Both Sides Live is a live album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by American rock band The Hooters

The Hooters

The Hooters is an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By combining a mix of rock and roll, reggae, ska and folk music, The Hooters first gained major commercial success in the United States in the mid 1980s due to heavy radio and MTV airplay of several songs including "All You...

 released in 2008.

Background

Both Sides Live contains 25 tracks recorded live in Philadelphia, with 13 songs being electric songs recorded at the Electric Factory

Electric Factory

The Electric Factory is a concert venue in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaThe original "Electric Factory" venue was a converted tire warehouse at 22nd and Arch Streets, which opened in 1968. The first performers, on February 2, 1968, were the Chambers Brothers...

 on November 21 & 23, 2007 during the band's traditional Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. In Canada, Thanksgiving falls on the same day as Columbus Day in the...

 holiday concerts and 12 acoustic

Acoustic music

Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...

 songs recorded on February 28 and March 1, 2008 at keyboard player Rob Hyman

Rob Hyman

Robert Andrew "Rob" Hyman is an American singer, songwriter, keyboard player, accordion player, producer, arranger and recording studio owner, best known for being a founding member of the rock band The Hooters.-Early life:Hyman started taking piano lessons at the age of four and grew up playing...

's Elm Street Studios in front of a small studio audience.

The Electric Factory CD

1. I'm Alive
2. Time Stand Still
3. South Ferry Road
4. All You Zombies
5. The Boys Of Summer
6. Johnny B
   Johnny B (song)
   "Johnny B" is a song from The Hooters' third studio album One Way Home. It was written by Eric Bazilian, Rick Chertoff and Rob Hyman. "Johnny B" was released as a single in 1987 by Columbia Records, and reached #61 on Billboard Hot 100 list....
   
   
7. Where The Wind May Blow
8. Karla With A K
9. 25 Hours A Day
10. Satellite
11. And We Danced
12. Day By Day
13. Free Again

The Secret Sessions CD

1. Introduction
2. 25 Hours A Day
3. All You Zombies
   All You Zombies (song)
   "All You Zombies" is a song by The Hooters. It was first recorded live and released as a single in 1982. It was subsequently included on the band's debut album Amore and an extended version of the song was included on their second album Nervous Night . This version was released as a single in 1985...
   
   
4. Time Stand Still
5. Johnny B
6. Morning Buzz
7. Satellite
8. The Boys Of Summer
9. Day By Day
10. Ordinary Lives
11. Karla With A K
12. I'm Alive
13. And We Danced

The Hooters

• Eric Bazilian
  Eric Bazilian
  Eric M. Bazilian , is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer, best known for being a founding member of the rock band The Hooters.-Early life:...
  
  : lead vocals, guitars, mandolins, recorder, harmonica, banjo
• Rob Hyman
  Rob Hyman
  Robert Andrew "Rob" Hyman is an American singer, songwriter, keyboard player, accordion player, producer, arranger and recording studio owner, best known for being a founding member of the rock band The Hooters.-Early life:Hyman started taking piano lessons at the age of four and grew up playing...
  
  : lead vocals, keyboards, accordion
• David Uosikkinen
  David Uosikkinen
  David Uosikkinen is an American drummer and Internet content manager, best known for being a founding member of rock band The Hooters.-Early life:...
  
  : drums, percussion
• John Lilley
  John Lilley
  John Lilley is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, guitar teacher and landscape gardener, best known for being a member of rock band The Hooters.-Early life:...
  
  : guitars, mandolins, dobro, keyboards
• Fran Smith Jr.
  Fran Smith Jr.
  Fran Smith, Jr. is a bass guitar player and vocalist from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. He has enjoyed a successful career in the music industry for over twenty-five years...
  
  : bass guitar, backing vocals

Production

• Produced by Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman

• Engineering: John O. Senior

• Recorded at Electric Factory
  Electric Factory
  The Electric Factory is a concert venue in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaThe original "Electric Factory" venue was a converted tire warehouse at 22nd and Arch Streets, which opened in 1968. The first performers, on February 2, 1968, were the Chambers Brothers...
  
  , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
  
   and Elm Street Studios, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
  
  

• Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound