''Rockin' the Joint'' is a live

album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

Aerosmith Aerosmith is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Boston in 1970. The group consists of lead vocalist Steven Tyler, bassist Tom Hamilton (musician), Tom Hamilton, drummer Joey Kramer, and guitarists Joe Perry (musician), Joe Perry and B ...

, which was released on October 25, 2005. It was recorded in January 2002 in '' The Joint'' at the Hard Rock Hotel in

Las Vegas Las Vegas, colloquially referred to as Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-l ...

on their Just Push Play Tour, and consists of Aerosmith songs from throughout their career performed live. This is the first Aerosmith album to be available in a

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format, having one side of the disc being the CD side with the standard edition of the album, and a DVD side which featuring the album in enhanced stereo, behind the scenes footage, and 4 live tracks in video format. Multiple editions of this album contain bonus tracks, most notably the Japanese and Target Exclusive editions. Strangely, the bonus tracks are not included on the CD side of the Target dual disc release, only on the DVD side. While the non-DualDisc Target edition contains the bonus tracks in CD format. The Japanese release was presented on two separate discs a CD and a DVD, as opposed to a DualDisc.

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*"The Star Spangled Banner" appeared as a hidden track at the end of "Train Kept A Rollin'"

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Personnel

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Steven Tyler Steven Victor Tallarico (born March 26, 1948), known professionally as Steven Tyler, is an American singer and songwriter. Tyler is best known as the lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, in which he also plays the keyboards, h ...

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lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica incl ...

, mixing, producer * Joe Perry –

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

Brad Whitford Bradley Ernest Whitford (born February 23, 1952)Putterford, Mark (1991) ''The Fall and Rise of Aerosmith'', Omnibus Press, Strong, Martin C. (2001) ''The Great Metal Discography'' (2nd edn.), MOJO Books, , p. 11-13 is an American musician who ...

– guitar * Tom Hamilton –

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

* Joey Kramer –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

;Additional musicians *

Russ Irwin Russ Irwin is an American singer-songwriter, producer, film composer and multi-instrumentalist. He has worked with multiple artists including Aerosmith, Sting, Bryan Adams, Meat Loaf, Foreigner, Cheap Trick, John Fogerty, Joe Bonamassa, ...

– keyboards, backing vocals ;Production * Marti Frederiksen – producer, mixing *

Guy Charbonneau Guy Charbonneau (June 21, 1922 – January 18, 1998) was a Canadian senator who was the longest serving Speaker of the Canadian Senate, serving from 1984 to 1993. During his tenure, amendments to the Standing Orders of the Senate extended ...

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* Sean Evans –

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*Ian Gittler –

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{{Authority control Albums produced by Marti Frederiksen 2005 live albums Columbia Records live albums Aerosmith live albums Albums recorded at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas)