I'm not a huge Only Ones fan , but I LIKE them , don't get me wrong....I have that Live at The Beeb , and another Live (As in , before an audience.) album , bu t, I don't play 'em that much. I don't even have "It's Alive" on CD , EXCEPT A COPY A FRIEND BURNED ME, WITH NO SONG SEPARATION. I never thought "SAturday Night Fever" was recorded live, maybe live in the studio......
Pete Sottrel said:
I have to agree with The Ramones "It's Alive) being the one that just leaps into my head, first and foremost. It has to be the vinyl version, though; on CD the way the tracks are separated takes away the breathtaking rush of the experience.
If you don't know how ace a band The Only Ones were, "The Only Ones Live At The BBC" will reveal all, especially album closer "Programme".
I've always loved The Devil Dogs' "Saturday Night Fever"; am I right in remembering that this is a live album, or was it just recorded "as live" in the studio? It sounds live, and is totally thrilling.
Theatre of Hate's "He Who Dares Wins" is worth an honourable mention, especially as that album plus the exciting John Peel sessions that were being broadcast at around the same time were the only things you could hear by the band for a while before the (in my opinion) relatively disappointing Westworld album came out. And getting hold of that live album in a Suffolk backwater in 1981 was not easy, which made it even more desirable.