Live (The Mars Volta EP)

Infobox Album | Name = Live
Type = Live Album
Artist = The Mars Volta

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Released = July 2003
Recorded = 2003 live at XFM Studio & Electric Ballroom, London
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 42:29
Label = Gold Standard Laboratories
Universal Records
Strummer
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Last album = "De-Loused in the Comatorium"
(2003)
This album = "Live"
(2003)
Next album = "Frances the Mute"
(2005) |

"Live" is the first officially released live recording from the band The Mars Volta. The EP was released in limited quantities in 2003 and is now difficult to find. Due to this, the EP has become a collectors item among fans, sometimes selling for up to $150 on eBay. The first two tracks were recorded live at the XFM Studio in London, 2003. The last two tracks were recorded at the Electric Ballroom in London on July 9, 2003.

During the jam in "Drunkship," part of "Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus" from Frances the Mute is played.

The album artwork is from the fable of Arachne (also Arachné). It has also been used as the backdrop during the band's live performances.

Track listing

# "Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)" – 9:29
# "Drunkship of Lanterns" – 9:38
# "Cicatriz ESP" – 16:03
# "Televators" – 7:18

Australian Release

The Mars Volta repackaged the Live EP and re-released it included with the Tour Edition release of De-Loused in the Comatorium, as well as an Australian-only single for "Televators" in January, 2004, coinciding with their tour with the Big Day Out. It featured the recorded version of Televators, and then the same four live tracks.
# "Televators" - (album version) - 6:18
# "Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)" – 9:29
# "Drunkship of Lanterns" – 9:38
# "Cicatriz ESP" – 16:03
# "Televators" – 7:18