Livestock (Brand X album)

Livestock
Live album by Brand X
Released	18 November 1977
Recorded	September 1976 at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London and Hammersmith Odeon 23 April and 5 August 1977 at the Marquee Club, London and Hammersmith Odeon
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	41:11
Label	Charisma (UK, LP) Passport (US, LP) Caroline Blue Plate (CD)
Producer	Brand X
Brand X chronology
Moroccan Roll (1977) Livestock (1977) Masques (1978)

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Livestock is a live album by British jazz fusion group Brand X released in 1977. The album has five tracks. It is the first album on which Kenwood Dennard appears as a replacement drummer for Phil Collins on two of the five tracks. The recordings on the album come from Brand X's 1977 European and North American tour.

Track listing

Side 1

No.	Title	Recording venue and date	Length
1.	"Nightmare Patrol" (Goodsall, Dennard)	Hammersmith Odeon, 5 August 1977	7:40
2.	"-Ish" (Goodsall, Lumley, Jones, Pert, Collins)	Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, September 1976	8:11
3.	"Euthanasia Waltz" (Goodsall, Jones, Lumley, Collins)	Marquee Club, 23 April 1977	5:12

Side 2

No.	Title	Recording venue and date	Length
4.	"Isis Mourning (Part 1 & 2)" (Goodsall, Jones, Lumley, Pert, Collins)	Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, September 1976	9:58
5.	"Malaga Virgen" (Jones)	Hammersmith Odeon, 5 August 1977	8:45

Personnel

• Robin Lumley – keyboards
• John Goodsall – electric guitars
• Percy Jones – bass guitar
• Kenwood Dennard – drums (1, 5)
• Phil Collins – drums (2-4)
• Morris Pert – percussion

Production

Mixed at Trident Studios, London, August 1977.

• Engineer – Jerry Smith
• Assistant engineers – John Brand, Neil Ross and Steve Short
• Sleeve design and photos by Hipgnosis
• Equipment – Steve Hall and Pete Donovan

X-CERPTS: 3 From Livestock + 1

A 12" record, titled X-CERPTS: 3 From Livestock + 1, was released including edited versions of three tracks from Livestock and a previously unreleased studio track.

Side I: "Nightmare Patrol" - 3:17; "Genocide of the Straights" - 2:50 (previously unreleased)

Side II: "Euthanasia Waltz" - 3:25; "Malaga Virgen" - 3:20

Notes

• "Nightmare Patrol", "Ish", and "Isis Mourning" are all unique tracks not found on any other Brand X album. "Malaga Virgen" and "Euthanasia Waltz" are found on the previous two studio albums.

External links

• "Brand X (3) - Livestock at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 9 January 2010.