Greatest Hits Live! (Saxon album)

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Greatest Hits Live
Saxon - Greatest Hits Live.jpg
Live album by
Released24 September 1990
Recorded1989
Genre Heavy metal
Length74:43
Label Castle
Producer Biff Byford
Saxon chronology
Rock 'n' Roll Gypsies
(1989)
Greatest Hits Live
(1990)
Solid Ball of Rock
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 6/10 [2]
Greatest Hits Live!
Video by
Released1989
Genre Heavy metal
Label Castle
Saxon chronology
Live Innocence!
(1986)
Greatest Hits Live!
(1989)
Power & the Glory - Video Anthology
(1990)

Greatest Hits Live is the third live album by the band Saxon and the first Album with new Bass-Player Timothy "Nibbs" Carter. It was released in 1990 just one year after their previous live album Rock 'n' Roll Gypsies to celebrate the tenth anniversary years of the band's successful activity career since their second Album Wheels of Steel (1980), together with a VHS of the concert. This '10 Years Of Denim And Leather' concert was later released on DVD as Saxon 'Live Legends' with the extra track Strong Arm of the Law.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Opening Theme (Gustav Holst)"1:36
2."Heavy Metal Thunder (Biff Byford/Steve Dawson/Peter Gill/Graham Oliver/Paul Quinn)"3:18
3."Rock and Roll Gypsy (Biff Byford/Steve Dawson)"4:44
4."And the Bands Played On"2:58
5."20,000 Ft. (Biff Byford/Steve Dawson/Peter Gill/Graham Oliver/Paul Quinn)"3:16
6."Ride Like the Wind (Christopher Cross)"3:47
7."Motorcycle Man (Biff Byford/Steve Dawson/Peter Gill/Graham Oliver/Paul Quinn)"4:07
8."747 (Strangers in the Night)"5:04
9."See the Light Shining"5:56
10."Frozen Rainbow (Biff Byford/Steve Dawson/Peter Gill/Graham Oliver/Paul Quinn)"6:38
11."Princess of the Night (Biff Byford/Steve Dawson/Peter Gill/Graham Oliver/Paul Quinn)"4:16
12."Wheels of Steel (Biff Byford/Steve Dawson/Peter Gill/Graham Oliver/Paul Quinn)"9:39
13."Denim and Leather (Biff Byford/Steve Dawson/Peter Gill/Graham Oliver/Paul Quinn)"4:08
14."Crusader (Biff Byford/Steve Dawson/Peter Gill/Graham Oliver/Paul Quinn)"4:08
15."Rockin' Again (Biff Byford/Steve Dawson)"4:18
16."Back on the Streets"4:58

All songs written by Saxon except where noted

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Saxon Greatest Hits: Live!". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  2. Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 384. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.