77 Live'' is a

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th centur ...

by Japanese experimental rock band

Les Rallizes Dénudés were a Japanese experimental noise rock band formed in 1967 in Kyoto, Japan. They gained a reputation many years after their breakup as one of Japan's most legendary experimental bands, and were a forcible influence on the noise rock scene withi ...

. It was recorded in March 1977 before being released on CD in 1991.

Background and composition

77 Live'' is a recording of a Les Rallizes Dénudés concert performed at the Tachikawa Social Education Hall in

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on March 12, 1977. The audio was captured

reel to reel Reel-to-reel audio tape recording, also called open-reel recording, is magnetic tape audio recording in which the recording tape is spooled between reels. To prepare for use, the ''supply reel'' (or ''feed reel'') containing the tape is place ...

with a singular microphone resulting in an extremely loud, obliterated mix reminiscent of later

noise rock Noise rock (sometimes called noise punk) is a noise music, noise-oriented style of experimental rock that spun off from punk rock in the 1980s. Drawing on movements such as minimal music, minimalism, industrial music, and New York hardcore, a ...

. The individual tracks run between 8 and 25 minutes long, a consequence of the music being almost entirely improvised on stage.

Track listing

References

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