Live at the Greek | ||||
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![]() original MusicMaker.com cover | ||||
Live album by | ||||
Released | 29 February 2000 | |||
Recorded | 18–19 October 1999 | |||
Venue | Greek Theatre, Los Angeles with Le Mobile Recording Facilities | |||
Genre | Blues rock, hard rock | |||
Length | 111:06 | |||
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Producer | Kevin Shirley | |||
The Black Crowes chronology | ||||
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Jimmy Page chronology | ||||
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Alternative cover | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
NME | (7/10) [2] |
PopMatters | (favorable) [3] |
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Live at the Greek is a live album by Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes,first released by MusicMaker.com on 29 February 2000,then reissued by TVT Records on 4 July 2000. [5] An expanded and remastered version was released by The Orchard Records for the album's 25th anniversary,on 14 March 2025. [6] Most of the tracks were recorded at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on 18/19 October 1999;songs performed included material from the Led Zeppelin and The Black Crowes catalogues plus old blues and rock standards. [5]
Contractual restrictions from The Black Crowes’record company prevented their own songs from being released on the first two versions of the album. The 25th anniversary edition restored those songs and added several more tracks. [6]
The album was first released on 29 February 2000 with the full title Live at the Greek:Excess All Areas,via MusicMaker.com through an online process in which buyers could choose the running order of the songs,or accept a running order chosen by the company. [7] A standard retail two-CD set was issued by TVT Records later the same year. That version included additional songs,an enhanced QuickTime video,and photographs taken during the concert. The Japanese version of the TVT release adds "Misty Mountain Hop" and "In the Light",recorded at a later show. Bassist Sven Pipien was fired between the two releases of the album and was airbrushed out of the group photograph in the centerfold of the TVT Records version and all subsequent vinyl reissues;session bassist Greg Rzab played on the later tracks. [8]
(see below for full songwriting information)
Disc one
Disc two
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Celebration Day" | John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant | 3:42 |
2. | "Custard Pie" | Page, Plant | 5:18 |
3. | "Sick Again" | Page, Plant | 4:34 |
4. | "What Is and What Should Never Be" | Page, Plant | 5:26 |
5. | "Woke Up This Morning" | B.B. King, Jules Tuab | 4:14 |
6. | "Shapes of Things" | Jim McCarty, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith | 3:09 |
7. | "Sloppy Drunk" | Jimmy Rogers | 6:05 |
8. | "Ten Years Gone" | Page, Plant | 6:30 |
9. | "In My Time of Dying" | Traditional; arr./adap. John Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant | 9:34 |
10. | "Your Time Is Gonna Come" | Jones, Page | 6:02 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Lemon Song" | Howlin' Wolf, Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant | 8:59 |
2. | "Nobody's Fault but Mine" | Page, Plant | 6:41 |
3. | "Heartbreaker" | Jones, Page, Plant | 5:50 |
4. | "Hey, Hey What Can I Do" | Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant | 3:30 |
5. | "Mellow Down Easy" | Willie Dixon | 5:20 |
6. | "Oh, Well" | Peter Green | 4:10 |
7. | "Shake Your Money Maker" | Elmore James | 4:25 |
8. | "You Shook Me" | Dixon, J.B. Lenoir | 8:25 |
9. | "Out on the Tiles" | Bonham, Page, Plant | 3:39 |
10. | "Whole Lotta Love" | Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant | 5:34 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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11. | "In the Light" | Jones, Page, Plant | 9:07 |
12. | "Misty Mountain Hop" | Jones, Page, Plant | 5:05 |
Live at the Greek | |
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Released | 14 March 2025 |
Recorded | 18–19 October 1999 |
Venue | Greek Theatre, Los Angeles with Le Mobile Recording Facilities |
Genre | Blues rock, hard rock |
Length | 213:00 |
Label | The Orchard Records |
Producer | Kevin Shirley |
An expanded and remastered edition of the live album was released on 14 March 2025 by The Orchard Records, with the title simplified to Live at the Greek. [9] [6] This version adds the Black Crowes songs that were omitted from the original addition, plus several more Led Zeppelin songs and blues standards performed during the concerts in 1999. [10]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Celebration Day" | Jones, Page, Plant | 3:40 |
2. | "Custard Pie" | Page, Plant | 5:23 |
3. | "Sick Again" | Page, Plant | 4:47 |
4. | "No Speak No Slave" | Chris Robinson, Rich Robinson | 4:43 |
5. | "Hard to Handle" | Allen Jones, Al Bell, Otis Redding | 3:35 |
6. | "The Wanton Song" | Page, Plant | 4:07 |
7. | "Misty Mountain Hop" | Jones, Page, Plant | 4:54 |
8. | "Hots On for Nowhere" | Page, Plant | 4:45 |
9. | "What Is and What Should Never Be" | Page, Plant | 5:23 |
10. | "Wiser Time" | Robinson, Robinson | 7:16 |
11. | "Mellow Down Easy" | Little Walter | 5:21 |
12. | "Woke Up This Morning (My Baby She Was Gone)" | B.B. King, Jules Tuab | 4:31 |
13. | "Ten Years Gone" | Page, Plant | 6:32 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "In My Time of Dying" | Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant, Blind Willie Johnson | 9:40 |
2. | "Your Time Is Gonna Come" | Jones, Page | 5:58 |
3. | "Remedy" | Robinson, Robinson | 5:19 |
4. | "The Lemon Song" | Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant, Chester Burnett | 8:54 |
5. | "In the Light" | Jones, Page, Plant | 9:10 |
6. | "Shake Your Money Maker" | Elmore James | 4:33 |
7. | "Sloppy Drunk Blues" | Jimmy Rogers | 5:58 |
8. | "Shapes of Things" | Jim McCarty, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith | 3:17 |
9. | "Nobody's Fault but Mine" | Page, Plant | 6:48 |
10. | "Heartbreaker" | Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant | 5:53 |
11. | "Bring It On Home" | Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant, Willie Dixon | 5:23 |
12. | "She Talks to Angels" | Robinson, Robinson | 5:48 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Oh Well" | Peter Green | 4:31 |
2. | "Band Intros" | 0:51 | |
3. | "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" | Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant | 3:35 |
4. | "You Shook Me" | Dixon, Lenoir | 8:30 |
5. | "Out on the Tiles" | Bonham, Page, Plant | 3:42 |
6. | "Whole Lotta Love" | Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant, Dixon | 5:50 |
7. | "Custard Pie (soundcheck)" | Page, Plant | 5:04 |
8. | "You Shook Me (soundcheck)" | Dixon | 8:28 |
9. | "The Lemon Song (soundcheck)" | Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant, Burnett | 8:42 |
10. | "Ten Years Gone (soundcheck)" | Page, Plant | 11:41 |
11. | "Jam (soundcheck)" | 10:21 |
Production
Publication | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank |
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Buscadero | Italy | Critics Poll 2000 [11] | 2000 | 19 |
Rumore | Italy | Top 20 Albums of 2000 [12] | 2000 | 10 |
Classic Rock | UK | 50 Greatest Live Albums Ever [13] | 2003 | 40 |
Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [14] | 72 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [15] | 37 |
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [16] | 27 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [17] | 46 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [18] | 27 |
French Albums (SNEP) [19] | 73 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [20] | 24 |
Italian Albums (FIMI) [21] | 37 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [22] | 45 |
Scottish Albums (OCC) [23] | 37 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [24] | 77 |
UK Albums (OCC) [25] | 39 |
US Billboard 200 [26] | 64 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [27] | 2 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [28] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |