Lightning Crashes: Live Reissue “Throwing Copper” With Bonus Tracks, Live Woodstock Set
In April 1994, the alternative rock heroes Live released Throwing Copper. The band already had a reputation as one of the most powerful and dynamic of the alternative rock scene off the heels of their 1991 debut, and when Throwing Copper topped the Billboard 200 chart in 1995, their renown only grew. The Jerry Harrison-produced album spawned two No. 1 singles on the Modern Rock Charts, “Lightning Crashes” and “Selling the Drama,” and eventually, the record would be certified 8x Platinum by the RIAA and be deemed a favorite of the era.
Twenty-five years on, Radioactive/MCA/UMe have prepared a deluxe, 2LP/2CD box set version of the landmark recording. Its first disc features an expanded version of the original album (complete with the hidden song “Horse”). It’s supplemented with three hard-to-find tracks. There’s “Hold Me Up,” a previously unreleased recording from Zack and Miri Make a Porno, “We Deal in Dreams,” from the 2004 compilation Awake: The Best of Live, and the unreleased “Susquehanna.” The expanded album program is replicated on vinyl in the box set. If that weren’t enough, CD Two includes Live’s set at Woodstock ’94, recorded on August 12th of that year.
While the box set is exclusive to the UDiscoverMusic Store and Live’s online shop, other retail outlets are now stocking a bare bones, 1-CD 25th anniversary set with the expanded album program, alongside a standalone 2-LP set that follows the same track listing. Meanwhile, Live’s Woodstock ’94 performance is currently available to stream and download.
You can find all the information about the Throwing Copper: 25th Anniversary Edition and place your order with the links below!
Throwing Copper: 25th Anniversary Edition (Radioactive/MCA/UMe B0029901-02, 2019)
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Box Set: Live’s Online Shop
Woodstock ’94 Download: Amazon U.S. / iTunes / Spotify
Disc 1: Expanded original album
- The Dam At Otter Creek
- Selling The Drama
- I Alone
- Iris
- Lightning Crashes
- Top
- All Over You
- Shit Towne
- T.B.D.
- Stage
- Waitress
- Pillar Of Davidson
- White, Discussion
- Horse
- Hold Me Up
- We Deal In Dreams
- Susquehanna
Tracks 1-14 released as Radioactive RARD-10997, 1994
Track 15 heard in Zack and Miri Make a Porno, 2008 – previously unreleased
Track 16 released on Awake: The Best Of Live (Radioactive B0003514-02, 2004)
Track 17 previously unreleased
Disc 2: Live At Woodstock ’94, Winston Farm, Saugerties, NY – 8/12/1994
- Iris
- Top
- The Beauty Of Gray
- Selling The Drama
- Shit Towne
- Lightning Crashes
- I Alone
- Operation Spirit (The Tyranny Of Tradition)
- White, Discussion
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Of course the only way to get the live at Woodstock is to download it or buy the deluxe box set. But on the rereleased version of their first album the cd version included a live show