How High the Moon: Live at the Viper Room

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How High the Moon: Live at the Viper Room
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Live album by
Masters of Reality
ReleasedJune 10, 1997
RecordedSeptember 22 & 23, 1996
Viper Room, Los Angeles
Genre Hard rock, blues rock, stoner rock
Length48:58
Label Malicious Vinyl
Producer Chris Goss, Michael Ross
Masters of Reality chronology
Sunrise on the Sufferbus
(1993)
How High the Moon: Live at the Viper Room
(1997)
Welcome to the Western Lodge
(1999)
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How High the Moon: Live at the Viper Room is the first live album of the American rock band Masters of Reality, released in 1997.

Contents

The album was retitled Reality Show for a European re-release in 2002. [2]

Track listing

All songs by Chris Goss, unless otherwise stated

  1. "How High the Moon"
  2. "The Blue Garden" (Goss, Harrington)
  3. "Alder Smoke Blues"
  4. "Doraldina's Prophecies" (Goss, Harrington)
  5. "She Got Me (When She Got Her Dress On)"
  6. "Jindalee Jindalie"
  7. "John Brown (Goss, Harrington)"
  8. "Tilt-A-Whirl/Swingeroo Joe" (Goss, Googe)
  9. "Ants in the Kitchen" (Baker, Goss) / "Goin' Down" (Don Nix)
  10. "100 Years (Of Tears on the Wind)"

Credits

Additional personnel

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References

  1. "How High the Moon: Live at the Viper Room - Masters of Reality". Allmusic.
  2. "Masters Of Reality ‎– How High The Moon: Live At The Viper Room". discogs.com. Retrieved 2021-07-13.