| Best of Live | ||||
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| Compilation album by | ||||
| Released | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Free jazz | |||
| Length | 70:04 | |||
| Label | Enemy | |||
| Producer | Last Exit | |||
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Best of Live is a compilation album by the free jazz group Last Exit, it was released in 1990 by Enemy Records. [1] [2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album (date) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Enemy Within" | Brötzmann, Jackson, Laswell, Sharrock | Last Exit (1986) | 3:48 |
| 2. | "Pig Freedom" | Brötzmann, Jackson, Laswell, Sharrock | Last Exit (1986) | 4:04 |
| 3. | "Discharge" | Brötzmann, Jackson, Laswell, Sharrock | Last Exit (1986) | 3:25 |
| 4. | "Red Light" | Brötzmann, Jackson, Laswell, Sharrock | Last Exit (1986) | 7:58 |
| 5. | "Panzer Be-Bop" | Brötzmann, Jackson, Laswell, Sharrock | The Noise of Trouble (1986) | 9:02 |
| 6. | "Blind Willie" | Sharrock | The Noise of Trouble (1986) | 6:23 |
| 7. | "Help Me Mo, I'm Blind" | Brötzmann, Hancock, Jackson, Laswell, Sharrock | The Noise of Trouble (1986) | 7:17 |
| 8. | "Ma Rainey" | Brötzmann, Jackson, Laswell, Sharrock | Cassette Recordings '87 (1987) | 5:10 |
| 9. | "My Balls/Your Chin" | Brötzmann, Jackson, Laswell, Sharrock | Cassette Recordings '87 (1987) | 2:30 |
| 10. | "Line of Fire" | Brötzmann, Jackson, Laswell, Sharrock | Cassette Recordings '87 (1987) | 20:27 |
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1990 | Enemy | CD | EMCD 110 |
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