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by American

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, released in 1984. It was the band's first release for

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, and also their first under the shortened moniker "Rez Band." ''Live Bootleg'' was the group's biggest selling album.

Recording history

Recorded at the Odeum Arena in

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over two nights, October 21 and 22, 1983, this album features a mixture of the band's most popular live tracks as well as two new songs: "Gameroom" and "Playground". The album also features the only time a song from one of the band's independent cassettes was ever re-recorded for one of their official releases ("Quite Enough"). "Gameroom" continues the trend begun on '' D.M.Z.'' of directly addressing the concerns of a

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aged audience, and the album closes with an evangelistic message from

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, which was typical of the band's live performances.

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was Rez Band's opening act for this concert.

Track listing

# "Military Man" # "Gameroom" # "Wendi's Rap" # "Playground" # "Medley" ("Waves," "Awaiting Your Reply," "Broken Promises," "Autograph," "City Streets") # "White Noise" # "Quite Enough" # "Area 312" # "Can't Stop Loving You" # "Glenn's Rap" *"Quite Enough" is a live version of a track from the band's first independent

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, ''

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''.

Personnel

- vocals, guitar, keyboards *

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- vocals *

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- guitar, keyboards * Jim Denton - bass guitar, synthesizer *

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- drums,

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Production

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– producer * Phil Bonanno – engineer * Roger Heiss – engineer * Steve Hall – mastering

References

{{Reflist Resurrection Band albums 1984 live albums

Recording history

Track listing

Personnel

Production

Further reading

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