Live Facelift

Live Facelift
Video and live album by
ReleasedJuly 30, 1991 (1991-07-30)[1]
RecordedDecember 22, 1990[2]
VenueMoore Theatre (Seattle)[2]
Genre
Length40:00
LabelSMV Enterprises
DirectorJosh Taft
ProducerLisanne Dutton
Alice in Chains chronology
Live Facelift
(1991)
The Nona Tapes
(1995)

Live Facelift is a concert video and live album by the American rock band Alice in Chains, originally released on VHS on July 30, 1991,[1] containing live footage of songs from their debut studio album, Facelift (1990), recorded at Moore Theatre in Seattle, Washington, on December 22, 1990.[2] The video has been certified gold by the RIAA.[3] The video was also released on Laserdisc in Japan on October 25, 1991.[4]

Live Facelift was released on vinyl for the first time on November 25, 2016,[2] by Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, as part of Record Store Day's Black Friday event.[5] Only 5,000 copies were issued.[2] On September 15, 2017, the concert was released on red vinyl on a limited edition of only 1,000 copies, each coming with a commemorative reprint of the poster that advertised the concert date.[6]

Track listing

VHS

  1. "Man in the Box" (Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley)
  2. "Real Thing" (Cantrell, Staley)
  3. "Love, Hate, Love" (Cantrell, Staley)
  4. "Sea of Sorrow" (Cantrell)
  5. "Bleed the Freak" (Cantrell)
  6. "We Die Young" (video) (Cantrell)
  7. "Man in the Box" (video) (Cantrell, Staley)
  8. "Sea of Sorrow" (video) (Cantrell)

Vinyl

Side A

  1. "It Ain't Like That" (Cantrell, Mike Starr, Sean Kinney)
  2. "Man in the Box" (Cantrell, Staley)
  3. "Real Thing" (Cantrell, Staley)

Side B

  1. "Love, Hate, Love" (Cantrell, Staley)
  2. "Sea of Sorrow" (Cantrell)
  3. "Bleed the Freak" (Cantrell)

Personnel

Personnel taken from Live Facelift liner notes.[7]

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[8] Gold 50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b Live Facelift VHS. ASIN 6302138817.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Alice In Chains – Live Facelift 12" EP". Hellbound.ca. December 9, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  3. ^ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  4. ^ "LaserDisc Database - Alice in Chains: Facelift Live [SRLM 810] on LD LaserDisc".>
  5. ^ "Alice in Chains, Prophets of Rage, The Raconteurs & More Releasing Exclusive Vinyl for Record Store Day Black Friday". ABC News Radio. November 25, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  6. ^ "Alice In Chains To Issue "Live Facelift" On Red Vinyl". Theprp.com. August 21, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  7. ^ Live Facelift (Album liner notes). Alice in Chains. 2016.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ "American video certifications – Alice in Chains – Live Facelift". Recording Industry Association of America.