Live Steppenwolf +2 [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)] [SHM-CD] [Limited Release]

decent live album from 1970 BUT I feel all of this was recorded in the studio as many live albums from the 70s where, this one I feel is very obviously recorded in the studio and I feel the crowd noise was probably culled from many different shows, regardless it is a great live album and it really brings you back to what things where like in 1970 here in the us with the corrupt Nixon administration and all that was going on regarding the war at that time, the music itself is very good and any Steppenwolf fan would really enjoy this record, I still remember this sleeve from when I was a kid in the 70s always seeing this in the lp shop, sadley for me I never got around to buying this until now 2013 because I always waited for the Steppenwolf catlog to come out in the proper way and with these japan remasters and lp replica packaging it has finally happened, most of your favorites are on here like don't step on the grass, born to be wild and the pusher, this is a live album from way way back in the day not to be missed, the best live album from 1970 was the whos live at leeds if you want full maximum r&b but if you are a Steppenwolf fan I would grab this before it goes out of print, great packaging..

Steppenwolf Live is primarily a collection of recordings from a single concert early in 1970 at the Santa Monica Civic Center by Steppenwolf staged in support of their 1969 album Monster. Released in April, 1970 by Dunhill Records, it contains Steppenwolf's well-known hits: "Born to Be Wild", "Magic Carpet Ride" and "The Pusher", as well as most of the songs from Monster, including the top 40 hit live version of "Monster". The song "Hey Lawdy Mama" was recorded in the studio, but edited in a manner to directly segue into "Magic Carpet Ride", thus retaining the album's "live" feel.(On original LP copies of Steppenwolf Live, "Hey Lawdy Mama" and "Magic Carpet Ride" are banded together as a single track, with a total running time of 7:13). A differently edited version of "Hey Lawdy Mama", incorporating a fade-out instead of the segue, was released as a single. The songs "Twisted" and "Corrina, Corrina" are also studio versions which were eq'd and given some delay effects to match the actual live recordings and overdubbed with audience sounds at the beginning and ending of the songs. The Bag by Kustom is one of the earliest talk boxes. These devices route the guitar signal from the driver of a speaker through a plastic tube held in the player's mouth. The sound of that is picked up from a stage microphone. John Kay was one of the first professional musicians to use a talk box having done so in 1969 studio recordings. The studio cuts were added by the record company (Dunhill) against the band's wishes to give the album enough tracks to qualify as a double album. 01. "Sookie, Sookie" (Don Covay, Steve Cropper)3:09 02. "Don't Step on the Grass, Sam" (John Kay) 6:01 03. "Tighten Up Your Wig" (Kay) 4:23 04. "Monster" (Kay, Jerry Edmonton, Larry Byrom, Nick St. Nicholas) 9:56 05. "Draft Resister" (Kay, Goldy McJohn, Byrom) 3:46 06. "Power Play" (Kay) 5:41 07."Corina, Corina" (Mitchell Parish, J. Mayo Williams, B. Chatman) 4:09 08. "Twisted" (Kay) 5:02 09. "From Here to There Eventually" (Kay, McJohn, Edmonton) 6:40 10. "Hey Lawdy Mama" (Kay, Byrom, Edmonton) 2:59 11. "Magic Carpet Ride" (Kay, Rushton Moreve) 4:06 12. "The Pusher" (Hoyt Axton) 6:02 "Born to Be Wild" (Mars Bonfire) 5:43