Please edit this album again with the complete songlist. All Rod Stewart's fans need GUESS I'LL ALWAYS LOVE AND THE GREAT PRETENDER. WARNER BROS please put the batteries on and make an edition that really worth it.

I saw this tour. I bought this album when it was first released and have never stopped listening to it over the years. However, I must say that omitting GUESS, I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU is a sin. Warner Brothers needs to get off thier duff and remaster and release this album with the 2 songs they chopped in order to fit this onto one CD. What amazes me even more is with all the box sets, and best ofs, these two songs still remain unavailable. This isn't some small time artist that only put out a few albums in the seventies. This is Rod the mod, himself. Legend, rock and roll master. Please reissue this as Nazareth did with their live album, Snaz.

Let me start by saying I recently saw Rod live for the first time (after having been a fan for over 20 yrs) on his current "Human" tour and it was possibly the best damn concert I've ever seen! And that ties into my review in this way, until then the closest I had come to seeing this great entertainer live was this record. And I have to say this record comes pretty close to capturing all the excitement and frenzy of a Stewart concert, plus it showcases most of Rods hits such as the great "Maggie May" all the way down to the equally great "Da Ya think I'm sexy?" And on all the tunes Stewart was in fine voice and the people that worked on this record also did a fine job by just letting it happen and be recorded that way. Even letting the part stay in where 2 female fans showed their appreciation according to the album notes "in topless fashion." All in all this is a great album and a must have for anyone who hasn't seen him live and wants to and for any person who just wants to hear a helluva album. It's great from start to finish, I highly recommend it!

The excitment of a Rod Stewart concert is captured on this recording. It makes you feel that you are actually there. Rod never sounded better and this is pure enjoyment from start to finish!

First of all, if you can find this on vinyl or even a stinking cassette, buy it! Because the CD version is shortchanging you! You can live without the cover of "The Great Pretender", but omitting "Guess I'll Always Love You" from the CD of this album is criminal! One of Rod's great fun tunes...and it's not here.

But, having said that, Rod delivers the live show, circa 1982 for his fans. Look- Rod has never been anything more than sloppy. Steampackat, Jeff Beck Group, Faces and his solo work- all sloppy. Hell, the Faces made a LIVING off being sloppy!!!! This live album is billed as "Absolutely Live" and Rod goes to great effort to tell us in the liner notes that this album contains no overdubs. It's obvious there aren't! And that why this live album is great!

It could use more old hits, but c'mon....in 1982, Rod was not worrying about singing a lot of old songs. He does break out "Sweet Little Rock n' Roller", "Maggie May" and "Gasoline Alley" for the older fans. His voice is undisputed in rock! And all you need to do is listen to the ballads, "I Don't Want To Talk About It", and "Sailing", and the crowd singing along, to understand how great Rod is. No, the American audience isn't as boistrous as a European crowd, but still Rod is in control.

Rod brought out his three guitar attack on this tour, and it is strong. I'm not thrilled that they still "funk it up" on songs like "Hot Legs". I wish they'd have rocked out the way Rod did with this song on his Out Of Order Tour. But it doesn't matter.... the album is very good, and if you want a good, honest example of Rod in concert, you'll get it here!