Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988

Infobox Album | Name = Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988
Type = Live Album
Artist = Keith Richards
and The X-Pensive Winos


Released = 10 December 1991 (U.S.) 24 February 1992 (UK)
Recorded = 15 December 1988
Genre = Rock
Length = 67:30
Label = Virgin
Producer = Keith Richards,
Steve Jordan
and Don Smith
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:9nex97w7kr0t link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/245091/keithrichards?pageid=rs.Artistcage&pageregion=triple1 link]
Last album = "Talk is Cheap"
(1988)
This album = "Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988"
(1991)
Next album = "Main Offender"
(1992) |

"Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988" is a live album by Keith Richards and was released in 1991 in the U.S. and early 1992 in the UK. Recorded during the brief American tour, the only leg of the shows, in support of "Talk Is Cheap" in late 1988, Richards is supported by a set of musicians and friends dubbed "The X-Pensive Winos". The Winos included Richards,
Waddy Wachtel, Steve Jordan, Charley Drayton, Ivan Neville and Sarah Dash. Longtime Rolling Stones contributor Bobby Keys also plays saxophone. The Hollywood Palladium was the same Sunset Strip theatre Richards was thrown off the stage of, in 1972, when he tried to join his idol Chuck Berry.

While Richards' set during the tour was primarily comprised of material from his solo debut album- he played ten of the eleven songs from the record- he did include many of his Rolling Stones vocal highlights. Although "Happy", "Connection" and "Too Rude" appear on the official release, "Before They Make Me Run" and "Little T&A" were part of the shows and are present on popular bootlegs like "L.A. Connection". While "Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988" does not include the full concert captured that evening, it does present "Time Is on My Side" sung by Sarah Dash. Unavailable is the Richards sung "I Wanna Be Your Man"- two unmistakable nods to the early days of the band he helped found in 1962.

"Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988" was recorded, videotaped and ultimately released at the strong suggestion of Jane Rose, Richards tenured manager. She is officially credited as Executive Producer, and encouraged Richards to consider the official release after showing the reluctant star bootlegs of inferior audio quality. [Loder, Kurt. "Liner Notes". "Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988". Virgin Records. 1991.] The record dropped in North America for the Christmas buying season, in the wake of the Stones comeback Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour, and well into pre-production for his second - and to date, most recent - studio album "Main Offender". Although it failed to chart, the album has sold over 100,000 copies in the U.S alone. Critically well-received is a fan favorite for Richards devotees.

Track listing

All songs by Keith Richards and Steve Jordan, except where noted.

#"Take It So Hard" – 4:27
#"How I Wish" – 4:05
#"I Could Have Stood You Up" – 4:30
#"Too Rude" (Lydon Roberts, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare) – 7:46
#* "First covered by Richards and The Rolling Stones on Dirty Work in 1986"
#"Make No Mistake" – 6:30
#* "Features Sarah Dash on co-lead vocal"
#"Time Is on My Side" (Norman Meade) – 4:32
#* "Originally a U.S. hit for The Rolling Stones in 1964"
#* "Features Sarah Dash on lead vocal"
#"Big Enough" – 3:46
#"Whip It Up" – 5:35
#"Locked Away" – 5:49
#"Struggle" – 4:35
#"Happy" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 7:08
#* "Originally featured on The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main St. in 1972"
#"Connection" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 2:33
#* "Originally featured on The Rolling Stones' Between the Buttons in 1967"
#"Rockawhile" – 6:16

Personnel

The Band

*Keith Richards: Guitar, Lead Vocals
*Waddy Wachtel: Guitar, Backing Vocals
*Ivan Neville: Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Guitar on "Happy", Bass on "I Could Have Stood You Up"
*Charley Drayton: Bass, Backing Vocals, Drums on "Take It So Hard" & "I Could Have Stood You Up"
*Steve Jordan: Drums, Backing Vocals, Bass on "Take It So Hard", Keyboards on "I Could Have Stood You Up"
*Bobby Keys: Saxophone
*Sarah Dash: Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals on "Time Is On My Side" and partly on "Make No Mistake", Percussion

Notes