Love You Live

Love You Live
Live album by The Rolling Stones
Released 23 September 1977
Recorded 1975–1977
Genre Hard rock, blues-rock, blues
Length 83:12
Language English
Label Rolling Stones/Atlantic
Producer Mick Jagger/Keith Richards
The Rolling Stones Live chronology
Get Yer Ya-Yas Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert
(1970)		 Love You Live
(1977)		 Still Life
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauC+[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

Love You Live is a double live album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1977. It is drawn from Tour of the Americas shows in the US in the summer of 1975, Tour of Europe shows in 1976 and performances from the El Mocambo nightclub concert venue in Toronto in 1977. It is the band's third official full-length live release and is dedicated to the memory of audio engineer Keith Harwood, who died in a drug-induced car accident shortly before the album's release.

History

Love You Live was overdubbed and mixed from late May to mid-June 1977. It features Billy Preston and Ian Stewart on piano. The album artwork was prepared by Andy Warhol, and the pencil smears seen across the front were added by Mick Jagger, to Warhol's dismay.[4] Released in September 1977, the album was well received and managed to reach No. 3 in the UK and No. 5 in the US, where it went gold.

Love You Live was The Rolling Stones' final album whereby Rolling Stones Records would be internationally distributed by Warner Music. The band's next several albums would be distributed through EMI worldwide, while they remained with Warner in North America only.

The Stones decided to round out the live album by adding a second album, with live club recordings performed at the El Mocambo Club in Toronto on 4 and 5 March 1977. The intention was to play a set of the sort of classic blues and R&B covers that sealed their reputation back at the Crawdaddy Club in 1963. However, Keith Richards arrived late for scheduled rehearsals as he and his partner Anita Pallenberg had been arrested for possession and trafficking of illicit drugs in Richard's Toronto hotel room.

Despite these legal troubles, the shows themselves went well enough, though the versions that appear on album are heavily overdubbed with new guitar tracks and backing vocals by Richards and/or Ronnie Wood. Jagger overdubbed the harmonica of "Mannish Boy" as well. Only "Around and Around" is not overdubbed. April Wine opened for the band, and the Stones appeared secretly under the fake band name, "The Cockroaches" on the bill so the majority of the fans thought they were attending an April Wine concert. April Wine also recorded their live album Live at the El Mocambo at these same concerts.

Jagger and Richards sharply disagreed on the selection of tracks to include on the album. In his autobiography Richards recalled: "Collaboration was giving way to struggle and disagreement. It's a two-disc album, and the result is that one disc is Mick's and the other was mine."[5]

Re-releases

In 1998, Love You Live was remastered and reissued by Virgin Records, and in 2010, was re-released with an updated remastering by Universal Records. In 2011 it was released on a single SHM-SACD by Universal Music Enterprises Japan.

Track listing

All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.

Side one
  1. "Intro: Excerpt from Fanfare for the Common Man" (Aaron Copland) – 1:24
  2. "Honky Tonk Women" – 3:19 (5 June 1976: Les Abattoirs, Paris)
  3. "If You Can't Rock Me"/"Get Off of My Cloud" – 5:00 (27 May 1976: Earls Court, London)
  4. "Happy" – 2:55 (5 June 1976: Les Abattoirs, Paris)
  5. "Hot Stuff" – 4:35 (6 June 1976: Les Abattoirs, Paris)
  6. "Star Star" – 4:10 (6 June 1976: Les Abattoirs, Paris)
Side two
  1. "Tumbling Dice" – 4:00 (7 June 1976: Les Abattoirs, Paris)
  2. "Fingerprint File" – 5:17 (17 June 1975: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto)
  3. "You Gotta Move" (Fred McDowell/Rev. Gary Davis) – 4:19 (5 June 1976: Les Abattoirs, Paris)
  4. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" – 7:42 (7 June 1976: Les Abattoirs, Paris)
Side three
  1. "Mannish Boy" (Ellas McDaniel/McKinley Morganfield/Mel London) – 6:28 (4 or 5 March 1977: El Mocambo Tavern, Toronto)
  2. "Crackin' Up" (Ellas McDaniel) – 5:40 (4 or 5 March 1977: El Mocambo Tavern, Toronto)
  3. "Little Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) – 4:39 (4 or 5 March 1977: El Mocambo Tavern, Toronto)
  4. "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry) – 4:09 (4 or 5 March 1977: El Mocambo Tavern, Toronto)
Side four
  1. "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)" – 4:31 (17 June 1975: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto)
  2. "Brown Sugar" – 3:11 (6 June 1976: Les Abattoirs, Paris)
  3. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" – 4:03 (6 June 1976: Les Abattoirs, Paris)
  4. "Sympathy for the Devil" – 7:51 (9 July 1975: Inglewood Forum, Los Angeles)

Personnel

The Rolling Stones
Additional personnel

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (1977) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 10
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[7] 3
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[8] 2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 22
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[10] 5
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11] 10
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[12] 15
UK Albums (OCC)[13] 3
US Billboard 200[14] 5

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[15] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[16] Gold 500,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Love You Live at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (31 October 1977). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  3. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-rolling-stones/albumguide
  4. ↑ Wyman, Bill and Havers, Richard. Rolling with the Stones DK Publishing, 2002. p. 444.
  5. ↑ Richards, Keith; James Fox (2010). Life. New York: Little, Brown & Co. p. 397. ISBN 978-0-316-03438-8.
  6. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5431a." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Rolling Stones – Love You Live" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Rolling Stones – Love You Live" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – The Rolling Stones – Love You Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – The Rolling Stones – Love You Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – The Rolling Stones – Love You Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  13. ↑ "Rolling Stones | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  14. ↑ "The Rolling Stones – Chart history" Billboard 200 for The Rolling Stones. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  15. ↑ "British album certifications – The Rolling Stones". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 11 June 2016. Enter The Rolling Stones in the field Search. Select Artist in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
  16. ↑ "American album certifications – The Rolling Stones". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 11 June 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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