''Live at the Deaf Club'' is a

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released by the

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in 2004 and had a limited edition re-release 2013 in the UK on Let Them Eat Vinyl. The actual performance took place at the San Francisco Deaf Club on March 3, 1979. The performance was unique in that this was the last time their

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6025 performed with them. It also includes original drummer

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, later replaced in February 1981 by

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. Also, the song "Gaslight" and their covers of "Back in the U.S.S.R." and "Have I the Right" are not found on any other DK album (The Deaf Club recordings of "Short Songs" and "Straight A's" are featured on the

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'' and the hard-to-find ''Can You Hear Me? Music From The Deaf Club'' along with "Police Truck"). "Back in Rhodesia" is an early version of "When Ya Get Drafted" with a different chorus than the final version. "Kill the Poor" is also a "disco" version minus the introduction. The album has drawn

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from former

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, who lost control of the Dead Kennedys name after being found guilty of civil fraud and malice for withholding full royalties from his bandmates for several years. However, several critics have given the album good reviews, for example PopMatters and Punknews.org.

Track listing

Personnel

– lead vocals *

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– lead guitar, producer * 6025 – rhythm guitar *

Klaus Flouride Geoffrey Lyall (born May 30, 1949), better known as Klaus Flouride, is an American musician best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for the San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography' ...

– bass, backing vocals *

– drums * Sue Brisk – photography * Jim Alcivar – engineer * Justin Phelps – mixer *

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– mastering

References

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