All the World Is a Stage

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Live At The New Victoriarecorded on April 24 1975, capturesthe band before they went around the UK to promote their feature film, In Flame. Heard officially for the first time, it now presents a fitting snapshot of the group’s powerful live performances. It could be argued that this is the finest disc of the set, being such a key moment in their history and it certainly blazes with a light that could be seen from space as they tear into ‘When I’m Dancin’, I

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As for other shows that Dave wishes were included, Lincoln Festival is a great memory. “Sometimes you can’t always be in a position to record,” he says. “There’s been so many concerts. Lincoln Festival, for instance, was an extraordinary concert that Stanley Baker, the actor, put on in Lincoln, and we just had one or two hits then, you see. Elsewhere, that life changing second bite of the cherry performance at Reading Festival in 1980 makes up the third part of the set, a tribute to hard work and a mutual love between band and audience.

Alive! At Reading the third unreleased full live set, captures the band delivering a sensational live performance to over 80,000 people. As last minute replacements for Ozzy Osbourne, few knew they were going to be performing but their sensational set was the highlight of the festival and led to Slade enjoying a renaissance in the eighties. We’d play ballrooms, pubs, universities and Working Men’s Clubs – anything. We went up to Scotland once every month – so often that it was sometimes assumed we were a Scottish band. One of the main reasons was they paid us in cash. Occasionally there were two gigs a night, sleeping in the van. But that’s how we learned our chops." So we have two singers, and we have me centre stage. So that works really well, especially for the audience recognizing you when you walk in. But it’s all about the music. It’s all about the excitement, and I still entertain as I did. I don’t think that’s going to stop. I still dress up and still go on there, and I still believe in what I do, and I still enjoy it.”What will interest Slade fans, though, is the previously unreleased shows that accompany those recordings. and 3-10 originally appeared on Alive At Reading '80 and 3-7 & 3-8 appeared on Slade Alive! (The Live Anthology) along with 3-2, 3-4 and 3-10. This new live boxset includes three never previously released live sets from across Slade’s expansive live era and will become a key component of the Slade catalogue for years to come. I just don’t think we thought of it that way,” Holder says. “I certainly don’t remember being un-comfortable.”