Live in the X Lounge

Infobox Album
Name = Live in the X Lounge (I-VII)
Type = Live
Artist = Various Artists


Released = 1998-2004
Genre = Alternative rock
Label = Multiple
Producer = Dave Rossi, Susan Groves and Conrad Rafield, III

Live in the X Lounge is a series of albums released by Birmingham, Alabama's former alternative rock radio station, WRAX.cite news |last=Geiss|first=Chuck|url=http://www.bwcitypaper.com/1editorialbody.lasso?-token.folder=2006-12-14&-token.story=181793.112112&-token.subpub= |title=Naked Birmingham |publisher=Black & White, Birmingham's City Paper |date=2006-12-14 |accessdate=2007-02-25]

Though the station can no longer be found on the air, this series of live performances was produced while the station was known as "107.7 The X". The station was later renamed and moved to "The X @ 100.5", a change prompted by the its acquisition by Citadel Broadcasting. Seven albums were produced in all, the last one released in 2004, just a few months before the station was acquired. All discs in the series were sold to benefit United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Birmingham, a group of associations raising money to create awareness and research for cerebral palsy.

The first CD in this series was released in 1998, selling out all 10,000 copies in 10 days.Rossi, Dave. WRAX "107.7 The X". Live in the X Lounge III.] According to Dave Rossi, a former program director of WRAX "107.7 The X", this made the "X Lounge" the fastest selling CD in Birmingham history, raising just over $135,000. Each release produced several-hundred-thousand dollars for the organization, with just over $500,000 raised as of the third disc's release date. By the time the seventh disc in the series was released, over 85,000 copies were sold, with the contributions of over 70 bands, raising $1.3 million for UCP of Greater Birmingham. [ United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Birmingham. "Live in the X Lounge VII". "Thanks for Your Support".] Plans to release an eighth disc were canceled by program director Ken Wall.

Albums

Live in the X Lounge (1998)

#Sister Hazel - "All For You"
#Black Lab - "Wash It Away"
#Fuel - "Shimmer"
#Edwin McCain - "Solitude"
#Patti Griffin - "Tony"
#Semisonic - "Closing Time"
#Tonic - "Open Up Your Eyes"
#Creed - "My Own Prison"
#Guster - "Demons"
#Fastball - "Out Of My Head"
#Better Than Ezra - "At The Stars"
#Jump, Little Children - "15 Stories"
#Brother Cane - "Lead My Follow"
#Cowboy Mouth - "Jenny Says"
#Barenaked Ladies - "Be My Yoko Ono"
#Matchbox Twenty - "3 AM"

Live in the X Lounge II (1999)

#BR5-49 - "Out of Habit"
#Train - "Meet Virginia"
#Hootie & the Blowfish - "Hold My Hand"
#Shawn Mullins - "Lullaby"
#Edwin McCain - "I'll Be"
#Alanis Morissette - "Are You Still Mad"
#The Black Crowes - "Remedy"
#Vertical Horizon - "Everything You Want"
#My Friend Steve - "All and All"
#Fuel - "Sunburn"
#Train - "Ramble On" (Select Discs due to copyright issues)
# [http://www.mrhenry.com Mr Henry] - "One"
#Hootie & the Blowfish - "Desert Mountain Showdown"
#Widespread Panic - "Blue Indian"

Live in the X Lounge III (2000)

#3 Doors Down - "Loser"
#Splender - "Yeah Whatever"
#Peter Searcy - "Invent"
#Sister Hazel - "Champagne High"
#Incubus - "Pardon Me"
#Better Than Ezra - "Wallflower Girl"
#Guster - "Happier"
#Third Eye Blind - "1000 Julys"
#Vertical Horizon - "You're a God"
#Pat McGee Band - "Shine"
#Stir - "Climbing The Walls"
#Nine Days - "Absolutely"
#Cowboy Mouth - "Easy"
#Gas Giants - "Quitter"
#Matthew Sweet - "I've Been Waiting"

Live in the X Lounge IV (2001)

#Live - "I Alone"
#Lifehouse - "Hanging By A Moment"
#John Mayer - "Your Body is a Wonderland"
#Tonic - "Mean To Me"
#Train - "Drops Of Jupiter"
#Seven Mary Three - "Cumbersome"
#3 Doors Down - "Be Like That"
#Athenaeum - "Comfort"
#Dexter Freebish - "My Madonna"
#Five for Fighting - "Superman"
#The Calling - "Wherever You Will Go"
#Cowboy Mouth - "Jenny Says"
#Will Hoge - "Let Me Be Lonely"

Live in the X Lounge V (2002)

#John Mayer - "No Such Thing"
#Better Than Ezra - "Misunderstood"
#Tantric - "Mourning"
#Custom - "Beat Me"
#Ben Folds - "Still Fighting It"
#Hoobastank - "Running Away"
#Glen Phillips - "All I Want"
#Remy Zero - "Save Me"
#Widespread Panic - "Climb To Safety"
#Nickelback - "How You Remind Me"

Live in the X Lounge VI (2003)

#Coldplay - "Yellow"
#Maroon 5 - "Harder To Breathe"
#Seether - "Broken"
#Switchfoot - "Dare You To Move"
#R.E.M. - "Losing My Religion"
#Saliva - "Always"
#Jason Mraz - "Curbside Prophet"
#Sister Hazel- "Your Mistake"
# [http://www.southfm.com South FM] - "Dear Claudia"
#Pete Yorn - "For Nancy"
#Eve 6 - "Inside Out"

Live in the X Lounge VII (2004)

#Michael Tolcher - "Mission Responsible"
#Finger Eleven - "One Thing"
#Switchfoot - "Meant To Live"
#Marc Broussard - "Rock Steady"
#The Rising - "Cradle"
#Graham Colton Band - "Killing Me"
#Coldplay – "2000 Miles"
#Dexter Freebish - "Twilight"
#Seether - "Fine Again"
#Maroon 5 - "This Love"
#Incubus - "Talk Show On Mute"

References

External links

* [http://www.wrax.com WRAX, The X @ 100.5] dead link|url=http://www.wrax.com |date=May 2008
* [http://www.ucpbham.com United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Birmingham:]
* [http://www.airwaveproduction.com/ Airwave Recording Studios]