MOTLEY CRUE – Red Hot Live 1983-1984 (3CD)

Audience 8.3/8.4/8.8 – When listening to the first two discs, it would be easy to dismiss them right away as being inferior, but I encourage the listener to stick with them for a while. The first disc is not bad, the sound is loud and narrow but guitars and vocals are clear and extremely direct! That means you get to actually hear it, and it’s an early period gig in a small venue and these are few and far between. The second disc is a little further from the stage, but I get the music pretty well if somewhat noisily. Here the audio is reasonably balanced too, so drums very much there, as is guitar and vocals. I actually got into it once I adjusted. The third disc is the best of the three, with clarity and balance, and even some dynamic range. You can increase the volume and not damage your ear drums. All three discs are above average performances too, with the third disc being among the very best ever. A worthwhile collection here.

MÖTLEY CRÜE Red Hot 1983-1985

Disc 1

1983-12-05
City Coliseum
Austin, TX

01 -Shout At The Devil
02 -Bastard
03 -Take Me To The Top
04 -Ten Seconds To Love
05 -Merry-Go-Round
06 -Knock ‘Em Dead, Kid
07 -Piece Of Your Action
08 -Too Young To Fall In Love
09 -God Bless The Children Of The Beast – Red Hot – Guitar Solo
10 -Looks That Kill
11 -Live Wire
12 -Helter Skelter
13 -Jailhouse Rock

Disc 2

1984-02-05
Riverfront Coliseum
Cincinnati, OH

01 -Intro – Shout At The Devil
02 -Take Me To The Top
03 -Knock ‘Em Dead, Kid
04 -Too Young To Fall In Love
05 -Red Hot
06 -Piece Of Your Action
07 -Looks That Kill
08 -Live Wire
09 -Helter Skelter

Disc 3

1984-01-30
Madison Square Garden
New York, NY

01. -Shout At The Devil
02. -Take Me To The Top
03. -Knock ‘Em Dead, Kid
04. -Too Young To Fall In Love
05. -Red Hot
06. -Guitar Solo
07. -Piece Of Your Action
08. -Looks That Kill
09. -Live Wire
10. -Helter Skelter

Show Notes: After their gold album presentation the previous night, MÖTLEY CRÜE are awarded platinum albums onstage during their first ever show at the famous Madison Square Gardens in New York City. This is the band’s first platinum award, as they have now sold over a million copies of Shout At The Devil.
When Tommy walks into his condo with his gold and platinum awards for the first time after the tour, his girlfriend Candice throws a plate at him smashing the glass frame of his gold award, after she becomes jealous over a photo she found of Tommy with some girl. Nikki takes his awards with him to the island of Nantucket, MA where he plans on meeting some girls, one of them actress Demi Moore who is working on the movie set of One Crazy Summer. Demi also shared a similar childhood to Nikki in many ways, with her father leaving before she was born, then being around drinking, arguing and beatings, and moving home a ridiculous amount of times. She greets Nikki as the prop plane lands, who in a wasted state, falls down the plane’s steps onto the tarmac, smashing a bottle of Jack Daniels from his hand while his awards hit him in the head. Having been through Alcoholics Anonymous herself, Demi suggests the program to Nikki, who learns of it for the first time.