Slade Alive! - The Live Anthology
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Slade Alive! - The Live Anthology is a 2 disc set by the British rock group Slade
. It was released in August 2006 by Salvo.
The album combined Slade's entire official live collection, consisting of 1972's Slade Alive!
, 1978's Slade Alive, Vol. 2
, 1982's Slade on Stage
and 1980's Live at Reading
.
The Live at Reading material was originally released on two E.Ps titled Live at Reading
and Xmas Ear Bender
.
The album peaked at #254 for 2006 on rateyourmusic.
Slade
Slade are an English rock band from Wolverhampton, who rose to prominence during the glam rock era of the early 1970s. With 17 consecutive Top 20 hits and six number ones, the British Hit Singles & Albums names them as the most successful British group of the 1970s based on sales of singles...
. It was released in August 2006 by Salvo.
The album combined Slade's entire official live collection, consisting of 1972's Slade Alive!
Slade Alive!
Slade Alive! was a live album released by the British rock band Slade. The album was released on 24 March 1972, and reached No. 2 on the UK Charts, besides being Slade's first album to dent the Top 200 in the United States. The album contains original songs, plus cover versions of songs by Ten...
, 1978's Slade Alive, Vol. 2
Slade Alive, Vol. 2
Slade Alive, Vol. 2 is a live album by the British rock group Slade. It was released October 27, 1978 and did not enter the charts.There were also plans to release Be as a single, but it never eventuated due to the steady decline in the group's fortunes.The album peaked at #778 for 1978 on...
, 1982's Slade on Stage
Slade On Stage
Slade on Stage was a live album by the British rock group Slade. It was recorded at Newcastle City Hall in 1981. It was released December 11, 1982 and reached number 58 in the UK charts...
and 1980's Live at Reading
Live at Reading (EP)
"Live at Reading" is rock band Slade's second extended play from 1980. The three tracks that appeared on the album were taken from Slade's live performance at the Reading festival in 1980. Ozzy Osbourne, during his Blizzard of Ozz tour, cancelled his set at the Reading Festival at short notice....
.
The Live at Reading material was originally released on two E.Ps titled Live at Reading
Live at Reading (EP)
"Live at Reading" is rock band Slade's second extended play from 1980. The three tracks that appeared on the album were taken from Slade's live performance at the Reading festival in 1980. Ozzy Osbourne, during his Blizzard of Ozz tour, cancelled his set at the Reading Festival at short notice....
and Xmas Ear Bender
Xmas Ear Bender (EP)
"Xmas Ear Bender" is rock band Slade's third extended play from 1980. The three tracks that appeared on the album included Merry Xmas Everybody, a cover of Okey Cokey as well as Get Down and Get With It. The EP peaked at #70 in the UK and stayed in the charts for two weeks...
.
The album peaked at #254 for 2006 on rateyourmusic.
Disc one
(Slade Alive! and Slade Alive, Vol. 2)- "Hear Me Calling" - 5:46 (Alvin LeeAlvin LeeAlvin Lee is an English rock guitarist and singer. He began playing guitar at the age of 13, and with Leo Lyons formed the core of the band Ten Years After in 1960...
) - "In Like a Shot from My Gun" - 3:33 (Holder/Lea/Powell)
- "Darling Be Home Soon" - 5:43 (John SebastianJohn SebastianJohn Benson Sebastian Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and autoharpist. He is best known as a founder of The Lovin' Spoonful, a band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000...
) - "Know Who You Are" - 3:37 (Holder/Lea/Hill/Powell)
- "Keep on Rocking" - 6:29 (Holder/Lea/Hill/Powell)
- "Get Down and Get With ItGet Down and Get With It"Get Down and Get With It" is a single from rock band Slade which appeared on the album Sladest. It was written by Bobby Marchan. The single was released in 1971 and peaked at #16 in the UK, spending 14 weeks on the chart. This was Slade's first chart entry in their career...
