Live Alive Explained

Live Alive
Type:live
Artist:Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Cover:Live_Alive.jpg
Recorded:
  • July 16, 1985 at Montreux Jazz Festival
  • July 17–18, 1986 at Austin Opera House
  • July 19, 1986 at Dallas Starfest
Genre:Blues rock
Length:70:26
Label:Epic
Producer:Stevie Ray Vaughan, Double Trouble
Prev Title:Soul to Soul
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:In Step
Next Year:1989

Live Alive is the first live album compiled from four live performances by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. The performances were recorded on July 15, 1985 at the Montreux Jazz Festival; July 17–18, 1986 at the Austin Opera House; and July 19, 1986 at Dallas Starfest. Much of the album was overdubbed in the studio.[1]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1986-1987)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[2] 49
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[3] 26

Notes and References

  1. http://www.djnoble.demon.co.uk/ints/STEVIER.AYV.html Quote from Tommy Shannon
  2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 328.
  3. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. 1st. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 2006. 978-951-1-21053-5 . fi.