, this concert is made available on LP for the first time. The recording documents Horslips’ late-1970s live sound and lineup and is pressed on 180g crystal clear vinyl.

"Saturday night in San Francisco, 15 April 1978. Third on the bill, a 40-minute slot to make a mark and Horslips did so with virtuosity, velocity and ferocity – and a cheery twinkle in the emerald eye, as always. Winterland was a magical moment in the Horslips journey, midway between the loose, homespun prog quirkiness of their 1976 double live LP and the taut, professional, yet exhausted end-of-days souvenir The Belfast Gigs (1980), when they were doing battle on tour with bill-sharing boogie bores, new wave nonentities and the seen-it-all audiences of America. Horslips Live At Winterland is something new: it’s a cauldron of pure molten rock. Listening is believing." - Colin Harper

Produced by Horslips.

Recorded at Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA, USA on 15 April 1978 by KALX Radio.

Preserved and digitised by Doug Kroll.

Remixed and remastered by Joachim "Eroc" Heinz Ehrig.

Curated by Colin Harper.

TRACKLIST

SIDE A

1. Presenter Intro (San Francisco, CA, 15th April 1978) [00:12] 

2. The Wrath Of The Rain (San Francisco, CA, 15th April 1978) [02:52] 

3. New York Wakes (San Francisco, CA, 15th April 1978) [03:53] 

4. The Power And The Glory (San Francisco, CA, 15th April 1978) [03:36] 

5. The Rocks Remain (San Francisco, CA, 15th April 1978) [02:39] 

6. Sword Of Light (San Francisco, CA, 15th April 1978) [05:32]

SIDE B

1. Speed The Plough (San Francisco, CA, 15th April 1978) [03:29] 

2. Sure The Boy Was Green (San Francisco, CA, 15th April 1978) [04:24] 

3. Trouble (With A Capital ‘T’) (San Francisco, CA, 15th April 1978) [03:21] 

4. King Of The Fairies (San Francisco, CA, 15th April 1978) [04:03] 

5. Dearg Doom (San Francisco, CA, 15th April 1978) [06:11] 

6. Presenter Outro (San Francisco, CA, 15th April 1978) [00:23]