“Live” at the Star‐Club, Hamburg

A recording of a live concert at the Star Club. It must have been great if you were there. When you listen to it, you can feel the bubbling and steaming atmosphere, you can almost smell it. However, I don't find it so exciting as a recorded version. I won't be listening to it again any time soon. 3/5

This is an incredible performance and recording, but honestly it's more of a greatest hits than an actual album.

Album's pretty good, ignoring Lewis' insane proclivities.

é rock né
mto bem capturado esse ao vivo bem caótico e nítido! audio bacana demais!

no mais, o cara é um bosta quem diria

I don't know anything about this guy, but this album was energetic af.
At this point I don't know which are covers and which are originals, but all were a fun romp.

Pianovetoisen rock'n'rollin ehdoton helmi, ja tässä harvinaisessa tapauksessa liveveto tuo levylle lisäarvoa! Toimistollakin tutisee puntti niin, että laitos järkkyy. Sen verran lajinsa huippua, että annetaan femma.

Opgevoerde Rock & Roll. Het is even zoeken. Spotify laat de helft weg (internet leert dat er nogal wat rechten problemen waren/zijn). De U-buis geeft een (nog) sneller afgespeelde versie en vervolgens een album met een andere volgorde (zoals uitgevoerd in Hamburg). Maar ik denk uiteindelijk de juiste versie gevonden te hebben.

Het album zit al snel op een makkelijke 4 sterren. Dan volgen wat bekende nummers, die in Hamburg zo uitgevoerd lijken zoals ze bedoeld zijn. Great Balls of Fire en Hound Dog zijn niet voor niets opgepakt door anderen. De teller voor deze jaren '50 nummers komt op 4,5 ster. Wel jammer dat de statistieken die meetellen voor de jaren '60.

Track listing for this on Spotify and YouTube music is weird - only eight tracks of the 13 and in a different order. But it is available as the first 13 tracks on this album: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m9BT71MRj_rhoIBDCTV5NRovhrq-pJD-w

Wanted to give this a low score because, you know, JLL being such an asshole. But this was an exuberant lively performance that was hard to dislike.

I can appreciate the influence JLL had but I don’t like his music. I like the energy he brings, but I don’t really get anything from the music itself. Honestly, did he just rip off Little Richard? At least it was only 22 minutes long.

How mad that I get this today of all days, as I literally fly out to Hamburg.

There's plenty to like in here. There's SO much energy. Great twinkly, frantic keys. If you're in the mood then it's great fun. I'm sure if you're in the room then it's incredible. It's obviously live though, and the recording isn't brilliant.

This has got to be one of the shortest albums on here right? Just as well, because I don't think I could do much more of this in one sitting even though I enjoyed it.

3.5 rounded down.

Fun and iconic music. Think I would like studio versions better but overall solid. 3.5/5

is this the shortest album so far? lots of energy here - must have been crazy live. 3.5

Fast. Furious. I can smell the tobacco and beer. Would've been great to be there.

Jerry is cool

the guy who married his underage cousin opens his live album with a song named "high school confidential" can't make this shit up

for the love of god ENOUGH with the live albums

Jerry is one of the all time weirdos in music history, but this album is great. Makes you wish you could have been in the crowd.

Tamest bit of trivia about Jerry Lee Lewis is that he had Chas Hodges of Chas n Dave on bass in a pick up group for him a few years after this. Chas watching him every night on the piano inspired him to switch to piano and go on to team up with Dave. Chas also played bass for Jo Meek's in-house band alongside Ritchie Blackmore. I could rabbit on and on.

Anyway, phew rock n roll.

Can we separate the man from the music? Should we?

Barn burning rock and roll. Jerry was a great singer and songwriter and guitarist. Love all his stuff. Live or studio doesn’t matter.

Best rock & roll album out there. The playing is really energetic and are some of the best renditions of said songs.