| Live and Let Live | ||||
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| Released | 27 January 1984 | |||
| Recorded | The Marquee Club, London, England, 4–5 November 1983 | |||
| Genre | Neo-progressive rock | |||
| Length | 50:10 | |||
| Label | Music for Nations | |||
| Producer | Twelfth Night, Andy MacPherson | |||
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| Kerrang! | (mixed) [1] |
Live and Let Live is a live album released by the British neo-progressive band Twelfth Night in 1984.
The album was recorded on 4–5 November 1983 at Geoff Mann's last dates as a member of the band. Earlier in the year, Geoff had announced his wish to leave the band and this album marked his departure.
Both shows were also filmed to a single camera and may see release eventually.
Before there was a deal with Music for Nations to release this album, it was going to be on the band's own label, Twelfth Night Records, catalog number TN-007. Because of that catalog number, the band wanted to have the title of the album to refer to a James Bond title, and Live and Let Live was chosen.
The complete set list for both nights was "The Ceiling Speaks", "Human Being", "The End of the Endless Majority", "We Are Sane", "Deep in the Heartland", "Fact and Fiction", "The Poet Sniffs a Flower", "The Collector", "Afghan Red" and "Sequences". Encores: "Creepshow", "Art and Illusion", "East of Eden", "Aspidentropy" and "Love Song".
All songs written by Twelfth Night
The album was re-released for the first time on CD in 1993 by the now defunct Dutch label SI Music. Three bonus tracks were added for the CD: "The Creepshow", "East of Eden" and "Love Song". "East of Eden" was played as a medley with "Art and Illusion", but the latter track was edited from the running list for the reissue.
Tracks as above, with three bonus tracks:
The album was re-released for the second time in 2012 recreating the entire show from diverse sources.
Disc 1
Disc 2
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