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The Slade Live Anthology (2CD) - continued
Disc two:
'Slade on stage' sounds crisp, sharp and tight. 'Rock and roll preacher' immediately sets the energy level for the whole set with Dave Hill's guitar coming across far more clearly than before. The guitars and bass are mixed far more to the fore on this CD, which when the band were playing unison riffs (like on 'Take me bak 'ome') goes to show how well-drilled a machine the band was.
Jim Lea gets an extraordinary bass solo and violin solo spot during the Rainbow-esque 'A night to remember'. How this man is not regarded as one of the bass playing greats, I will never figure out. I've never heard anyone but John Entwistle do anything that compared.
A number of old favourites that Slade played on the tour captured here lose none of their vitality, as the band were truly giving every song their all.'Gudbuy T'Jane' always sounded like a new song when Slade played it.
The Reading EP's:
The 'Merry Xmas Everybody' that appears on disc two is the crowd singalong from the 1980 Reading Festival, not the 'Live and kicking' version.
But that doesn't matter when it's surrounded by goodies like 'Somethin' else' and 'Get down and get with it'. The inclusion of Slade's version of the 'Okey cokey' was a bit of a strange thing for them to do at the time, but it fitted in with the overall party mood of the Reading EP's, so here it is again.
Disc 1 - Track listing:
Slade Alive:
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 And Get With It
7. Born To Be Wild
Slade Alive Vol. II:
8. Get On Up
9. Take Me Bak `Ome
10. My Baby Left Me
11. Be
12. Mama Weer All Crazee Now
13. Burning In The Heat Of Love
14. Everyday
15. Gudbuy T'Jane
16. One Eyed Jacks With Moustaches
17. Cum On Feel The Noize
Disc 2 - Track listing:
Slade On Stage:
1. Rock And Roll Preacher
2. When I'm Dancin' I Ain't Fightin'
3. Take Me Bak' `Ome
4. Everyday
5. Lock Up Your Daughters
6. We'll Bring The House Down
7. A Night To Remember
8. Gudbuy T'Jane
9. Mama Weer All Crazee Now
10. You'll Never Walk Alone
Alive At Reading ‘80 EP's:
11. When I'm Dancin' I Ain't Fightin'
12. Born To Be Wild
13. Something Else / Pistol Packin' Mama / Keep A Rollin'
14. Merry Xmas Everybody
15. Okey Cokey
16. Get Down And Get With It
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