It's great that we finally have Live at the Paradiso - Amsterdam, but it got me remembering a bit of proof I (and some others) uncovered back in 2000 about the proposed Live concert album (called Live). Right around June of 2000 we were hearing from the band that a concert album would be released in the fall. A number of fans and collectors, including myself, discovered that music stores were listing the record as having a release date of November 21, 2000. I went one extra step and actually got one of the local music stores to give me a printout of their full Live inventory on file (things they either had in stock or could order in). The printout is here:



Live - Live was such a definite thing that Radioactive had actually gone as far as assigning the barcode and catalog numbers for both the CD and cassette versions, which made sense chronologically speaking.

The CD would have a catalog number of 088 112 360-2 and a barcode of 0 08811 23602 1.

The cassette would have a catalog number of 088 112 360-4 and a barcode of 0 08811 23604 5.

Sadly, as we all know, this release never made it to store shelves. But, it does get me wondering....if Radioactive had this release planned down to a release date and catalog information, I have to assume that the album was essentially complete. Maybe lacking artwork, mixing, mastering and other such things...but likely this project got to the point of test pressings and office copies being made. We may never know, but it's interesting to ponder.