"Live" Full House
Live album by
The J. Geils Band
ReleasedSeptember 26, 1972
RecordedApril 21–22, 1972
VenueThe Cinderella Ballroom, Detroit
GenreBlues, rock
Length35:45 (incl. stage announcements and crowd noise)
LabelAtlantic
ProducerGeoffrey Haslam, J. Geils Band
The J. Geils Band chronology
The Morning After
(1971)		 "Live" Full House
(1972)		 Bloodshot
(1973)

"Live" Full House is the first live album by American rock band The J. Geils Band, released in 1972.

The album peaked at #54 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States. The tracks "Looking for a Love" and "Serves You Right to Suffer" enjoyed considerable radio airplay, thus setting up the breakthrough success of the band's next album, 1973's Bloodshot. The album was cited as one of the top five live rock'n'roll albums of all time by Walter de Paduwa.[1]

The album's cover depicts a poker hand, but the hand shown is not a "full house" as defined by the rules of the game (this is intentional; the Queen in the poker hand is winking). The title is also a play on words, referring to a packed concert venue or "full house" by concert promoters.

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Recording

This was the first of three live albums recorded by the J. Geils Band. The others were Blow Your Face Out in 1976 and Showtime! in 1982.

Although living in Boston, the band had always considered Detroit their second home because of their enormous popularity there. Two of their three live albums were recorded in Detroit at various venues. The third live album was recorded in Detroit and Boston.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "First I Look at the Purse" (Robert Rogers, Smokey Robinson) – 3:56
  2. "Homework" (Dave Clark, Al Perkins, Otis Rush) – 2:34
  3. "Pack Fair and Square" (Walter Travis Price) – 1:41
  4. "Whammer Jammer" (Juke Joint Jimmy) – 2:21
  5. "Hard Drivin' Man" (J. Geils, Peter Wolf) – 4:23

Side two

  1. "Serves You Right to Suffer" (John Lee Hooker) – 9:32
  2. "Cruisin' for a Love" (Juke Joint Jimmy) – 3:32
  3. "Looking for a Love" (J. W. Alexander, Zelda Samuels) – 4:55

Personnel

The J. Geils Band

Production

  • Producers: Geoffrey Haslam, J. Geils Band
  • Engineer: Geoffrey Haslam
  • Live mixing: Dinky Dawson
  • Arranger: J. Geils

Charts

Chart (1972) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[2] 54

References

  1. ↑ "On the Dr Boogie show of 14th April 2017, Walter de Paduwa cites Full House as one of the five best live albums of all time at 1'36.21"". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  2. ↑ "The J Geils Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2020.


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