Live at the El Mocambo

Infobox Album
Name = Live at the El Mocambo
Type = Live
Artist = April Wine


Released = Start date|1977
Recorded = El Mocambo club, Toronto
Genre = Rock
Length = ~40:00
Label = Aquarius, London
Producer = Eddie Kramer
Reviews =
Last album = "Forever for Now"
(1977)
This album = "Live at the El Mocambo"
(1977)
Next album = "First Glance"
(1978)|

"Live at the El Mocambo" is the second live album by the Canadian rock band April Wine, released in 1977. It was recorded during a performance at Toronto's El Mocambo club when April Wine opened for the Rolling Stones during one of the surprise club appearances for which the Stones are renowned, and during which they recorded part of their own live album "Love You Live" (1977). "Live at the El Mocambo" was produced and engineered by Eddie Kramer, best known for his work with the Stones, Jimi Hendrix, and Led Zeppelin. [cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kjfuxqr5ldhe~T40D|title=allmusic - Eddie Kramer, Credits|accessdate=2008-10-02|publisher=AllMusic.com] [cite web|url=http://www.kramerarchives.com/discography.html|title=Kramer Archives - Discography|accessdate=2008-10-02|publisher=KramerArchives.com] Partly owing to Kramer's input, the album features a somewhat more raw-sounding April Wine than most fans are used to from the band's more conventionally-produced studio albums. Among April Wine's many albums, "Live at the El Mocambo" has tended to be overshadowed by the more commercially-successful "Harder, Faster" (1979) and "The Nature of the Beast" (1981). To date, it has never been reissued on CD.

Other artists who have also recorded live albums at the El Mocambo include Elvis Costello, Starz, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Moxy, and Zoobombs.

Track listing

Side one:
# "Teenage Love" – ("B. Segarini")
# "Tonite is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love" – ("M. Goodwyn")
# "Juvenile Delinquent" – ("B. Segarini")
# "Don't Push Me Around" – ("M. Goodwyn")

Side two:
# "Oowatanite" – ("J. Clench")
# "Drop Your Guns" – ("D. Henman")
# "Slow Poke" – ("M. Goodwyn")
# "She's No Angel" – ("M. Goodwyn, G. Moffet")
# "You Could Have Been a Lady" – ("E. Brown, T. Wilson")

Personnel

* Myles Goodwyn: Lead vocals, guitar
* Gary Moffet: Guitar, background vocals
* Steve Lang: Bass, background vocals, lead vocals on "Oowatanite"
* Jerry Mercer: Drums, background vocals

* Produced and engineered by Eddie Kramer
* "She's No Angel" produced by Myles Goodwyn
* Mastered by George Marino
* Design and illustratons by Bob Lemm, Promotivations

References