Slade Alive! – The Live Anthology Explained

Slade Alive! - The Live Anthology
Type:	live
Artist:	Slade
Cover:	Sladealivetheliveanthology.jpg
Released:	21 August 2006
Genre:	Rock
Label:	Salvo
Prev Title:	The Very Best of Slade
Prev Year:	2005
Next Title:	The Slade Box
Next Year:	2006

Slade Alive! – The Live Anthology is a two-disc live compilation album by the British rock band Slade. It was released in August 2006 by Salvo.^[1] It reached No. 191 in the UK.^[2]

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')".^[3] Disc one contains the 1972 album Slade Alive! 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 and Xmas Ear Bender.^[4]

Track listing

Disc two

Chart performance

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Belgian Albums Chart^[5]	100
UK Albums Chart^[6]	191

Personnel

Slade

• Noddy Holder - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Dave Hill - lead guitar, backing vocals
• Jim Lea - bass, backing vocals
• Don Powell - drums

Additional personnel

• Chas Chandler - producer of Slade Alive! and Slade Alive, Vol. 2
• Slade - producers of Slade on Stage, Alive at Reading and Xmas Ear Bender

Notes and References

1. Web site: Salvo . Salvo-music.co.uk . 2011-08-10.
2. Web site: Chart Log UK: DJ S - The System Of Life . Zobbel.de . 2011-08-10.
3. Web site: Slade - (And Now - the Waltz) C'Est la Vie.
4. Web site: Slade - Slade Alive! (CD) at Discogs . Discogs.com . 2011-08-10.
5. Web site: Slade - Slade Alive! - The Live Anthology . ultratop.be . 2006-09-30 . 2011-08-10.
6. Web site: Chart Log UK: DJ S - The System Of Life . Zobbel.de . 2011-08-10.