Live Facelift

Last updated

Live Facelift
Live Facelift.jpg
Live album and video by
ReleasedVHS:  July 30, 1991 [1]
Vinyl:  November 25, 2016 [2]
RecordedDecember 22, 1990 [2]
Venue Moore Theatre (Seattle) [2]
Genre
LengthVHS:  105 min
Vinyl:  29 min
Label Columbia
Director Josh Taft
Producer Lisanne 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 album, Facelift , recorded at Moore Theatre in Seattle on December 22, 1990. [2] The video has been certified gold by the RIAA with excess sales of 50,000 copies. [3] The video was also released on Laserdisc in Japan on 25th of October, 1991. [4]

Contents

Live Facelift was released on vinyl for the first time on November 25, 2016, as part of Record Store Day's Black Friday event. [5] Only 5000 copies were issued. [2] On September 15, 2017, the concert was released on red vinyl on a limited edition of only 1000 copies, each coming with a commemorative reprint of the poster that advertised the concert date. [6]

Song list

VHS

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

Vinyl

Side A

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

Side B

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

Personnel

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [7] Gold50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. 1 2 Live Facelift VHS. ASIN   6302138817.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "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. "American video certifications – Alice in Chains – Live Facelift". Recording Industry Association of America.