Riot Live (album)

rdf:langString Riot Live (album)

rdf:langString Riot Live

rdf:langString Yes

rdf:langString RiotLiveLP.jpg

rdf:langString yes

rdf:langString Tiny Bradshaw cover

rdf:langString The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

rdf:langString Warrior

rdf:langString Angel

rdf:langString Intro

rdf:langString Narita

rdf:langString Rock City

rdf:langString White Rock

rdf:langString Overdrive

rdf:langString Road Racin'

rdf:langString Tokyo Rose

rdf:langString Do It Up

rdf:langString Kick Down the Wall

rdf:langString Back on the Non-Stop

rdf:langString 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. 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 or even recorded 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 19, 1980 & Sunday, April 20, 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.