Love You Live [Live][Original recording remastered]

The Rolling Stones

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 10, 2009)
• Original Release Date: September 23, 1977
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Live, Original recording remastered
• Label: UMe
• ASIN: B002OT730K
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (66 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #28,511 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

1977's Love You Live lands near the top of the list of the Stones' half-dozen live albums; especially for the brief set of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, and Howlin' Wolf stuff recorded at Toronto's El Mocambo (while Keith Richards was waiting out the legal hassles of a heroin bust five days earlier). Billy Preston is the real star of this show though, and his great piano, organ, and soul shouting are all over this record, especially on the opening soul revue of "Honky Tonk Women," "If You Can't Rock Me," and "Get Off of My Cloud." Keith outpunks the punks on "Happy" and Mick is all Mick--Mr. Pouting and Posing--on the notorious "Star Star." --Michael Ruby

Product Description

Digitally remastered reissue of The Rolling Stones 1977 live album.

Customer Reviews

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars love them live, October 19, 2005

By	Frau Riccardo (sassari - italy) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Love You Live (Audio CD)

It is common opinion (and, by the way, I agree with it) that "Love you live" and "Get yer ya ya's out" are probably Stones' best live albums. Nevertheless, as for the "inspiration" and the characters of these works, there are some important differences: if, on the one hand, "Get yer ya ya's out" is a solid, compact and upright rock and roll record, on the other hand "Love you live" seems to be more nervous and powerful, maybe because of the age of the recording (1977: echoes from the punk movement?), sketching a various and full-of-energy profile of the Band through a double set record. Talking about some tracks in detail, the CD, after the ouverture "Fanfare for the common man", starts with "Honky tonk women" (one of its best-known versions), followed by "If you can't rock me"/"Get off of my cloud" (mixed together) and "Happy", that let the listener almost breathless. After such highlights as "You can't always get what you want" (after Ron Wood's solo, the crowd in Paris and Mick Jagger singing together the chorus: thrills...) and the side recorded at "El Mocambo", the final rush with "It's only R'N'R'", "Jumping Jack Flash" and "Brown sugar" (and others, of course) is the knock-out punch. Add some classics ("Tumbling dice", etc.) and the result is a milestone in the rock and roll landscape.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Love you Live is a great time., January 6, 2007

By	Saluki Steve (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love You Live (Audio CD)

This is the best live Stones album since Get Yer Ya-Yas Out. Really enjoy it. Had it on 8-track "back in the day" and finally got the CD version. Band sounds terrific throughout, especially in the club setting. Like the Stones? You'll like this one.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 5 reasons for a Stones fan to buy this album, March 26, 2006

By	Len Young - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love You Live (Audio CD)

1) It contains the only officialy released live versions of the overlooked mid-70s classics If You Can't Rock Me, Fingerprint File, and Star, Star, and all sound excellent

2) The version of Hot Stuff on here is better than the album version in my opinion, for what that's worth to you.

3) Good performances of the smash hits You Can't Always Get What You Want and Sympathy For the Devil.

4) A smoking version of Happy

5) The blues and early rock tracks Mannish Boy, Crackin' Up, Little Red Rooster, and Around and Around.

Now if you are a casual fan, you should get Get Yer Ya Ya's Out first. In fact, even the new Live Licks contains more hits than Love You Live if that's what you're looking for. But for the more seasoned fan, there are performances on here from every Stones era up to this point - very early songs, several from the 68-72 years, and at least one song from each 73-76 album. It's a great snapshot of the band at a crucial stage of their development.

Having said that, I can't give it five stars for a couple reasons. First, it's not as good as Ya Ya's. Second, there are a couple terrible performances. Jumpin' Jack Flash is just awful , due to Mick's lack of effort on vocals. I've only been able to get through this track once. If you want this one live, buy Flashpoint or Ya Ya's. In my opinion the Flashpoint version is the best, but anything's better than the one on this album. But when you take this double album as a whole, there is much more good than bad, and several great moments.