Slade Alive!
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| Live album by Slade | ||||
| Released | 24 March 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 19–21 October 1971, Command Studios, 201 Piccadilly, London W1 | |||
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| Length | 39:00 | |||
| Label | Polydor (UK/US) | |||
| Producer | Chas Chandler | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Robert Christgau | B+ |
| NME | favourable |
| Melody Maker | favourable |
Slade Alive! is a live album by the British rock band Slade. The album was released on 24 March 1972. It reached number two on the UK Albums Chart, and remained in that listing for 58 weeks. It was Slade's first album to dent the Billboard 200 in the United States. The album contained original songs, plus cover versions of songs by Ten Years After, The Lovin' Spoonful, Bobby Marchan, and Steppenwolf. The album was recorded live at Command Theatre Studio and mixed at Olympic Studios.
The album was compiled from three days of sessions recorded live in front of a studio audience, with most of the album drawn from the second day.
After the success of the Slade singles "Get Down and Get With It", "Coz I Luv You" and "Look Wot You Dun", Slade set out to capture their live sound on record. After the commercial failures of previous albums Beginnings and Play It Loud, the only income was through the band's solid live reputation. Slade Alive! was recorded at the Command Theatre Studio in London, with expenses totaling £600, and released without overdubs in March 1972.
The album consisted of covers of Ten Years After's "Hear Me Calling", John Sebastian's "Darling Be Home Soon", Little Richard's "Get Down and Get With It" which became a top 20 hit for the band in mid-1971 and Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild" which had also appeared on the band's debut album Beginnings (1969).
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