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Classics Live!
Classics Live! is a live album by the American rock band Aerosmith, released in 1986 on Columbia. It was the band's second live release, following Live! Bootleg, and it has since gone platinum.
It arrived between Done With Mirrors in 1985 and Permanent Vacation in 1987, and it was followed by a companion volume, Classics Live II, in 1987, which went gold. Taken together, the two records give a hard rock concert picture of the band from this stretch of their career.
Classics Live!: tracklist, credits and charts
8 tracks · 38:15Tracklist
- 1Train Kept A Rollin’Bradshaw, Kay, Mann3:23
- 2Kings and QueensDouglas, Hamilton, Kramer, Tyler, Whitford4:44
- 3Sweet EmotionTom Hamilton and Steven Tyler5:19
- 4Dream OnSteven Tyler5:11
- 5Mama KinSteven Tyler3:38
- 6Three Mile Smile / Reefer Head WomanBennett, Gillum, Melrose, Perry, Tyler4:55
- 7Lord of the ThighsSteven Tyler7:04
- 8Major BarbaraSteven Tyler4:02
- Produced by
- Paul O’Neill, Tony Bongiovi
- Executive producer
- David Krebs, Steven Leber
- Recorded at
- Orpheum Theatre, The Record Plant (New York City), Wang Theatre, Capital Centre
- Recorded
- 1977–1983
- Mixed at
- The Record Plant
- Engineered by
- James A. Ball, Thom Panunzio, Gray Russell
- Label
- Columbia
- Length
- 38:15
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 · 1986 | 84 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification |
|---|---|
| United States | Platinum |
| United States | Gold |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date only year precision available
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 1986 | |
| US release | 1986 | earliest US date |
10 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | US | Columbia | original | |
| 1986 | US | Columbia | 074644032925 | original |
| 1987 | US | Columbia | 07464403292 | other |
| 1990 | XE | CBS | 5099746729721 | other |
| 1993 | AU | Columbia | 074645736921 | other |
| 1993 | XE | Columbia | 5099747497124 | other |
| 7 September 1993 | US | Columbia | 074645736921 | other |
| 26 August 2011 | AF | Columbia | 074645736921 | other |
| 26 August 2011 | XW | Columbia | other | |
| 23 November 2011 | JP | Sony Records International | 4547366062380 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 500×492 | upscaled |