''Live in New York'' is a 1981

live Live may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Live!'' (2007 film), 2007 American film * ''Live'' (2014 film), a 2014 Japanese film *'' ''Live'' (Apocalyptica DVD) Music * Live (band), American alternative rock band * List of album ...

double album A double album (or double record) is an audio album that spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically either records or compact disc. A double album is usually, though not always, released as such because the recording i ...

James Brown James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the hono ...

. It was recorded in 1980 at the

Studio 54 Studio 54 is a Broadway theater and a former disco nightclub at 254 West 54th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Operated by the Roundabout Theatre Company, Studio 54 has 1,006 seats on two levels. The theater w ...

nightclub. It includes two studio

instrumental An instrumental is a recording normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to inst ...

s, "Brown's Inferno" and "Bay Ridge Boogy", performed by the Bay Ridge Band. In 1982 a single-LP abbreviation of ''Live in New Yorks contents was released under the title ''Mean on the Scene'' ( Audio Fidelity/Phoenix). Since then the contents of the original double LP have been

reissue In the music industry, a reissue (also re-release, repackage or re-edition) is the release of an album or Single (music), single which has been released at least once before, sometimes with alterations or additions. Reasons for reissue New aud ...

d repeatedly, usually with the studio instrumentals (and sometimes other tracks) omitted, under titles including ''At Studio 54'' (1994, Charly) and ''Live in New York 1980'' (2009,

Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Philopator ( grc-gre, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ}, "Cleopatra the father-beloved"; 69 BC10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler.She was also a ...

).White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In ''Star Time'' (pp. 54–59)

D booklet D, or d, is the fourth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''dee'' (pronounced ), plural ''dees''. History Th ...

New York: PolyGram Records. A film recording of Brown's Studio 54 performance has received various releases, notably the 2008 DVD ''Double Dynamite'' (Charly).

Track listing

References

James Brown live albums 1981 live albums Studio 54 {{1980s-R&B-album-stub