" - 5:33 (Bobby MarchanBobby MarchanBobby Marchan was a well-respected American rhythm and blues bandleader, MC, singer-performer, recording artist, and female impersonator, who initially began performing in New Orleans nightclubs, specifically the Dew Drop Inn and the Club Tijuana in the mid 1950s.Marchan also toured with the band of...
) - "Born to Be WildBorn to Be Wild"Born to Be Wild" is a rock song written by Mars Bonfire and made famous by the Canadian-American rock band Steppenwolf. It is often used in popular culture to denote a biker appearance or attitude...
" - 8:12 (Mars BonfireMars BonfireDennis Edmonton , also known by the stage name Mars Bonfire, is a Canadian rock musician and songwriter, best known for writing the hit song "Born to Be Wild" for Steppenwolf....
) - "Get On Up" - 6:01 (Holder/Lea)
- "Take Me Bak 'OmeTake Me Bak 'OmeTake Me Bak 'Ome was a popular single by Slade.Written by Jim Lea and Noddy Holder and produced by Chas Chandler, Take Me Bak 'Ome was the second of Slade's six UK number one singles spending a single week at the top in July 1972. The single took 5 weeks to reach the top and was last seen on the...
" - 4:20 (Holder/Lea) - "My Baby Left MeMy Baby Left MeMy Baby Left Me is a rhythm and blues song written by blues singer Arthur Crudup in the late 1940s.It gained further exposure in covers by Elvis Presley, who placed his version on the b-side to his 1956 single "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"; by Creedence Clearwater Revival, who recorded it as...
" - 2:41 (Crudup) - "Be" - 3:51 (Holder/Lea)
- "Mama Weer All Crazee NowMama Weer All Crazee Now"Mama Weer All Crazee Now" is a popular song originally recorded by the British Glam rock band Slade on their album Slayed?.Written by Jim Lea and Noddy Holder and produced by Chas Chandler, it was the band's third number-one single in the United Kingdom. The single entered the charts on its first...
" - 3:58 (Holder/Lea) - "Burning in the Heat of Love" - 3:46 (Holder/Lea)
- "EverydayEveryday (Slade song)"Everyday" is a single from glam rock band Slade which appeared on the album Old New Borrowed and Blue. It was written by the usual collaboration of lead singer Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea. The single was released in 1974 and peaked at #3 in the UK, spending 7 weeks on the chart, the shortest...
" - 3:35 (Holder/Lea) - "Gudbuy T'Jane" - 4:59 (Holder/Lea)
- "One Eyed Jacks With Moustaches" - 3:24 (Holder/Lea)
- "Cum on Feel the NoizeCum on Feel the Noize"Cum On Feel the Noize" is a rock song originally released by Slade in 1973.Written by Jim Lea and Noddy Holder and produced by Chas Chandler, "Cum On Feel the Noize" was Slade's fourth number-one single in the UK and their first to enter straight at number one...
" - 4:21 (Holder/Lea)
Disc two
(Slade on Stage and Live at Reading)- "Rock 'n' Roll Preacher" - 5:19 (Holder/Lea)
- "When I'm Dancin' I Ain't Fightin'" - 3:43 (Holder/Lea)
- "Take Me Bak 'OmeTake Me Bak 'OmeTake Me Bak 'Ome was a popular single by Slade.Written by Jim Lea and Noddy Holder and produced by Chas Chandler, Take Me Bak 'Ome was the second of Slade's six UK number one singles spending a single week at the top in July 1972. The single took 5 weeks to reach the top and was last seen on the...
" - 4:33 (Holder/Lea) - "EverydayEveryday (Slade song)"Everyday" is a single from glam rock band Slade which appeared on the album Old New Borrowed and Blue. It was written by the usual collaboration of lead singer Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea. The single was released in 1974 and peaked at #3 in the UK, spending 7 weeks on the chart, the shortest...
