Classics Live I and II

{{Infobox album

| name = Classics Live

| type = live

| artist = Aerosmith

| cover = AerosmithClassicsLive.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1986|04}}{{cite book| last = Huxley| first = Martin| year = 2015| title = Aerosmith: The Fall and the Rise of Rock's Greatest Band| publisher = St. Martin's Publishing Group| isbn = 978-1250096531}}

| recorded = 1977–1983

| venue =

| genre = Hard rock, blues rock

| length = 36:03

| label = Columbia

| producer = Paul O'Neill, Tony Bongiovi

| chronology = Aerosmith live

| prev_title = Live! Bootleg

| prev_year = 1978

| next_title = A Little South of Sanity

| next_year = 1998

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r178|pure_url=yes}}|title=Classics Live I|publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2012-02-09}}

| rev2 = Rolling Stone

| rev2Score = {{Rating|2|5}} {{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/aerosmith/albumguide |title=Aerosmith: Album Guide | Rolling Stone Music |publisher=Rollingstone.com |access-date=2012-02-09}}

}}

Classics Live! is made up of concert recordings from 1978 and 1984. Some of the recordings include guitarists Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay, who had temporarily replaced Joe Perry and Brad Whitford respectively. Different live versions of most of these songs had already been released on Live! Bootleg in 1978. Venues and dates are not listed on the sleeve, and there is only the all-encompassing and vague statement "These songs were recorded at various concerts between 1977 and 1983." It is not listed which of the four guitarists played on which tracks.

The studio track "Major Barbra" was originally recorded for the album Get Your Wings but remained unreleased. An alternate version is available on the compilation Pandora's Box.

All songs recorded at the Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, February 14, 1984{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}, except where noted.

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Steven Tyler, except where noted

| title1 = Train Kept A-Rollin{{'-}}

| note1 =

| writer1 = Tiny Bradshaw, Lois Mann, Howard Kay

| length1 = 3:22

| title2 = Kings and Queens

| note2 = Boston Music Hall in Boston, MA March 28, 1978{{cn|date=February 2024}} and re-recorded{{what|date=February 2024}}. Original recording appears on the compilation Pandora's Box

| writer2 = Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Jack Douglas

| length2 = 4:46

| title3 = Sweet Emotion

| writer3 = Tyler, Hamilton

| note3 = Huntington Civic Center, Huntington, WV, Dec. 12, 1982{{cn|date=February 2024}}

| length3 = 5:13

| title4 = Dream On

| note4 = Capital Center, Largo, MD, Nov. 9, 1978{{cn|date=February 2024}}

| length4 = 4:50

| title5 = Mama Kin

| note5 =

| length5 = 3:41

| title6 = Three Mile Smile / Reefer Head Woman

| note6 =

| writer6 = Tyler, Joe Perry / Lester Melrose, J. Bennett, Jazz Gillum

| length6 = 4:54

| title7 = Lord of the Thighs

| note7 =

| length7 = 7:05

| title8 = Major Barbra

| length8 = 4:02

| note8 = Studio Outtake

}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Classics Live II

| type = live

| artist = Aerosmith

| cover = AerosmithClassicsLiveVol2.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1987|06}}{{cite book| last = Huxley| first = Martin| year = 2015| title=Classics Live! II|location=Columbia}}

| recorded = 1978–1986

| venue =

| genre = Hard rock, blues rock

| length = 38:47

| label = Columbia

| producer = Paul O'Neill, Aerosmith

| chronology = Aerosmith live

| prev_title = Classics Live

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = A Little South of Sanity

| next_year = 1998

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}} {{cite web|last=Prato |first=Greg |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kzhqoa8abijz |title=Classics Live!, Vol. 2 – Aerosmith |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2012-02-09}}

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2score = B+{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=A&bk=80|chapter=A|access-date=August 16, 2020|title=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|publisher=Pantheon Books|year=1990|isbn=0-679-73015-X|via=robertchristgau.com}}

| rev3 = Rolling Stone

| rev3Score = {{Rating|2|5}}

}}

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{{certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Aerosmith|title=Classics Live!|award=Platinum}}

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Classics Live! II mainly features tracks recorded at a New Year's Eve show in 1984, with all five original members once again reunited. The other two tracks were the first track of 1985s Done with Mirrors, "Let the Music Do the Talking", and a rendition of 1977s "Draw the Line" from California Jam II. Aerosmith photography by Paul McAlpine

All Songs recorded at the Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, December 31, 1984, except where noted.

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, except where noted

| title1 = Back in the Saddle

| length1 = 4:40

| title2 = Walk This Way

| length2 = 4:21

| title3 = Movin' Out

| length3 = 5:44

| title4 = Draw the Line

| note4 = California Jam Festival, Ontario Speedway, Ontario, CA, March 18, 1978

| length4 = 4:46

| title5 = Same Old Song and Dance

| length5 = 5:45

| title6 = Last Child

| writer6 = Tyler, Whitford

| length6 = 3:42

| title7 = Let the Music Do the Talking

| note7 = Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA, March 12, 1986

| writer7 = Perry

| length7 = 5:44

| title8 = Toys in the Attic

| length8 = 4:03

| title9 =

| length9 =

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| total_length =

}}

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{{certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Aerosmith|title=Classics Live II|award=Gold}}

{{certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}

In 1998, Classics Live! Complete was released outside the U.S, compiling the two albums on one CD.

{{Infobox album

| name = Classics Live: Complete

| type = live

| artist = Aerosmith

| cover = Aerosmith_Classics_Live!_Complete.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1998|08}}

| recorded = 1977–1986

| venue =

| genre = Hard rock, blues rock

| length = 76:50

| label = Columbia

| producer = Paul O'Neill, Tony Bongiovi

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title =

| next_year =

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} {{cite web|last=Thomas |first=Stephen |url=http://allmusic.com/album/classics-live-complete-r1341110 |title=Classics Live!: Complete – Aerosmith |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2012-02-09}}

}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{cite book| last = Huxley| first = Martin| year = 2015| title = Aerosmith: The Fall and the Rise of Rock's Greatest Band| publisher = St. Martin's Publishing Group| isbn = 978-1250096531}}

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