Live at the Deaf Club 1979 | 
| Artist: The Dead Kennedys
Label: Manifesto Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 70251
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 42908
UPC: 767004290829
EAN: 0767004290829
ASIN: B0001CNPRW
Release Date: March 9, 2004
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| Tracks:
| • | Introduction | | • | Kill the Poor [Disco Version] | | • | Back in Rhodesia [Early Version of When You Get Drafted] | | • | Man With the Dogs | | • | Gaslight [#] | | • | California Ueber Allies | | • | Ill in the Head | | • | Straight A's [Different Mix] | | • | Short Songs [Different Mix] | | • | Holiday in Cambodia | | • | Police Truck | | • | Foward to Death | | • | Have I the Right | | • | Back in the U.S.S.R. | | • | Viva Las Vegas |
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Album Description
This is an album or rare, unreleased recordings from March 1979, recorded live at San Francisco's Deaf Club. The sound quality is excellent, & it features the original 5-piece line-up of Dead Kennedys. This is only the second-ever authorized live release from the band, after 'Mutiny on the Bay' from 2001. 15 tracks including a never-before heard DK song 'Gaslight', plus an 8-page booklet of brand-new art! Digipak. Manifesto. 2004.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Glorious punk from the past, despite the current acrimony April 22, 2004
Paul Mcdonough (Irving, Texas United States)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
This is a great CD, which is important to say right up front. If it weren't for the lawsuit between Jello and the rest of the former DK's there would not be any controversy over this recording. Despite the ugliness of that legal battle (irrespective of which side you plant yourself), this CD delievers where MANY 20+ year old recordings do not. It simply sounds great, a not so inconsequential achievement for a punk recording given the paucity of both funds and quality recording equipment typically available to such bands at that time. In addition, there are several unreleased songs on this recording (most notably "Gaslight," which is great) and Jello is in rare form. Sure, there are a few glitches in the performance (there always will be in "true" live recordings; note: Performance glitches, not recording), but this is the last show with 6025, so c'mon! stop with the punk posturing and just enjoy this CD for the rare document that it is. In my opinion, this recording is better than the "Mutiny on the bay" recording, which is also great despite the mudraking that also surrounded it's release. Bands like this do not exist anymore and any bootleg of the Kennedys that you can get your hands on will not come close to touching the quality of this disc. A disco version of "Kill the poor" an early version of "When you get drafted" (Back in Rhodesia) and a cover of the Honeycomb's "Have I the right" make this an essential document that you'd be a fool to miss
Authentic look at raw authentic punk January 11, 2006
Brendan Mclean (Tampa, FL)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
To begin, this CD is very good and a buy for seasoned DK listeners. The quality is good and so is the set list. However this is not a CD that will likely be enjoyed by those not already familiar with the works, as some of the songs are performed a bit sloppily. Understand though that this is the Kennedys live in their hay-day and that is what punk is, especially harder punk; pretty inconsistent and rough on stage. If you buy this CD don't expect studio tracks, expect to smell the sweat a little if you know what I mean. I have read that Biafra condemns these reissues, however his opinion is obviously biased considering he no longer holds rights to the "dead kennedys". In summary this is a naked look into the actual past of one of America's best punk bands live and in their element, it is a very worthwhile album and valuable to the true listeners. If this CD was not released the public would be hard pressed to ever peer into that evening in San Fran and get their fill of smoke, sweat and speed, but thankfully the recording is now available to those who want to listen. Good packaging too.
Until "A Skateboard Party" is released, this is it. December 24, 2006
Donald Hargraves (Munster, Indiana United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For those of us who were unable to see this band play when they were first out, this is a wonderful spotlight of what the band was like before acrimony slipped into the mix and Jello's ego became more important than the music. For those who've seen the "Reunited Dead Kennedys" without Jello (let's just say "Nazi Punks F*ck Off" is about Punks who act like Nazis, whatever the latest lead singer says nonwithstanding), this is a snapshot of what the real band was like. For those who've long expected songs done live to sound exactly like they were done in the studio, this is full of songs which were not released on studio albums, or were rewritten on the way to the studio ("Back in Rhodesia" comes to mind); other songs may not sound as peppy as they did in the studio because the band had to play them live - and they did a good enough job even though it may not be what you hear on the studio release.
This is the whole show with Jello's chitchat included. It's also a complete set. Both of these make this release much better than the "Mutiny on the Bay" atrocity that came before this.
This is great! April 16, 2004
D. Kaley (spokane, WA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This cd sounds like it was performed practically yesterday and it' well over 20 years old! Others may disagree, but I enjoyed hearing the old songs (with 5 members). Some of their later stuff was good but lacked the rage of the first two albums. There is even some Jello banter between songs- live DK isn't the same without it. DK fans should own this cd. Even if you don't like the set list, it's at least a great piece of DK and punk history.
Dead Kennedys rule! August 19, 2004
Dead Kennedys (Oz)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The title sums up what I think about this band - at least what it was prior to their fall-out after the scandal. This live album is quite the gem. Even though this show took place a little over five years before I was born, I still can get a feel of what it might have been like to sit in the audience of a Dead Kennedys concert. It's that good. Plus, it's the original 5-piece lineup with Jello, East Bay Ray, Klaus, Ted, and 6025! And it includes the never-before heard song Gaslight. This is a good cd. Is it essential to your DK collection? Probably. I know for a fact I don't regret spending money on it.
Happy listening.
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