Steppenwolf - Live

The Old Double Album Now Comes on a Single CD with Super Remastered Sound. Album Details

good, but not essential

i first bought steppenwolf live as a teenager and remember being disappointed with it. After reading the reviews already posted here, i decided, all these many years later, to give it another shot. I still am disappointed. The music is good, loose, sloppy rock and roll, and 'Monster' is a great cut. I have a hard time believing 'Twisted' was recorded 'live'...maybe it was a rehearsal jam or leftover studio track as the applause leading into it sure sounds 'canned', as does some of the other audience parts. The editing/mixing sounds done on the cheap and having seen steppenwolf live believe this could have been much much better. October 29, 2008

Drift Back

Close your eyes and it is 40 years ago ... we got high (a lot), we protested and fought back. This music was the anthem. It is one of those albums that you play over and over. I'm too old to fight and getting high would probably kill me but this DC let's me go back for a visit. If you have kids, let them hear the words - so true for today. June 1, 2008

One of the best!

Steppenwolf Live, Allman Brothers at Fillmore East, and Rare Earth in Concert are the greatest live albums ever made. The previous commenters have about said it all as far as the music is concerned. It will never be matched. If you don't have this CD in your collection, get it now! March 3, 2008

One Of The Very Best Live Albums Of All Time!

Steppenwolf have never gotten their Due for releasing some of the Finest Records of the Late Sixties and Early Seventies that still hold up Today as well as they did 40 years ago.

In 1970, the Band released the 2 LP, Live Album, and it's a Stunner!
With the Crazy Crowd, fully a part of the Show and the Fantastic playing of this Band, this Record is the Blueprint of what every Live Rock Record of the 1970's SHOULD BE. The Chaos and Wild Abandon of those Times can be heard to full effect of this CD.

Of course the Hits are on it; "Born To Be Wild" and "Magic Carpet Ride", but if you only have heard the Studio Versions, listen and see What Steppenwolf can do live. Like Live Concerts of The Doors, Steppenwolf could and did have Riots going on at some of these Shows. The "Monster" LP, had given them lots of Press as a: "Political Rock Band" and that is when the Crazy-Factor went up to Ten, on the Ten Scale.

But the reason "Live" is just so good are the Songs. "Hey Lawdy Mama", "Corina, Corina", "Monster", "The Pusher", "Don't Step On The Grass, Sam"... It's One classic, right after another. The Guitars are Loud, the Organ is all over the place and Jerry's Drums keep everybody in line.
These Guys had been playing for Years and Years and it shows by just how tight they were on Stage. Songs are way longer than their normal playing time just as you would expect. It is Simple, this Band delivers here and Thank Goodness, that they got it all down on Tape!

If you want to here a Band at the Peak of their Performing Powers that sweats: "Heavy Metal Thunder", this is the one to Purchase.








December 6, 2007

Live -Steppenwolf

My ears are smiiiiiling whenever I can listen to John Kay's distinct,hoarse voice :-) January 19, 2007

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