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[dangum]

Hear Live's Intense 'Pain Lies on the Riverside' From 1992 Roxy Show

Full concert recording will appear on 25th-anniversary reissue of band's debut LP 'Mental Jewelry'

In August, Live will reissue their 1991 album Mental Jewelry in a deluxe remastered edition. Ahead of the release, the band is premiering one of the many bonus tracks featured on the reissue, a 1992 live version of the album's opening song, "Pain Lies on the Riverside," recorded at the Roxy in L.A.

The performance begins with a jammy intro, with singer Ed Kowalczyk shouting, "The riverside is where I walk!" to kick off the upbeat track. The band gradually builds to an ecstatic climax.

"I was really surprised to hear and experience again how fully formed we were as a young band by the time we played the Roxy show," Kowalczyk tells Rolling Stone in a statement. "I just kept thinking, 'That's the band that inspired guys like Gary Kurfirst (our mentor and first record company president) to say, "We're going to do great things together."'"

"I recall Ed and I randomly meeting Little Richard in front of our hotel earlier that day," adds guitarist Chad Taylor. "He was in full makeup at 10 a.m. – it was definitely a wake-up call to the fact that we were about to perform in Hollywood. We boldly invited him to attend the show and offered to put him on our guest list, he said, 'Don't worry, they know who I am!' I guess that's the perfect reply from one of the fathers of rock music."

Taylor also commented on the significance of the gig in the band's history. "The Roxy show later that night may be the only multi-track recording of the band performing live before we had reached even modest commercial success," he says. "For the most part, the audience was experiencing our songs for the first time. This meant that the band couldn't rely on singles to keep the show's momentum. We had already extended many of the album arrangements to carry us through a headlining set and this included 'Pain Lies on the Riverside,' a future single. There are so many improvised moments throughout the entire recording. We had to sell the drama of each song and you can tell that were both excited and nervous to perform in Los Angeles. The raw energy is something I doubt we could duplicate. Oh, and Little Richard never made to the gig – I guess he had to get his beauty rest."

The new edition of Mental Jewelry celebrates the album's 25th anniversary, which fell on December 31st, 2016. The reissue – available for pre-order now – is due August 11th in multiple formats, including colored vinyl, standard vinyl, cassette and a deluxe two-CD edition.

Kowalczyk re-joined Live last year, and the band is currently working on a new album. The group will be on the road for the rest of the summer, appearing at various U.S. festivals and opening several dates for Guns N' Roses.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/premiere...xy-show-w490147

[throwing_cheetahs]

Do we already have the July 1992 Roxy show that will be released with MJ? All i could find was the September 6th show. The track list is different also, maybe it is an unsurfaced show? Anyone know or have an existing link?

HERE IS THE SHOW LIVE IS RELEASING WITH MJ 25th ANNIVERSARY

DISC TWO (Live At The Roxy July 16, 1992):

Show Intro
Waterboy
Take My Anthem
Pain Lies On The Riverside
Susquehanna *WOW, A LEGIT REMASTERED VERSION OF SUSQUEHANNA (Live version) YES!
Negation
You Are The World
Tired of Me
Heaven Wore A Shirt
Operation Spirit
Good Pain
Beauty of Gray
Peace Is Now

LINK TO THE 2 CD MJ RE-RELEASE ON FREAKS4LIVE:
http://freaks4live.com/#mental-jewelry-25t...-2-cd-set.view/


HERE IS THE SHOW FROM SEPTEMBER THAT I FOUND SHARED ON FOL

LIVE AT THE ROXY, SEPTEMBER 6th 1992

01. Pain Lies On The Riverside
02. Negation
03. Mirror Song
04. Brothers Unaware
05. Tired Of Me
06. Heaven Wore A Shirt
07. Operation Spirit
08. The Beauty Of Gray

Link for this september show:
http://www.fansoflive.com/forums/index.php...745&hl=The+Roxy

This post has been edited by throwing_cheetahs: Jun 29 2017, 3:50 pm

[ThrowgnCpr]

Do we already have the July 1992 Roxy show that will be released with MJ? All i could find was the September 6th show. The track list is different also, maybe it is an unsurfaced show? Anyone know or have an existing link?

Live played the Roxy 3 times that year: http://www.setlist.fm/search?artist=13d6b9...66d67&year=1992

To my knowledge, I've only seen the Sept. 6th show making the rounds. This could be an unsurfaced show. It's new for me anyway.

[throwing_cheetahs]

Live played the Roxy 3 times that year: http://www.setlist.fm/search?artist=13d6b9...66d67&year=1992

To my knowledge, I've only seen the Sept. 6th show making the rounds. This could be an unsurfaced show. It's new for me anyway.

New for me too, and like i said - Susquehanna....and throw in Peace is now, it is awesome live. Can't wait to hear a real clean version of that either.

This post has been edited by throwing_cheetahs: Jun 29 2017, 7:16 pm

[Gertjan]

The "July 16" is a typo on the site. The discs have "July 13" printed on them which corresponds with the date shown at setlists.fm and an original stub I saw. And yes, it appears to be recording which was not yet around.