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reunion notwithstanding that Harvey himself had died in 1982. This was the third SAHB album to be made without Alex Harvey, the others being the band's eighth studio album, ''

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'' and another reunion album ''Live in Glasgow 1993''. This album features Max Maxwell on vocals, and sees the return of Hugh McKenna to the band, his last appearance being on the ''

'' album, for which he had been vocalist. The album commemorated a reunion tour, but was also intended as a farewell tour; however the tour had been so successful that the band decided to continue. The album release contains 2 CDs and comprises new versions of songs written or covered by the original SAHB. Although four fifths of the group on ''Zalvation'' were responsible for 1977's SAHB (without Alex) album ''

'', no songs from this album are included. Since the release of the reunion concert album, original guitarist, Zal Cleminson, left the band, replaced by Julian Saxby.

Track listings

Disc 1 #"Faith Healer" (Alex Harvey, Hugh McKenna) – 7:35 #"Midnight Moses" (Phil O'Donnell) – 5:04 #"Swampsnake" (Harvey, McKenna) – 5:46 #"Next" (

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, Eric Blau) – 4:54 #"Isobel Goudie" (Harvey) – 7:50 #"Framed" (

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) – 8:58 Disc 2 #"Give My Compliments To The Chef" (Harvey, McKenna,

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) – 8:03 #"Man In The Jar" (Harvey, Cleminson,

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, David Batchelor, McKenna) – 10:14 #"Hammer Song" (Harvey) – 7:04 #"Action Strasse" (Harvey, McKenna, Cleminson) – 5:43 #"Vambo" (Harvey, McKenna, Cleminson) – 8:36 #"Boston Tea Party" (Harvey, McKenna) – 6:31 #"Delilah" (

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, Les Reed) – 6:14

Personnel

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

* "Mad" Max Maxwell –

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

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bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* Hugh McKenna –

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Ted McKenna Edward McKenna (10 March 1950 – 19 January 2019) was a Scottish drummer who played with The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Rory Gallagher, The Greg Lake Band, and The Michael Schenker Group. He also toured with Ian Gillan for a short period o ...

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Technical

* James Allen – producer * Ben Strano, Dan Baird – mastering * Brian Sweeney, Martin Kielty –

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References

{{Authority control The Sensational Alex Harvey Band albums 2006 live albums