In the Beginning [Live]

Slits | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 26, 1997)
• Original Release Date: August 26, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Cleopatra
• ASIN: B000001JKY
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #492,254 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Vindictive

2. A Boring Life

3. Slime

4. New Town

5. Love and Romance

6. Shoplifting

7. Number One Enemy

8. Number One Enemy [Acoustic]

9. In the Beginning

10. New Town

11. Man Next Door

12. I Heard It Through the Grapevine

13. Typical Girls

14. Fade Away

15. In the Beginning

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes! A stunningly accurate document . . ., December 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: In the Beginning (Audio CD)

There are two halves to this CD - one of the early, pre-Cut punk stuff, one of the later more overtly reggae/African influenced stuff. This is an accurate depicition of the band at these stages, full of irreverance and spastic musical joy. I love the Slits and saw them several times, this is more like what they were than any of their studio recordings manage to express.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than "Cut", July 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: In the Beginning (Audio CD)

These live recordings are much more interesting than the studio versions. The "punk era" performances are best, the later versions are less exciting. Overall, a good introduction to the band. It's just a pity that Budgie doesn't appear.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars HALF GOOD, January 13, 2005

By 

JUAN MARTIN GABASTOU (Weston Hills, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In the Beginning (Audio CD)

The first 6 songs are intense riot/punk stuff,live in 77,and they rule.The 7th song is "acoustic" though it features nothing but an acoustic guitar and dual Ari Up&Nina Hagen vocals.The "dub era" songs are downright boring and don't even sound like dub to me (at least in the reggae sense of the word).I guess the cd is OK for the first 6 tracks,just not exactly the best bang for the buck.