Live is the first full-length live album from British hard rock band Thunder

Thunder (band)

Thunder were an English hard rock band, who originally formed in 1989 when the band Terraplane broke up, leaving lead singer Danny Bowes and guitarist/main songwriter Luke Morley to form a new group, namely Thunder...

, edited from four performances at Shepherds Bush Empire

Shepherds Bush Empire

The O2 Shepherds Bush Empire is a music venue in Shepherd's Bush, London, England, run by the Academy Music Group. It was built in 1903, as a music hall, and in 1953 became the BBC Television Theatre...

 in London

London

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 and the Wulfrun Hall in Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...

 in November 1997. The accompanying CD booklet has photos of the performances by Ross Halfin

Ross Halfin

Ross Halfin is a British rock and roll photographer. He began his career working for Sounds magazine in the 1970s, shooting various artists on the punk scene including The Clash, The Jam, The Sex Pistols, 999 and The Adverts...

. The album is also bass guitarist Chris Childs' first appearance on a Thunder album.

The setlist weighs heavily on the first two (and most successful) studio albums, with eight tracks from Back Street Symphony

Back Street Symphony

Backstreet Symphony is the first album by Thunder. The band was signed with EMI after performing a demo audition in 1989, and soon began recording their first album. It was released in early 1990...

, six from Laughing on Judgement Day

Laughing on Judgement Day

Laughing On Judgement Day is the second studio album by English Hard rock band Thunder. Released in August 1992, the album remains the band's most successful in terms of chart position, reaching number 2 on the UK Album Chart in September of that year and later being certified 'Silver' by the BPI...

and three each from Behind Closed Doors

Behind Closed Doors (Thunder album)

Behind Closed Doors is the third album by English band Thunder. The follow-up to the Top 5 album Laughing on Judgement Day, the album was released in 1995...

and The Thrill Of It All

The Thrill of It All (Thunder album)

The Thrill Of It All is the fourth studio album by British hard rock band Thunder. It was released in February 1997 on the independent B Lucky label following their departure from EMI...

.

Disc One

1. "Welcome to the Party"
2. "Higher Ground"
3. "Don't Wait Up"
4. "Low Life in High Places"
5. "Gimme Some Lovin'
   Gimme Some Lovin'
   "Gimme Some Loving" is a song written by Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis and Muff Winwood, and originally performed by The Spencer Davis Group. The basic riff of the song was borrowed from the Homer Banks song " A Lot of Love", written by Banks and Willie Dean "Deanie" Parker. The song was a UK #2 in...
   
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6. "Empty City"
7. "Until My Dying Day"
8. "A Better Man"
9. "Does It Feel Like Love?"
10. "Dance To The Music
    Dance to the Music (song)
    "Dance to the Music" is a 1968 hit single by the influential soul/funk/rock band Sly & the Family Stone for the Epic/CBS Records label. It was the first single by the band to reach the Billboard Pop Singles Top 10, peaking at #8 and the first to popularize the band's sound, which would be emulated...
    
    " (Sly & The Family Stone
    Sly & the Family Stone
    Sly and the Family Stone were an American rock, funk, and soul band from San Francisco, California. Active from 1966 to 1983, the band was pivotal in the development of soul, funk, and psychedelic music...
    
     cover)
11. "She's So Fine"
12. "Pilot Of My Dreams" (Japanese bonus track)
13. "Everybody Wants Her" (Japanese bonus track)

Disc Two

1. "Backstreet Symphony"
2. "An Englishman On Holiday"
3. "Stand Up" (Japanese bonus track)
4. "I'll Be Waiting"
5. "Laughing On Judgement Day"
6. "Like a Satellite"
7. "Moth To The Flame"
8. "Living For Today"
9. "The Only One"
10. "Love Walked In"
11. "River of Pain"
12. "Dirty Love"

Japanese release

The Japanese release contains three bonus tracks in addition to the 22 tracks found on the European release: "Pilot Of My Dreams," "Everybody Wants Her" and "Stand Up." The Japanese release was also packaged in a double jewel case and came with an exclusive additional booklet featuring a brief essay by Valerie Potter (in English and Japanese), additional short essays by Masa Ito and Tsuneo O'Mori (in Japanese only), and full lyrics in both English and Japanese.

