Slade Alive - the Live Anthology: Remastered

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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0698458820129 Format: Live Label: Salvo Manufacturer: Salvo Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Salvo Release Date: 2006-08-21 Studio: Salvo
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Short, but sweet... Comment: Overall I agree mostly with what`s been said in the other reviews. DEFINITELY worth 5 stars and excellent value. I personally believe any rock/hard rock fan should, without any doubt, have this in their collection. They`re all worth having with maybe (as mentioned in other review) the exception of just the one track `Okey Cokey`!! For me, the first album `Slade Alive!` is one of the best live albums of ALL time... end of!! Don`t get me wrong though, `Slade Alive II` and `Slade On Stage` are still GREAT albums!!... IF you haven`t already got this, do not deny yourself any longer and buy NOW!! Customer Rating: Summary: union suare mistake Comment: I have lived,breathed and slept slade for almost 37 years now.I know them and everything about them,luv them to bits and always will,but for many years now Ive been dreaming of the Reading Festival set being released on cd(I think we can safely say we will not get it on film).So here it is,a reasonable quality transfer with no real research of what was played at the festival and WHAT WASNT!!!!!!!.Dear oh dear Union Square,the cassette tape I have recorded from Radio One back in 1980 is not only better quality but has much more content!.Why didnt you put on "Take me bak ome"?,its readily available you know(extra disc in the Ruby Red double pack)and ultimately,why oh why did you include "Okey Cokey",if any of you guys in charge at US had bothered to at least have a chat about this importand and excellant piece of musical history over a cup of tea you may have come to the conclusion that this track was a desperate stab at getting back into the limelight long before the Reading Festival and was re-mixed with a live audience to make the "non-Slade fan" think that it was live.It was never "live" and to be perfectly honest its inclusion here is the final straw for me,I cannot and will not continue to purchase half-hearted & polished up re-releases from official sources when there is absolute experts out there who are given the "cold-shoulder" time and time again(Hi Gary & Dave,your time may come yet).Keep on Rockin,Mark Richards. Customer Rating: Summary: 5 stars just aren`t enough Comment: This is a 10 star album if ever there was one. Slade were my first rock heroes and Alive! represents not only the best Slade you`ll ever hear, but one of the best, if not THE best live album ever made (although Nugent`s Double Live Gonzo is pretty close). My mate used to run a disco in the 80`s and he always closed with Born To Be Wild. Believe me, that song played at full volume used to clear the floor pretty quickly. Another thing: A lot of people may not have relaised that Holder was more than capable of singing a moving ballad as shown during the first half of John Sebastian`s Darling Be Home Soon. Great album. Customer Rating: Summary: I was one of the lucky hundred or so..... Comment: ....who were at the first Slade Alive recording session! A couple of friends and I managed to get hold of some of the complimentary tickets and so had the great good fortune to see one of the premier live bands as if they were playing in a small club........ It was great being there, the sound was incredible and the band were absolutely on song - and it's all captured on the album. I can't hear myself cheering on it (couldn't hear much for a few days after, either!!) - but it still remains one of the all time great live albums. Buy it, invite loads of mates around, play it loud and hear how live rock ought to be. Customer Rating: Summary: The best live album of all time Comment: This has to be the best live album of all time: no cleaning up of the sound, no polishing up on mistakes, just 100% raw energy, captured superbly by Chas Chandler's ever-thoughful production. The band played in a large studio infront of a 100 or so fans. They then belted out their classics in the same unique way that they had already been doing for almost ten years. They have to be almost the only band that can cover famous rock 'n' roll songs and not only make them their own, but in my opinion improve on them by adding a few more decibels. More Reviews