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Classics Live and Classics Live II are a set of albums by the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith, released in 1986 and 1987, respectively. Together, they constitute the band's second live offering, after Live! Bootleg. Classics Live I has gone Platinum while Classics Live II has only gone gold.
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Classics Live
Classics Live 
Live album by Aerosmith Released April, 1986 Recorded 1977 - 1983 Genre Hard rock Length 36:03 Label Columbia Producer Paul O'Neill,
Tony BongioviAerosmith chronology Live! Bootleg
(1978)Classics Live
(1986)Classics Live II
(1987)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Rolling Stone [2]Classics Live! is made up of concert recordings from 1978 and 1984. Some of the recordings include guitarists Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay, who had temporarily replaced Joe Perry and Brad Whitford respectively. Different live versions of most of these songs had already been released on Live! Bootleg in 1978. Venues and dates are not listed on the sleeve, and there is only the all-encompassing and vague statement "These songs were recorded at various concerts between 1977 and 1983." It is not listed which of the four guitarists played on which tracks.
The studio track "Major Barbara" was originally recorded for the album Get Your Wings but remained unreleased. An alternate version is available on the compilation, Pandora's Box.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Steven Tyler, except where noted.
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA, February 14, 1984) Tiny Bradshaw, Lois Mann, Howard Kay 3:22 2. "Kings and Queens" (Boston Music Hall in Boston, MA March 28, 1978 and re-recorded. Original recording appears on the compilation Pandora's Box) Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Jack Douglas 4:46 3. "Sweet Emotion" Tyler, Hamilton 5:13 4. "Dream On" (Capital Center, Largo, MD, Nov. 9, 1978) 4:50 5. "Mama Kin" (Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA, February 14, 1984) 3:41 6. "Three Mile Smile / Reefer Head Woman" (Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA, February 14, 1984) Tyler, Joe Perry / Lester Melrose, J. Bennett, Jazz Gillum 4:54 7. "Lord of the Thighs"" (Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA, February 14, 1984) 7:05 8. "Major Barbra" 4:02 Classics Live II 
Live album by Aerosmith Released June, 1987 Recorded 1978 - 1986 Genre Hard rock Length 38:47 Label Columbia Producer Paul O'Neill,
AerosmithAerosmith chronology Classics Live
(1986)Classics Live II
(1987)A Little South of Sanity
(1998)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [3]Robert Christgau (B+)[4] Rolling Stone [2]Classics Live II
Classics Live! II mainly features tracks recorded at a New Year's Eve show in 1984, with all five original members once again reunited. The other two tracks were the first track of 1985s Done with Mirrors, "Let the Music Do the Talking", and a rendition of 1977s "Draw the Line" from California Jam II.
Track listing
All Songs recorded at the Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA, December 31, 1984, except where noted.
All songs written and composed by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, except where noted.
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Back in the Saddle" 4:40 2. "Walk This Way" 4:21 3. "Movin' Out" 5:44 4. "Draw the Line" (California Jam 2 Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, CA, March 18, 1978) 4:46 5. "Same Old Song and Dance" 5:45 6. "Last Child" Tyler, Whitford 3:42 7. "Let the Music Do the Talking" (Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA, March 12, 1986) Perry 5:44 8. "Toys in the Attic" 4:03 Classics Live Complete
In 1998, Classics Live Complete was released outside the U.S, compiling the two albums on one CD.
Classics Live: Complete File:Imaages.jpg Live album by Aerosmith Released September, 1998 Recorded 1977 - 1986 Genre Hard rock Length 74:50 Label Columbia Producer Paul O'Neill,
Tony BongioviProfessional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [5]Certifications
Classics Live I
Organization Level Date RIAA - USA Gold July 22, 1991 RIAA - USA Platinum February 26, 2001 Classics Live II
Organization Level Date RIAA - USA Gold October 28, 1994 References
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r178
- ^ a b http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/aerosmith/albumguide
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kzhqoa8abijz
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Classics Live II". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=4296.
- ^ http://allmusic.com/album/classics-live-complete-r1341110
External links
Categories:- Albums produced by Tony Bongiovi
- Live album series
- 1986 live albums
- 1997 live albums
- Columbia Records live albums
- Aerosmith live albums
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