Riot Live (album)

Riot Live
Live album by Riot
Released	1989
Recorded	Monsters of Rock Festival, Donington Park, Castle Donington, UK, August 16, 1980 Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK, April 19/20, 1980.
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock
Length	69:13
Label	CBS/Sony Music
Producer	Steve Loeb
Riot chronology
Thundersteel (1988) Riot Live (1989) The Privilege of Power (1990)

Riot Live (not to be confused with the 1982 EP of the same name with Rhett Forrester on vocals) is Riot's first full-length live album, recorded in the UK in 1980, but not issued until 1989 on CBS/Sony Music in Japan.^[1] This is the band's last output with original vocalist Guy Speranza.

The album contains a cover of the well known 1950s rock'n'roll classic, "Train Kept A-Rollin'", brought to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s by the likes of The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, and Aerosmith.

Riot Live finally saw an American release in 1993 via Metal Blade Records. Although the U.S. re-issue front cover lists the Fire Down Under (1981) line-up, no songs from that album are included on Riot Live, most likely because Fire Down Under had not been released yet. Furthermore the Metal Blade Records Release clearly states that both concerts were recorded Live in England in 1980!

The first Japanese release stated part of the recording to be from a Hammersmith Odeon 1981 concert. However, according to the Hammersmith Odeon concert history website, Riot never played the Hammersmith Odeon in 1981, but they played the Hammersmith Odeon on Saturday, April 19th, 1980 & Sunday, April 20th, 1980 as part of the Tour supporting Sammy Hagar. It is therefore more likely that the cover info from the initial Japanese release is incorrect and that the error was corrected with the later U.S. release.

Track listing

1. "Intro" - 0:56
2. "Angel" - 3:42
3. "Do It Up" - 3:44
4. "Road Racin'" - 5:06
5. "White Rock" - 2:54
6. "Warrior" - 9:08
7. "Narita" - 3:53
8. "Tokyo Rose" - 4:49
9. "Overdrive" - 8:30
10. "Rock City" - 4:52
11. "Back on the Non-Stop" - 4:17
12. "Kick Down the Wall" - 4:34
13. "Train Kept A-Rollin'"* - 5:43
14. "Road Racin'" - 7:35

Tracks 1-5 and 7-8 recorded April 19 and/or 20, 1980 at the Hammersmith Odeon.
Tracks 6 and 9-14 recorded August 16, 1980 at the Monsters of Rock festival in Donington Park.

• Although listed as Train Kept a Rollin', this is actually Big Joe Turner's "Honey Hush"^[2] made famous by Foghat

Musicians

• Guy Speranza - vocals
• Mark Reale - guitar
• Rick Ventura - guitar
• Kip Leming - bass
• Sandy Slavin - drums

References