The Runaways Live

Track list:

1. Rock And Roll
2. Thunder
3. American Nights
4. Wild Thing [cut]
5. Secrets

Description:

This recording circulated among collectors for decades, and almost every trading list identified it as a different concert. Some collectors labeled it as a recording from Whisky A Go Go on August 25th, 1975, although no evidence that such a concert ever took place has been found. Others traded it as a recording of The Runaways' famous first performance at Phast Phreddie's parents' house on August 12th, 1975.

The recording almost certainly dates from the Micki Steele era of the band (August-October 1975), but its exact date and venue remain unknown.

It is a very good-quality audience recording, although incomplete. There are cuts between every song, and the opening seconds of Wild Thing are missing.

Track list:

1. You Drive Me Wild
2. Let's Party Tonight
3. Born To Be Bad
4. Rock And Roll
5. Thunder [cut]
6. Blackmail
7. California Paradise

Description:

Another unidentified recording from the Micki Steele era (August-October 1975). It surfaced together with the Whisky A Go Go recording from September 28th, 1975, and the two share remarkably similar sound characteristics, suggesting that they may have been recorded by the same taper, perhaps even at the same venue.

The recording captures an incomplete concert, as the beginning of the show is missing. There is also a cut at the end of Thunder.

Track list:

1. Queens Of Noise
2. California Paradise

Description:

The first two songs from an unidentified audience recording were appended to the end of another European recording during the transfer process. They are preserved in excellent sound quality but represent only a small excerpt from what was originally a much longer recording, a more complete version of which may still be in circulation among collectors.

Both songs are sung by Joan, confirming that the recording dates from the Waitin' For The Night era. Before the band took the stage, the announcer introduced them with the following words:

“Ladies and gentlemen, without any further delay, let's welcome just (?) on a world tour... Just completed their third album... The queens of noise... The Runaways!”

This introduction, together with the fact that these two songs opened the band's earliest U.S. concerts promoting Waitin' For The Night, suggests that the recording originates from one of the California concerts in August 1977. If you recognize this recording or have any additional information, please get in touch.

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Description:

Brief excerpts from an amateur 8 mm film recorded during the European School Days tour in 1977 appear in the Edgeplay - A Film About The Runaways documentary. It is known that this film, together with several other recordings from Sweden, was provided to Vicki Blue by members of the local fan club for use in the documentary but was never returned.

According to sources close to the fan club, the footage was filmed in Malmö. However, a comparison with photographs from that concert suggests otherwise, as the stage setup - particularly the speakers and amplifiers beside Vicki - does not match. Another possibility is the concert at Göta Lejon, the band's only other performance in Sweden during the 1977 tour.