Slade Alive!

Slade Alive! was a live album released by the British rock band Slade. The album was released on March 24, 1972, and reached No. 2 on the UK Charts. It has also been consistently voted as one of the all-time Top 10 greatest live albums ever released.

The album contains 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.

In its original LP vinyl format, the album was issued in a gatefold sleeve which revealed a huge cartoon drawing on the inside. This drawing was the winning entry in a competition run in the The Sun UK newspaper to design the album cover.

In 2006 Salvo Records re-issued the tracks as part of the collection Slade Alive - the Live Anthology.

Of the three nights recorded, most of the album consisted of the second night as the band had just come from performing on Top of the Pops with “Coz I Luv You” which had just peaked at #1 in the UK. The band’s delight ended up showing on the performance of that night.

After the success of 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.