Live Bullet

Live Bullet
Live album by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
Released	April 1976
Recorded	Cobo Hall, Detroit, September 4–5, 1975
Genre	Rock
Length	70:40
Label	Capitol
Producer	Punch Andrews, Bob Seger
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Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band chronology
Beautiful Loser (1975) Live Bullet (1976) Night Moves (1976)

Live Bullet is a live album by American rock band Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, released in 1976. It was recorded at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan, during the heyday of that arena's time as an important rock concert venue.

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, 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.^[1]

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."^[2]

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 by Bob Seger, except as indicated.

Side One

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

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

1. "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" – 3:01
2. "Heavy Music" – 8:14
3. "Katmandu" – 6:23

Side Four

1. "Lookin' Back" – 2:36
2. "Get out of Denver" – 5:21
3. "Let It Rock" (Chuck Berry) – 8:30

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. It should be noted that 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.).

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

Singles

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