DVD/video release

A companion video was released on VHS in 1998 and on DVD in 2002 by Eagle Rock Entertainment

Eagle Rock Entertainment

Eagle Rock Entertainment is the largest producer and distributor of music programming for DVD, Blu-Ray, TV and Digital Media in the world. Eagle works directly alongside talent to produce top quality, high-definition and 3D programs, both concerts and documentaries, including The Rolling Stones,...

. It contains two tracks not found on any CD release: Harry James' karaoke

Karaoke

is a form of interactive entertainment or video game in which amateur singers sing along with recorded music using a microphone and public address system. The music is typically a well-known pop song minus the lead vocal. Lyrics are usually displayed on a video screen, along with a moving symbol,...

 style performance of "New York, New York

Theme from New York, New York

"Theme from New York, New York" is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese film New York, New York , composed by John Kander, with lyrics by Fred Ebb. It was written for and performed in the film by Liza Minnelli...

" and the Small Faces cover "Lazy Sunday

Lazy Sunday (song)

"Lazy Sunday" is a song by English beat band Small Faces, reaching number two on the UK singles chart in 1968 . It was written by the Small Faces songwriting duo Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane, and appeared on the band's 1968 concept album Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake and preceded the album as a...

".

The DVD tracklisting is:

1. New York, New York
   Theme from New York, New York
   "Theme from New York, New York" is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese film New York, New York , composed by John Kander, with lyrics by Fred Ebb. It was written for and performed in the film by Liza Minnelli...
   
   
2. Welcome To The Party
3. Higher Ground
4. I’ll Be Waiting
5. Until My Dying Day
6. Gimme Some Lovin’
7. A Better Man
8. Living For Today
9. Lazy Sunday
   Lazy Sunday (song)
   "Lazy Sunday" is a song by English beat band Small Faces, reaching number two on the UK singles chart in 1968 . It was written by the Small Faces songwriting duo Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane, and appeared on the band's 1968 concept album Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake and preceded the album as a...
   
   
10. Stand Up
11. Love Walked In
12. River Of Pain
13. She’s So Fine
14. Low Life In High Places
15. The Only One
16. Dirty Love

In 2003, the DVD was reissued as a two-disc set with a bonus CD of 12 tracks compiled from the original 2-disc CD release.

Singles

"The Only One" was released as a standalone single concurrently with the live album, with separate singles containing the live version as well as a studio version.

CD single

• The Only One (Live)
• Pilot Of My Dreams (Live)
• Stand Up (Live)
• Everybody Wants Her (Live)

"Flexi-Pack" CD single

1. The Only One
2. Too Bad
3. This Forgotten Town (Acoustic Version)
4. Something About You (The Nomis Session)

Credits

• Ben Matthews
  Ben Matthews
  Ben Matthews was the guitarist and keyboard player with the hard rock band Thunder. He is also an experienced studio engineer and mixer; he worked with progressive rock act Mostly Autumn as studio engineer on their 2005 album Storms Over Still Water. He also guested on their 2006 live album...
  
  : guitar, keyboards, singing and brown hair
• Chris Childs
  Chris Childs (bassist)
  Chris Childs is an English bass player who was a member of the hard rock band Thunder from 1996 to 1999 and again from 2002 to 2009....
  
  : bass guitar, stern expression, singing, blonde hair
• Daniel Bowes
  Danny Bowes
  Danny Bowes was the lead singer with the rock act, Thunder. Previously, he was a member of Nuthin' Fancy, 1980s group Terraplane, as well as occasionally playing the odd gig or two with his group Danny and the Doowops...
  
  : singing and dancing, short hair
• Gary Harry James
  Gary James
  Gary Milton James, popularly known as 'Harry' James is the drummer for themelodic rock band Magnum,although he is best known as the drummer for the now defunct hard rock band Thunder....
  
  : drums, percussion, guitar, singing, suit and absolutely no hair
• Luke Morley
  Luke Morley
  Luke Morley is the lead guitarist and co-songwriter for the rock band The Union. From 1989 to 2009 he was the guitarist, chief songwriter and producer for the hard rock band Thunder...
  
  : guitars, singing, in-mouth hair, magical harmonica
• Recorded, mixed and engineered by Mike Fraser
  Mike Fraser
  Mike Fraser is a Canadian record producer, engineer, and mixer. Mike is best known for his work with AC/DC, Metallica, Aerosmith and Joe Satriani...
  
  .