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Live Bullet 
Live album by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Released April 12, 1976 Recorded Cobo Hall, Detroit, September 4–5, 1975 Genre Rock Length 70:40 Label Capitol Producer Punch Andrews, Bob Seger Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band chronology Beautiful Loser
(1975)Live Bullet
(1976)Night Moves
(1976)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]‘Live’ Bullet is a live album by American rock band Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, released in April 1976. It was recorded at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan, during the heyday of that arena's time as an important rock concert venue.
Contents
History
'Live' Bullet became a staple of FM rock radio in Detroit. Classics such as the live version of "Nutbush City Limits" and the connected song rendition of "Travelin' Man" and "Beautiful Loser" were among the most widely played live tracks on Detroit stations such as WWWW (quad), WRIF, and WABX. Other tracks such as "Let It Rock", "Turn the Page", and "Get Out of Denver" also received wide airplay in Detroit.
The success of Seger's music at this time, however, was highly regional, with Seger still remaining quite unknown even in adjacent media markets such as Chicago. In June 1976, for example, Seger played the Pontiac Silverdome in metropolitan Detroit at a historic concert that also included Point Blank, Elvin Bishop, and Todd Rundgren. 78,000 people were in attendance and the concert lasted until nearly 1:30 a.m. The next night, Seger played before less than a thousand people in Chicago.[2]
However, it was only in the following winter that the release of his next recording, Night Moves, launched Seger into more national markets. Over time, the life-on-the-road tale "Turn the Page" would become the most nationally played song from 'Live' Bullet, and a perennial favorite on album-oriented rock and classic rock stations.
For Detroit fans, however, the entire 'Live' Bullet recording captured a Detroit artist at the height of his energy and creativity, in front of a highly appreciative hometown crowd. 'Live' Bullet also captured the wild and free spirit of rock concerts in the seventies, and has great historic value in that regard. Critic Dave Marsh called it "one of the best live albums ever made."[3]
The 8-track tape version of this album has the distinction of being one of the few 8-tracks that is arranged exactly like the album, with no song breaks.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Bob Seger, except as indicated.
Side One No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Nutbush City Limits" Tina Turner 4:37 2. "Travelin' Man" 4:53 3. "Beautiful Loser" 4:00 4. "Jody Girl" 4:28 Side Two No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "I've Been Working" Van Morrison 4:35 2. "Turn the Page" 5:05 3. "U.M.C. (Upper Middle Class)" 3:17 4. "Bo Diddley" Bo Diddley 5:40 Side Three No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" 3:01 2. "Heavy Music" 8:14 3. "Katmandu" 6:23 Side Four No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Lookin' Back" 2:36 2. "Get out of Denver" 5:21 3. "Let It Rock" Chuck Berry 8:30 The 2011 remastered CD reissue has one extra track, "I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home", (3:05), recorded live at the Pontiac Silverdome.
The live version of the song "Katmandu" was also featured as the sole Bob Seger track as part of a promotional-only compilation album issued by Capitol records entitled The Greatest Music Ever Sold, which was distributed to record stores during the 1976 holiday season as part of Capitol's "Greatest Music Ever Sold" campaign, promoting 15 "best of" albums released by the record label. 'Live' Bullet is a live album and not a "best of" compilation, though several tracks were major regional hits ("Lookin' Back" #2 in Detroit, etc.).
Many songs from the album such as "Nutbush City Limits", "Lookin' Back", and "Turn the Page" became hit singles off the album, whereas their original studio versions were overlooked. "Lookin Back" was released as a single in 1971, but had very short lived success as it was not on an actual Seger album. It was originally performed by Seger's first band, The Bob Seger System, whereas the Live Bullet version featured The Silver Bullet Band.
Silver Bullet Band
- Bob Seger – lead vocals, guitar, piano
- Drew Abbott – lead guitar, background vocals
- Alto Reed - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, percussion, background vocals
- Robyn Robins – organ, clavinet, mellotron, piano on "Katmandu"
- Chris Campbell – bass guitar, background vocals
- Charlie Allen Martin – drums, background vocals, answer vocals on "Heavy Music", harmony vocals on "Jody Girl" and "Get Out of Denver"
Charts
Album
Year Chart Position 1976 Billboard Pop Albums 34 1986 Billboard 200 135 Singles
Year Single Chart Position 1976 "Nutbush City Limits" Billboard Pop Singles 69 Certifications
Organization Level Date RIAA – U.S. Gold December 12, 1976 RIAA – U.S. Platinum December 16, 1977 CRIA – Canada Gold December 1, 1979 CRIA – Canada Platinum December 1, 1979 CRIA – Canada Double Platinum December 1, 1983 RIAA – U.S. 4× Platinum June 6, 1991 RIAA – U.S. 5× Platinum September 22, 2003 Notes
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band: Live Bullet > Review at Allmusic. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ Campbell, Mary. "Bob Seger to storm into Poplar Creek with rock poetry" Chicago Sun-Times July 25, 1986.
- ^ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Ed. Dave Marsh and John Swenson. New York: Random House, 1983. ISBN 0-394-72107-1
Bob Seger • Craig Frost • Chris Campbell • Alto Reed
Drew Abbott • Charlie Allen Martin • Dave Teegarden • Rick Mannassa • Robyn Robbins • Dawayne BaileyThe Bob Seger System albums Bob Seger solo albums Bob Seger & the
Silver Bullet Band albumsNight Moves • Stranger in Town • Against the Wind • The Distance • Like a Rock • The Fire Inside • It's a MysteryLive albums Live Bullet • Nine TonightCompilations The Bob Seger Collection • Greatest Hits • Greatest Hits 2 • Early Seger Vol. 1 • Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never ForgetsSongs "East Side Story" • "Heavy Music" • "2 + 2 = ?" • "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" • "Lucifer" • "Turn the Page" • "Get Out of Denver" • "Katmandu" • "Nutbush City Limits" • "Night Moves" • "Hollywood Nights" • "We've Got Tonite" • "Old Time Rock and Roll" • "Fire Lake" • "Against the Wind" • "You'll Accomp'ny Me" • "Tryin' To Live My Life Without You" • "Shame on the Moon" • "Roll Me Away" • "Fortunate Son" • "Like a Rock" • "Shakedown" • "Landing in London" (with 3 Doors Down) • "Wait for Me" • "Downtown Train"Related articles Categories:- Albums produced by Punch Andrews
- Double live albums
- 1976 live albums
- Bob Seger live albums
- Capitol Records live albums
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