Live Full House

"Live" Full House
Live album by The J. Geils Band
Released	September 26, 1972
Recorded	April 21-22, 1972 at The Cinderella Ballroom, Detroit
Genre	Rock
Length	35:45 (incl. stage announcements and crowd noise)
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Geoffrey Haslam, J. Geils Band
The J. Geils Band chronology
The Morning After (1971) "Live" Full House (1972) Bloodshot (1973)

"Live" Full House is the first live album, and third album overall, by American rock band The J. Geils Band, released in 1972.

The album peaked at #54 on the Billboard album chart in North America, with the tracks "Looking for a Love" and "Serves You Right to Suffer" enjoying considerable radio airplay, thus setting up the breakthrough success of the band's next album, 1973's Bloodshot.

The album's cover depicts a poker hand, but the hand shown is not a "full house" as defined by the rules of the game (this is intentional; the Queen in the poker hand is winking).

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Track listing

Side one

1. "First I Look at the Purse" (Robert Rogers, Smokey Robinson) – 3:56
2. "Homework" (Dave Clark, Al Perkins, Otis Rush) – 2:34
3. "Pack Fair and Square" (Walter Travis Price) – 1:41
4. "Whammer Jammer" (Juke Joint Jimmy) – 2:21
5. "Hard Drivin' Man" (J. Geils, Peter Wolf) – 4:23

Side two

1. "Serves You Right to Suffer" (John Lee Hooker) – 9:32
2. "Cruisin' for a Love" (Juke Joint Jimmy) – 3:32
3. "Looking for a Love" (J. W. Alexander, Zelda Samuels) – 4:55

Personnel

• Stephen Bladd - drums, vocals
• J. Geils - guitar
• Seth Justman - keyboards, vocals
• Daniel Klein - bass guitar
• Richard Salwitz (credited as Magic Dick) - harmonica, trumpet
• Peter Wolf - vocals

Production

This was the first of three live albums recorded by the J. Geils Band. The others were Blow Your Face Out in 1976 and Showtime! in 1982.

Although living in Boston, the band had always considered Detroit their second home because of their enormous popularity there. Two of their three live albums were recorded in Detroit at various venues. The third live album was recorded in Detroit and Boston.

• Producers: Geoffrey Haslam, J. Geils Band
• Engineer: Geoffrey Haslam
• Live mixing: Dinky Dawson
• Arranger: J. Geils

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

v t e The J. Geils Band Peter Wolf Seth Justman Danny Klein Magic Dick Stephen Jo Bladd J. Geils Studio albums The J. Geils Band (1970) The Morning After (1971) Bloodshot (1973) Ladies Invited (1973) Nightmares...and Other Tales from the Vinyl Jungle (1974) Hotline (1975) Monkey Island (1977) Sanctuary (1978) Love Stinks (1980) Freeze-Frame (1981) You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd (1984) Live albums Live Full House (1972) Blow Your Face Out (1976) Showtime! (1982) Compilations Best of The J. Geils Band (1979) Best of The J. Geils Band (2006) Singles "First I Look at the Purse" (Live) (1971) "Looking for a Love" (1971) "Love-Itis" (1975) "Where Did Our Love Go" (1976) "Come Back" (1980) "Love Stinks" (1980) "Centerfold" (1981) "Freeze-Frame" (1981) "Angel in Blue" (1982) "Land of a Thousand Dances" (1983) "Fright Night" (1985) Book:The J. Geils Band