{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Eagles Live | type = Live album | artist = Eagles | cover = The_Eagles_-_Eagles_Live.jpg | alt = The album cover has a trunk for Eagles' touring gear on it | released = {{start date|1980|11|7}} | recorded = October 20, 1976&nbsp;– July 31, 1980 | venue = The Forum (Inglewood, California) <br> Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (Santa Monica, California) <br> Long Beach Arena (Long Beach, California) | studio = | genre = Rock | length = {{Duration|m=77|s=10}} | label = Asylum | producer = Bill Szymczyk | prev_title = The Long Run | prev_year = 1979 | next_title = Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2 | next_year = 1982 | misc = {{Singles | name = Eagles Live | type = Live album | single1 = Seven Bridges Road | single1date = December 15, 1980 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r36199|pure_url=no}}</ref> | rev2 = Robert Christgau | rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|C-}}<ref name="Christgau">{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=4708 |title=Eagles Live |publisher=Robert Christgau }}</ref> | noprose = yes }} '''''Eagles Live''''' is the first live album by the American rock band the Eagles, a two-LP set released on November 7, 1980. Although the Eagles were already in the process of breaking up,<ref name="hilburn">{{cite web |url= http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~markowit/interviews/eagles/latimesbu/eaglesbu.html |title= The Eagles - A Long Run is Over |first= Robert |last= Hilburn |access-date= 2017-03-03 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181453/http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~markowit/interviews/eagles/latimesbu/eaglesbu.html |archive-date= 2016-03-03 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name="ultimate"/> the band owed Elektra/Asylum Records one more album and fulfilled that contractual obligation with a release of performances from the ''Hotel California'' and ''The Long Run'' tours.

''Eagles Live'' was mixed by Glenn Frey and Don Henley on opposite coasts in Los Angeles and Miami, respectively, and as producer Bill Szymczyk put it, the record's harmony and instrument fixes were made "courtesy of Federal Express." The 1983 ''Rolling Stone Record Guide'' said it is "perhaps the most heavily overdubbed [live album] in history." "Seven Bridges Road," a Steve Young cover, was released as a single and became a top-40 hit.

== Recording == Five of the tracks were recorded in October 1976, during three performances at The Forum in Inglewood, California. The other ten tracks were recorded in July 1980, from three shows at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and one at the Long Beach Arena in California. The band had different line-ups in 1976 and 1980; Timothy B. Schmit joined in 1978, replacing original bassist Randy Meisner.<ref name="ultimate"/> Five lead singers are featured in the 14 vocal songs on the album [excluding the brief musical interlude of "Doolin Dalton (Reprise II)"]: Henley, Frey, Joe Walsh, Meisner and Schmit. Songs from each Eagles studio album except one (''On the Border'') are included, as well as two Walsh solo tracks and one cover song: the acoustic harmony-laden "Seven Bridges Road."

Plagued for years by internal strife, the band had reached a breaking point by July 31, 1980, when ''The Long Run'' tour concluded with a concert in Long Beach, California, that served as a fund-raiser for then-Senator Alan Cranston's campaign. The version of "All Night Long" for ''Eagles Live'' was recorded at this show, which was most notable for a dispute between bandmates Frey and Don Felder that culminated backstage, when they nearly came to blows. Frey then refused to even speak to the other band members, let alone join them to record overdubs for ''Eagles Live''; therefore, the recording was done piecemeal. Frey was in Los Angeles while the rest of the band was in Miami, with Henley overseeing the post-production sessions. Tapes were sent back and forth between the two locations until the album was completed.<ref name="hilburn"/><ref name="ultimate"/> Szymczyk said: "I had my assistant in Los Angeles with Glenn, and I had the rest of the band fly to Miami. We were fixing three-part harmonies courtesy of Federal Express."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/eagles-long-run/ |title=36 Years Ago: The Eagles Grind to a Halt with 'The Long Run' |first= Jeff|last= Giles |date=September 24, 2015|work=Ultimate Classic Rock }}</ref> Five different lawyers were thanked in the liner notes.<ref name="ultimate"/>

