''Slade Alive! – The Live Anthology'' is a two-disc live compilation album by the British rock band
Slade
Slade are a rock band formed in Wolverhampton, England in 1966. They rose to prominence during the glam rock era in the early 1970s, achieving 17 consecutive top 20 hits and six number ones on the UK Singles Chart. The '' British Hit Singl ...
. It was released in August 2006 by Salvo. It reached No. 191 in the UK.
The anthology includes the band's entire collection of officially released live material, with the exception of the 1982 B-Side "Merry Xmas Everybody (Live & Kickin')". Disc one contains the 1972 album ''
Slade Alive!
''Slade Alive!'' is the first live album by the British rock band Slade. The album was released on 24 March 1972 and reached No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart, remaining in the chart for 58 weeks. It was Slade's first album to enter the UK charts and ...
'' and the 1978 follow-up ''
Slade Alive, Vol. 2''. Disc two contains 1982's ''
Slade on Stage'' and the material from the two 1980 extended plays ''
Alive at Reading
"'Alive at Reading'" is an extended play (EP) by the British rock band Slade, released in 1980. ''Alive at Reading'' includes three live tracks recorded at the band's performance at the 1980 Reading and Leeds Festivals, Reading Festival. The EP ...
'' and ''
Xmas Ear Bender''.
Track listing
Disc one
Disc two
Chart performance
Personnel
Slade
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Noddy Holder
Neville John "Noddy" Holder (born 15 June 1946) is an English musician, songwriter and actor. He was the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the English rock band Slade, one of the UK's most successful acts of the 1970s.
Known for his disti ...
- lead vocals, rhythm guitar
*
Dave Hill - lead guitar, backing vocals
*
Jim Lea - bass, backing vocals
*
Don Powell
Donald George Powell (born 10 September 1946) is an English musician who was the drummer for glam rock and later hard rock group Slade for over fifty years, from 1966 until he was dismissed by Dave Hill in 2020.
Early life
Powell was born in Bil ...
- drums
Additional personnel
*
Chas Chandler
Bryan James "Chas" Chandler (18 December 1938 – 17 July 1996) was an English musician, record producer and manager, best known as the original bassist in The Animals, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. H ...
- producer of ''Slade Alive!'' and ''Slade Alive, Vol. 2''
*Slade - producers of ''Slade on Stage'', ''Alive at Reading'' and ''Xmas Ear Bender''
References
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2006 compilation albums
2006 live albums
Slade compilation albums
Slade live albums