''Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988'' is a live album by

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and was released on 10 December 1991, in the United States and 24 February 1992, in the United Kingdom. Recorded during a brief American tour, the only leg of shows, in support of '' Talk Is Cheap'' in late 1988, Richards is supported by a set of musicians and friends dubbed "The X-Pensive Winos". The Winos included

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, Steve Jordan,

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, Ivan Neville, and

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. Longtime Rolling Stones contributor

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also plays saxophone. At the end of the opening song that the

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's "a stage I've been thrown off many times"; Richards was referring to

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's concert there on January 21, 1972, when he tried to perform with his idol, but was purportedly kicked off for playing too loudly, though Berry later claimed he had not recognized Richards. Richards' set during the tour was composed primarily of material from his solo debut album – he played nine of the eleven songs from the record – and also included many of his Rolling Stones lead vocal appearances, with "Too Rude", " Happy", and "Connection", along with " Time Is on My Side" featuring Sarah Dash on lead vocals. "

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" and "

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" turned up on bootlegs such as ''L.A. Connection''. ''Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988'' was recorded, videotaped, and ultimately released as an album at the suggestion of Jane Rose, Richards tenured manager. Officially credited as executive producer, she encouraged Richards to consider the official release after showing the reluctant star bootlegs of inferior audio quality. The album released in North America during the Christmas season, in the wake of the Stones live album '' Flashpoint'', and before the recording of Richards' solo album '' Main Offender''.

Track listing

All songs by

and Steve Jordan, except where noted. #"

Take It So Hard "Take It So Hard" is the first single from Keith Richards' first solo record, '' Talk Is Cheap''. The long-time Rolling Stones guitarist recorded the record after bandmate Mick Jagger refused to tour in 1986 in support of the album '' Dirty Work' ...

" – 4:27 #"How I Wish" – 4:05 #"I Could Have Stood You Up" – 4:30 #"Too Rude" ( Lindon Roberts, Sly Dunbar,

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) – 7:46 #"Make No Mistake" – 6:30 #" Time Is on My Side" ( Norman Meade) – 4:32 #"Big Enough" – 3:46 #"Whip It Up" – 5:35 #"Locked Away" – 5:49 #"Struggle" – 4:35 #" Happy" (

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, Keith Richards) – 7:08 #" Connection" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 2:33 #"Rockawhile" – 6:16

Personnel

– guitar and lead vocals The X-Pensive Winos *

– guitar and backing vocals * Steve Jordan – drums, backing vocals, bass guitar on "Take It So Hard", and keyboards on "I Could Have Stood You Up" *

– bass guitar, backing vocals, and drums on "Take It So Hard" and "I Could Have Stood You Up" * Ivan Neville – keyboards, backing vocals, guitar on "Happy", and bass guitar on "I Could Have Stood You Up" *

– backing vocals, percussion, lead vocals on "Time Is on My Side", and duet on "Make No Mistake" *

– saxophone

Charts

References

{{Keith Richards 1991 live albums Keith Richards albums Virgin Records live albums