The Eagles rejected a $2 million offer from the label to record two new songs for the album. The only previously unreleased song in the album is a version of "Seven Bridges Road".<ref name="ultimate">{{cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/eagles-live-1980/ |title=35 Years Ago: The Eagles Limp Away With the Patched-Together 'Live' |first= Nick |last=DeRiso |date=November 7, 2015|work=Ultimate Classic Rock}}</ref> The song was a showcase for the band's close harmony singing, as the verses of the song feature a cappella vocals from all five members. {{clear}}

==Cover== The album cover is the image of a band-equipment road case used during a concert tour. It includes the number 86 on both sides and "MIA" written on air-freight stickers on the back.

The record labels were custom, showing a bird's nest filled with eggs and hand grenades.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

Original pressings of the vinyl double-album had text engraved in the run-out grooves on each side, as had been the band's tradition since their 1975 album ''One of These Nights''. Side 1: "Is it illegal to yell "Movie!" in a firehouse?"; "Side 2: "Hello, Federal? ... Ship it!"; Side 3: "Not Tonight, thanks ..."; Side 4: "... I've gotta rest up for my monster".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1982/01/29/lp-graffiti/64bb16ab-89df-41fa-9a51-c5e4f01cb9f3/|work=washingtonpost.com|title= L.P. Graffiti|author=Boo Browning|date=January 29, 1982}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{track listing | headline = Side one | extra_column = Lead vocals | title1 = Hotel California | note1= July 29, 1980, Santa Monica | writer1 = {{flatlist| * Don Felder * Don Henley * Glenn Frey}} | extra1 = Don Henley | length1 = 6:55

| title2 = Heartache Tonight | note2 = July 27, 1980, Santa Monica | writer2 = {{flatlist| * Henley * Frey * Bob Seger * JD Souther}} | extra2 = Glenn Frey | length2 = 4:35

| title3 = I Can't Tell You Why | note3 = July 28, 1980, Santa Monica | writer3 = {{flatlist| * Henley * Frey * Timothy B. Schmit}} | extra3 = Timothy B. Schmit | length3 = 5:24 }} {{track listing | headline = Side two | extra_column = Lead vocals | title1 = The Long Run | note1 = July 27, 1980, Santa Monica | writer1 = {{flatlist| * Henley * Frey}} | extra1 = Henley | length1 = 5:35

| title2 = New Kid in Town | note2 = October 22, 1976, The Forum | writer2 = {{flatlist| * Henley * Frey * Souther}} | extra2 = Frey | length2 = 5:45

| title3 = Life's Been Good | note3 = July 29, 1980, Santa Monica | writer3 = Joe Walsh | extra3 = Joe Walsh | length3 = 9:38 }} {{track listing | headline = Side three | extra_column = Lead vocals | title1 = Seven Bridges Road | note1 = July 28, 1980, Santa Monica | writer1 = Steve Young | extra1 = Henley, Frey, Walsh, Schmit, Don Felder | length1 = 3:54

| title2 = Wasted Time | note2 = October 22, 1976, The Forum | writer2 = {{flatlist| * Henley * Frey}} | extra2 = Henley | length2 = 5:40

| title3 = Take It to the Limit | note3 = October 20, 1976, The Forum | writer3 = {{flatlist| * Henley * Frey * Randy Meisner}} | extra3 = Randy Meisner | length3 = 5:20

| title4 = Doolin-Dalton (Reprise II) | note4 = October 21, 1976, The Forum | writer4 = {{flatlist| * Henley * Frey * Jim Ed Norman}} | extra4 = ''instrumental'' | length4 = 0:44

| title5 = Desperado | note5 = October 21, 1976, The Forum | writer5 = {{flatlist| * Henley * Frey}} | extra5 = Henley | length5 = 4:04 }} {{track listing | headline = Side four | extra_column = Lead vocals | title1 = Saturday Night | note1 = July 28, 1980, Santa Monica | writer1 = {{flatlist| * Henley * Frey * Meisner * Bernie Leadon}} | extra1 = Henley | length1 = 3:55