" - 3:18 (Holder/Lea) - "Lock Up Your DaughtersLock Up Your Daughters (song)"Lock Up Your Daughters" is a single from rock band Slade which appeared on the album Till Deaf Do Us Part. It was written by lead singer Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea. The single was released in September 1981 and peaked at #29 in the UK, spending a total of 8 weeks on the chart...
" - 4:03 (Holder/Lea) - "We'll Bring the House DownWe'll Bring the House Down (song)"We'll Bring The House Down" is a single from rock band Slade from their 1981 album We'll Bring the House Down. It was written by lead singer Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea...
" - 4:17 (Holder/Lea) - "A Night to Remember" - 8:10 (Holder/Lea)
- "Gudbuy T'Jane" - 4:40 (Holder/Lea)
- "Mama Weer All Crazee NowMama Weer All Crazee Now"Mama Weer All Crazee Now" is a popular song originally recorded by the British Glam rock band Slade on their album Slayed?.Written by Jim Lea and Noddy Holder and produced by Chas Chandler, it was the band's third number-one single in the United Kingdom. The single entered the charts on its first...
" - 2:56 (Holder/Lea) - "You'll Never Walk AloneYou'll Never Walk Alone (song)"You'll Never Walk Alone" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel.In the musical, in the second act, Nettie Fowler, the cousin of the female protagonist Julie Jordan, sings "You'll Never Walk Alone" to comfort and encourage Julie when her husband, Billy Bigelow, the...
" - 0:35 (Richard RodgersRichard RodgersRichard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II...
, Oscar HammersteinOscar Hammerstein IIOscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and theatre director of musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein won eight Tony Awards and was twice awarded an Academy Award for "Best Original Song". Many of his songs are standard repertoire for...
) - "When I'm Dancin' I Ain't Fightin'" - 3:59 (Holder/Lea)
- "Born to Be WildBorn to Be Wild"Born to Be Wild" is a rock song written by Mars Bonfire and made famous by the Canadian-American rock band Steppenwolf. It is often used in popular culture to denote a biker appearance or attitude...
" - 2:58 (Bonfire) - "Somethin' Else, Pistol Packin' MamaPistol Packin' Mama"Pistol Packin' Mama" is a 1943 song composed by Al Dexter. The song is notable in that it was the first number one on the Juke Box Folk Records chart, which would later be known as the Hot Country Songs chart...
, Keep a Rollin'" - 6:16 (Slade/Dexter/Cochran/Sheeley) - "Merry Xmas EverybodyMerry Xmas Everybody"Merry Xmas Everybody" is a 1973 song by the English rock band Slade. Written by lead vocalist and guitarist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, and produced by Chas Chandler, it was the band's sixth number-one single in the UK...
'" (with The Reading Choir) - 0:39 (Holder/Lea) - "Okey Cokey" - 3:25 (Jimmy KennedyJimmy KennedyJimmy Kennedy OBE was an Irish songwriter, predominantly a lyricist, putting words to existing music such as "Teddy Bears' Picnic" and "My Prayer", or co-writing with the composers Michael Carr, Wilhelm Grosz and Nat Simon amongst others.-Biography:Kennedy was born near Omagh...
) - "Get Down and Get With ItGet Down and Get With It"Get Down and Get With It" is a single from rock band Slade which appeared on the album Sladest. It was written by Bobby Marchan. The single was released in 1971 and peaked at #16 in the UK, spending 14 weeks on the chart. This was Slade's first chart entry in their career...
" - 6:49 (Bobby MarchanBobby MarchanBobby Marchan was a well-respected American rhythm and blues bandleader, MC, singer-performer, recording artist, and female impersonator, who initially began performing in New Orleans nightclubs, specifically the Dew Drop Inn and the Club Tijuana in the mid 1950s.Marchan also toured with the band of...
)
Chart performance
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
Total weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Belgian Albums Chart | 100 | 1 |
| UK Albums Chart | 191 | 1 |