'77 Live

'77 Live is a live album by Japanese experimental rock band Les Rallizes Dénudés. It was recorded in March 1977 before being released on CD in 1991.

Background and composition

'77 Live is a recording of a Les Rallizes Dénudés concert performed at the Tachikawa Social Education Hall in Tokyo on March 12, 1977. The audio was captured reel to reel with a singular microphone resulting in an extremely loud, obliterated mix reminiscent of later noise rock. The individual tracks run between 8 and 25 minutes long, a result of the music being almost entirely improvised on stage.