''Live '84'' is an album released by
Black Flag in 1984 on
SST Records
SST Records is an American independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by musician Greg Ginn. The company was first founded in 1966 by Ginn at age 12 as Solid State Transmitters, a small business through which he sold elec ...
. It is a live recording of a show played in 1984 and features mostly tracks from ''
My War'' and ''
Slip It In''. A video was shot simultaneously and was briefly available through SST; the now-out-of-print video has been widely bootlegged.
The album was originally issued as a
cassette-only release, almost simultaneously with ''Slip It In''. In 1998,
Greg Ginn remixed the album for CD reissue.
Recording
The album was recorded at the Stone nightclub in
San Francisco, CA
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.
Critical reception
''
Maximum Rocknroll'' called the album "a superior quality live tape showcasing an evening with a seminal, legendary, masochistic, poignant, chaotic beast of an outfit who have not lost one iota of aggro."
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Trouser Press
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'' wrote that "Black Flag concerts were typically an utter mess, which suits the songs perfectly, making this chaotic explosion naturally one of their best releases."
The ''
Spin Alternative Record Guide
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'' deemed it "tolerable until the lounge-core latter half of side two."
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Track listing
#"The Process of Weeding Out" (Ginn) – 8:31
#"Nervous Breakdown" (Ginn) – 2:06
#"Can't Decide" (Ginn) – 5:01
#"Slip It In" (Ginn) – 5:54
#"My Ghetto" (Ginn/Rollins) – 1:14
#"Black Coffee" (Ginn) – 4:53
#"I Won't Stick Any of You Unless and Until I Can Stick All of You!" (Ginn) – 4:53
#"Forever Time" (Ginn/Rollins) – 2:20
#"Fix Me" (Ginn) – 0:53
#"Six Pack" (Ginn) – 2:26
#"My War" (Dukowski) – 3:34
#"Jealous Again" (Ginn) – 1:59
#"I Love You" (Dukowski) – 3:19
#"Swinging Man" (Ginn/Rollins) – 3:10
#"Three Nights" (Ginn/Rollins) – 6:10
#"Nothing Left Inside" (Ginn/Rollins) – 6:25
#"Wound Up" (Ginn/Rollins) – 4:00
#"Rat's Eyes" (Ginn/Rollins) – 4:21
#"The Bars" (Dukowski/Rollins) – 4:38
Personnel
*Henry Rollins
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– vocals
* Greg Ginn – guitar
* Kira Roessler – bass
* Bill Stevenson – drums
*Tom Troccoli – backing vocals
References
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Black Flag (band) live albums
1984 live albums
SST Records live albums