Live Undead
Live Undead is Slayer's first live album, released through Metal Blade Records in November 1984. It sits between their debut, Show No Mercy, and Hell Awaits, and it draws its set from that first album and the Haunting the Chapel EP from 1984. The record opens with an extended introduction to "Black Magic", followed by a short speech.
The recording has an odd story. A New York radio show, WBAB Fingers Metal Shop, ran a contest to hang out with the band during a live session at Tiki Recording Studios in Glen Cove. Only around a dozen people were there, after plans for a proper crowd went wrong. Critics and authors have long wondered whether the audience noise is real, and producer Bill Metoyer has only teased that he doesn't know if he should say.
Live Undead: tracklist, credits and charts
6 tracks · 21:13Tracklist
- 1Black MagicJeff Hanneman and Kerry King4:06
- 2Die by the SwordJeff Hanneman4:02
- 3Show No MercyKerry King3:03
- 4Captor of SinJeff Hanneman and Kerry King3:31
- 5Haunting the ChapelJeff Hanneman and Kerry King3:57
- 6The Final CommandJeff Hanneman and Kerry King2:33
- Produced by
- Bill Metoyer, Slayer, Brian Slagel
- Executive producer
- Brian Slagel
- Recorded at
- Track Record Studios
- Recorded
- 1984, New York City
- Mixed at
- Track Record Studios
- Engineered by
- Bill Metoyer
- Label
- Metal Blade Records
- Length
- 21:13
Line-up
- Tom Araya · bass guitar, vocals, electric bass guitar
- Jeff Hanneman · guitar, electric guitar
- Kerry King · guitar, electric guitar
- Dave Lombardo · membranophone, drums (drum set)
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| German Albums · 2021 | 77 |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date sources disagree on the year (1984, 1985)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 1 March 1985 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 16 November 1984 | |
| Wikidata | 16 November 1984 |
15 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | US | Metal Blade Records | other | |
| 1985 | XE | Roadrunner Records | other | |
| 1 March 1985 | US | Metal Blade Records | original | |
| 1987 | DE | Roadrunner Records | 016861957421 | other |
| 1987 | US | Restless Records | other | |
| 1987 | XE | Roadrunner Records | 016861957414 | other |
| 1987 | US | Enigma | 018777221726 | other |
| 1987 | XE | Roadrunner Records | 016861957445 | other |
| 21 December 1993 | JP | Mercury Records | 4988011338229 | other |
| 18 January 1994 | US | Metal Blade Records | 039841403329 | other |
| 2004 | AU | Stomp | 9328082009485 | other |
| 2004 | US | Metal Blade Records | 039841403329 | other |
| 22 December 2004 | JP | Metal Blade Records | 4562180720148 | other |
| 15 January 2016 | DE | Metal Blade Records | 039841403374 | other |
| 28 October 2021 | XW | Metal Blade Records | 039841949629 | other |
Cover art sources
itunes · native: native 3000x3000
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| itunes ✓ | 3000×3000 | native: native 3000x3000 |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 600×600 | upscaled |