| title2 = All Night Long | note2 = July 31, 1980, Long Beach | writer2 = Walsh | extra2 = Walsh | length2 = 5:40

| title3 = Life in the Fast Lane | note3 = July 27, 1980, Santa Monica | writer3 = {{flatlist| * Henley * Frey * Walsh}} | extra3 = Henley | length3 = 5:10

| title4 = Take It Easy | note4 = July 27, 1980, Santa Monica | writer4 = {{flatlist| * Frey * Jackson Browne}} | extra4 = Frey | length4 = 5:20 }}

== Personnel ==

Sourced from original album liner notes.

'''Eagles''' *Don Felder – guitars, slide guitar, organ, harmony and backing vocals *Glenn Frey – rhythm guitar, keyboards, vocals *Don Henley – drums, percussion, vocals *Randy Meisner – bass guitar, vocals (1976 shows; "New Kid in Town," "Wasted Time," "Take It to the Limit," "Doolin'-Dalton (Reprise II)," and "Desperado") *Timothy B. Schmit – bass guitar, vocals (1980 shows; all other songs) *Joe Walsh – guitars, slide guitar, keyboards, vocals

'''Additional musicians''' *Jage Jackson – rhythm guitar, percussion *Albhy Galuten – synthesizer *Phil Kenzie – alto saxophone on "The Long Run" *Vince Melamed – electric piano on "New Kid in Town" *Jim Ed Norman – piano *The Monstertones – backing vocals on "All Night Long" *David Sanborn – alto saxophone *JD Souther – vocals and acoustic guitar on "New Kid in Town" *Joe Vitale – piano, organ, drums, percussion

'''Production''' *Bill Szymczyk – production *Ted Jensen – mastering engineer

== Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1980–1981) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref> | align="center"| 3 |- {{album chart|Canada|25|chartid=0282|artist=Eagles|album=Eagles Live|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|7|artist=Eagles|album=Eagles Live|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Germany|55|id=34082|artist=Eagles|album=Eagles Live|rowheader=true|access-date=August 17, 2024}} |- !scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref name="JPN">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref> | align="center"| 8 |- {{album chart|New Zealand|9|artist=Eagles|album=Eagles Live|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Norway|25|artist=Eagles|album=Eagles Live|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|44|artist=Eagles|album=Eagles Live|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |- {{album chart|UK2|24|date=19801116|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|6|artist=Eagles|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1980) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref> | align="center"| 67 |}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1981) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref> | align="center"| 60 |- ! scope="row"|US ''Billboard 200''<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BCQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT59|title=Albums |magazine=Billboard|date =December 26, 1981 |page=YE-8 }}</ref> |67 |- |} {{col-end}}

==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|artist=Eagles|title=Live|award=Gold|relyear=1980|access-date=June 27, 2012}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=album|artist=Eagles|title=Live|award=Gold|relyear=1980|certyear=1986|access-date=June 27, 2012|source=infodisc}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Hong Kong|artist=Eagles|title=Live|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1980|certyear=1981|access-date=July 21, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1980|region=Japan|artist=Eagles|title=Eagles Live|certyear=1981|award=Gold|certref=<ref>{{cite web |url=https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/music-memorabilia/awards/the-eagles-live-riaa-gold-record-sales-award-warner-bros-pioneer-p-5589y-/a/7198-89506.s|date=20 December 2020|title=The Eagles Live RIAA Gold Record Sales Award (Warner Bros.-Pioneer, P-5589Y)}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Eagles|title=Live|award=Gold|relyear=1980|access-date=June 27, 2012|id=3884-663-2}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Eagles|title=Live|award=Platinum|number=7|relyear=1980|multidisc=2|access-date=June 27, 2012}} {{Certification Table Bottom}}

==References== {{Reflist}} {{Eagles}} {{Authority control}}

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