Classics Live I and II

Classics Live and Classics Live II are a set of albums by American rock band Aerosmith, released in 1986 and 1987, respectively. Together, they constitute the band's second live offering, after Live! Bootleg. Classics Live I has gone platinum while Classics Live II has gone gold.

Classics Live

Classics Live
Live album by Aerosmith
Released	April 1986 (1986-04)[1]
Recorded	1977–1983
Genre	Hard rock, blues rock
Length	36:03
Label	Columbia
Producer	Paul O'Neill, Tony Bongiovi
Aerosmith live chronology
Live! Bootleg (1978) Classics Live (1986) A Little South of Sanity (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Classics Live! is made up of concert recordings from 1978 and 1984. Some of the recordings include guitarists Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay, who had temporarily replaced Joe Perry and Brad Whitford respectively. Different live versions of most of these songs had already been released on Live! Bootleg in 1978. Venues and dates are not listed on the sleeve, and there is only the all-encompassing and vague statement "These songs were recorded at various concerts between 1977 and 1983." It is not listed which of the four guitarists played on which tracks.

The studio track "Major Barbra" was originally recorded for the album Get Your Wings but remained unreleased. An alternate version is available on the compilation Pandora's Box.

Track listing

All songs recorded at the Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, February 14, 1984^{[citation needed]}, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Train Kept A-Rollin'"	Tiny Bradshaw, Lois Mann, Howard Kay	3:22
2.	"Kings and Queens" (Boston Music Hall in Boston, MA March 28, 1978[citation needed] and re-recorded[clarification needed]. Original recording appears on the compilation Pandora's Box)	Steven Tyler, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Jack Douglas	4:46
3.	"Sweet Emotion" (Huntington Civic Center, Huntington, WV, Dec. 12, 1982[citation needed])	Tyler, Hamilton	5:13
4.	"Dream On" (Capital Center, Largo, MD, Nov. 9, 1978[citation needed])		4:50
5.	"Mama Kin"		3:41
6.	"Three Mile Smile / Reefer Head Woman"	Tyler, Joe Perry / Lester Melrose, J. Bennett, Jazz Gillum	4:54
7.	"Lord of the Thighs"		7:05
8.	"Major Barbra" (Studio Outtake)		4:02

All tracks are written by Steven Tyler, except where noted.

Classics Live II
Live album by Aerosmith
Released	June 1987 (1987-06)[4]
Recorded	1978–1986
Genre	Hard rock, blues rock
Length	38:47
Label	Columbia
Producer	Paul O'Neill, Aerosmith
Aerosmith live chronology
Classics Live (1986) Classics Live II (1987) A Little South of Sanity (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[6]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[7]	84

Certification

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[8]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Classics Live II

Classics Live! II mainly features tracks recorded at a New Year's Eve show in 1984, with all five original members once again reunited. The other two tracks were the first track of 1985s Done with Mirrors, "Let the Music Do the Talking", and a rendition of 1977s "Draw the Line" from California Jam II. Aerosmith photography by Paul McAlpine

Track listing

All Songs recorded at the Orpheum Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, December 31, 1984, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Back in the Saddle"		4:40
2.	"Walk This Way"		4:21
3.	"Movin' Out"		5:44
4.	"Draw the Line" (California Jam Festival, Ontario Speedway, Ontario, CA, March 18, 1978)		4:46
5.	"Same Old Song and Dance"		5:45
6.	"Last Child"	Tyler, Whitford	3:42
7.	"Let the Music Do the Talking" (Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA, March 12, 1986)	Perry	5:44
8.	"Toys in the Attic"		4:03

All tracks are written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, except where noted.

Certification

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[9]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Classics Live Complete

In 1998, Classics Live! Complete was released outside the U.S, compiling the two albums on one CD.

Classics Live: Complete
Live album by Aerosmith
Released	August 1998 (1998-08)
Recorded	1977–1986
Genre	Hard rock, blues rock
Length	76:50
Label	Columbia
Producer	Paul O'Neill, Tony Bongiovi

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[10]