Alive [Import, Live]

Slade | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 20, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Live
• Label: Polygram Int'l
• ASIN: B000005S0T
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #441,768 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hear Me Calling

2. In Like A Shot From My Gun

3. Darling Be Home Soon

4. Know Who You Are

5. Keep On Rocking

6. Get Down With It

7. Born To Be Wild

Editorial Reviews

2006 digitally remastered two CD set, subtitled The Live Anthology, features not only the original Slade Alive! album but also Slade Alive! Volume Two, Slade On Stage and Alive At Reading for a total of 33 rockin' and stompin' Slade performances! The first live album 'Slade Alive!' was recorded at the Command Theatre Studio in London, for just œ600, and released without overdubs of any sort in March 1972. 'Vol. Two' was culled from American concert performances in the autumn of 1976 as well as British dates the following spring. The story of Slade's renaissance at the 1980 Reading Festival has long since passed into the realms of rock music folklore. It was a performance that resurrected their flagging career and several tracks were originally issued on a pair of EPs. Slavo.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Recorded around 1971/72 but still sounds fresh, March 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Alive (Audio CD)

I can remember buying the vinyl version when it came out in the early 70's and wearing out a copy by the I left school in 1976. For it's time it was and still is quite heavy with some storming covers including "Born to be Wild", and some of their early skinhead material, e.g. "Know who you are". A tender moment hears Noddy Holder providing a belch to John Sebastian's "Darling be home soon". From around 1971-74 Slade had numerous top 10 singles in the UK. Top stuff! Rock n Roll at its best.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars if you ever saw slade ,THIS,is the one ta get !!, March 21, 1999

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[e-mail] (new jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alive (Audio CD)

this is there first release in the usa and there best if you go for early LOUD HARD ROCK...long live the capitol theater in passaic n.j!!!!!!!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Slade Alive, December 11, 2005

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steve daddy (Indianapolis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alive (Audio CD)

I have been listening to this album for over thirty years and it still sounds great. One of the best overlooked live albums in Rock, one I was really happy to finally get on cd. Starts with a cover of "Hear me callin" which begins at a friendly gait and builds to an explosive end. "In like a shot" is a great Slade rocker, simple and to the point with Noddy's vocals cuttin right through. A tender version of "Darlin be home soon" features some nice volume knob swells and great guitar work from Jim Lee. The high point of this album is the "regular finisher" Born to be wild. If The Cult did the lamest cover of this song, Slade did the best. Unbelievable sonic mayhem especially for the time. In short, this is rock and roll as it shoud be done, four guys with the minimum of equipment blastin it out in a small club. How did they stay in tune?